Dear all,
all applicants but Ali Rahnama have been contacted.
will it take long to decide about Ali?
to open a special registration session for these people (which will pay the
early registration fee since we asked them not to register before the decision
about the grants) we need to have all information out.
Cheers
-Stefano (01)
On 24 Apr 2012, at 12:19, Stefano Borgo wrote: (02)
> Thank you, Antony.
> We are holding the message to Ali Rahnama.
> As far as I can say at this moment, Ali seems willing to stay in Trento from
>the time of the school.
> Cheers
> -Stefano
>
>> Stefano,
>>
>> (1) Here is our statement about the process:
>>
>> "Applications were judged on the basis of qualification (as evidenced by the
>applicant's background and statement of purpose) and economic need.
>> Five submissions were rated "strong accept" and 10 "accept"; grants were
>awarded to all applicants of the former group and the strongest of those in
>the latter as far as our budget would extend, allocating funding as far as
>possible in accordance with what was requested."
>>
>> (2) OK, fine.
>>
>> (3) We suggest Camara as a reserve candidate
>>
>> (4) Not sure. We haven't discussed this - we'll get back to you.
>>
>> Antony
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stefano Borgo
>> Sent: 23 April 2012 11:33
>> To: IAOA Education Committee
>> Cc: Claudio Masolo
>> Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant distribution: results?
>>
>> Dear Antony and all,
>> thank you for all the work.
>>
>> We have a few things to ask you:
>> 1) will you make a short note to make the process transparent?
>> we could add this in the answer to the applicants and/or as a note open to
>IAOA members (e.g. how many applications where acceptable, what was taken into
>account in the evaluation, how the lump of money was distributed)
>>
>> 2) it seems more reasonable to us to count 6 nights at least for those
>coming from a different continent (there is no airport in Trento and it is
>unlikely one can arrive on Monday morning or leave right away on Friday
>evening). Also, Nelcy asked for lodging and not for registration (she already
>paid for the school). Then we could redistribute this part of the grants as
>follows:
>>
>> Nelcy: accommodation only 160 Euro
>> Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless: reg.+accommodeation 310 x 4 = 1240 Euro
>> total: 1400 Euro
>>
>> instead of
>>> Reg. + Accommodation:
>>> Nelcy, Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless
>>> 5 x 287.85 = 1439.25
>>
>>
>> 3) we should have some other candidate in the case someone does not accept
>the grant we propose.
>>
>> 4) one of the students (Ali Rahnama) is planning to spend some time at LOA
>after the school (this would be a 6-month stage within his PhD program).
>> Things are being discussed now and nothing has been fixed yet. In particular
>we do not know if he will remain in Trento after the summer school or go back
>to his country to come to Trento in the fall. In the first case (i.e. if he
>will remain in Trento for some time) we leave up to you to decide whether to
>cut the reimbursement e.g. to cover just half of the ticket.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Stefano and Claudio
>>
>>
>> On 21 Apr 2012, at 14:18, Galton, Antony wrote:
>>
>>> Stefano,
>>>
>>> I think we've come up with a final decision now, as follows:
>>>
>>> Registration only: Ruggieri 150.00
>>> Reg. + Accommodation:
>>> Nelcy, Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless
>>> 5 x 287.85 = 1439.25
>>> Reg + Accomm + Travel:
>>> Aysolmaz 650.00
>>> Rahnama 1100.00
>>> Deniz Iren 600.00
>>>
>>> Total: 3939.25
>>> euros
>>>
>>> Antony
>>>
>>
> (03)
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