[OSM-Talk-ZA] Wikimania 2018, happening in Cape Town, South Africa

[Jinal Foflia]

Hello David,

That makes sense. I'm happy to help with ideas or so. :)

Cheers,
Jinal Foflia

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:18 PM, David Richfield <davidrichfield at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Unfortunately only the international Wikimedia Foundation scholarship
> would be open to people traveling from India, and that process is already
> complete. The scholarships from Wikimedia South Africa are only for people
> traveling from South Africa or possibly SADEC countries if there's a good
> rationale.
>
> On 28 March 2018 at 15:29, Jinal Foflia <fofliajinal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello David,
>>
>> This is great to hear, I'm really excited about the Mapathon happening at
>> the conference. It's always awesome to see both these communities working
>> together and coming up with something amazing! Thank you for offering the
>> scholarship :) I'm based out of India, so it's hard for me making to the
>> conference. Would be happy to share ideas and work with folks on OSM
>> related sessions.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jinal Foflia
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 10:41 PM, David Richfield <
>> davidrichfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for sharing this, Jinal!
>>>
>>> There is of course a significant overlap between OSM volunteers and
>>> Wikimedia people, so every year there is something specifically about OSM
>>> at Wikimania, and cartography in the service of Wikimedia projects in
>>> general. We also usually organise a mapping party for Wikimania. Once the
>>> date is confirmed, I'll also post that on this list.
>>>
>>> I'm on the Wikimania committee, and we have a limited number of
>>> scholarships available to fund South African Open Knowledge
>>> volunteers/advocates to attend Wikimania, and this can fund your travel,
>>> registration fees and accommodation. Check out
>>> http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Scholarship_Applications if
>>> you're interested and you have something to bring to the conference.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> David Richfield
>>>
>>> On 20 March 2018 at 08:03, Jinal Foflia <fofliajinal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Wanted to share about the Wikimania 2018 [1] happening in Cape Town,
>>>> South Africa on July 18-22, 2018, it's the annual international conference
>>>> that celebrates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Find out
>>>> more details about the conference and the previous conference here -
>>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jinalfoflia/diary/43529
>>>>
>>>> It’ll be great if the South Africa/Cape Town OSM communities would want
>>>> to participate, conduct BoF sessions or present lightning talks.
>>>> OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia communities have a lot in common, let's meet,
>>>> collaborate and make the most of this opportunity!
>>>>
>>>> [1] - https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jinal Foflia
>>>>
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