I think 1 May - 1 June will definitely be better due
too late
organization + more round date.
Also I would like to know progress on lists of monuments. Ukraine has them
from last year, but other countries?
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Mykola Kozlenko <mycola-k(a)ukr.net> wrote:
Hi all,
With this letter we are happy to announce that Wikimedia Ukraine is
officially starting international coordination of Wiki Loves Earth!
We encourage you, if it is not done yet, to add your country to the list
on
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_
Earth_2014#Participating_countries
We would like you to draw your attention to the following issues:
1) Dates you would like Wiki Loves Earth to take place. As far as we can
see, the best timing for most countries will be either 15 April - 15 May or
1 - 31 May, but we are happy to discuss your suggestion - please comment on
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_
Loves_Earth_2014#Dates
2) Funding. If you are willing to organise Wiki Loves Earth in your
country, please by aware that Wikimedia Ukraine will not be able to provide
national prizes for your countries (except souvenirs). You may want to look
for local sponsors or apply for a grant - in this case, we will be able to
support your request, but still you have to write it yourself :)
3) Criteria. We want to be clear what kind of photos we want to get.
Obviously, this will include wide views of natural sites, but we have to
decide whether we want to include or not representative biotopes [species
most specific to the natural site]. Please comment on this at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_
Earth_2014#Scope
4) Prizes. We want to know what prizes you expect to get in the
international part. We expect to have the same budget as for Wiki Loves
Monuments 2013 - around 5000 US$. Last year there was one Wikimania
scolarship (we want to have one this year as well, BUT we have to come with
the result by late June to make it possible) and photography-related
vouchers (should be something available in most, if not all, participating
countries). If you have any ideas, please leave your feedback on
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_
Earth_2014#Prizes
On our side, the international team will be happy to help you with the
following:
1) technical coordination. Most of tools that were used for Wiki Loves
Monuments last year will be adapted for Wiki Loves Earth
2) support with list conversion. If you have lists of natural monuments
in any machine-readable format, we should be able to help you converting
them into a wiki format. If you have no idea where to find lists of natural
monuments, please contact us, but we do not guarantee we will be able to do
it.
3) supporting your grant requests - it's up to you to write them, but we
can provide help with them
4) providing souvenirs - e.g. calendars, postcards with best photos after
the contest
Please do not hesitate to write to this mailing list if you need any help
or advice.
Best regards,
Mykola Kozlenko (aka NickK)
for WLE international team
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