Hi all,
I guess it is time for a small update! Some work has been done already, but
mainly behind the screens and as a follow up of what was discussed in
Amsterdam in December. You can find already some start of documentation on
what Wiki Loves Monuments is/will be like on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Documen…
(some
things to be decided) and you will find an initial timeline for the
international organization on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Timeline
(thank
you Tomasz!). An advised timeline for local organizing will follow at the
same page, but it might be helpful to just scroll through it and appreciate
the work ahead :)
If you want to get started with organizing Wiki Loves Monuments in your
country, please don't hesitate to start making preperations! September 2012
is closer than you think. Past experiences teach that especially getting
the infrastructure on the wiki (including getting the official lists) is
the most time consuming task which has to happen ahead of time. For now,
please add your country to
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012 if you
didn't do so yet.
I am also happy to be able to say that four volunteers with a lot of 2011
experience have been found to form a core coordination team for 2012 -
Maarten (Multichill), Elke (Elya), Tomasz (Odder) and myself will be trying
to coordinate efforts. Of course the main workload will still lay with the
national teams and also internationally any help will be appreciated. We
will do extra our best to create good documentation and I hope that you all
will ask your questions here and on the wiki in a timely manner - that way
we can avoid last minute discussions, misunderstanding and other issues.
Communication is always a challange, so I hope you will help with that.
Also, the board of Wikimedia Nederland has indicated to be willing to be
the budget holder for WLM 2012, and be the official organizer for the
international contest - you shouldn't notice a lot of that as long as
things go well, but we simply need an organization to be able to sign off
on things (such as a world record attempt ;-) ). If there are no major
objections, I'll ask the WMNL board to make that official soon. Also, we're
trying to find the best way possible to ensure there is a good
communication and task management on an international level. Last year we
found in the evaluation that this was a bottle neck which caused several
other things to go imperfect, so we're trying to find a way to give some
professional support to the international coordination - that way we can
make sure holes are being filled and there is a backbone present. I hope
that will help make things run more smoothly that way.
I hope that 2012 will be an even greater contest - seeing all the
interested countries from over the world I am both enthusiastic and a
little intimidated - I hope we can set off a wonderful international event.
With kind regards,
Lodewijk