Sounds like a really productive meeting! Fantastic! Thanks for the update.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We just wrapped up an amazing GLAMcamp DC. Not only was the weekend > productive and inspiring, but we were able to solidify some solid plans for > this year's WLM. Here is a brief yet disorganized summary: > > Kaldari gave a brief explanation to the group about how the tech side works. > This was to give us a better idea of what it would entail to have the United > States participate, and how he can help. (Thanks Kaldari for volunteering!) > Kippelboy gave a great explanation of how WLM worked (Catalonia/Spain?) in > his area and it was really really valuable. He also was great at calming us > all down - especially me! > On that note, Benoit, myself, and a few other folks decided to be BOLD! > First, I'm working on the Commons page for the WLM US page, more to come > with that, I've been traveling and really really busy. That will reflect > these updates in an organized way. > We have decided once we can gain access to the WLM.us website (Aude > purchased) we are going to translate, copy and paste a WLM site that is > similar to others. Benoit is helping me with this, as I am not a tech genius > but I want to get it done since we are a bit behind schedule. > We are going to translate WLM US into Spanish, hoping to get more Spanish > speaking communities involved. (Spanish speaking communities are the fastest > growing in the US) > We have decided to focus specifically on ONLY the National Register of > Historic Places. Not only is this easier for us to digest the data (since > most of the data for state specific content isn't easily organized on > Wikipedia at this point), but it's also less overwhelming for first time > participants. Next year we can expand. Besides, over 1 million properties > are on NHRP - I think we'll be just fine :) > Templates will be modified so that each state can have it's own - it'll just > show the flag and name of that state. I'm not sure how all that works, but, > Jarek, Kaldari and Benoit are going to be on top of it. > We will of course reach out to NHRP for a partnership opportunity and we > need to get a game plan together for other sponsors. Right now we just need > to get a web presence. > We haven't quite solidified a judging process for the US winner, however, we > did agree that the public will vote on the winner(s). I'm thinking it'll run > something like the Commons Picture of the Day contest with some assistance > from volunteers to weed out just plain bad images (blurry, rainy, ideally > not helpful for WM projects). Not more details on that at this time. > We figure that since the US is so large, Wikimedians can organize their own > Wiki takes and road trip events, mixed with encouraging national > participation. All 50 states and US territories will be involved in the NHRP > data. > Flickr will be used, we might have some special groups organized, contests, > we're not sure yet. I'm a big Flickr person, so, I've offered to lend a big > hand with this. > > Other details are rather unimportant right now, but we've got the ball > rolling. Short term goal right now: > > Get a web presence. > > I am seeking help, because I am not savvy with graphic design, to modify the > WLM logo to feature "United States" someplace in the logo. Please let me > know if you can help (or be bold and do it ;-) ). > > This week I have other priorities, but I hope when I'm back in DC I can get > the website content started. Benoit and I will be speaking with each other. > I also know we want to have a meeting at Wikimania about this. Perhaps after > we get the web presence part started, a Skype can be arranged or an IRC talk > for those interested in volunteering for the US/Canada events. We also are > going to have cross-border events too :) > > > > > I hope the US people don't mind me being bold about this, I just want to get > the ball rolling, and I know that myself, Kaldari, Benoit and Pharos have > agreed that "let's do this and get it started now," is the best policy. Time > is ticking! > > > -Sarah > > > -- > Sarah Stierch > Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow >>>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today<< > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu -- Moka Pantages 415.894.0522 @moka _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu
