Just for the information of all those who read this thread, I did not get selected this year through the normal scholarship filtration process. I happen to be among those who could not attend Wikimania 2017 at Montreal, even after going through all these bashing and grillings and then obtaining a valid scholarship last year, due to the so called 'Canadian visa' problem. So, for me, scholarship to Wikimania 2018 was an automatic fall-in. Please reset your counters. My total Wikimania participation till date: 2012 Washington DC, 2014 London, 2015 Mexico.
Regards, User:Viswaprabha On 30 May 2018 at 06:19, cs <[email protected]> wrote: > I am also concerned about the same people repeatedly receiving > scholarships, and this is by no way of complaining that I did not > receive one. > As I said last year however, I believe it is also inappropriate to > inform applicants that they have been placed on a short list. Not > only does this raise false hopes, but as many applications are based on > the users' intentions to submit a presentation, it incurs a serious > waste of volunteers' time. > > I also believe that active Wikipedia users who have financed their own > participation in the conference multiple times should also be given > priority consideration. > > I fully understand that the according of scholarships is a complex and > difficult task. As a former volunteer scholarship approvals committee > member, I think I have some experience in these maters. > > Not one single Wikimania has been organised without serious issues which > often result in attendees’ negative experience. > Perhaps the solution would be to have the entire concept of Wikimania > place in the hands of an experienced volunteer task force of former > conference organizers, presenters, and attendees who will have learned > from previous errors and adminstartive organisational hiccups. Funds > should also be made available for face-to-face meetings for the > organisation of such an important event. > > Having a truly executive Board of Trustees rather than one that simply > rubber stamps the way the WMF works, in this and most other areas, may > be a step towards addressing these issues. > > Kudpung > > On 30, May2018, at 01:59, Gheorghe Zugravu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 29.05.2018 20:33, praveenp wrote: > > I haven't seen any attempt to share the knowledge and wisdom acquired > from Wikimania to community through mailing list or wiki. Users > including me generally feel that community is being mocked on. > > > Hi to all, > without being too original here, and following praveenp comments - would > be good to encourage recipients of WMF scholarship to organize some type > of Wikimania follow-up activities back in their groups or chapters. > > I do believe that most of them are doing it anyway without any > requirements from WMF, but if majority would do it - we could have > something as a ”permanent Wikimania” unfolding globally for a couple of > months after the official Wikimania. > > regards, > /gheorghe > > > > Hi, > > As I have said last year, this is not a complaint that I didn't get > selected. This is not personal. This is about same persons receiving > Wikimania scholarship year after year repeatedly. I am just using > familiar user names from a familiar community, who got many repeated > scholarships. > > Even after I argued that none of these 'permanent scholarship > receivers' sharing anything to community, I haven't seen any attempt > to share the knowledge and wisdom acquired from Wikimania to community > through mailing list or wiki. Users including me generally feel that > community is being mocked on. > > I tried to keep myself away from local discussion about this, but > injustice is so clear. And nobody is ready to discuss it openly, most > probably because of the 'incompetency shaming' in almost all replies. > > ~user:Praveenp > > > On Tuesday 29 May 2018 11:19 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > Given the context of the previous email you sent, I am assuming this > is more a complaint that you didn't get selected than that the other > two got selected. > > Similarly to the previous time you tried to have this discussion - I > feel uncomfortable to make this about individuals. > > Is there a way to give rejected applicants more feedback on which > factors play a main role, so that they can learn from it, especially > if there is something they could improve in their application. I would > add two sidenotes here though: it should only be provided on request > (no need to rub people's noses into something unnecessarily) and it > seems only viable at a level that can be easily extracted from the > process (high level). > > Perhaps someone who knows the scholarship committee's work intimately > could comment. > > Best, > Lodewijk > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, praveenp <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Congratulation to all the selection committee who break the > tradition[1] of selecting one of the Malayalam communities two > permanent Wikimania attendees, by selecting both of them. > > Congratulation to User:Netha Hussain & User:viswaprabha also. > > [1] "Granting Scholarship to same persons every year" thread, > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2017-May/008026.html > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2017-May/008026.html> > > ~User:Praveenp > > > On Tuesday 15 May 2018 11:19 PM, Ellie Young wrote: > * > > All, > > > Here's an update on various activities pertaining to the > upcomingWikimania '18 which is being held July 18-22 in Cape Town, > South Africa. > > WMF Scholarship Program: 135 people were offered and subsequently > accepteda full or partial scholarship to attend. The awardees are > listed by usernames and the list is posted > here:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_ > scholars<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars> > Submissions: > The program committee has just finished its review anddeliberations. > Rejections and acceptance emails have gone out in the past week. > > 95% of the accepted submissions are listed at: > > > https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program > <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program> > > > Plenaries and other sessions will be listed soon and a scheduled > program in June. > > Registration and accommodation information is now up for everyone > at:https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration<https:// > wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration>https:// > wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation<https:// > wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation>If > you are a scholarship or other WMF funded attendee (staff, > contractor,board, etc), please wait until you hear from the WMF with > your registrationand accommodation instructions.If you have any > questions about the conference, please emailwikimania-info at > wikimedia.org<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >Please > spread the word!!!!On behalf of the Wikimania '18 Organizing Team > > Ellie YoungEvents Manager, Wikimedia > Foundation<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > * > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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