Hi there all,

This is one for any and all users with extended rights on this list, I'm sharing the following from Natalia from the WMF. *Scholarship applications are open until end of day on September 4th:*

📢* First ever Users with Extended Rights Conference* 📍Porto, 📅 *December 11-13 2026*

Wikimedia Portugal and the Wikimedia Foundation invite users with extended rights ( admins, checkusers, stewards, bureaucrats, oversights, arbcom members etc.) - to participate in the first ever multi day convening for this group of users. 📝 We are now opening *attendance applications, till* *Sept 4th EOD* *Details and application link:* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Users_with_Extended_Rights_Conference_2026 https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com/?d=wikimedia.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9tZXRhLndpa2ltZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9Vc2Vyc193aXRoX0V4dGVuZGVkX1JpZ2h0c19Db25mZXJlbmNlXzIwMjY=&i=NjVhZmE0ZjY3MDExZmY1Y2Q3NDE3Yjkx&t=Z0dnMFoxZkpPYjMxVkowL1hKVnRFNStjVVNPelg5eWVsbWtBS2c1c3hzYz0=&h=98ca8fdcc9d445dcabf21f228129665b&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVZA7tqNDdMSojDc5P-8x_JDseCXf-5PiWN_0m-5clcDBA

All the best, Sara