Hello Everyone,
Hope you are doing well and are safe.
As you may know, I work in the Movement Communications team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Movement_Communications> at
the Wikimedia Foundation as a Senior Movement Communications Specialist
(South Asia). In the last few months I have got the opportunity to get
familiar with many of our community members and look forward to working
closely. (Here is my Meta Page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RASharma_(WMF)>).
I am thrilled about sharing an incredible update with you- which I am sure
many of us have been waiting for-* Wikimania 2022!*
*Wikimania: The Festival Edition! *will be taking place on *11-14 August,
2022.* Wikimania is the Wikimedia movement’s annual conference celebrating
all the free and open knowledge projects made possible by the volunteer
community. The program will be multilingual, but this time with expanded
language support.
Furthermore, the Wikimania COT has announced the opening of *Affiliate
grants and individual scholarships:*
1. Wikimania 2022 will have a grants program for affiliates to fund the
organizing of Wikimania local events. These events could include local
meetups and watch parties, affiliate led sessions.
2. We are also offering scholarships for individual attendees to enable
their participation in Wikimania 2022. Scholarships can cover things like
childcare, meals, data packages and small hardware purchases.
*Deadline: 3rd June, 2022*
Click Here to know more
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/09/wikimania-2022-grants-and-program-submissions-open/>
and
please feel free to reach out if you require any additional information or
support.
Let's bring the Wikimania 2022 Festival to life- together.
Best,
--
Rachit Sharma (he/him)
Snr Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*We help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge. *
*We are the people who keep knowledge free.*