Dear Seven and Abbas, Referring to bullet point #3 on meta:Talk:Wikimania/Scholarships#1. Scholarship Review Committee formation [1], scholarship committee members are currently not eligible for scholarships .
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania/Scholarships#1._Scholarship_Review_Committee_formation Simon On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Sven Manguard <[email protected]> wrote: > I had the same question. > > Sven > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Abbas Mahmood <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Dear Simon, >> >> Will the committee members be eligible to apply for a scholarship? >> >> Thanks, >> Abbas. >> >> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:03:12 +0800 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] >> > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 call for scholarship review >> > committee >> >> > >> > Dear Wikimaniacs, >> > >> > We are now calling for a scholarship review committee. >> > >> > The scholarship review committee is an important and diverse group of >> > volunteers who help to run the scholarship program. >> > >> > The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2013 are: >> > * Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements. >> > * Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania >> > scholarship applications. >> > * Work with the local team. >> > >> > We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are: >> > * Fluent in written English. >> > * Good communication skills. >> > * Discretion and ability to handle confidential applicant information, >> > and objectively assess candidates. >> > * Willing to review scholarship applicants in early 2013. >> > * Either: >> > ** Prior attendance at Wikimania. >> > ** Strong knowledge of cross-project Wikimedia community. >> > >> > You will be working remotely. While we hope that scholarship review >> > committee members will enjoy Wikimania 2013 by giving significant >> > input to it, the local team cannot guarantee financial support for the >> > committee members' travel expenses. >> > >> > If you're interested to serve on the scholarship reviewing committee, >> > please send us an email at [email protected] . If you have any >> > queries, please don't hesitate to ask us. >> > >> > Deadline to apply is Tuesday, December 11, 2012. >> > The local team will contact all candidates between November and >> > January; the list of scholarship committee members will be announced >> > in January. >> > >> > Yours sincerely, >> > Simon Shek >> > Community coordinator, Wikimania 2013 / Wikimedia Hong Kong >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimania-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- Simon Shek Wikimedia Hong Kong www.wikimedia.hk _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
