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Questions to consider in your application

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  • Will you still come if you receive a partial scholarship or no scholarship at all?
  • What are you hoping to achieve?
  • What skills are you hoping to learn?
  • What are you hoping to teach?
  • What sessions have you proposed?
  • Will your contributions help Australian First Nations content?
  • Will your contributions help Australian content?
  • Are you from a minority group?
  • Are you from regional or rural Australia?
  • Are you a new editor?

The program is yet to be decided but current proposed sessions may be found here

Response

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Will you still come if you receive a partial scholarship or no scholarship at all?

probably

What are you able to contribute?

experience of working with Indigenious knowledge on projects, plus 19 years of contributions

What outcomes are you looking for?

improving respect of Indigenous knowledge and sharing methods to incorporate that knowledge from alternative sourcing

What sessions have you proposed?

none yet

How will your contributions improve Australian First Nations contributions, and content?

I have been doing that for many years, I wish to share my experience

How will your contributions improve Australian content?

Increasing the depth of understanding about how Wikimedians can engage with Indigenous Cultures

Are you from an under represented group?

does WA count

Are you from regional or rural Australia?

Metor area, experience in engaging with rural areas

Are you a new editor?

I was once, I still remember the challenges I faced, and those of the many people I have brought into the community

Username

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(Use ~~~~ to insert your user name) Gnangarra (talk) 10:58, 17 July 2024 (UTC)