I don't know but if the option is to pay 500 long travels for scholarships
by flight to attend a single event or to pay 500 travels for the staff of
WMF to attend several regional conferences, the answer will be in favor of
the second option which is more sustainable and more efficient.
I have seen more interest for regional events where people can speak their
mother tongue and are lesser impactful for the environment than for big
events.
After i can say that in Wikimania we dont see really the Wikipedia
communities. We see the peak of the iceberg and this peak is not necessarly
representative.
Kind regards
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 13:57 Rebecca O'Neill, <rebeccanineil(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is it, perhaps, that the value a lot of people derive
from these events is
not just the conference itself, but the ability to meet fellow Wikimedians
face-to-face and make meaningful contacts and even friendships that may
never otherwise have come about? I'm all about virtual, but there is value
in physical events, and I would say that we should make time and space for
both.
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 12:54, Ilario Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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(a)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(a)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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM Robert Fernandez <
wikigamaliel(a)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*]
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