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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