Secret scholarships. How bizarre, this is the opposite of transparency and would be an especially difficult thing to justify if it later came out that relatives, friends, people with no previous connection to Wikimedia projects were getting large sums of money with no public declarations.
Fae On 31 March 2014 12:38, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > Erm, no, it is standard (good) practice! > > Mike > > On 31 Mar 2014, at 12:28, Jon Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is not standard practice for a list of attendees to Wikimedia conferences > to be published. It is up to the individuals in question whether they want > it be known publicly that they are attending or have attended a particular > Wikimedia conference. That any particular individual attendance are funded > by Wikimedia UK or for that matter the Wikimedia Foundation rather than > privately does not affect that. > > Like other Wikimedia conferences, there is an unofficial list on the > conference pages where participates are able to publicly indicate their > planned attendance. In addition, all scholarship recipients agrees to > produce a public report afterwards summarising the key things they have > taken from the event. > > > On 27 March 2014 14:58, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 27 March 2014 14:50, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > There were two valid applications, which we are both funding. >> >> Where is the list going to be published? >> >> Fae >> -- >> [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 > tweet @jonatreesdavies > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
