Will chapters members get any sort of discount in the registration fee?
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:19 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > Wikimania is the annual international conference of Wikimedians , > jointly hosted by the local team ( usually local chapter) and the Wikimedia > Foundation. > > The previous conferences were held in Frankfurt, Germany (2005), Boston, > USA (2006), Taipei, Taiwan (2007), Alexandria, Egypt (2008), Buenos Aires, > Argentina (2009), Gdańsk, Poland (2010), and Haifa, Israel (2011). > > This year, it is to be held in Washington DC, United States of America, on > July 12-14 , 2012. http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > > I have attended the Wikimanias in Gdansk and Haifa, along with several > other Wikipedians from India. > > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikimania2011 > > I highly recommend everyone to apply and attend Wikimania ! > > Like every year, The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a limited number of > scholarships to offset the cost of select individuals' attendance at > Wikimania. > > Both full and partial scholarships are available for Wikimania 2012: > Full scholarships will award round trip travel, dorms accommodations > and registration. > Partial scholarships will subsidize up to 300€ of travel expenses. > > Scholarship recipients have to bear themselves the additional costs of > taxis, visa & travel agent charges etc. > > More Information : http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships > Apply here : https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/ > Deadline : *16 Feb 2012* > > Around 30 % of the scholarship are allocated to Asia & Pacific, so there > are more chances of scholarship applications from India to be selected. :) > > Please note that the selection is mostly based on the merit of the > applications. > One of the common mistakes that Wikimedians in India make is that we > aren't enough vocal of what we do. So please do write in detail about your > Wikimedia activities. > > Please feel free to forward this to various language and city mailing > lists and encourage other Wikimedians to apply. > > All the best wishes! > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Sumana Harihareswara < > suma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> From wikimania-l : >> >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2012-January/003272.html >> >> Greetings all and sundry! >> >> Scholarship applications are now being accepted for Wikimania 2012 in >> Washington, D.C. The application window will be one month (through >> February 16). To learn more about Wikimania scholarships, see >> http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships >> >> To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form >> here: https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/ >> >> Good luck! >> >> Sage Ross >> Wikimedia DC >> >> >> Forwarded by: >> -- >> Sumana Harihareswara >> Volunteer Development Coordinator >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Wikimedia > Chapter, India Member's Group. > To post to this group, send email to wmin-memb...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wmin-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wmin-members?hl=en?hl=en >
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