Hi Ellie, I'm very confused by the submissions process. According to the page on-wiki, you're only looking for 42 presentations (a maximum of 10 of which can be WMF-related), and you have to sign up to a third-party website to submit a presentation. That's very different from past Wikimanias, where many more presentation slots were available (by a factor of 10 or so), and you could transparently submit a proposal on-wiki (without giving a third party your details). What's going on - why has this changed so much from past years, and why are the number of presentations so restricted?
(Leaving aside the apparent absence of open calls for non-"critical issue" presentations/posters/discussions/training sessions, where you apparently have to ask the organisers nicely off-wiki if you want to do one of these...) Thanks, Mike > On 4 Jan 2016, at 23:05, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Two important reminders concerning Wikimania 2016, which will be held in > Esino Lario, Italy on June 22–27, 2016: > > The Submission deadline has been extended by the program committee to January > 17th. See: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions> > The deadline for applications for the WMF Scholarship program is approaching! > Applications are open until Saturday, January 09 2016 23:59 UTC. > > Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full > scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared > accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wikimedia > Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and > shared accommodation. > > To learn more about Wikimania 2016 scholarships, please visit: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships > <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships> > To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: > > https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply > <https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply> > It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the > Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ > <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ> ) before > submitting an application. > > If you have any questions, please contact: > > wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org > <mailto:[email protected]> > or leave a message at: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships > <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships> > > Ellie Young > > Events Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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