The sad thing is that one major thing that won't be available this year is international prizes. Even if we get international team, I doubt they will apply for a grant from WMF and ask for prizes for international winners.

In this case, I don't think we really need an international team.. Romaine is doing good. He's providing good technical support. 

Saqib


> From: KaewWiki@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 06:47:36 +0700
> To: wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] international website
>
> Hi All,
>
> My understanding is different. There are at least three people
> volunteer to be on the international team. They have indicated their
> intention on this mailing list:
>
> From: Bachounda Mohammed <bachounda@gmail.com>
> To: wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 2014 international? (Bachounda mophammed)
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:55:48 +0100
>
> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 2014 international?
> From: KaewWiki@gmail.com
> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
> <wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:58:25 +0700
>
> From: Vacio <vacio@riseup.net>
> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 2014 international?
> To: wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 08:20:07 -0400
>
> If we really need to have more volunteers for the international team,
> I believe that we can do so. But the question is probably beyond
> that:
>
> What do you expect to get from an international team?
> Technical support?
> Value-added to the competition?
>
> Best,
> Taweethaも
>
>
> On 30 June 2014 05:16, Lodewijk <lodewijk@effeietsanders.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was approached about the international website, after Saqib's email about
> > this.
> >
> > I see it this way: To the best of my knowledge, there is /no/ international
> > wiki loves monuments competition in 2014 - not enough people volunteered for
> > an international team. At the same time, there are some /national/
> > competitions that will be organized, but without a real international layer.
> >
> > This is no problem, as we discussed before the possibility to have Wiki
> > Loves Monuments international in odd years (2013, 2015 etc) and Wiki Loves
> > Earth international in even years (2014, 2016 etc).
> >
> > This has the implication that I will alter the website sometime soon to
> > reflect this intention. I will remove the links to the national competitions
> > from the sidebar to avoid outdated information. I will link to the commons
> > page for more information about national competitions that may or may not
> > happen in 2014.
> >
> > If my assumptions here are off the chart, then please speak up. If I totally
> > missed an announcement, please let me know.
> >
> > Hope that helps and clarifies,
> >
> > Lodewijk
> >
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