Thanks to Wiki Cascadia's own Another Believer who is a program organizer for this event.
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 2:52 PM, WikimediaCommunity UserGroupCameroon < wikimediacugcamer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello John A, > > Thank you so much for this wonderful information. > > Regards, > Alangi Derick N > Wikimedians of Cameroon > User Group > > On Jul 6, 2017 7:49 PM, "Art + Feminism" <i...@artandfeminism.org> wrote: > > 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 > -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
