Great news!!
2013/7/22 Karthik Nadar <[email protected]> > Hi Osmar, > > this is indeed a very exciting news and it frankly killed the Monday > Blues! :) > > > Regards, > Karthik Nadar. > Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. > http://wiki.wikimedia.in > /karthikndr <https://www.facebook.com/karthikndr>, > @karthikndr<http://twitter.com/karthikndr> > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Osmar Valdebenito <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hi all! >> >> I'm glad to announce you that, this year, we will have a Wiki Loves >> Monuments edition in... Antarctica! >> >> We believe that, to actually make this a global contest, we need to reach >> all continents. Antarctica, despite having no permanent population, has >> several sites that commemorate the attempts of exploration and research >> carried out by the international community over the past centuries. There >> are 86 monuments declared by the Antarctic Treaty System that will >> participate. >> >> This certainly will be a particular and very symbolic contest. We expect >> a very low amount of participants but most of the images will be unique, so >> each one will have a lot of impact. >> >> In the past weeks, I have been in contact with the Secretariat of the >> Antarctic Treaty and they have accepted to support our contest. We expect >> to reach different institutions (researchers, tourist operators, national >> institutions, etc.) with the help of the ATS... but there are still a lot >> of things to do. In line with the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty and the >> Wikimedia Movement, this local contest will be an international one. >> >> We expect a lot of volunteers of different countries to help us >> translating the monuments lists, updating the website, contacting >> institutions in their own countries, becoming juries and so on... Wikimedia >> Argentina will only participate as a coordinator. >> >> Do you want to join the WLM-AQ team? Send an e-mail to >> [email protected]! >> Also, you can take a look at our page in Commons: >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_Antarctica >> >> We expect to reach this year to every place in the world... even the most >> remote and cold! :) >> >> *Osmar Valdebenito G.* >> Director Ejecutivo >> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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