Mike,
You will have to direct these questions to the Wikimania Program
committee. You and many others are rightfully confused by the process
since I don't believe the changes they are introducing next year were
widely publicized. I was only posting the submission deadline as part of
our promoting the Scholarship program.
Try the following from the conference wiki:
For any question you can contact the Programme Committee Chair
<https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Atropine>.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi Ellie,
I'm very confused by the submissions process. According to the page
on-wiki, you're only looking for 42 presentations (a maximum of 10 of which
can be WMF-related), and you have to sign up to a third-party website to
submit a presentation. That's very different from past Wikimanias, where
many more presentation slots were available (by a factor of 10 or so), and
you could transparently submit a proposal on-wiki (without giving a third
party your details). What's going on - why has this changed so much from
past years, and why are the number of presentations so restricted?
(Leaving aside the apparent absence of open calls for non-"critical issue"
presentations/posters/discussions/training sessions, where you apparently
have to ask the organisers nicely off-wiki if you want to do one of
these...)
Thanks,
Mike
On 4 Jan 2016, at 23:05, Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,
Two important reminders concerning Wikimania 2016, which will be held in
Esino Lario, Italy on June 22–27, 2016:
The Submission deadline has been extended by the program committee to
January 17th. See:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
The deadline for applications for the WMF Scholarship program is
approaching! Applications are open until Saturday, January 09 2016
23:59 UTC.
Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full
scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel,
shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the
Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference
registration fees and shared accommodation.
To learn more about Wikimania 2016 scholarships, please visit:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form
on:
https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply
It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the
Scholarships page and the associated FAQ (
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before
submitting an application.
If you have any questions, please contact:
wikimania-scholarships at
wikimedia.org
<wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org>
or leave a message at:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships
Ellie Young
Events Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
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