Scholarships/Team

Scholarship Team

• Jessie Wild, Scholarships Program Manager (Wikimedia Foundation staff)
• Sage Ross, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer (Washington DC team representative)
• TSB, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer
• Angela Beesley Starling, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer
• Alice Wiegand, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer
• Ting Chen, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer
• Delphine Ménard, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer
• Beatriz Busaniche, Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Reviewer

Tasks

Reviewers

Responsibilities

• Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
• Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania scholarship applications.
• Estimated time: ~55 hours

Sample activities

• Participating in periodic online meetings with scholarships program manager and volunteer committee.
• Determining suitability of candidates based on established criteria.
• Selecting scholarship awardees.

Local Wikimania representative

Responsibilities

• See above (Reviewers)
• Serve as the communication point between the scholarship proceedings and the local Wikimania team
  • Answer local team's questions
  • Update committee on important points regarding the conference planning (e.g., timelines)
• Monitor OTRS with questions regarding the scholarship

Sample activities

• See above (Reviewers)
• Answer OTRS queries
• Help in all visa-related issues

WMF Representative

Responsibilities

• Helps organize the review committee
• Makes final selection of scholarship recipients, based on Committee's recommendations
• Point of individual contact for all scholarship recipients
• Coordinates travel arrangements for full scholarship recipients
• Ensures reimbursements for scholarship recipients
• Conducts research following Wikimania