[Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-20 Thread Florence Devouard
On 7/15/10 6:23 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > Perhaps in future (for say, Haifa) it would be an idea if any chapter-based > scholarships were put on hold until after the Foundation makes its choices? > That way the systems could mesh, with people who don't quite meet the > Foundation requirements/do

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Noein
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/07/2010 01:57, Florence Devouard wrote: > This decision was approved on the 24th of may and was advertised in > various (french speaking) venues. The scholarship only proposed two > different types of packages: 250 euros or 500 euros. > There w

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Christophe Henner
On 21 July 2010 10:00, Noein wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 21/07/2010 01:57, Florence Devouard wrote: >> This decision was approved on the 24th of may and was advertised in >> various (french speaking) venues. The scholarship only proposed two >> different types o

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Oliver Keyes
The attendance of French Wikipedians was certainly high; I travelled through to Gdansk with five or six (the "Why France/Britain sucks" conversations" were amusing). I think it's an excellent idea for individual chapters to distribute scholarships, but yes, there is a time element involved. I guess

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Florence Devouard
On 7/21/10 1:37 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > The attendance of French Wikipedians was certainly high; I travelled through > to Gdansk with five or six (the "Why France/Britain sucks" conversations" > were amusing). I think it's an excellent idea for individual chapters to > distribute scholarships, bu

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Oliver Keyes
If wishes were fishes and all that. Still, it's July now; could budgets not get approved before January? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Florence Devouard wrote: > On 7/21/10 1:37 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > > The attendance of French Wikipedians was certainly high; I travelled > through > > to Gd

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Florence Devouard
yes, as long as it is next year budget ;) ant On 7/21/10 4:28 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > If wishes were fishes and all that. Still, it's July now; could budgets not > get approved before January? > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Florence Devouardwrote: > >> On 7/21/10 1:37 PM, Oliver Keyes wro