Well, that would be well within the realm of what the WMAU "Volunteer Support Programme" would be able to fund, if one of our members were to apply:
http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Volunteer_Support_Programme Cheers, Craig On 4 November 2013 22:18, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I'd be 100 dollars/euros, something low budget (like a Kindle or a > Kobo). > > Aubrey > > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Craig Franklin > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> What sort of cost are we looking at to buy some nifty gadget as a prize? >> Is it something that could be done through our Volunteer Support Programme? >> >> Cheers, >> Craig Franklin >> President - Wikimedia Australia >> >> >> On 1 November 2013 16:55, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Great concept. >>> >>> I think this would a great little project, and worth the expense for the >>> WMAu chapter. >>> >>> I helped run a small wikisource competition with Wikimedia Indonesia >>> (esp. Ivonne & Siska) to transcribe a 550 page dictionary, and found it to >>> be very successful, but does require quite a bit of time to run and help >>> newbies. >>> >>> Ill write up a proposal if another WMAu member is willing to second and >>> help organise the competition in Oz. >>> >>> -- >>> John >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "David Cuenca" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Oct 31, 2013 10:09 PM >>> Subject: [Wikisource-l] Wikisource 10th aniversary proposal : >>> Proofreading contest >>> To: "discussion list for Wikisource, the free library" < >>> [email protected]> >>> Cc: >>> >>> Talking with some members of Amical Wikimedia about how to celebrate the >>> 10th aniversary, one of the proposals was to organize a proofreading >>> contest. >>> >>> Basically, we would select some books for the participants to proofread >>> and validate and they would gather points for each page without errors. The >>> person with the most points would win a Kindle donated by Amical Wikimedia. >>> >>> However, we have been thinking that with the help of some members of the >>> Wikisource User Group and other Chapters, then we could escalate it to an >>> international proofreading contest, instead of being just regional. I guess >>> ideally we would need 3 kindles and at least a volunteer from each >>> community to organize it. >>> >>> What do you think of the idea? Would you or any chapter that would like >>> to get involved? >>> >>> Micru >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> >
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