Hi Rossouw, Great question. The answer is that there are, generally speaking, (and David people correct me if I am wrong because you are much better informed of this then me) that there are no geographical based scholarships available by the Wikimedia Foundation. However the scholarship team does try to give some thought to geographic representation but I believe it is not the first priority. What they are most interested in is how serious you are as a member of the Wikimedia/Wikipedia community.
So you, Rossouw, are in a pretty good place because you can point to both your editing contributions to Wikipedia in addition to all the great volunteer work in community outreach you have done by participating in and helping out in a number of edit-a-thons in Cape Town. You can also point out that you initiated the heavy metal edit-a-thons in addition to helping out with other edit-a-thons including the Art+Feminism ones. You can also point out that you are a member of the organising team for Wikimania 2018. Those three points should win you a good number of points in the scholarship application. In addition to any others you might have. You could also point out that you are an active member of volunteer of not one but two geographical Wikimedia communities, both South Africa and Namibia. I hope that gives everyone some idea of what the committee is looking for. David, what are your thoughts? Cheers, Douglas. On 15 January 2017 at 14:30, Rossouw van Rooyen <[email protected]> wrote: > So I understand there are typically not enough scholarships applications > from Southern Africa, but from David's mail I understand there are usually > too many applications for scholarships overall. > > So how many scholarships are typically granted overall, and how many > applications are from Southern Africa typically? > > Cheers > Rossouw > > On 15 Jan 2017 13:57, "David Richfield" <[email protected]> wrote: > > As a member of the scholarship committee, please think carefully about > how you sell yourself. > > Every year there are many more qualified applications than we have > scholarships to give, so it's crucial that you put yourself in the > mind of someone who has no idea who you are when you explain what you > have done for the movement, and how you intend to use Wikimania to > help strengthen your local free knowledge community. > > Best of luck! > > David > > > On 15 January 2017 at 08:22, Douglas Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > This is just to let everyone on this mailing list know that scholarships > to > > attend Wikimania 2017 in Canada are now open. Wikimania is an annual > > Wikimedia/Wikipedia conference organised by both the Wikimedia Foundation > > and local Wikipedia editors. This year's event will take place in > > Montréal, Quebec, Canada from Aug 9-13, 2017. > > > > Everyone on this mailing list is invited to apply. We typically do not > get > > enough scholarship applicants from Southern African countries so if you > are > > interested in attending then please do apply. > > > > It is a great event that I always try to make a point of attending and > > always enjoy meeting new people at. Especially folks from southern > Africa. > > > > You can apply at the link here: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply > > > > The deadline to apply is the 20th February 2017. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Douglas. > > > > -- > > Douglas Ian Scott > > 司道格 > > Skype: douglas0scott > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > wikimedia.org > > > > -- > David Richfield > Nabburgerstraße 19, 81737 München > +49 176 72663368 > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > wikimedia.org > -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
