I joined the committee a bit late this year, because I first thought that I would be applying for a scholarship, so I haven't yet attended any meetings or checked the rules for this year, but as far as I can tell, Douglas is spot on with his comments.
On 15 January 2017 at 18:59, Douglas Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] -- 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 [email protected]
