On 31 Mar 2014, at 14:46, John Byrne <john(a)bodkinprints.co.uk> wrote:
I agree with others that when a scholarship/grant is
made involving non-trivial travel and living expenses such as air fares and hotels, the
recipients should be identified, if only by username. Exceptions to this should be made
very sparingly, and for very good reasons. If individuals attending Wikimania or other
events don't want to be named on any basis, that is their business, though I found it
frustrating in Washington in 2012 that no such list was available, even just in print at
the event. I hope this year's Wikimania will at least make a list of those who
don't mind their presence being public, or available to other attendees.
+1, I agree with this completely.
When people are receiving money from the Wikimedia movement to support their attendance,
there should be an extra burden of transparency on them in order to justify that
expenditure - the minimum there should be clarity on who is being funded to go, the ideal
there would be them also writing up their experiences after the event. Where this
hasn't happened in the past has been more to do with lack of time/capacity than
deliberate secrecy.
Thanks,
Mike