Yar, hence the problem. Still, it's nice of individual chapters to provide grants, although I'm not sure how widely they're advertised.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Keegan Peterzell <keegan.w...@gmail.com>wrote: > ....which, considering most governments, requires at least 18 months > notice. Most conference scheduling is a 12~14 month window. Paperwork at > its best. But, really, good for Hungary to provide the grant even if it's > too little/too late. > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Oliver Keyes <scire.fac...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Yeah, I see your point - it's a timing thing. It only works if you've got > > enough notice in advance, which requires your budget to be set up and the > > organisers of Wikimania to be completely on the ball. > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Oliver Keyes <scire.fac...@gmail.com > > > >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 but oh dear, we've already used up all our > > > > scholarships being forwarded to the chapter for its decision. > > > > > > > > > > Just a quick note on scholarships and chapters: > > > Wikimedia Hungary applied for a government grant to send people to > > > Wikimania > > > and we have just today received the news that we have won about €850, > > which > > > would have covered the costs of about 5 people (originally we asked for > > > €1160). With this unfortunate timing there were only 4 people from > > Hungary > > > (2 and a half of them got funding from the WMF, their employer and the > > > organisers) so we can't really utilize this grant. > > > > > > There are some lessons in it for us (we could shoulder some of the > costs > > > anticipating a successful grant application and accepting the risk > > > associated with not being successful or being less successful than > > planned > > > for). > > > It also helps a little that the Haifa Wikimania will be in August, > which > > > gives us an extra month and a chance to get at least the results – if > not > > > the grant money itself – before the conference. > > > > > > For a successful grant application and in order to induce more > > participants > > > to go it is also helpful if cost and schedule information are available > > > early on (a budget has to be submitted for the grant, people need to > plan > > > their summer accordingly and a schedule helps convince people that they > > > should go to Wikimania for the program as well – not only the nice > other > > > people they can meet – and it helps in drafting the grant). > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Bence Damokos > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > ~Keegan > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
