I just want to clarify something. I apologize in advance for being pedantic.
In the US the term Latino is also applied to those of us who live in the United States who have cultural and ethnic ties to Latin America. Based on my reading of the selection process those Latinos would not be preferred applicants. On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > *For the last few years I’ve held my tongue as American applicants get a > > fraction of 10% of all the funding for Wikimania scholarships.* > > > > Actually you are looking at the old numbers. Both Wikimanias 2015 and 2016 > uses a new method of selection. Now, the Global North*[1] *has 25% of all > scholarships, and the Global South*[2]* has 75%. Now that you have to > compete with most of the rich countries in the world. And is not all: If > you get into the final 10% of the "cutoff",your place may be taken away by > a woman (or transgender) or a Latino, since that is the policy now*[3]*. > > And I for one agree with the new policy. The effort made by a European (or > American, or Canadian) to travel to a Wikimania, is something like one > month of salary. For a woman from the same place will probably be 2 months > (pay gap at its finest!) and for a Latino, African, or Asiatic the effort > starts at 6 months and go on to even a decade*[4]* (A full decade of your > salary to go to Wikimania). > > So no, I don't feel sorry that most of the scholarships don't go to > Americans, I'm not denying that there is poor people in rich countries but > the level of poverty is *way* too different. > > > Béria L > . de Rodríguez (a Latino Woman 😉) > > _______________________________ > *References:* > > [1]: Australia, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong, Macau, New Zealand, Japan, > Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States and all of Europe > (including Russia, but excluding Turkey) (source > <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South>) > [2]: Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South > Korea and Taiwan), Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, > and the Middle East (with the exception of Israel) (source > <https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South>) > [3]: For applicants within 10% of the "cutoff", preference will be* first* > given to the* non-male* applicant, and *secondary* preference to applicants > from* Latin America*.(source > <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Selection_process> > - > enfasis added by me) > [4]: Venezuela for example has a exchange rate Bolivar-US dolar of 1026 BSF > to 1 dolar. Their average salary is 9,500 BSF (about $ 9,00) at that pace > their probability to attend Wikimania on their own tends to zero. (source > for the exchange rate <https://dolartoday.com/>) > > _____ > > ***Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a > construir esse sonho.* > > 2016-02-10 13:43 GMT-02:00 Andrew Lih <andrew....@gmail.com>: > > > GerardM, > > > > As much as I agree with you on many things related to Wikimania, your > > statement about en.wp and USA being “over subsidized” is off base. > > > > For the last few years I’ve held my tongue as American applicants get a > > fraction of 10% of all the funding for Wikimania scholarships. That’s > > because 10% is allocated to all of North America, so US based folks > compete > > with Canadians for that small slice of the pie. Indeed, key community > > members from the US could not afford to go to Wikimania, and did not, > > because of the limited funding. We also do not have a strong chapter > system > > to make up for that shortcoming, where European chapters can, and do, > > underwrite their local members with other funds. > > > > I am not against the bulk of the scholarship money going to > > underrepresented developing markets and giving new voices a chance to > > attend. But I wanted to dispel the myth that Americans are always gorging > > at the trough. > > > > > > > https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Scholarship_selection_process > > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Selection_process > > > > > > -Andrew > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Gerard Meijssen < > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hoi, > > > Pine with all due respect, the USA is not the problem and English > > Wikipedia > > > has been overly subsidised, given way too much attention. Indeed having > > > more people from the USA attend Wikimania is not a good value > > proposition. > > > The USA and Britain is overrepresented as it is. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > On 10 February 2016 at 10:13, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > From a US perspective, even here in the global north we have plenty > of > > > > students and middle-class participants for whom $1500 in travel, food > > and > > > > lodging plus 5 days away from work, family, or school amounts to a > > > > significant or impossible sacrifice. > > > > > > > > Perhaps someone could tell us the statistics for how many people have > > > > attended Wikimania each year who were not WMF employees, FDC or WMF > > Board > > > > members, scholarship recipients, or financially sponsored by WMF > > > affiliates > > > > or WEF. Of those people who pay 100% of their own costs plus the cost > > of > > > > admission tickets, my guess is that many live within a day's travel > > time > > > by > > > > train, car, or bus. > > > > > > > > I would hypothesize that thematic conferences also have a low > > percentage > > > of > > > > people who pay 100% of their own costs, but that regional conferences > > > which > > > > have lower travel costs for the average attendee receive modestly > > higher > > > > percentages of unsubsidized attendance. > > > > > > > > It seems to me that WMF finacial support for conferences, including > > > > regional and thematic conferences, will continue to be the norm. > > > > > > > > Whether $1 million is appropriate for Wikimania and whether a more > > modest > > > > budget would be appropriate and feasable are different questions that > > > merit > > > > careful reflection. > > > > > > > > Pine > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
