Archive:Volunteering:Wikimania scholarships communications coordinator
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- Title
Wikimania Scholarship Reviewer
- Wikimania Scholarship Program Description
The 2010 Wikimania scholarships will enable active and qualified Wikimedians to travel to and attend the Wikimania conference in Gdansk, Poland, from July 9-11, 2010
- Goals of position
- Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania scholarship applications.
- Sample activities
- Issuing regret letters to non-awarded candidates and update letters to wait-listed candidates
- Coordinating awardee response with scholarship amnager
- Participating in periodic online meetings with scholarship manager
- Time frame
March 1 - May 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
- Individuals with both strengths will be sought, and complementary skills will be taken into consideration.
- Ability to speak English
- Optional language skills (not required, in descending order of importance): Polish, German, Russian
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential applicant information.
- Good communication skills and sensitivity to scholarship applicants' needs.
- 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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