Thanks, and congratulations for the grant. I forwarded the update to our local list <[email protected] >
Best, Habib aka Dyolf77 Le 6 juillet 2017 16:26:28 GMT+01:00, John Andersson <[email protected]> a écrit : >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: [email protected] > >Skype: johnandersson86 > >Visiting address: Hantverkargatan 21 2tr, 112 21 Stockholm Habib M'henni Co-founder Wikimedia TN User Group User:Dyolf77 http://about.me/habibmhenni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
