it's an ok idea but dollars spent doesnt equate to the value gained, and will vary between locations.  What we'll end up with Wikimanias in 3rd world countries because ts cheaper not because of potential impact. That is something we already see.

How do you measure impact when its about sharing of knowledge, WMF can ask for reports but a person who writes a good report may provide lower impact than a person who gets a one off opportunity and then builds and runs 100's of outreach projects over time but cant write a "good report".  We fail to value the relationships, and personal impact for measures that can be put into easy numbers immediately.  We do need to measure outcomes some how, all too often the numbers become centre of the universe not the sharing of knowledge.  We would do better to stretch the limits rather than to shrink the dollars per unit, no where should be impossible, to small, or too far.

On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 17:56, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki@gmail.com> wrote:
Rehman Abubakr, 17/04/19 12:10:
> Would it make sense to include the approximate total monetary value of
> the scholarship award (airfare, lodging, insurance, logistics, etc)
> within the scholarship award emails to the recipients?

This is a good suggestion, although it might be hard to give an exact
figure before the flights are booked (if WMF is booking them directly).

The total figure should also include the per capita cost for the overall
conference. Such calculations are easier to make if the budget is
published transparently after Wikimania, something that seems to have
stopped:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_budget>

Federico

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