Re: [Wikimania-l] DebConf 17 in Montreal

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Legoktm, 11/07/2016 23:38:

My quick searching indicated that the venues are about 30 minutes away
on public transport, so it might be feasible to attend parts of it while
at Wikimania...


Very interesting combo! Finally wikimaniacs can experiment bringing the 
extreme sport of conference multitasking to a new level. ;-)


Nemo

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[Wikimania-l] Reports, sharing and scholarship comments

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

One of the things I like most of Wikimania is reading people's notes 
etc. about it, e.g. starting from

* https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees
* https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2016_presentations
(make sure to add yours!).
	Having chaired the scholarship committee this year, I want to remind 
everyone that the scholars are working on the outcomes of their 
attendance, to be described or pointed to from 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#Reports_from_2016 
.
	Whether you attended Wikimania or not, consulting this material is 
useful; even more useful if you comment on the respective talk page. You 
could point out what you found most interesting, or give suggestions on 
how achievements could be further advanced (maybe with inspiration from 
other attendees, current or past), or what else you'd like to see. Such 
comments will be useful for the author of the report (and their 
community), for other wikimaniacs and for next year's scholarship 
committee too.
	If you instead have comments on specific applications (or granted 
scholarships), e.g. because you don't understand the committee's 
decision, and you can't post them on any talk page, feel free to throw 
them at me (e.g. at wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org ). I may reply 
on your talk page, as my responses can't contain private information 
anyway, and I can usually shed light on the thought process or the 
mechanism which led to a certain outcome. Understanding the system is 
necessary both to work with it as is and to change it; this is how I 
interpret transparency.


Federico Leva

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[Wikimania-l] DebConf 17 in Montreal

[Legoktm]

In case you missed it, the DebConf17 (Debian Conference) dates were
announced: August 6-12, 2017. And it just so happens to be in Montreal
as well :-)

My quick searching indicated that the venues are about 30 minutes away
on public transport, so it might be feasible to attend parts of it while
at Wikimania...

-- Legoktm

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Edward Saperia]

>
> Of course London was a bit of an exceptionally big Wikimania - but did you
> evaluate your effort somewhere, and note what you spent your time on
> somewhere? Just to get an impression which components take most effort (as
> Dariusz suggested)?
>

That's hard to do, in practice. I think I could roughly break it down into:

• Designing the event - dates, schedules, spaces, tracks, themes, site
visits, branding, collateral, etc.

• Programming - session submission judging + associated communications,
session & meetup scheduling, programming the keynote track, fringe events.

• Recruiting - finding and managing team leaders and deputies for 16
teams: Control Centre, Helpdesk, Digital, Volunteer Management, Programme,
Venue, Exhibition, Hackathon, Video, Comms, VIPs, Content, Runners,
Hospitality, Registration, & Entertainment.

But I have over ten years experience running events. I think it'd be
extremely challenging to do this as a committee unless you had a team that
had run large events together before.

*Edward Saperia*
Founder Newspeak House 
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 twitter  • 07796955572
133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG

2016-07-10 20:25 GMT+02:00 Harry Mitchell :
>
>> I agree with Ed here. Organising a conference of this size is a huge
>> undertaking to ask of volunteers. I wouldn't want to see Wikimania go down
>> the road of being organised by a team of professional conference organisers
>> because then it would lose the organic community feel that makes it so
>> special, but we shouldn't rule out stipends for the local team. Otherwise
>> we end up with the slightly odd situation of the WMF or local chapter
>> bringing in paid staff to fill gaps left by volunteers but the volunteers
>> still effectively working full-time unpaid. I had a much smaller role in
>> 2014 than Ed and others and was fortunate to be in a position to dedicate a
>> lot of time to it; I certainly wouldn't be in a position now to devote as
>> much time as I did for free and without wishing to speak for Ed, I doubt he
>> would be either even if he was willing.
>>
>> If that's a problem in major developed economies, I'd imagine it would be
>> even more of a problem in places where people have less disposable income.
>>
>> Harry Mitchell
>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
>> +44 (0) 7507 536 971
>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Edward Saperia 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for that comment, Dariusz;
>>>
>>> Wikimania London took over two years of preparation, and occupied me
>>> full time for six months in the run up to the event. It's a massive
>>> undertaking, and in retrospect it seems deeply unfair to expect volunteers
>>> to do this.
>>>
>>> There was a bidding process, so there was heavy pressure to
>>> minimise/understate the budget - which mostly comes at the cost of the
>>> volunteers. I think the community just has to be more realistic about what
>>> it costs to put on a 1000+ person event.
>>>
>>> Were I to do it again I would absolutely include subsistence for the
>>> organising team in the budget. It needs professional commitment and
>>> professional skills, even with WMF staff support.
>>>
>>> I do think that the movement deserves an annual event, and particularly
>>> that the WMF should capitalise on it more from a comms perspective.
>>> Wiki*edia is a significant entity and we should be presenting ourselves as
>>> such.
>>>
>>> *Edward Saperia*
>>> Conference Director Wikimania London 
>>> email  • facebook
>>>  • twitter
>>>  • 07796955572
>>> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
>>>
>>>
 In the same time, I've seen the following problems over the years, not
 directly linked to the financial cost (which in the face of our relative
 financial stability can be justified by the benefits, depending on how we
 define them):
 - huge WMF staff involvement (most Wikimanias run smoothly also thanks
 to countless hours put in by the staff),
 - huge volunteer local organizers involvement (in fact, my observation
 is that many chapters organizing WIkimanias suffer from a motivation crisis
 afterward).

 [...]

 While we can get the money (at least for now), the human involvement
 cost is something I would not dare to dismiss just by emphasizing the
 benefits of Wikimania for the movement.

 [...]

 Instead of discussing whether we should have a Wikimania every year or
 not, perhaps we should try to list and discuss the reasons why it is such a
 big strain? If it is clear  that we can't afford it every year (because of
 the human cost, probably more importantly than the finances), the decision
 to break with the annual format will be a natural 

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Edward Saperia]

On 11 July 2016 at 18:29, Andrew Lih  wrote:

>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Christophe Henner  > wrote:
>
>>
>> If we (as a movement) say it is first an outreach event, then Wikimania
>> should happen in part of the world where we have the smallest penetration
>> (basicly it takes EU and NA out).
>>
>
> It can actually get even more complex than this. The question is,
> “Outreach to whom?” If we’re talking outreach to emerging economies, then
> your answer is spot on. But if it’s outreach to a certain sector, such as
> GLAM or higher ed, then it may make sense to have it where there are a
> critical mass of those folks.
>

Yes! I tried to do a lot of this kind of thing for London; it was one of
the main ways that I chose the themes that I did.
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 documentary exhibition on Mexico Film Archive

[Victor Grigas]

Thank you Ivan!

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Ivan Martínez  wrote:

> Hi! We uploaded the full documentary:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2015_documentary.webm
>
> Also available in YouTube:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb_Oy4a75f0
>
> Thanks,
>
> 2016-07-04 17:07 GMT-05:00 Ivan Martínez :
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I hope that all are safe in home after great moments in Wikimania 2016!
>>
>> Next July 9th we will have the exhibition of Wikimania 2015 documentary
>> in Cineteca Nacional (Mexico Film Archive). The documentary is a half hour
>> piece about our event in Mexico City last year. A short trailer was
>> published months ago[1]. Among the screening all the day for the public, we
>> will have one of our semiannual *Wiki Loves Cinema* editathon.
>>
>> From this day a copy of the documentary will be preserved for the future
>> on the archives of the Cineteca and after screening we will release the
>> full documentary in Wikimedia Commons and Youtube.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85oosE2VJU
>>
>> --
>> *Iván Martínez*
>>
>> *Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid *
>>
>> // Mis comunicaciones respecto a Wikipedia/Wikimedia pueden tener una
>> moratoria en su atención debido a que es un voluntariado.
>> // Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org
>>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 documentary exhibition on Mexico Film Archive

[Ivan Martínez]

Hi! We uploaded the full documentary:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2015_documentary.webm

Also available in YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb_Oy4a75f0

Thanks,

2016-07-04 17:07 GMT-05:00 Ivan Martínez :

> Hi everyone!
>
> I hope that all are safe in home after great moments in Wikimania 2016!
>
> Next July 9th we will have the exhibition of Wikimania 2015 documentary in
> Cineteca Nacional (Mexico Film Archive). The documentary is a half hour
> piece about our event in Mexico City last year. A short trailer was
> published months ago[1]. Among the screening all the day for the public, we
> will have one of our semiannual *Wiki Loves Cinema* editathon.
>
> From this day a copy of the documentary will be preserved for the future
> on the archives of the Cineteca and after screening we will release the
> full documentary in Wikimedia Commons and Youtube.
>
> Best,
>
> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85oosE2VJU
>
> --
> *Iván Martínez*
>
> *Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid *
>
> // Mis comunicaciones respecto a Wikipedia/Wikimedia pueden tener una
> moratoria en su atención debido a que es un voluntariado.
> // Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org
>



-- 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Michael Peel]

Hi all,

I don't want to take away from the huge amount of work and movement 
contributions that were made by the Mexico, London, and other Wikimania teams, 
but: it's worth noting that we could organise a Wikimania with the same number 
of attendees for a lot less amount of volunteer time (and also money).

~1,000+ people conferences take place quite often each year, across many 
different academic, non-profic and commercial communities, and there are 
dedicated conference venues that will just sort out everything - the venue, the 
internet access, hotel options, the whole lot. They are often located near to 
international airports, or major cities, which are easy to get to from across 
the globe. If we wanted to, we could go as far as saying "we're meeting at this 
venue, delegate fees are X per day, here is the list of nearby hotels that you 
can stay at, it's up to you to sort out everything else yourself" - and that 
would lead to a very cheap Wikimania for the WMF and the local Wikimedia 
organisation.

Rather than going for those options, we've preferred to keep things complicated 
- we chose not to use standard conference packages, instead picking specific 
locations and approaches for each Wikimania. We travel to out of the way 
locations. We bolt on different bespoke activities (such as evening events, and 
outreach activities) to those conferences that increase the complexity of the 
event. We ask volunteers to take on duties that we could ask attendees to take 
on instead (photographs/organising sessions, etc.). We vary the structure of 
each conference to include the preferences of each organising committee. We 
organise a scholarship process.

If we're going to do a rational cost-benefit analysis of Wikimania, including 
all of the options about regularity, intentions, etc., then perhaps we should 
also consider the basics - what's the minimum amount that's needed to hold such 
an event, leaving aside the optional extras? What can we keep constant between 
each Wikimania: can we keep the program organisation, the approach to evening 
events, and the add-on events the same each year (saving volunteer and staff 
time)? Or perhaps we should acknowledge the extra work that goes into each 
bespoke Wikimania, and celebrate that? Or seek an intermediate solution - sort 
out the venue, program, etc., and leave hotel/food options up to attendees? Or 
perhaps each Wikimania should keep vying for the title of the best Wikimania 
ever?

Thanks,
Mike

> On 10 Jul 2016, at 23:42, Ivan Martínez  wrote:
> 
> It's a lot of work, last week before Wikimania Mexico the coordination team 
> slept less than 4 hours each day. But for me being honest was not a shaming 
> time, was great. And we can have people intended to keep Wikimania annual and 
> run similar challenges.
> 
> Harry, we had here 72 committed volunteers working without paid and we are 
> not a major developed economy.
> 
> Darius, I think that "motivations criris afterward" must also be considered 
> in the planning and prior call for Wikimanía volunteers and can be avoided. 
> In Mexico we always tell to people that we did not want them just for giving 
> the best of themselves for three days around, but we wanted to keep them with 
> Wikimedia mission. A month ago we broke a Guinness record and 60% of 
> attendees were Wikimania volunteers. It is a matter of long preplanning, I 
> think.
> 
> 2016-07-10 15:03 GMT-05:00 Harry Mitchell  >:
> Yes, London was big, and the two Wikimaniae since have been on a smaller 
> scale, but I'm not sure a ~1,000-person conference is significantly less of a 
> headache than a ~2,000-person conference, and actually I'd wager that Esino 
> was more logistically complicated due to the location - for example having to 
> arrange buses to Varenna and the airports (which were around 50 miles away). 
> Not that that should be taken as a criticism of the Esino team - they did a 
> fantastic job in a beautiful location and I'd love to have another 'scenic 
> Wikimania'.
> 
> I'll let Ed tell you about what he did. I know I saw him spend a lot of time 
> dealing with the venue and the programme and discussing finance and 
> logistics, but I'm sure there are lots of other things. Speaking for myself: 
> those volunteers in red shirts? That was my contribution. The volunteers on 
> the helpdesks, running sessions, meeting and greeting, tweeting, 
> photographing, doing odd jobs and generally making things run smoothly ... I 
> recruited most of them*, got to know them, trained them, split them into 
> teams, did a lot of the scheduling (easier said than done - lots of moving 
> parts!). During the conference, they looked after the attendees, and I looked 
> after them. And I've never worked with such an amazing group of people. It 
> was a truly humbling experience, but it was a lot of work. At one point I was 
> receiving something like 200 emails a day just 

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Andrew Lih]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Christophe Henner 
wrote:

>
> If we (as a movement) say it is first an outreach event, then Wikimania
> should happen in part of the world where we have the smallest penetration
> (basicly it takes EU and NA out).
>

It can actually get even more complex than this. The question is, “Outreach
to whom?” If we’re talking outreach to emerging economies, then your answer
is spot on. But if it’s outreach to a certain sector, such as GLAM or
higher ed, then it may make sense to have it where there are a critical
mass of those folks.

For example, we’ve rarely considered co-locating Wikimania with other
like-minded institutions, or adjacent to existing conferences, which might
in fact be in Western hub cities. That is another style of outreach.

This is something a year-by-year bidding process struggles at doing well,
whereas a committee can help facilitate a community process that designs
things several years in advance. That’s why even though I supported the
community bidding process early in Wikimania’s history, we have seen its
many downsides. I support a different approach today that can help engineer
more optimal outcomes.


> It somewhat is all of the above, what should be the most important one?
> And we can say all of them are equally important, but than we must have an
> event that scales to do everything at the same level.
>

Agree, and through the committee, this is something we can help get input
from the community and help steer, so that different years might emphasize
different parts of this checklist.

-Andrew

>
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Christophe Henner]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Marc-Andre  wrote:

> Hey Christophe,
>
> On 2016-07-10 02:05 AM, Christophe Henner wrote:
>
>>
>> Second, what is Wikimania purposes? Right now I fear there is none
>> clearly define.
>>
>> Is it a community event?
>> Is it a knowledge sharing event?
>> Is it an outreaching event?
>> Is it a way to reward people?
>> ...
>>
>> One has to be define, a main one.
>>
>>
> Why?  It has, historically, been all of the above and much of its value
> derive from the fact that this is the case.  What value is gained from
> restricting its scope?
>
> -- Marc
>
>
I might not have been clear, sorry about that.

Depending of what is the most important goal, you tackle the issue
differently.

If we (as a movement) say it is first an outreach event, then Wikimania
should happen in part of the world where we have the smallest penetration
(basicly it takes EU and NA out).

It somewhat is all of the above, what should be the most important one? And
we can say all of them are equally important, but than we must have an
event that scales to do everything at the same level.
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Philip Kopetzky]

Hi Josh,

way more representatives from various chapters attended the chairperson's
meeting, including from developing countries. Everyone in the room agreed
to writing the (open) letter, but it's up to the individual chapters to
actually sign it afterwards. The letter was communicated to the
chairperson's mailing list, maybe not all the chapters are on that list.
But I don't want to keep you from jumping to conclusions...

BR,
Philip

On 9 July 2016 at 06:33, Josh Lim  wrote:

> I actually agree with Pine on this one.
>
> I’m actually very disturbed that no chapter from a developing country
> (with the possible exceptions of Mexico and Argentina) signed off on this
> letter during Wikimania, despite the presence of a number of affiliates
> from those countries at Wikimania.  Inasmuch as I agree that Wikimania
> should be held yearly, the way this statement is worded makes it appear
> that we all agreed to it when in fact not everyone did.  In fact, did the
> people who attended this meeting even try soliciting input from affiliates
> in developing countries, whether they be the ones who were at Wikimania or
> who weren’t?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
> On Jul 8, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Pine W  wrote:
>
> Thank you. I find it confusing that the letter starts with "The
> chairpersons of the Wikimedia chapters state that Wikimania needs to be
> arranged every year," which implies that all of the chapter chairs are
> united in agreement, but it appears several chapters didn't sign the
> letter. Looking further at the content of the letter, I would have some
> questions about some of the statements that were made there. In the future,
> I would encourage chapter chairs to have discussions about matters such as
> this on the Affiliates mailing list so that we can have more inclusive
> discussions among more affiliates before sending letters like that. The
> Wikimania situation is already convoluted, and I believe that letters such
> as this should get fuller discussion among affiliates before they are sent
> to WMF.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pine
> On Jul 8, 2016 20:04, "Christophe Henner"  wrote:
>
>> My bad I forgot it already is on meta
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Statements/Chapter_chairs_statement:_Wikimania_needs_to_be_arranged_every_year
>> Le 9 juil. 2016 4:50 AM, "Pine W"  a écrit :
>>
>> Thanks Christophe. I, for one, have had difficulty figuring out what is
>> going on with Wikimania in regards to varying decisions in different parts
>> of WMF and the community, so I look forward to the clarifications.
>>
>> Personally I am currently neutral on the decision of whether to have
>> annual Wikimanias, or alternate Wikimanias with years in which there is
>> emphasis on national or regional conferences. My hunch is that some
>> research about costs and benefits is needed so that we have reliable data
>> about a variety of scenarios before making a decision.
>>
>> Thanks again for working on this.
>>
>> To the board chairs: I would be interested in seeing that letter. In the
>> spirit of transparency, would you please publish it on Meta? As you know I
>> am an advocate for much more transparency from WMF, and I would like for
>> the affiliates to also to be transparent about governance matters such as
>> this one.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pine
>> On Jul 8, 2016 19:18, "Christophe Henner"  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> The same question was raised to the board a few days ago by chairs of
>>> Wikimedia organizations asking Foundation's board to make sure there's a
>>> comprehensive decision on this very topic.
>>>
>>> The chairs letter wasn't public, I let them share it on meta or here if
>>> they want to :)
>>>
>>> First step, in my opinion, is to set expectations and define the scope
>>> (in the role of the event but also in the ressources (both human and
>>> financial) we commit to the event.
>>>
>>> Katherine is working with the staff to provide groundings.
>>>
>>> Here is the answer I provided them with.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Hi chairs!
>>>
>>> First of all, thank you with the email, the feedback is clearly useful
>>> and raises interesting point.
>>>
>>> Now, the Wikimania discussion definitly is on the table. Living by what
>>> we said during Wikimania, we, as WMF, will make sure we end up with a clear
>>> answer to your questions but also to the different points you raise.
>>>
>>> Wikimania is an important time in our movement, but as you said it also
>>> comes with costs and challenges that we have to adress. Katherine is going
>>> to meet in the coming days with the staff in charge of that topic to start
>>> that discussion within WMF and provide groundings for a comprehensive
>>> decision.
>>>
>>> We will try to be as diligent as possible on that topic, but I would ask
>>> you to keep in mind that as we're in a transition phase and that might take
>>> a little more time than you 

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Marc-Andre]

Hey Christophe,

On 2016-07-10 02:05 AM, Christophe Henner wrote:


Second, what is Wikimania purposes? Right now I fear there is none 
clearly define.


Is it a community event?
Is it a knowledge sharing event?
Is it an outreaching event?
Is it a way to reward people?
...

One has to be define, a main one.



Why?  It has, historically, been all of the above and much of its value 
derive from the fact that this is the case.  What value is gained from 
restricting its scope?


-- Marc


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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Lodewijk]

Hey Pine,

you're diving way into detail here :) Maybe good to have the discussion
about scholarship policies separately? Maybe after we agreed on what the
goals for a Wikimania should be exactly?

Best,
Lodewijk

2016-07-11 14:06 GMT+02:00 Pine W :

> A few other issues that may be worth examining:
>
> 1. Whether people who have not received a Wikimania scholarship within a
> certain number of years should get priority for scholarships.
>
> 2. Whether users who are from backgrounds that don't have a corresponding
> APG-funded affiliate that independently funds scholarships should have
> priority for WMF scholarships
>
> 3. What the scholarship self-reports from the past several years tell us
> about the benefits of Wikimania for scholarship recipients.
>
> 4. What Wikimetrics and qualitative measures tell us about Wikimania
> attenance for attendees as a whole and about scholarship recipients as a
> subgroup. For example, do we have data that demonstrates that (a) Wikimania
> attendees in general, and (b) scholarship recipients, were more active in
> the Wikimedia movement (measured quantitatively by edits and qualutatively
> in terms of leadership roles) after attending Wikimania for the first or
> second time? What can we learn from this data about the strengths and
> weaknesses of Wikimania as well as the current scholarship system?
>
> Thanks,
> Pine
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania - annually, with South Africa in 2018?

[Pine W]

A few other issues that may be worth examining:

1. Whether people who have not received a Wikimania scholarship within a
certain number of years should get priority for scholarships.

2. Whether users who are from backgrounds that don't have a corresponding
APG-funded affiliate that independently funds scholarships should have
priority for WMF scholarships

3. What the scholarship self-reports from the past several years tell us
about the benefits of Wikimania for scholarship recipients.

4. What Wikimetrics and qualitative measures tell us about Wikimania
attenance for attendees as a whole and about scholarship recipients as a
subgroup. For example, do we have data that demonstrates that (a) Wikimania
attendees in general, and (b) scholarship recipients, were more active in
the Wikimedia movement (measured quantitatively by edits and qualutatively
in terms of leadership roles) after attending Wikimania for the first or
second time? What can we learn from this data about the strengths and
weaknesses of Wikimania as well as the current scholarship system?

Thanks,
Pine
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