Hi folks,
We published a 9 minutes teaser of the Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City
documentary. The 30 minutes full version will be released soon on a
premiere in the Cineteca Nacional (Mexican Film Archives) where a copy will
be kept for the future and in TV educational channels with national reach.
Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikiman%C3%ADa_2015_en_la_Ciudad_de…
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85oosE2VJU
I hope that you can come live again emotions and good moments that we had
in Mexico.
Thanks,
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*Iván Martínez*
*Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid @protoplasmakid*
Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a
proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora:
https://donate.wikimedia.org
Hi,
I was informed that my last mail was poorly formatted. I hope that this
time it looks better.
Cheers,
Martin
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Dear Wikimaniacs,
Thank you very much for all the many applications for the Scholarship
committee for Wikimania 2016. We are happy to present the following
committee members:
* David Richfield (South Africa, languages: en, af, de-3, nl-2)
* Dsvyas (India, languages: gu, en-4, hi-3)
* Eugene Alvin Villar (Philippines, languages: tl, en)
* GastelEtzwane (Switzerland, languages: fr, en, de-2)
* Mel 23 (Argentina, languages: es, en-4)
* Mardetanha (Iran, languages: fa, az, en-3, tr-2)
* Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (USA, languages: en)
* Ruslik0 (Russia, languages: ru, en-3)
* Venus Lui (Hong Kong, languages: zh, zh-yue, en)
* Federico Leva (Italy, languages: it, en-3, “Scholarships working group
chair”)
* Martin Rulsch (Germany, languages: de, en-3, es-2, “Scholarships working
group deputy chair”)
Assisted by:
* one Wikimania 2017 non-voting observer tbd
* Ellie Young (WMF Conference Coordinator)
* Sati Houston (WMF Staff)
Additionally, around a dozen users offered their help with preparations of
the scholarship applications, required translations, and communications as
Scholarship ambassadors. We invite more people to volunteer. Please contact
us on domande.wikimania(a)wikimedia.it when you are interested in this
function. We appreciate your help!
Find more information on
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee .
Thanks,
Federico Leva and Martin Rulsch
Wikimania 2016 team, scholarships subteam
Dear Wikimaniacs, Thank you very much for all the many applications for the Scholarship committee for Wikimania 2016. We are happy to present the following committee members: * David Richfield (South Africa, languages: en, af, de-3, nl-2)* Dsvyas (India, languages: gu, en-4, hi-3)* Eugene Alvin Villar (Philippines, languages: tl, en)* GastelEtzwane (Switzerland, languages: fr, en, de-2)* Mel 23 (Argentina, languages: es, en-4)* Mardetanha (Iran, languages: fa, az, en-3, tr-2)* Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (USA, languages: en)* Ruslik0 (Russia, languages: ru, en-3)* Venus Lui (Hong Kong, languages: zh, zh-yue, en)* Federico Leva (Italy, languages: it, en-3, “Scholarships working group chair”)* Martin Rulsch (Germany, languages: de, en-3, es-2, “Scholarships working group deputy chair”) Assisted by:* one Wikimania 2017 non-voting observer tbd* Ellie Young (WMF Conference Coordinator)* Sati Houston (WMF Staff) Additionally, around a dozen users offered their help with preparations of the scholarship applications, required translations, and communications as Scholarship ambassadors. We invite more people to volunteer. Please contact us on domande.wikimania(a)wikimedia.it when you are interested in this function. We appreciate your help! Find more information on https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee . Thanks,Federico Leva and Martin RulschWikimania 2016 team, scholarships subteam
TL;DR: Fill
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RtBz72MTmKJKcraZk8FORHZRL6Y0gSo5VeNIFOKwHt…
, it takes 5 min.
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As you probably know by now, Wikimania 2016 Esino Lario wants to achieve
a Wikimania format which allows people to "get things done" and leave
the conference fully satisfied with the result of their investment of
time and other resources (see pillars 2 and 4:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Pillars ).
For this purpose, we consider all audiences (see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Program#Tar…
).
Participants other than scholarship recipients and reimbursed
representatives are one group we heard very little from, but we think
they are important because: 1) they have financial resources and help
make the Wikimania budget sustainable; 2) they have motivation to share
and ideas on what makes Wikimania valuable.
We set up this form mainly to collect names of some such people and talk
with them later: if you provide your contact, we may write you on this
topic. We may release aggregate data from the resposes; data will be
handled by us and the Wikimania 2016 fiscal sponsor "Ecomuseo delle
Grigne" (under EU law). Please fill the whole form, it's short!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RtBz72MTmKJKcraZk8FORHZRL6Y0gSo5VeNIFOKwHt…
Feel free to forward this invite to anyone.
Thanks,
Federico Leva and Martin Rulsch
Wikimania 2016 team, scholarships subteam
Re: what is the purpose of wikimania?
I think the central purpose of Wikimania is to bring wikimedians together
and thereby enable things to happen.
We are a decentralised movement with a thousand Wikis, hundreds of
languages and a global community.
There are huge opportunities for wikimedians to share experiences across
those thousand different wikis, and Wikimania is one opportunity to create
links across languages and projects.
In a nearly fifteen year old organisation that in many ways is very
decentralised there is a big risk that different parts of the movement will
drift ever further apart and the organisation could fragment. Wikimania is
an investment in preventing that, and in getting links that cut across the
gaps between projects. It isn't the only thing we can or should do to build
links across projects. But in my view we should be doing more to build
links across our barriers of language and culture. For example have we done
an audit of the larger wiki communities against the wikimania attendees to
see which communities of any size have not had anyone attend wikimania?
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On 11 November 2015 at 13:50, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> uuh - i am not sure if one should open that can of worms. what is the
>>> purpose of wikimania? is it to raise money? for sure not. there are
>>> more intelligent ways to do that. is wikimania a business, i.e. the
>>> organizer want to get as much money out of the conference as possible?
>>> for sure not. there are other conference topics which are more
>>> promising.
>>
>>
>> If there is interest by participants to chip in on scholarships for
>> others to attend, I'm not sure providing an outlet for that interest means
>> opening any cans, full of worms or other critters. It's an efficient
>> matching of donor interest to funding needed.
>>
>
> Quite! I can certainly see there being people (probably some Wikimedians)
> who would be interested in making a donation to help others (certainly
> Wikimedians) to get to Wikimania. Much more interested than they are in
> giving to WMF's general funds to pay for cups of coffee for developers. Of
> course, this might result in very few donations and not be worth the
> effort, but you don't know until you've tried it.
>
> By contrast I'd guess that very few banner-campaign donors are interested
> in Wikimania at all.
>
> Chris
>
>
>>
>>
>
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Dear Wikimaniacs,we are now calling for a scholarship review committee.This year, we additionally want a scholarship ambassador for each major geography or language, including a representative from each entity which pays for additional scholarships; the ambassadors will be committee observers.The scholarship review committee is an important and diverse group of volunteers who help to run the scholarship program in accordance with the pillars of this Wikimania. We encourage people from all Wikimedia wikis to apply for this position so that the committee can handle applications in many different languages.The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2016 are:
- Participation in periodic online meetings with scholarships program manager and other committee members.
- Review and edit communications material (e.g. Scholarship wiki, application questions).
- Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
- Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania scholarship applications in multiple languages.
- Work with the local team.
For further information please visit m:Wikimania/Scholarships/Tasks (the committee will also be polishing this page).We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are:
- fluent in written English and have good communication skills, or can name local community member(s)/ambassadors who help them with English translations.
- discreet and able to handle confidential applicant information, and objectively assess candidates.
- willing to review scholarship applications in late 2015/early 2016.
- having either or both:
- previously attended Wikimania.
- strong knowledge of the cross-project Wikimedia community.
You will be working remotely. While we hope that scholarship review committee members will enjoy Wikimania 2016 by giving significant input to it, the local team cannot guarantee financial support for the committee members' travel expenses since scholarship review committee members may not apply for a scholarship themselves.If you're interested in serving on the scholarship reviewing committee and/or as scholarship ambassador, please send us an email at domande.wikimania(a)wikimedia.it. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.Deadline to apply is Sunday, November 15, 2015. The local team will contact all candidates and publish the list of scholarship committee members right afterwards. Please help with translations on wm2016:Scholarship committee.Proposed timeline
- Nov 1–Nov 15: Call for Scholarship Committee
- Nov 16–Dec 6: Preparations of the Scholarship Committee
- Dec 6–Jan 9: Submission time
Thanks,
Federico Leva and Martin Rulsch
Wikimania 2016 team, scholarships subteam