wow. 1700$ from D.C to Israel? from my experience, the prices suppose to be more like 1300-1500$~....
Itzik On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:17 PM, James Hare <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 18, 2011, at 2:43 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The big advantage of fixed sums is that you don't have to bother about > > people choosing the cheapest/most sensible flight, accommodation and so > > on, which is almost impossible to do; but then you have to choose a > > sensible amount making some calculations before. > > The requirement to do so is having serious statistics on the costs faced > > by the attendees; this implies very complex surveys in university > > systems, but should be easier for us, we don't need to be as efficient > > as the Studentenwerk (although I don't get how the linked questionnaire > > can help for the next Wikimania[1]). > > Then you have to decide what share of the estimated cost you want to > > cover: if it's too low the incentive in null (only people who would have > > attended anyway get the scholarship) and the money is wasted, if it's > > too high the effectiveness decreases because you have less recipients > > and because we don't have a way to measure the commitment and results > > (so an unknown amount of money will be wasted). > > So far the amount of partial scholarships has been chosen to be good for > > most attendees to maximize participation, but we could also decide to > > keep the share more or less the same for everyone and give different > > (fixed) amounts to different areas of the world, if we think that > > everyone should have the same incentive no matter the cost. I'm not so > > sure of that: perhaps it's more effective to maximize the participation > > of "locals" and for Wikiania 2012 it's better to give 2-3 (partial) > > scholarships to wikimedians from Mexico (or a far USA state) than 1 to a > > wikimedian from Europe (random examples). > > > > Nemo > > > > [1] And for Wikimania 2011, it would be more interesting to know an > > objective piece of information such as the number of partial scholarship > > recipients who refused it because it wasn't enough. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > Here's a thought. In the United States when you apply for a student loan > from the government, you put down how much money you'll be able to > contribute yourself. They then decide how much to give based on how much you > say you can contribute. > > Say I was awarded a partial scholarship to Israel. The cost of my flight > was $1700, but I would have been able to contribute $300. Then, assuming the > most generosity, I would have been awarded $1400. > > James Hare > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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