Re: [Foundation-l] Chapter wikimania scholarships Was: Money, politics and corruption

2010-07-22 Thread Oliver Keyes
Yar, hence the problem. Still, it's nice of individual chapters to provide grants, although I'm not sure how widely they're advertised. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Keegan Peterzell wrote: > which, considering most governments, requires at least 18 months > notice. Most conference schedu

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapter wikimania scholarships Was: Money, politics and corruption

2010-07-22 Thread Keegan Peterzell
which, considering most governments, requires at least 18 months notice. Most conference scheduling is a 12~14 month window. Paperwork at its best. But, really, good for Hungary to provide the grant even if it's too little/too late. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > Ye

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapter wikimania scholarships Was: Money, politics and corruption

2010-07-22 Thread Oliver Keyes
Yeah, I see your point - it's a timing thing. It only works if you've got enough notice in advance, which requires your budget to be set up and the organisers of Wikimania to be completely on the ball. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Olive

[Foundation-l] Chapter wikimania scholarships Was: Money, politics and corruption

2010-07-22 Thread Bence Damokos
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > Perhaps in future (for say, Haifa) it would be an idea if any chapter-based > scholarships were put on hold until after the Foundation makes its choices? > That way the systems could mesh, with people who don't quite meet the > Foundation requ