Hi Ciell ESEAP team and the WMF are meeting later this week with discussion on this very issue on the agenda. As it stands we have been following the changes and recommendations of many countries in relation to travel to Thailand and Bangkok. The WMF team is also following developments, as you can imagine its a very dynamic situation. At this stage we are continuing the scholarship application process because there isnt the time frame necessary to delay while waiting for further developments occur so we can more assured of the necessary measures that will need to be taken.
For people who dont get scholarships, or are already planning to fund their own travel there for once waiting is becoming an advantage as the cost of travel is dropping and there will be incentives to encourage people to travel. Anyone making bookings I recommend you obtain insurance that covers you for all eventualities especially scenarios related to the virus. Community safety is at the absolute forefront of our plans and concerns. Regards On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 19:05, Ciell Wikipedia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gnangarra, > > With the Corona virus spreading rapidly around the world: can you tell me > (us) something about the scenario for Wikimania when the virus would still > be heavily active in August? > People might want to wait a bit longer before applying, or maybe want to > know more about cancelling their travels after they have confirmed the > scholarship. Will this be possible? > > Vriendelijke groet, > Ciell > > > Op do 20 feb. 2020 om 21:46 schreef Gnangarra <[email protected]>: > > > Wikimania is fast approaching, this year it'll be held in Bangkok and as > > always the Wikimedia Foundation has a limited number of opportunities to > > assist people to attend. There are two types of scholarships the first > > being a full scholarship which covers, travel, accommodation, and > > registration, the second a partial scholarship that covers accommodation > > and registration. > > > > This year for the first time East, South East Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP) > as > > collaboration between the region we'll be your host for Wikimania. The > > region has placed a high importance on collaboration and knowledge > sharing > > this years Wikimania program will reflect that. Our theme is; > > *Power of Diverse Collaboration* > > *Sharing knowledge brings people together* > > > > How does this impact on scholarship? ESEAP is looking for people who are > > prepared to share their knowledge to help develop potential future > > leaders. We'll be looking for two broad areas of contributions, from > those > > who have successfully developed programs, and those newer contributors > who > > want to develop their skills to do more but have never been to a > Wikimania > > to broaden their support networks. > > > > As you apply please agree to share your details with the local affiliate > > should they also have scholarships available. When answering questions if > > you have urls to reports, dashboards, and events reports please provide > > them. Rather than writing lots of words again have your past recordings > > speak. > > > > On behalf of ESEAP community, and the Scholarship committee we look > forward > > to seeing you in Bangkok in August. > > > > -- > > Gnangarra > > Wikimania Scholarship committee Co-chair > > > > *Power of Diverse Collaboration* > > *Sharing knowledge brings people together* > > Wikimania Bangkok 2020 > > August 5 to 9 > > hosted by ESEAP > > > > Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra > > Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page > > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- GN. *Power of Diverse Collaboration* *Sharing knowledge brings people together* Wikimania Bangkok 2020 August 5 to 9 hosted by ESEAP Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
