Wikimania 2016 bids/Esino Lario/Scholarships and guests

International scholarships

International scholarships will be managed as usual by the Scholarship Committee and the WMF. We have drafted a proposal to contribute to the brainstorming on how to improve the scholarship system for Wikimania.

Italian volunteers and guests

Expense	Number	Days	Cost/Unit	Total in euro	Total in dollars
Insurence for the volunteers	200		€ 10,00	€ 2.000,00	$ 2.744,98
Travel expenses volunteers	50		€ 50,00	€ 2.500,00	$ 3.431,23
Travel expenses volunteers	50		€ 100,00	€ 5.000,00	$ 6.862,45
Accommodation and food	50	9	€ 50,00	€ 22.500,00	$ 30.881,03
Accommodation and food	50	5	€ 50,00	€ 12.500,00	$ 17.156,13
Lunch for volunteer resident	50	8	€ 10,00	€ 4.000,00	$ 5.489,96
Lunch for guests (companies, workers, stakeholders)	11		€ 16,00	€ 166,00	$ 227,83
Insurence for guests (companies, workers, stakeholders)	150		€ 10,00	€ 1.500,00	$ 2.058,74
Welcome bag and thank you t-shirt for volunteers	200		€ 5,00	€ 1.000,00	$ 1.372,49
Total amount planned in the estimated costs				€ 51.166,00	$ 70.224,82
			Currency	€ 1,00	$ 1,37

Volunteers will be invited to support the event through their associations, among those: wikimedia chapters (in particular Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH), associations in Esino Lario (Pro Loco, Alpini, Soccorso Val d'Esino, CAI, group of teachers, Amici del Museo delle Grigne), networks of local associations (in particular Pro Loco and Alpini), like-minded associations and groups (Creative Commons, Open Street Map - which in Italy is already linked to Wikimedia Italia, Linux groups and other open software and open knowledge groups and associations). We are also exploring the possibility of involving the association STS Italia - Società Italiana di Studi su Scienza e Tecnologia (Italian society of studies on science and technology), which is an association of researchers which could also contribute to the evaluation of Wikimania Esino Lario.