The complaints in this thread have been reported in the Signpost, although without any of the countering comments. In what I imagine is an oversight, the co-author of the report in the Signpost (Kudpung) did not mention that he raised many of the complaints here himself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2018-06-29/News_and_notes ~Nathan On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 6:25 PM Mykola Kozlenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > WMUA board member here. We usually award three scholarships per year, we > run the program since 2016. > > Out of 9 people having received a scholarship, we had 1 board member and 0 > staff members. We do not have any priority to board members, they have to > apply in the same way as others. At least one applicant each year attended > Wikimania for the first time. > > I am not sure if this is a perfect solution but it is feasible. The fact > that all our board members are active Wikimedians themselves probably helps > to make it feasible. > > Best regards > Mykola (NickK) > Wikimedia Ukraine > > --- Оригінальне повідомлення --- > Від кого: "Luca Martinelli" <[email protected]> > Дата: 1 червня 2018, 15:30:10 > > 2018-05-31 21:31 GMT+02:00 Harry Mitchell <[email protected]>: > > Since you raise chapter scholarships, it would be nice to see some of the > > other big chapters (and to some extent the WMF) spending more on > > scholarships for rank-and-file Wikimedians rather than staff and board > > members. That might help with the perception that Wikimania is the same old > > faces year in, year out. > > Former WM-IT Board member here. Actually, Wikimedia Italia does host a > scholarship programme since 2011, open to both WM-IT associates and > Italian wikimedians. Depending on the destination, we always granted > every year 6 to 8 scholarships (plus up to 2 places for Board members, > and depending on staff availability, up to 2 places for them). In2016, we > actually handed out 10 full scholarships and 10 partial > scholarships ('cause travel expenses were more easy to cover). > > From my experience, it's difficult to fill up the ranks sometimes with > new people. Our internal rules actually give preference to people who > never attended Wikimania, as well as to women - still, we were > "forced" to award scholarships to the same people sometimes, because > we were lacking other eligible people. In particular, most of the most > active Italian wikipedians DO NOT apply for a WM-IT scholarship (or > WMF, AFAIK). > > This is yet another variable we're not considering enough, I think: if > new people do not apply, it's harder to award them a scholarship. > > L. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing > [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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