As the competition is creeping closer, I'm still very much looking for candidates! Please make suggestions. I am planning to make a final proposal on Monday at the latest.
Lodewijk 2013/7/12 Lodewijk <[email protected]> > (summary: please suggest good international jury members. Deadline is 2 > weeks from now.) > > Hi all, > > Like last year, I would like to use our collective network to find a very > good jury for Wiki Loves Monuments international! Please let us know if you > know someone who would be likely to agree to be part of the international > jury. > > What are we looking for: > > * A full jury of 7-9 people > * Ideally: at least 3 active Wikimedians, 2 professional photographers and > 2 heritage experts. Combinations of these categories are most welcomed. > * Geographically diverse (especially keeping in mind the diversity in > different types of monuments on different continents that participate) > * All international jury members should /not/ be a member of a national > jury > * Available in November for jury duty > * On a volunteer basis > > What should they expect: > * up to 10 images per country will be nominated, which means an expected > 250-500 nominated pictures for the jury to judge. > * Each juror will select independently a small number of pictures (in the > range of 10) from this initial pool. These pictures continue to the second > round. Each juror will select a ranked list from this second round pool, > and distribute points. In case of an ex aequo result in the top-25, the > point distribution or a shootout-vote might occur. Jurors are expected to > give some reasoning why they make a choice, so that a joint jury report can > be produced by the jury moderator. > * The jurors are expected to deliver these judgings timely within the > mutually agreed upon timeline as will be communicated in September/October. > * The names of the jury members will be published on the contest > website(s) and in the final jury report. There is no further compensation. > * There will be no physical meeting, and unless the jury decides > otherwise, there will be no other meetings either - all communication will > happen via email or other online platforms (i.e. the jury tool) > * There is no particular technical expertise required to participate in > the jury. I would expect 15-25 hours of time investment per jury member > between mid October and mid December (mostly in November). > > Most likely, we will make sure there is a non-voting jury moderator. > However, if someone would really like to volunteer for that role (most of > the work will be mid-September through mid-December), that would be very > welcome. To be a moderator, you will have to be skilled in Wiki editing, > communication and moderation (making sure discussions happen and end in > time with a satisfying outcome). The work includes making sure all national > juries submit their nominations in time, that the nominations are > summarized effectively for the international jury members, that the votes > of the international jury members are collected and tallied and that > discussion around image qualities take place. Also, the moderator is > responsible for putting together the jury report based on the jury > decisions. The moderator should not be partial of course. > > Anyway, especially for jury members I sincerely look forward to your > suggestions! We still have some suggestions from last year, but don't be > afraid to repeat them. You can send them on-list at wikilovesmonuments at > lists.wikimedia.org or privately to me. I will then collect them, discuss > the list with the international team (privately), and make a proposal > internally. I will approach the candidates if they would be willing to > serve as a jury member. My initial deadline for making jury suggestions is > 2 weeks from now. > > Thanks! > > Lodewijk >
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