Thank you for the information! On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:26 AM John Andersson <john.anders...@wikimedia.se> wrote:
> Hi everybody, > > We just received the great news that the Wikimedia Diversity Conference > 2017[1] has received the full grant from the Wikimedia Foundation's Event > Grants.[2] We look very much forward to hosting the conference and to > welcome you to Stockholm the 3-5 November 2017. > > We now need your help in making it a success! We invite members from your > Wikimedia organization or user group to sign up as ambassadors for the > conference.[3] Ambassadors are champions of Diversity on Wikimedia and > volunteer to use that power to support the conference in several ways. > > - > > Support before the conference. Ambassadors help communicate to local > communities that the conference will happen and provide updates of the > planning process, such as when to register and how to apply for scholarship > and why submit a proposal. The other way is to provide constructive input > and ideas for the program and for the overall event. Ambassadors can also > organize discussions at other conferences taking place prior to the > Diversity conference. > - > > Support during the conference. Ambassadors can also volunteer their > champion powers during the conference to support documentation and curation > of discussions and insights, facilitate the implementation of the program > with the facilitation team, support participants with helpful advice and > on-site information. > - > > Support after the conference. Ambassadors help disseminate the > knowledge gained during the conference to their communities and to > participate in networks to continue working with Diversity. > > > Active participation as an ambassador will support a scholarship > application. > > We would be grateful if you could forward this possibility to your > communities. > > Furthermore, we are actively looking for more funding from sponsors, but > we do have limited opportunities to provide scholarships and only parts of > the travel costs for participants can currently be covered. If your > Wikimedia organization has the opportunity to provide a full or partial > scholarship for your volunteers or staff, please let us know. We would be > happy to highlight your involvement and support on the conference > portal.[3] > > If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to get in > contact with us! > > We intend to send out the registration form at the end of next week. > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference_2017 > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/Diversity_Conference_2017 > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia Diversity Conference > 2017/Ambassadors > > Kind regards, > > John > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Sverige > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 <073-396%2051%2089> > > Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > > Skype: johnandersson86 > > Visiting address: Hantverkargatan 21 2tr, 112 21 Stockholm > -- Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + McKensie Mack + Michael Mandiberg Lead Co-Organizers i...@artandfeminism.org www.artandfeminism.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
