Dear Florence,
You raise a valid concern that the COT has tried to mull over and the
current proposal at hand is to have the affiliates extend support to any
individuals or groups beyond their envelope.
Kind Regards,
Winnie
On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 4:37 PM Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello Winnie
I would like a clarification
Given that this year, scholarships are only open to Affiliates, and given
that only 12 Affiliates actually submitted requests, where can the actual
individuals that will participate to Wikimania ask for support ?
I do understand the point of tasking the affiliates to deal with
scholarship requests rather than having to deal with them at the Wikimedia
Foundation level.
But in the end... 12 Affiliates will possibly cover the needs of their own
members.
What about the several hundreds of participants that are not members of
one of those 12 affiliates ? And who have no choice to turn to ?
Did I miss something entirely ?
Florence
Le 14/06/2021 à 20:12, Winnie kabintie a écrit :
Hello Hello!
We are pleased with the program submissions, for Wikimania 2021, that have
come through so far and even the planning discussions we’ve seen going on
in various groups.
SUBMISSION PROPOSALS DEADLINE APPROACHING: The deadline to submit your
proposals is approaching rapidly, Friday, 18th June, 12am PST and we
would not like to see anyone locked out. Please make sure you submit your
session proposals <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions>
for the first ever virtual Wikimania.
Office Hours
Thank you to everyone who has joined the Submission Office Hours we’ve had
last week. We have one more this week on 15th June at 12:00 UTC
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Organizers>. More Office Hours
around Wikimania 2021 will become available soon… Stay tuned.
Scholarships Program Now Open
As announced last week, the scholarship program is now open until 30th
July. This year, scholarships will only be issued to Affiliates, who will
then distribute to their respective community members.
Read More about the Scholarship Program for Wikimania 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021/Scholarships> (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021/Scholarships)
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
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