Hi all, hi John and thank you for the wonderful news. Camelia
-- *Camelia Boban* *Affiliations Committee Member - **Wikimedia *Foundation Freelance developer | WikiDonne founder T. +39 0669362474 | M. +39 3383385545 [email protected] *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *Google Plu <https://plus.google.com/+CameliaBoban/>s <https://plus.google.com/+CameliaBoban/>* *WikiDonne <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne>* *| **LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122> **|* *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/> 2017-07-06 13:52 GMT-05:00 WikimediaCommunity UserGroupCameroon < [email protected]>: > 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" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for the information! > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:26 AM John Andersson < > [email protected]> 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: [email protected] >> >> Skype: johnandersson86 >> >> Visiting address: Hantverkargatan 21 2tr, 112 21 Stockholm >> > -- > Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + McKensie Mack + Michael Mandiberg > Lead Co-Organizers > > [email protected] > www.artandfeminism.org > > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
