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Revision as of 20:45, 30 October 2025

2026 Scholarship Committee Documents

The 2026 Scholarship Committee used this timeline to track tasks and deadlines. Committee members signed up for tasks based on interest and capacity.

Task / milestone Date(s) Notes Team
Call for committee volunteers 10/03/2025 - 10/31/2025 Local Planning Committee & CONCENTRA
Initial committee meeting 10/28/2025 ALL as available
Gain access to & add all to the C4L Scholarship Google Group 10/31/2025 Chair
Finalize the number of scholarship recipient seats to hold for registration 11/04/2025 Chair
Finalize call for applications & application format 11/04/2025 Chair
Create application form 10/30/2025 Google Form Volunteer
Review evaluation rubric 10/30/2025 - 11/06/2025 ALL
Put out call for applications 11/10/2025 Includes identifying channels, communities, organizations to target ALL as available
Application deadline 12/01/2025 11:59 Pacific Recipients
Confirm application receipt Applicants will receive a confirmation when submitting the form.
Review & rate applications individually 12/2/2025 - 12/15/2025 "Individually," as in each committee member ALL
Committee meeting to discuss applications, choose recipients 12/16/2025 OR 12/17/2025 Committee will communicate via email during the review but will set up a meeting if needed ALL - multiple meetings if needed or send written feedback
Finalize number of available scholarships; notify LPC of registration spots to release N/A N/A Budget & sponsorship committees
Notify recipients, waitlisted, non-recipients; ask recipients for confirmation 01/05/2026 ALL as available
Recipients confirm participation 01/12/2026 Recipients
Follow up with waitlisted applicants 01/13/2026 ALL as available
Waitlisted applicants confirm participation 01/20/2026 If any Recipients
Announce awardees 03/02/2026 - 03/04/2026 Announced at conference
Recruit conference buddies ??/??/2026 Send an email to awardees and the listserv to recruit ALL as available
Send a reminder for the buddy program ??/??/2026 ALL as available
Match awardees with conference buddies ??/??/2026 Assume ongoing basis - some awardees may change their minds or people may volunteer late ALL
Travel & housing planning N/A Now handled entirely by CONCENTRA
Coordinate with CONCENTRA: awardee names & contact email 01/12/2026 & 01/20/2026 Rolling as confirmations come in, latest dates listed for initial awardees and for waitlisted awardees Chair and Co-chair
Coordinate with conference MC(s): scholarship winners recognition, name pronunciation 03/02/2026 - 03/04/2026 Chair or Co-chair, or ALL as available
Conference guide / social stuff email ??/??/2026 ALL
Conference! 03/02/2026 - 03/05/2026
Group lunch ??/??/2026 ALL as available
Post-conference feedback 03/11/2026 Create & send survey, review feedback Volunteer (survey & email), ALL (review feedback)
Lessons learned 03/19/2026 ALL
Full Documentation 03/23/2026 Share committee documents & participant feedback with other committees and/or post on wiki as appropriate Documentarian