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::::Thank you for these clear answers, [[User:Violetova|Zana]]! One last question. Can you tell me more about why you want to fly Bojana in from Sarejevo as a guest speaker? We appreciate your frugal travel budgeting, but at EUR 310, her participation is a significant portion of your overall expenses. Therefore, it would be useful to better understand the value of her contributions to the event before making a final decision. Thank you, [[User:Wolliff (WMF)|Winifred Olliff (WMF Program Officer)]] [[User_talk:Wolliff (WMF)|talk]] 00:12, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

::::::Hi [[User:Wolliff (WMF)|Winifred]], here is our way of thinking about the guest speaker: why we need one, and why we choose Bojana:

::::::We thought that if we have a guest speaker from abroad, the conference will obtain more significance. Bojana's theme is: "Wikipedia and education aims". She knows the theme, she spoke about Wikipedia and education aims many times in her country. There are other Wikipedians from neighborhood countries who know the theme also, but we choose Bojana, because of the language issue: we will not need translator for Serbian language, in contrast to English speaker. We are aware that guest speaker's expenses are significant part in the budget, that's why we keep it frugal. -[[User:Violetova|Violetova]] ([[User talk:Violetova|talk]]) 10:16, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

== Decision: Approved up to EUR 696 ==

Thank you for your prompt responses, [[User:Violetova|Violetova]]. We appreciate the ground work that you have done to get ready for this event, and to make connections with the schools and teachers involved. It seems like you have the experience and expertise to make this work. It is good to know that you plan to survey the event participants, to better understand whether or not your event is meeting its goals.

We will fund the direct expenses associated with the event, including venue rental, food, travel costs for volunteers, refreshments, and printed materials, and also the vinyl banner that you will be able to use at many events throughout the year. We will not fund international travel for a guest speaker to attend this local event (EUR 310), or the 100 EUR promotional cost to pay volunteers for their time organizing this event. It would be very unusual for us to fund either type of expense (international travel, or stipends) for an event like this.

This is a total grant of EUR 696. Janice and Morgan will be in touch with you to arrange the details. Best wishes for a successful grant! [[User:Wolliff (WMF)|Winifred Olliff (WMF Program Officer)]] [[User_talk:Wolliff (WMF)|talk]] 16:57, 10 February 2017 (UTC)