[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-12 Thread Željko Blaće
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 9:11 AM Ted Chien wrote: > I agree child care should be one of the scholarship options. > I fully agree, but also not just care for babies and kids, but also elderly and sick which are much more in danger in a pandemic. ___

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-12 Thread Ted Chien
I agree child care should be one of the scholarship options. Regards, Ted Chien Chair of Supervisors Wikimedia Taiwan — http://about.me/htchien https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Htchien https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Htchien — Imaging a world that everyone can share knowledge freely, help

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Gnangarra
The COT has identified 3 broad areas for scholarship support, Connectivity, soft support, and community support. Like the Wikicite link that Mike mentioned: we want to make it as light on bureaucracy as possible. We want to tailor it to the needs of as many people as possible with a priority for

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Florence Devouard
Child care is likely to be another answer ? Flo Le 11/05/2021 à 21:26, Mohamed ElGohary a écrit : Connectivity for starters, and owning devices that are capable of enabling a good summit experience. Not all volunteers are privileged to contribute to a virtual event in a comfortable way. The 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Mike Peel
It's worth looking at the Wikicite e-scholarship model: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/e-scholarship Thanks, Mike On 11/5/21 20:49:21, Winnie Kabinte wrote: Thanks for your input Mohamed, you're right. Those are actually some of the areas the scholarship should help facilitate. We

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Winnie Kabinte
Thanks for your input Mohamed, you're right. Those are actually some of the areas the scholarship should help facilitate. We shall update you more on this soon enough. On Tue, 11 May 2021, 22:28 Mohamed ElGohary, wrote: > Connectivity for starters, and owning devices that are capable of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Mohamed ElGohary
Connectivity for starters, and owning devices that are capable of enabling a good summit experience. Not all volunteers are privileged to contribute to a virtual event in a comfortable way. The Internet can be expensive for video calls for many countries / regions in Africa and Asia. ᐧ On Tue,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Winnie Kabinte
Dear Esteban, I understand your concern. Allow me to clarify that even though this year's Wikimania is virtual, we plan to have increased participation. The scholarship program will be repurposed to facilitate participation in the virtual event. We shall provide more information and guidance on

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimania Updates - Scholarships and Sessions

2021-05-11 Thread Esteban Zarate
I don't understand what is the purpose of the scholarship this year, there isn't to travel and no physical venue to host Wikimania, what is the purpose of the scholarship? El mar, 11 de may. de 2021 a la(s) 15:50, Winnie Kabinte (kabi...@gmail.com) escribió: > Dear Wikimedia Community Members, >