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The 2010 Wikimania scholarships program enables a diverse and global group of active Wikimedians and new participants to travel to and attend the [[wm2010:Main Page|Wikimania]] conference in Gdansk, Poland, from July 9-11, 2010.
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- Title
Wikimania Scholarship Technical Coordinator
- Wikimania Scholarship Program Description
The 2010 Wikimania scholarships program enables a diverse and global group of active Wikimedians and new participants to travel to and attend the Wikimania conference in Gdansk, Poland, from July 9-11, 2010.
- Primary responsibilities of position
- Helping scholarships committee in technical aspects of data and processing of applications.
- Sample activities
- Coordinating necessary site requirements with staff developers
- Design and testing of Scholarship application form, improving on the previous year's example
- Manipulating application data, creating reports based on selected criteria
- Participating in periodic online meetings with scholarship program manager
- Time frame
February 8 - April 15, 2010
- Weekly schedule
4-8 hours
- Estimated Total Hours
54 hours
- Scheduling
At volunteer's discretion, however, volunteer should be available for regular scheduled meetings, to be organized with team members in mind.
- Worksite
Remote
- Qualifications sought
- Volunteer has either
- Prior attendance at Wikimania.
- Strong knowledge of cross-project Wikimedia community (involved in several local projects, and Commons, Meta, Incubator).
- Technical abilities--coding for the web, data manipulation (LAMP)
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential applicant information.
- Benefits to volunteer
- Gaining experience with doing specific project-related work for the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
- Increased association with the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Conference fees and lodging during Wikimania 2010. (Travel costs are volunteers' responsibility)
- To apply
- Please send a short biography of yourself, including aspects of your activity on the Wikimedia projects. Any information you believe is relevant, is relevant. You may also wish to attach your CV. Send this to me, Cary Bass, at cary wikimedia dot org. You may also call me at 415.839.6885, extension 601, or use email
- Date posted
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