Archive:Volunteering:Wikimania scholarships technical coordinator

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Wikimania Scholarship Technical Coordinator

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 8-11, 2010

Goals of position
  • Assistance in scholarship processing and helping the Scholarship committee in technical aspects of scholarship data
  • Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania scholarship applications.
Sample activities
  1. Coordinating necessary site requirements with staff developers
  2. Design and testing of Scholarship application form, improving on the previous year's example
  3. Manipulating application data, creating reports based on selected criteria
  4. Participating in periodic online meetings with scholarship manager
Time frame

February 8 - April 15, 2009

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
  1. Volunteer has either
    • Prior attendance at Wikimania.
    • Strong knowledge of cross-project Wikimedia community (involved in several local projects, and Commons, Meta, Incubator).
  2. Technical abilities--coding for the web, data manipulation (LAMP)
  3. Discretion and ability to handle confidential applicant information.
Benefits to volunteer
  1. Gaining experience with doing specific project-related work for the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
  2. Increased association with the Wikimedia Foundation.
  3. 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
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