This is a final reminder that registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon is
closing for volunteers requesting a scholarship or visa and WMF staff in
three days on 9 February. Registration link and more details about the
event can be found here on
Mediawiki.org
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Register>.
Special thanks to Wiki Tech Storm organizers for helping us to re-think our
newcomer program to be even more friendly and easy to navigate and to the
GLAM community for coming up with so many good ideas so far. :)
Once staff and scholarships are confirmed (around 21 Feb) you can begin to
follow our progress on the newly opened Hackathon Workboard on Phabricator
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/4551/> as people add their
projects and session ideas.
We are here to help, so please send an email if you have any questions or
ideas. :)
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 8:09 AM Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hello!
This is a reminder that 10 days from now (9 February) is the deadline for
volunteers requesting a scholarship or visa and WMF staff to register for
the Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 in Tirana. After that point the decision
committees will begin work and we will not be able to accept any more
applications so please make sure to register before then if you have an
interest in attending.
For those self-funding to attend this event, registration will remain
open.
Again, please help make sure this is passed around to the relevant mailing
lists. :)
Thanks! We are here to help or answer questions that you may have.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:35 AM Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
On behalf of Open Labs Albania
<https://openlabs.cc/en/> and the Wikimedia
Foundation Community Events Team we are pleased to announce that registration
for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2020
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020/Register> is
now open for both scholarships and regular attendees!
The hackathon will be held at OFIÇINA <http://www.oficina.al/> in
Tirana, Albania between 9-11 May 2020 (please note that this is a Saturday
through Monday instead of the usual Friday - Sunday). Additionally, we
encourage attendees to stay in Tirana and attend the 7th annual Open
Source Conference Albania (OSCAL) <https://oscal.openlabs.cc/> which
will be in the same venue on May 16th and 17th, and will have a Wikimedia
Track and mission aligned organizations participating.
We have identified two focus areas
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020#Hackathon_Focus_Areas>
for the event which we will continue to refine and clarify over the next
months. As usual, we welcome participants who plan to work on or learn
about any project that they like related to any area of Wikimedia
Technology.
If you have any questions or comments please contact:
wiki-hackathon(a)openlabs.cc Otherwise, please continue to follow our
program and organizational developments on Wikimedia Hackathon 2020 on
Mediawiki <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2020>.
Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists and looking
forward to see you in Tirana!
--
Rachel Farrand
Senior Program Manager
Events Team
Wikimedia Foundation
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Rachel Farrand
Senior Program Manager
Events Team
Wikimedia Foundation
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Rachel Farrand
Senior Program Manager
Events Team
Wikimedia Foundation