would there be any possibility to set up some collaboration with openstreetmappers?
rupert On Jan 16, 2012 10:59 PM, "Lodewijk" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I guess it is time for a small update! Some work has been done already, > but mainly behind the screens and as a follow up of what was discussed in > Amsterdam in December. You can find already some start of documentation on > what Wiki Loves Monuments is/will be like on > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Documentation > (some > things to be decided) and you will find an initial timeline for the > international organization on > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline > (thank > you Tomasz!). An advised timeline for local organizing will follow at the > same page, but it might be helpful to just scroll through it and appreciate > the work ahead :) > > If you want to get started with organizing Wiki Loves Monuments in your > country, please don't hesitate to start making preperations! September 2012 > is closer than you think. Past experiences teach that especially getting > the infrastructure on the wiki (including getting the official lists) is > the most time consuming task which has to happen ahead of time. For now, > please add your country to > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012 if > you didn't do so yet. > > I am also happy to be able to say that four volunteers with a lot of 2011 > experience have been found to form a core coordination team for 2012 - > Maarten (Multichill), Elke (Elya), Tomasz (Odder) and myself will be trying > to coordinate efforts. Of course the main workload will still lay with the > national teams and also internationally any help will be appreciated. We > will do extra our best to create good documentation and I hope that you all > will ask your questions here and on the wiki in a timely manner - that way > we can avoid last minute discussions, misunderstanding and other issues. > Communication is always a challange, so I hope you will help with that. > > Also, the board of Wikimedia Nederland has indicated to be willing to be > the budget holder for WLM 2012, and be the official organizer for the > international contest - you shouldn't notice a lot of that as long as > things go well, but we simply need an organization to be able to sign off > on things (such as a world record attempt ;-) ). If there are no major > objections, I'll ask the WMNL board to make that official soon. Also, we're > trying to find the best way possible to ensure there is a good > communication and task management on an international level. Last year we > found in the evaluation that this was a bottle neck which caused several > other things to go imperfect, so we're trying to find a way to give some > professional support to the international coordination - that way we can > make sure holes are being filled and there is a backbone present. I hope > that will help make things run more smoothly that way. > > I hope that 2012 will be an even greater contest - seeing all the > interested countries from over the world I am both enthusiastic and a > little intimidated - I hope we can set off a wonderful international event. > > With kind regards, > > Lodewijk > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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