Hi Karthik,
thanks for sharing!
I am strongly of the opinion that we should be able to do better than
vouchers (as we discussed). With so many national teams having experience
with prizes, I hope we will be able to come up with something better.
The way monetary prizes are being received in different countries varies
widely. Sometimes people expect just that, and they will use the money they
get as prize to invest in their photography. That sounds totally fine, and
that is also why a voucher system might be acceptable. However, putting an
amount on a prize sounds so... simplistic. It feels a little like paying
someone to make a photo - to make a contribution. Awarding something useful
directly, feels better to me. As an example, in 2011 we were able to offer
a few other prizes, such as a night in an art hotel in St. Petersburg and a
tour flight off the most western point of Europe in Portugal. Both are
however quite local and impossible to accept for someone living at a great
distance without funds to travel there.
So what alternative prizes could there be, that are fairly location
independent (at least serve a number of countries in the neighborhood), and
have a similar value as suggested by Karthik? It is not bad to have a few
continent-dependent prizes I guess, as long as there's a good distribution
(because of the principle 'first prize winner gets first pick - he can
choose the third prize too, if he likes).
Any input welcomed!
Lodewijk
2013/7/27 Karthik Nadar <karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in>
Correction!!
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Karthik Nadar <karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in>wrote;wrote:
Dear monument clickers,
the WLM international team has drafted prizes for the international and
will be happy to re- work if anyone has any suggestions! So far, we have
been buying vouchers for the Prize winners which didn’t work well previous
year as the contest went global. We had to take help from Chapters and
Individuals to buy vouchers for the winners, and then reimburse them from
the international budget. That was very time consuming at most of the ends.
We would welcome if you got any suggestions. If you would agree that
giving out vouchers is the best process and we should continue that, do
also let us know that.
The (draft) prizes for the 2013 contest will be as follows:
Rank
Prizes (probably in the form of vouchers)
Remarks
1st Prize
Wikimania (London)
~ 2.000,00 Euros (estimation)
2nd Prize
500 Euros
3rd Prize
400 Euros
4th Prize
300 Euros
5th Prize
200 Euros
6th Prize
100 Euros
7th Prize
100 Euros
8th Prize
50 Euros
9th Prize
50 Euros
10th Prize
50 Euros
11th Prize
50 Euros
New entry^
12th Prize
50 Euros
New entry^
13th Prize
50 Euros
New entry^
14th Prize
50 Euros
New entry^
15th Prize
50 Euros
New entry^
TOTAL
2.000,00 Euros (excluding Wikimania)
Grand total: 4.000,00 (including Wikimania)
* Estimation is from a Asian country, and that includes accommodation
charges.
^ New entry means that the prizes was not awarded previous year. The WLM
international team felt that, as we grow, the number of prizes we shall
also grow up!
Regards,
Karthik Nadar.
On behalf of WLM international team.
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