There must be a coherent explanation. It is possible that there is an
alliance that we can not see between WMF and the university so that WMF
receives the surplus in donations that will be cleanly used.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 22:01 Paulo Santos Perneta,
wrote:
> We are talking about a very
We are talking about a very dramatic increase in the fee in the last few
years, not about universities doing events for free. And it is quite hard
to understand how come an event on campus as a fee similar to the ones
organized at a five star hotels.
Paulo
A segunda, 3 de jun de 2019, 22:55,
Well, as someone who has worked at a number of universities and organised
events at others, I am well aware that many universities are short of cash and
expect to be paid by others to use their facilities so I would not assume that
being “on campus” is a free or low-cost venue for Wikimania. A
For us in Portugal joining wikimedia, even in a relatively close city like
Stockholm, without a scholarship stands at a minimum cost of 1000€, which
really is a prohibitive cost for the great majority of people here,
corresponding to way more than a regular full month wage (two minimum
wages,
Flight costs between Lisbon and Stockholm were indeed about 100€ many
months ago. However, when the scholarships were out, anyone receiving a
partial scholarship or wanting to go on their own anyway would have to pay
over 400€ already, just for the flight .
Paulo
A sábado, 1 de jun de 2019,
