Do you have specific suggestions of those that don't clash too much with the open spirit community and are specifically handy to photographers?
Lodewijk 2013/7/28 Jan Ainali <[email protected]> > How about prizes like online backup? Some of the pro-alternatives are > quite expensive. They would be very easy to pay for though and give someone > access to. Actually not only backup, but all sorts of online services could > be used. > > *Med vänliga hälsningar, > Jan Ainali* > > Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> > > 0729 - 67 29 48 > > > > > > > 2013/7/28 Lodewijk <[email protected]> > >> Hi Karthik, >> >> thanks for sharing! >> >> I am strongly of the opinion that we should be able to do better than >> vouchers (as we discussed). With so many national teams having experience >> with prizes, I hope we will be able to come up with something better. >> >> The way monetary prizes are being received in different countries varies >> widely. Sometimes people expect just that, and they will use the money they >> get as prize to invest in their photography. That sounds totally fine, and >> that is also why a voucher system might be acceptable. However, putting an >> amount on a prize sounds so... simplistic. It feels a little like paying >> someone to make a photo - to make a contribution. Awarding something useful >> directly, feels better to me. As an example, in 2011 we were able to offer >> a few other prizes, such as a night in an art hotel in St. Petersburg and a >> tour flight off the most western point of Europe in Portugal. Both are >> however quite local and impossible to accept for someone living at a great >> distance without funds to travel there. >> >> So what alternative prizes could there be, that are fairly location >> independent (at least serve a number of countries in the neighborhood), and >> have a similar value as suggested by Karthik? It is not bad to have a few >> continent-dependent prizes I guess, as long as there's a good distribution >> (because of the principle 'first prize winner gets first pick - he can >> choose the third prize too, if he likes). >> >> Any input welcomed! >> >> Lodewijk >> >> >> 2013/7/27 Karthik Nadar <[email protected]> >> >>> Correction!! >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Karthik Nadar <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Dear monument clickers, >>>> >>>> the WLM international team has drafted prizes for the international and >>>> will be happy to re- work if anyone has any suggestions! So far, we have >>>> been buying vouchers for the Prize winners which didn’t work well previous >>>> year as the contest went global. We had to take help from Chapters and >>>> Individuals to buy vouchers for the winners, and then reimburse them from >>>> the international budget. That was very time consuming at most of the ends. >>>> >>>> We would welcome if you got any suggestions. If you would agree that >>>> giving out vouchers is the best process and we should continue that, do >>>> also let us know that. >>>> >>>> The (draft) prizes for the 2013 contest will be as follows: >>>> >>>> Rank >>>> >>>> Prizes (probably in the form of vouchers) >>>> >>>> Remarks >>>> >>>> 1st Prize >>>> >>>> Wikimania (London) >>>> >>>> ~ 2.000,00 Euros (estimation) >>>> >>>> 2nd Prize >>>> >>>> 500 Euros >>>> >>>> 3rd Prize >>>> >>>> 400 Euros >>>> >>>> 4th Prize >>>> >>>> 300 Euros >>>> >>>> 5th Prize >>>> >>>> 200 Euros >>>> >>>> 6th Prize >>>> >>>> 100 Euros >>>> >>>> 7th Prize >>>> >>>> 100 Euros >>>> >>>> 8th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> 9th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> 10th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> 11th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> New entry^ >>>> >>>> 12th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> New entry^ >>>> >>>> 13th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> New entry^ >>>> >>>> 14th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> New entry^ >>>> >>>> 15th Prize >>>> >>>> 50 Euros >>>> >>>> New entry^ >>>> >>>> TOTAL >>>> >>>> 2.000,00 Euros (excluding Wikimania) >>>> >>>> Grand total: 4.000,00 (including Wikimania) >>>> >>>> * Estimation is from a Asian country, and that includes accommodation >>>> charges. >>>> >>>> ^ New entry means that the prizes was not awarded previous year. The >>>> WLM international team felt that, as we grow, the number of prizes we shall >>>> also grow up! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Karthik Nadar. >>>> On behalf of WLM international team. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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