Yes
We dont give all scholarships for that reason while for regional Wikicon we receive more requests and we fill the amount immediately.
It's not an opinion that in our events people prefer to arrive by train and not by flight. We see it as soon we receive the expenses report and when we ask the reason the answer is the climate change.
Kind regards
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 13:25 Gabriel Thullen, gabriel@thullen.com wrote:
I am a Swiss member, and I did go to Wikimania (and did a small presentation).
I think that you need to clarify you statement: "In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because people would not do long trips."
When looking up what was sais for Wikimania 2019 I read: "Wikimedia CH offers scholarships for active Wikimedians. They cover transportation, hotel (max 3 nights) from the 16th to the 18th, and registration fees. To check your eligibility, you can consult conditions of eligibility on this page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CH/Policies/Scholarships."
Best regards Gabe
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 1:14 PM Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
Anyways this is perceived by the community.
In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because people would not do long trips.
IMHO the problem is these big events.
For this reason we prefer to give more scholarships for regional wikicon than to Wikimania.
This is the reason why you dont see more Swiss people at Wikimania.
Kind regards
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019, 00:51 Samuel Klein, meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM Robert Fernandez <
wikigamaliel@gmail.com
wrote:
I think we could drastically lower our carbon footprint by not using community digital resources to beat the same dead horse for a
billionth
time.
I laughed out loud.
AND. I love that the WMF joined the strike, and have some practical thoughts.
a) Reach out to Stripe https://stripe.com/gb/blog/negative-emissions-commitment, which has
a
through self-assessment and a negative-emissions program, and the Long
Now,
to coordinate efforts. b) Evaluate the community-wide carbon footprint, which is dominated by b.1) How we run conferences [*mostly in person*] b.2) How we choose partners, communicate climate imformation, and prioritize related policies [*fairly ad-hoc*] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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