Hi all,
With this letter we are happy to announce that Wikimedia Ukraine is officially starting international coordination of Wiki Loves Earth! We encourage you, if it is not done yet, to add your country to the list on https://commons.wikimedia. org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Participating_ countries We would like you to draw your attention to the following issues: 1) Dates you would like Wiki Loves Earth to take place. As far as we can see, the best timing for most countries will be either 15 April - 15 May or 1 - 31 May, but we are happy to discuss your suggestion - please comment on https://commons.wikimedia. org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_ Loves_Earth_2014#Dates 2) Funding. If you are willing to organise Wiki Loves Earth in your country, please by aware that Wikimedia Ukraine will not be able to provide national prizes for your countries (except souvenirs). You may want to look for local sponsors or apply for a grant - in this case, we will be able to support your request, but still you have to write it yourself :) 3) Criteria. We want to be clear what kind of photos we want to get. Obviously, this will include wide views of natural sites, but we have to decide whether we want to include or not representative biotopes [species most specific to the natural site]. Please comment on this at https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Scope 4) Prizes. We want to know what prizes you expect to get in the international part. We expect to have the same budget as for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 - around 5000 US$. Last year there was one Wikimania scolarship (we want to have one this year as well, BUT we have to come with the result by late June to make it possible) and photography-related vouchers (should be something available in most, if not all, participating countries). If you have any ideas, please leave your feedback on https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Prizes On our side, the international team will be happy to help you with the following: 1) technical coordination. Most of tools that were used for Wiki Loves Monuments last year will be adapted for Wiki Loves Earth 2) support with list conversion. If you have lists of natural monuments in any machine-readable format, we should be able to help you converting them into a wiki format. If you have no idea where to find lists of natural monuments, please contact us, but we do not guarantee we will be able to do it. 3) supporting your grant requests - it's up to you to write them, but we can provide help with them 4) providing souvenirs - e.g. calendars, postcards with best photos after the contest Please do not hesitate to write to this mailing list if you need any help or advice. Best regards, Mykola Kozlenko (aka NickK) for WLE international team
I think 1 May - 1 June will definitely be better due too late organization + more round date. Also I would like to know progress on lists of monuments. Ukraine has them from last year, but other countries?
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Mykola Kozlenko mycola-k@ukr.net wrote:
Hi all,
With this letter we are happy to announce that Wikimedia Ukraine is officially starting international coordination of Wiki Loves Earth!
We encourage you, if it is not done yet, to add your country to the list on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Participating_countries
We would like you to draw your attention to the following issues:
- Dates you would like Wiki Loves Earth to take place. As far as we can
see, the best timing for most countries will be either 15 April - 15 May or 1 - 31 May, but we are happy to discuss your suggestion - please comment on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_ Loves_Earth_2014#Dates 2) Funding. If you are willing to organise Wiki Loves Earth in your country, please by aware that Wikimedia Ukraine will not be able to provide national prizes for your countries (except souvenirs). You may want to look for local sponsors or apply for a grant - in this case, we will be able to support your request, but still you have to write it yourself :) 3) Criteria. We want to be clear what kind of photos we want to get. Obviously, this will include wide views of natural sites, but we have to decide whether we want to include or not representative biotopes [species most specific to the natural site]. Please comment on this at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Scope 4) Prizes. We want to know what prizes you expect to get in the international part. We expect to have the same budget as for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 - around 5000 US$. Last year there was one Wikimania scolarship (we want to have one this year as well, BUT we have to come with the result by late June to make it possible) and photography-related vouchers (should be something available in most, if not all, participating countries). If you have any ideas, please leave your feedback on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Prizes
On our side, the international team will be happy to help you with the following:
- technical coordination. Most of tools that were used for Wiki Loves
Monuments last year will be adapted for Wiki Loves Earth 2) support with list conversion. If you have lists of natural monuments in any machine-readable format, we should be able to help you converting them into a wiki format. If you have no idea where to find lists of natural monuments, please contact us, but we do not guarantee we will be able to do it. 3) supporting your grant requests - it's up to you to write them, but we can provide help with them 4) providing souvenirs - e.g. calendars, postcards with best photos after the contest
Please do not hesitate to write to this mailing list if you need any help or advice.
Best regards, Mykola Kozlenko (aka NickK) for WLE international team
Wikilovesearth mailing list Wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesearth
Would it be an idea to have a skype meeting/google hangout with participating countries about the international Wiki Loves Earth contest? Just to get an idea about what everybody is planning and to exchange ideas?
and a quick question: Which logo is the official Wiki Loves Earth logo?
In the Netherlands we are having a kickoff meeting tommorrow with volunteers and a respresentative of the dutch National Parkhttp://www.nationaalpark.nl/documents/home.xml?lang=nl . The local contest will be held in May and June (images and sounds), and it looks like we can start other projects that will run under the wings of Wiki Loves Earth too.
Best regards, Denise Jansen
Communicatie en Community support Wikimedia Nederland
tel. 06 2952 0069 (ma, di, do)
*Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht
*Wikimedia Nederland organiseert het hele jaar door diverse activiteiten. Ook u bent daar van harte welkom. Kijk voor meer informatie op onze website http://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/agenda.*
2014-03-06 10:33 GMT+01:00 Ilya Korniyko intracer@gmail.com:
I think 1 May - 1 June will definitely be better due too late organization + more round date. Also I would like to know progress on lists of monuments. Ukraine has them from last year, but other countries?
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Mykola Kozlenko mycola-k@ukr.net wrote:
Hi all,
With this letter we are happy to announce that Wikimedia Ukraine is officially starting international coordination of Wiki Loves Earth!
We encourage you, if it is not done yet, to add your country to the list on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Participating_countries
We would like you to draw your attention to the following issues:
- Dates you would like Wiki Loves Earth to take place. As far as we can
see, the best timing for most countries will be either 15 April - 15 May or 1 - 31 May, but we are happy to discuss your suggestion - please comment on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_ Loves_Earth_2014#Dates 2) Funding. If you are willing to organise Wiki Loves Earth in your country, please by aware that Wikimedia Ukraine will not be able to provide national prizes for your countries (except souvenirs). You may want to look for local sponsors or apply for a grant - in this case, we will be able to support your request, but still you have to write it yourself :) 3) Criteria. We want to be clear what kind of photos we want to get. Obviously, this will include wide views of natural sites, but we have to decide whether we want to include or not representative biotopes [species most specific to the natural site]. Please comment on this at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Scope 4) Prizes. We want to know what prizes you expect to get in the international part. We expect to have the same budget as for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 - around 5000 US$. Last year there was one Wikimania scolarship (we want to have one this year as well, BUT we have to come with the result by late June to make it possible) and photography-related vouchers (should be something available in most, if not all, participating countries). If you have any ideas, please leave your feedback on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Prizes
On our side, the international team will be happy to help you with the following:
- technical coordination. Most of tools that were used for Wiki Loves
Monuments last year will be adapted for Wiki Loves Earth 2) support with list conversion. If you have lists of natural monuments in any machine-readable format, we should be able to help you converting them into a wiki format. If you have no idea where to find lists of natural monuments, please contact us, but we do not guarantee we will be able to do it. 3) supporting your grant requests - it's up to you to write them, but we can provide help with them 4) providing souvenirs - e.g. calendars, postcards with best photos after the contest
Please do not hesitate to write to this mailing list if you need any help or advice.
Best regards, Mykola Kozlenko (aka NickK) for WLE international team
Wikilovesearth mailing list Wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesearth
Wikilovesearth mailing list Wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesearth
Hi Denise, It would be a good idea indeed to organise such meeting, we will just need several days to get contacts of all local organisers. WLE logos are available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WLE_logos , the most used ones were https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wle-logo1.jpg , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wle-logo3.jpg%C2%A0and%C2%A0https://... Glad to know that you already have a kickoff meeting, good luck! Best regards, Mykola Kozlenko WMUA, for WLE international team
--- Оригінальне повідомлення --- Від кого: Denise Jansen < jansen@wikimedia.nl > Дата: 10 березня 2014, 11:13:25
Would it be an idea to have a skype meeting/google hangout with participating countries about the international Wiki Loves Earth contest? Just to get an idea about what everybody is planning and to exchange ideas? and a quick question: Which logo is the official Wiki Loves Earth logo? In the Netherlands we are having a kickoff meeting tommorrow with volunteers and a respresentative of the dutch National Park . The local contest will be held in May and June (images and sounds), and it looks like we can start other projects that will run under the wings of Wiki Loves Earth too. Best regards, Denise Jansen Communicatie en Community support Wikimedia Nederland tel. 06 2952 0069 (ma, di, do) Postadres : Bezoekadres: Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht Wikimedia Nederland organiseert het hele jaar door diverse activiteiten. Ook u bent daar van harte welkom. Kijk voor meer informatie op onze website .
2014-03-06 10:33 GMT+01:00 Ilya Korniyko < intracer@gmail.com > : I think 1 May - 1 June will definitely be better due too late organization + more round date. Also I would like to know progress on lists of monuments. Ukraine has them from last year, but other countries?
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Mykola Kozlenko < mycola-k@ukr.net > wrote: Hi all,
With this letter we are happy to announce that Wikimedia Ukraine is officially starting international coordination of Wiki Loves Earth! We encourage you, if it is not done yet, to add your country to the list on https://commons.wikimedia. org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Participating_ countries We would like you to draw your attention to the following issues: 1) Dates you would like Wiki Loves Earth to take place. As far as we can see, the best timing for most countries will be either 15 April - 15 May or 1 - 31 May, but we are happy to discuss your suggestion - please comment on https://commons.wikimedia. org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_ Loves_Earth_2014#Dates 2) Funding. If you are willing to organise Wiki Loves Earth in your country, please by aware that Wikimedia Ukraine will not be able to provide national prizes for your countries (except souvenirs). You may want to look for local sponsors or apply for a grant - in this case, we will be able to support your request, but still you have to write it yourself :) 3) Criteria. We want to be clear what kind of photos we want to get. Obviously, this will include wide views of natural sites, but we have to decide whether we want to include or not representative biotopes [species most specific to the natural site]. Please comment on this at https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Scope 4) Prizes. We want to know what prizes you expect to get in the international part. We expect to have the same budget as for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 - around 5000 US$. Last year there was one Wikimania scolarship (we want to have one this year as well, BUT we have to come with the result by late June to make it possible) and photography-related vouchers (should be something available in most, if not all, participating countries). If you have any ideas, please leave your feedback on https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_ Earth_2014#Prizes On our side, the international team will be happy to help you with the following: 1) technical coordination. Most of tools that were used for Wiki Loves Monuments last year will be adapted for Wiki Loves Earth 2) support with list conversion. If you have lists of natural monuments in any machine-readable format, we should be able to help you converting them into a wiki format. If you have no idea where to find lists of natural monuments, please contact us, but we do not guarantee we will be able to do it. 3) supporting your grant requests - it's up to you to write them, but we can provide help with them 4) providing souvenirs - e.g. calendars, postcards with best photos after the contest Please do not hesitate to write to this mailing list if you need any help or advice. Best regards, Mykola Kozlenko (aka NickK) for WLE international team _______________________________________________ Wikilovesearth mailing list Wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesearth
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