We’re delighted to see that six Australians and one New Zealander have listed themselves as attending:
* Graham Pearce (Graham87) * Charles Gregory (Chuq) * Steven Zhang * Gnangarra * whiteghost.ink * Liam Wyatt (Wittylama) * gadfium (NZ) We’re keen for this list to grow! < Wikimania scholarships > The foundation’s Scholarships Review Committee has recently announced the winners of Wikimania scholarships to attend the annual event, this year in Washington DC. As far as I can see, the list of scholarship recipients is not public; applicants have been individually informed of whether they were successful. WMAu originally allocated $22,500 to Wikimania 2012, but given the importance many people in the movement are placing on women’s participation, we decided to reallocate $10,000 of that to WikiWomenCamp. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2011-2012_Budget#Wikimania http://comm.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_%282011-12-18%29/Minutes#WikiWomenCamp_and_WM-AR_GenderGap_conference WMAu is sending our two ordinary committee members, Charles Gregory and Graham Pearce (with carer), to represent the chapter. WMAu has also approved partial scholarships of $1,000 to Steve Zhang, Jutta von Dincklage, and whiteghost.ink, who regrettably missed out on foundation scholarships this time. However, Steven Zhang secured other arrangements and no longer needs the partial scholarship from WMAu. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_%282012-02-19%29#Wikimania_scholarships With the two ordinary members and two partial scholarships, Wikimania 2012 is currently costing the chapter a little over $14,000. While this is more than the $12,500 in the budget, the organisation has the funds, and we’d like to know whether we can assist anyone else who has made the large financial commitment of going to Wikimania. < Call for additional applications > If you unsuccessfully applied for a foundation (SRC) scholarship, please send through your scholarship application to WMAu. Please also indicate that you’re happy for us to go through the formalities of checking with the SRC that you didn’t apply for a scholarship or that your application was declined. If you’ve already purchased flights or accommodation, please let us know that too. This is a great opportunity to get to know others in the movement on a personal basis. Although we can’t guarantee approval of all additional applications, we’re keen to give the green light to as many as our funds will allow. Tight deadline, sorry !! Please send this information to commit...@wikimedia.org.au before close of business next Friday 4 May. If there are more applications for WMAu assistance, we'll discuss what level of additional funds the chapter should allocate towards scholarships at the public IRC meeting held on Sunday 6 May. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
