On 25 March 2010 18:51, Cary Bass <c...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Isabell Long wrote: >> On 24 March 2010 22:41, Cary Bass <c...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend >>> Wikimania 2010 <https://wm10schols.wikimedia.org/>in Gdansk, >>> Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers >>> Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, >>> accommodations, and registration at the conference. >> >> I just noticed that! Wow! Is there any lower age limit for >> Wikimania? I mean, do you have to be a certain age to attend? I >> might well apply if that's not the case or I'm old enough (16) - it >> is in Poland after all and I have never been to Poland, fascinating >> country and for a Wikimedia conference as well - wow! >> >> Thanks, > > There is not an age limit set for Wikimania as a whole. Essentially, > anyone who is eligible for attendance is eligible for scholarship. > People who are not of the age of majority in the country of > citizenship will undoubtedly require their guardians' permission to > travel, and if those people are considered by the scholarship > committee, the committee will want to see that proof.
Yep, sure. Thanks, good to know there's not an age limit! > > As far as the minimum age for attendance, the local team has not set > any criteria. It should be considered that this criteria may be > different for citizens of the host country to travel in the country > than it is for non-Polish citizens. I don't know if being a citizen > of an EU country makes a difference for minors traveling across borders. I don't think there are any restrictions but then I am not overly familiar with EU law. > Past Wikimanias have seen scholarship recipients as young as 15 years > of age; but the one I remember specifically also traveled with a > guardian, who attended the conference as well. There may be other > considerations involved in the host country with regards to liability > that have to be taken into account when granting a scholarship to > someone of that age. Sure. If I come I will be travelling with a parent anyway. > > Ultimately, there are no restrictions on /applying/ for scholarship so > you should feel free to apply. However, the application was designed > to allow only for years that start with "19", so people born 2000 or > later will have to contact us separately to apply. Don't worry, I'm not quite *that* young. Thanks, Isabell. -- Regards, Isabell Long. <isabell...@gmail.com> [[User:Issyl0]] on all public Wikimedia projects. Freenode Community Co-Ordinator - issyl0 on irc.freenode.net PGP Key ID: 0xEB83C2BD _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l