On 19 March 2015 at 14:33, Oliver Keyes <ironholds(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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expectations. So, yes, editathons work well when
attendees pay their own
way - but they work /best/ when they don't.
I believe there is no verifiable evidence that editathons work best
when attendees have all their costs paid. If there is, could someone
provide a link please?
There have been occasions where the way some attendees received
payments to attend, including flying in from other countries, has been
both politically contentious and anecdotally resulted in attendees
without funding being put off using their volunteer time to support
editathons run on the same basis. By "anecdotally" I include both this
being said to me and there being emails on various lists relating this
viewpoint.
Fae
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