I don't know but if the option is to pay 500 long travels for scholarships by flight to attend a single event or to pay 500 travels for the staff of WMF to attend several regional conferences, the answer will be in favor of the second option which is more sustainable and more efficient.
I have seen more interest for regional events where people can speak their mother tongue and are lesser impactful for the environment than for big events. After i can say that in Wikimania we dont see really the Wikipedia communities. We see the peak of the iceberg and this peak is not necessarly representative. Kind regards On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 13:57 Rebecca O'Neill, <rebeccanin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it, perhaps, that the value a lot of people derive from these events is > not just the conference itself, but the ability to meet fellow Wikimedians > face-to-face and make meaningful contacts and even friendships that may > never otherwise have come about? I'm all about virtual, but there is value > in physical events, and I would say that we should make time and space for > both. > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 12:54, Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes > > > > We dont give all scholarships for that reason while for regional Wikicon > we > > receive more requests and we fill the amount immediately. > > > > It's not an opinion that in our events people prefer to arrive by train > and > > not by flight. We see it as soon we receive the expenses report and when > we > > ask the reason the answer is the climate change. > > > > Kind regards > > > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 13:25 Gabriel Thullen, <gabr...@thullen.com> wrote: > > > > > I am a Swiss member, and I did go to Wikimania (and did a small > > > presentation). > > > > > > I think that you need to clarify you statement: > > > "In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because > people > > > would not do long trips." > > > > > > When looking up what was sais for Wikimania 2019 I read: > > > "Wikimedia CH offers scholarships for active Wikimedians. They cover > > > transportation, hotel (max 3 nights) from the 16th to the 18th, and > > > registration fees. To check your eligibility, you can consult > conditions > > of > > > eligibility on this page > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CH/Policies/Scholarships>." > > > > > > Best regards > > > Gabe > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 1:14 PM Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Anyways this is perceived by the community. > > > > > > > > In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because > > people > > > > would not do long trips. > > > > > > > > IMHO the problem is these big events. > > > > > > > > For this reason we prefer to give more scholarships for regional > > wikicon > > > > than to Wikimania. > > > > > > > > This is the reason why you dont see more Swiss people at Wikimania. > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019, 00:51 Samuel Klein, <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM Robert Fernandez < > > > wikigamal...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I think we could drastically lower our carbon footprint by not > > using > > > > > > community digital resources to beat the same dead horse for a > > > billionth > > > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I laughed out loud. > > > > > > > > > > AND. I love that the WMF joined the strike, and have some > practical > > > > > thoughts. > > > > > > > > > > a) Reach out to Stripe > > > > > <https://stripe.com/gb/blog/negative-emissions-commitment>, which > > has > > > a > > > > > through self-assessment and a negative-emissions program, and the > > Long > > > > Now, > > > > > to coordinate efforts. > > > > > b) Evaluate the community-wide carbon footprint, which is dominated > > by > > > > > b.1) How we run conferences [*mostly in person*] > > > > > b.2) How we choose partners, communicate climate imformation, and > > > > > prioritize related policies [*fairly ad-hoc*] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > PhD in Digital Media > Project Coordinator Wikimedia Community Ireland <http://wikimedia.ie> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
