Wikimania Scholarships Program Committee
- Sara Crouse, Scholarships Program Manager (Wikimedia Foundation staff)
- Cary Bass, Scholarships Program and Technical Coordinator (Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation staff)
- Austin Hair, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Technical Advisor
- Nadia El Borai, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Communications Coordinator
- TSB, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Reviewer
- Angela Beesley Starling, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Reviewer
- Pedro "El Drini" Sánchez, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Reviewer
- Alice Wiegand, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Reviewer
- Powerek38, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Reviewer
- Ting Chen, Wikimania 2010 Scholarships Reviewer
Tasks
Reviewers
- Responsibilities
- Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
- Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania scholarship applications.
- 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.
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Technical Advisor
- Responsibilities
- Working with staff developer on technical development and improvement of scholarship applications and review process.
- Helping application reviewers with technical aspects of scoring applications and processing of applications.
- Sample activities
- Coordinating necessary site requirements with staff developer.
- Design and testing of application form, improving on the previous year's example.
- Manipulating application data, creating reports based on selected criteria.
- Participating in periodic online meetings with scholarships program manager and volunteer committee.
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Communications Coordinator
- Responsibilities
- Work with scholarships program manager to develop all communications and information materials for Wikimania Scholarships Program.
- Develop and maintain planning/internal and public wiki pages.
- Sample activities
- Help develop and proof scholarship application wording.
- Develop and maintain public wiki page "About Wikimania Scholarhips" page, including Q&A/Information for Applicants.
- Participate in periodic online meetings with scholarships program manager and volunteer committee.
- Maintain/update planning wiki pages for volunteer committee: write meeting notes/synopses and post meeting agendas.
- Draft communications to applicants (acceptance, regret, and wait-list letters).
- Vet general inquiries as needed.
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