Update on the application processing.
We received almost 200 applications from almost all around the world.
A lesson learned here that, with this amount of applications, it is very laborious to handle all of them using e-mail. As every form has to be copied into a single well-formed database/document for committee to review. (and, again, even we already said in the form that please return it in plain text, almost everybody do attachment. which means more clicks and work to do).
Next time, we should use a more automated system, like an online form that applicants can directly put things into database. Committee can also access and make suggestions directly thru this database.
Selection process is expected to start by this Monday. Sorry for this delayed.
