I'm not sure this is correct, Frances Di Lauro. See: https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South
Best, Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: Frances Di Lauro <frances.dila...@sydney.edu.au> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:55:47 To: reachout2is...@gmail.com<reachout2is...@gmail.com>; Wikimania general list (open subscription)<wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships PS The global south also includes Australia (so big and yet so seemingly insignificant), New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia Š Regards Frances On 12/03/2016 7:43 am, "Wikimania-l on behalf of reachout2is...@gmail.com" <wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of reachout2is...@gmail.com> wrote: > >My understanding of Wikimania Scholarship program is that Full >scholarships are subject to quotas, while there is usually no >geographical or linguistic limit to partial scholarships. >However, final approval for Full Scholarships is based on the applicant's >home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North >or Global South applicant, with the total number of scholarships >distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% >and 75% respectively. > >The Global South includes Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, >Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Turkey, Central America, South >America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (with the exception of >Israel). If 124 scholarship was awarded, and 75% is expected to be >awarded for global south, it means, 93 Wikimedians are expected to get >the scholarship from these region. Since global south consists of Turkey, >Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East, then >no fewer than 15 Wikimedians are expected to get scholarship from Africa. >Unless I'm missing something. If only 4 Wikimedians got scholarship from >Africa, where are the 89 scholarships? > >Warmest regards, > >Olatunde Isaac. >Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexf...@gmail.com> >Sender: "Wikimania-l" <wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, >11 Mar 2016 16:28:48 >To: Wikimania general list (open >subscription)<wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Reply-To: "Wikimania general list \(open subscription\)" > <wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships > >_______________________________________________ >Wikimania-l mailing list >Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >_______________________________________________ >Wikimania-l mailing list >Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
