To be clear, you (and everyone else on scholarship) went last year on
money that was donated specifically for Wikimania scholarships by
outside organizations. This was administered and given out through the
Foundation. :) We probably wouldn't have gotten those donations from
those people for general-fund purposes.
best,
phoebe
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:12 PM, James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Tell that to the many who were able to go to Wikimania
on Foundation money,
including myself.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:52 PM, <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > Is it that important to fly people around? After all, this is an
> internet
> > site.
>
> This is a point that I've often wondered about. Considering that we
> are an internet-based organization and have internal access to so many
> electronic communications media (private wikis, private mailing lists,
> private IRC chatrooms), and could likely gain access to other more
> advanced types (video telephony, video conferencing, etc) is there
> truly a need for much travel?
>
> --Andrew Whitworth
>
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