Good day Douglas Scott, I hope you are well.
I would like to attend the scholarship meeting you will be hosting on the 12th December 2023. Kind regards, Lerato On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 2:04 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WikimediaZA mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaza.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikimediaZA digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikimedia South Africa - Wikimania scholarships now open and other > quick updates > (Douglas Scott) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:08:47 +0000 > From: Douglas Scott <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Wikimedia South Africa - Wikimania > scholarships now open and other quick updates > To: wikimediaza <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > < > caawomgcfkxb+wjrb5zmb8+51aayv8fyqopqce9mt-txtso3...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello everyone, > > This is just to let people know of a few quick updates. > > ==Wikimania scholarships now open== > The most important one being that scholarship applications to attend > Wikimania 2024 in Poland are now open. The deadline to apply is 18 December > 2023 so get those applications in soon. > > Details can be found here - > > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/11/15/wikimania-2024-scholarships-open-apply-now/ > > I will be hosting a short introduction meeting on how to write a good > Wikimania scholarship application on 12 December 2023 at 8.15pm SAST. > Please let me know if you would like to join. > > == Special Cape Town meetup reminder for next week Monday== > Maryana Iskanda, CEO of Wikimedia Foundation, and Christian Humborg, > Executive Directors of Wikimedia Germany, are in Cape Town for a flying > visit. They > would like to meet with the Wikimedians of the Cape (or any other visiting > Wikimedians) on Monday, 11th December 2023. > > Wiki In Africa and Wikimedia South Africa have planned the following for > the meetup. > > 11:00 Gather at the District Six Museum (Parking option > <https://maps.app.goo.gl/CcQP5qQ64Js6wiq49>) > 11:30 District Six Museum group tour (Map > <https://maps.app.goo.gl/h1PiLQGaS1hDtMhu9>) > 12:30 Leave District Six Museum for lunch venue (Parking option > <https://maps.app.goo.gl/BERK7HgHBDUirqYk7>) > 13:00 Lunch at Addis at the Cape (Map > <https://maps.app.goo.gl/fZG9KDTZar6F3HfH8>) > 14:30 Lunch ends > > You are invited to attend either or both activities. Please let us know if > you can make it by filling out this form > <https://forms.gle/nNKxQEREyayNey4c9> so we can finalise numbers. The > final date to confirm attendance is Friday, 8 December. > > *The Museum tour and/or lunch will be paid for. Transport and parking are > for your own account.* > > Link here <https://forms.gle/nNKxQEREyayNey4c9> > > Please feel free to make contact if you have any questions. > > ==Wiki Loves Science== > Wiki Loves Science has started. The science photo competition for > Wikipedia. Please spread the word to anyone you might know in the > scientific community. We have some modest prizes to encourage people to > upload science and research related photographs and other media for use on > Wikipedia. > > More information about this at the link below. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2023_in_South_Africa > > ==Wikipedia birthday== > Wikipedia will be celebrating its 23rd birthday on 15 January 2024. Like > this year we will be hosting a bigger than normal birthday Wiki meetup > event, with cake, on 27 January 2024 to celebrate. This will be the first > meetup event of the year and will be held in both Cape Town, > Johanensburg and digitally online. Sadly there will be no cake for those of > us, like myself, who will be attending online but it will still be a great > opportunity to meet everyone, see how the other meetups are going, and chat > about Wiki stuff. > > Details on this event will be sent out later in the month. > > Cheers, > > > Douglas Scott > > Director > > Wikimedia South Africa > Website: wikimedia.org.za > > Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727 > > A non-profit membership organisation > > Discord <https://discord.gg/HwBwHWWurr> | Zulip > <https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/147876-Main-Chat> | > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551460588208> | > Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimedia_za/> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > End of WikimediaZA Digest, Vol 155, Issue 1 > ******************************************* > _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s
