* Bursaries 2016

** What worked
*** Non-diversity diversity
- this years team was enthusiastic about funding people for combined contribution / diversity reasons
*** Total amount of people funded
- generous budget
- steady stream of sponsoring people with cancellation money
*** process transparency
- the ranking system was public, (was that before applications closed?)
*** application process
- the application process was lighter weight than previously.
*** response time
- once the team was constituted, we dealt with the rankings pretty quickly


** What could be improved
*** reimbursements process
- some people still didn't manage to submit their documents
*** Budgeting
- We _always_ have cancellations. Should we overcommit by X% in the first round to reduce stress and get people to 
- discussion about separating the bursaries budget from the dc budget
- bursaries is an important part of why sponsors sponsor us
*** Team
- The team was slow to form, partly due to scarcity of 
candidates (people not requesting
*** Application system
- More guided application process
*** (Main) Bursaries
**** Communications
- more transparency about "rounds". / first rejects not final due to later cancellations
**** DebCamp
- concensus on requirements for DebCamp funding
*** Diversity
- more unified with main bursaries. personal opinion: should be transparent to 
  mentoring for Diversity applicants to fill out
*** GSoC
- better budget planning. It seems we will have to pay for 
  travel in the future.  
- mentoring for GSoC students filling out applications
*** Timing
- late start because wafer