Hi Rupert,<div><br></div><div>we&#39;re not talking about placement on the wikimedia websites of course, but rather on the contest websites. That helps us in different ways. First of all, it helps us of course to get free prizes and sponsorships. Secondly, it also helps us in showing to participants that we&#39;re a serious contest. We use their reputation also - even though it may be less obvious. But you are of course right that aligning them with a contest organized by Wikimedia, is worth something in itself probably. </div>

<div><br></div><div>We also usually offer them that they can state on their own communication that they support Wiki Loves Monuments. If they do so, that helps us as well in spreading the word to the right audiences about Wiki Loves Monuments.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Lodewijk<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/7/27 rupert THURNER <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rupert.thurner@gmail.com" target="_blank">rupert.thurner@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<p>The wikimedia movement is a 30mio movement which survived without sponsoring with logo or content placement on prominent spots. What would be the advantage of trading that reputation for a 400 usd camera?</p>
<p>Rupert.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Am <a href="tel:27.07.2012%2017" value="+12707201217" target="_blank">27.07.2012 17</a>:15 schrieb &quot;Matthew Roth&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:mroth@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">mroth@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;:<br type="attribution">

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Hi Barbara and Lodewijk,<div>We had a question from a recent WLM-US meeting about prize sponsors. If we reach out to a place like Canon or Nikon in the U.S., and they agree to sponsor, can we list them with logo on the international site? I&#39;m trying to figure out what kind of incentive we can offer the prize sponsors that would give them a reason to provide good prizes, but I wanted to check with you the protocol for that. If a marketing/events person asks, &quot;What kind of visibility will we get in return,&quot; obviously the international site would be the biggest, I would think. I&#39;m not sure how much traffic <a href="http://wikilovesmonuments.us" target="_blank">wikilovesmonuments.us</a> will get. Any advice is helpful.</div>




<div><br></div><div>thank you,</div><div>Matthew<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><br><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span>Matthew Roth</span><br>

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