Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Noein
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/07/2010 01:57, Florence Devouard wrote: This decision was approved on the 24th of may and was advertised in various (french speaking) venues. The scholarship only proposed two different types of packages: 250 euros or 500 euros. There was

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Christophe Henner
On 21 July 2010 10:00, Noein prono...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/07/2010 01:57, Florence Devouard wrote: This decision was approved on the 24th of may and was advertised in various (french speaking) venues. The scholarship only proposed two

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Oliver Keyes
The attendance of French Wikipedians was certainly high; I travelled through to Gdansk with five or six (the Why France/Britain sucks conversations were amusing). I think it's an excellent idea for individual chapters to distribute scholarships, but yes, there is a time element involved. I guess

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Florence Devouard
On 7/21/10 1:37 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: The attendance of French Wikipedians was certainly high; I travelled through to Gdansk with five or six (the Why France/Britain sucks conversations were amusing). I think it's an excellent idea for individual chapters to distribute scholarships, but yes,

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Oliver Keyes
If wishes were fishes and all that. Still, it's July now; could budgets not get approved before January? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.comwrote: On 7/21/10 1:37 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: The attendance of French Wikipedians was certainly high; I travelled

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-21 Thread Florence Devouard
yes, as long as it is next year budget ;) ant On 7/21/10 4:28 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: If wishes were fishes and all that. Still, it's July now; could budgets not get approved before January? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Florence Devouardanthe...@yahoo.comwrote: On 7/21/10 1:37 PM,

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia France Wikimania Scholarships (was Re: Money, politics and corruption)

2010-07-20 Thread Florence Devouard
On 7/15/10 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 requirements/do but