Grant applications are public.  There is public discussion of them, in addition to non-public deliberations. And grant review committees (including the Funds Dissemination Committee of which I am a member) make recommendations, not final decisions. 

Wikimania scholarship applications are confidential, and are required to include information considered private under the WMF privacy policy. The Scholarship Committee does not publish any private information about its applicants, and does not name the unsuccessful applicants, many of whom may still receive a scholarship from another movement entity.

Risker/Anne





On 19 April 2017 at 01:04, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja <pavanaja@vishvakannada.com> wrote:

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I don't think that publishing a list of the committee's decisions is a high-risk decision. Grants committees publish their decisions, and I don't see why there should be a different standard for the Wikimania scholarship committee.

</QUOTE>

 

I fully agree.

 

Regards,

Pavanaja

 

 

From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Pine W
Sent: 19 April 2017 09:24 AM
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I agree that the committee is likely to consider many nonpublic factors in making their decisions.


> "Whether we agree with the decisions of the committee or not the individuals should not be subject to the vitriol that the community can and does hand out regularly nor should they be put at
> excessive risk for what they have done."

I don't think that publishing a list of the committee's decisions is a high-risk decision. Grants committees publish their decisions, and I don't see why there should be a different standard for the Wikimania scholarship committee.

> "Putting contributions how ever its defined increases the risk of harm both from within the community and from outside, doing harm to satisfy curiosity isnt acceptable"

Transparency is one of Wikimedia's values, and people who make decisions about Wikimedia resources should generally be transparent with those decisions. The nature and degree of that transparency have some variations, but I expect the default to be transparency rather than hiding information, particularly when the primary justification for hiding information is because it might be controversial or receive criticism. The default position should be transparency.


Pine

 

 

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra@gmail.com> wrote:

Contributions is such wide term are you talking about edits in projects or work on the ground in assisting others, what about the unseen work like supporting an affiliate to be successful or a GLAM to open up its resources

 

When talking about edits is a photo uploaded to commons worth more because its used in multiple projects than some one who starts an article in one language, does an english wp edit have a greater weigh over a french wp edit because it has more potential viewers or does a noongar wp edit in the incubator which is opening access to a whole new culture and language to the movement have greater value.

 

Issue around the fair  balance across communities of access to Wikimania is also a question does a country with well financed chapter have less to contribute compared to a country closer but limited finanaces, does a counrty where it'll cost 5-10,000 US$ for each attendee deserve greater numbers supported because its not possible for people to attend over a country that the cost is less than US$1000, would 10 people attending be better than 1 person attending.

 

Does a country with 20 million people deserve to 1/10th the amount of attendees of a country with 200million people. Every one contributes in the way they feel most comfortable and safe. For some time is unlimited for others time contributing is a constant risk there is no way we as community can openly value these, the committee does the best it can with the knowledge presented to them by the candidates....   Whether we agree with the decisions of the committee or not the individuals should not be subject to the vitriol that the community can and does hand out regularly nor should they be put at excessive risk for what they have done. 

 

A list of everyone who accepts a scholarship enables transparency in ensuring reporting from those people, but even that can carry a risk for them. Putting contributions how ever its defined increases the risk of harm both from within the community and from outside, doing harm to satisfy curiosity isnt acceptable

 

 

 

On 19 April 2017 at 10:51, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja <pavanaja@vishvakannada.com> wrote:

Hello,

 

I would like WMF to make the list of applicants, their contributions, the weightage used for each kind of contribution and the final list of scholarship awardees in a table form. Since WMF is run by the contributions of the volunteers, such a transparency is definitely needed from WMF. I hope WMF will oblige.

 

Regards,

Pavanaja

 

 

From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ellie Young
Sent: 19 April 2017 01:23 AM
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Subject: [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarships to attend Wikimania

 

Everyone who applied for a scholarship to Wikimania '17 has been notified about the status.   If you have not heard, please check your spam filter, or send email to ask about the status to:   wikimaniascholarships@wikimedia.org

 

April 18 is the deadline for people who were offered a scholarship to respond.

 

A final list of everyone who was awarded and able to accept will be posted to on the wiki in early May.

 

We expect registration for Wikimania '17 to go live on or before May 1st.

 

 

 

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Events Manager

Wikimedia Foundation

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