You must have received faulty information. The recipients have always been revealed, at least in past years.
Adrian Raddatz
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:07 PM, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja < pavanaja@vishvakannada.com> wrote:
Hi,
Long back when I asked for list of scholarship awardees, with their usernames, someone answered saying that the usernames of scholarship awardees can’t be disclosed. How come they have been disclosed now?
Regards,
Pavanaja
*From:* Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Ellie Young *Sent:* 17 May 2017 12:49 AM *To:* Wikimania general list (open subscription); Wikimedia Mailing List *Subject:* [Wikimania-l] Update on Wikimania '17 - Scholarships, Registration, Submissions
Here's an update on various activities pertaining to our the upcoming Wikimania '17 which is being held August 9-13 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
WMF Scholarship Program: 110 people were offered and subsequently accepted a full or partial scholarship to attend. The awardees are listed by user names and the list is posted here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars
Submissions: The program committee has just finished it's review and deliberations. Rejections and acceptance emails are going out this week and next. We expect to post the program by the end of this month.
Registration and accommodation information is now up for everyone at:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation
If you are a scholarship or other WMF funded attendee (staff, contractor, board, etc), please wait until you hear from the WMF with your registration and accommodation instructions.
If you have any questions about the conference, please email wikimania-info@wikimedia.org
Please spread the word!!!!
Thanks, Ellie
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Ellie Young
Events Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
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