On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Tinu Cherian (Wikimedia India)
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tinucherian@wikimedia.in> wrote:
> A gentle reminder of the Deadline of TODAY for the application of Wikimania
> Scholarships !
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
> Wikimedia India
>
>
> On 1/25/2012 5:19 PM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Wikimania is the annual international conference of Wikimedians ,
> jointly hosted by the local team ( usually local chapter) and the Wikimedia
> Foundation.
>
> The previous conferences were held in Frankfurt, Germany (2005), Boston, USA
> (2006), Taipei, Taiwan (2007), Alexandria, Egypt (2008), Buenos Aires,
> Argentina (2009), Gdańsk, Poland (2010), and Haifa, Israel (2011).
>
> This year, it is to be held in Washington DC, United States of America, on
> July 12-14 , 2012.
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> I have attended the Wikimanias in Gdansk and Haifa, along with several other
> Wikipedians from India.
>
>
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania2011
>
> I highly recommend everyone to apply and attend Wikimania !
>
> Like every year, The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a limited number of
> scholarships to offset the cost of select individuals' attendance at
> Wikimania.
>
> Both full and partial scholarships are available for Wikimania 2012:
> Full scholarships will award round trip travel, dorms accommodations and
> registration.
> Partial scholarships will subsidize up to 300€ of travel expenses.
>
> Scholarship recipients have to bear themselves the additional costs of
> taxis, visa & travel agent charges etc.
>
> More Information :
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
> Apply here :
https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/
> Deadline : 16 Feb 2012
>
> Around 30 % of the scholarship are allocated to Asia & Pacific, so there are
> more chances of scholarship applications from India to be selected. :)
>
> Please note that the selection is mostly based on the merit of the
> applications.
> One of the common mistakes that Wikimedians in India make is that we aren't
> enough vocal of what we do. So please do write in detail about your
> Wikimedia activities.
>
> Please feel free to forward this to various language and city mailing lists
> and encourage other Wikimedians to apply.
>
> All the best wishes!
>
> Regards
> Tinu Cherian
>
>
>