Hi Roel,
Josh contacted me privately a long time ago about this suggestion indeed. I
am glad you have found the time to bring it up on this list too.
To make Wiki Loves Monuments a success, I think it is important to have a
limited time frame (focus), otherwise attention will slip. A contest of 7
(!) months doesn't seem viable to me. Of course it would not hurt at all to
start communicating earlier to your online community at an early moment, it
would actually be a very good thing. But communicating to the wider
audience should happen at a limited time period to leave an impression and
effect.
Perhaps you could first give us an idea why you want to launch early, and
how you would envision that in more detail? I also understood from Josh at
the time that you had many more changes to the very fundamental concept in
mind which might be relevant.
Also, it could be helpful if you could update on how far you are with
preparing your local infrastructure (do you have contacts with local
partners, do you have volunteers, what kind of monument lists have you
built) to help us understand the situation you're in. We will of course
like last year build a progress table, but that is not ready yet because
the whole timeline is built to be finished in September.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
No dia 31 de Janeiro de 2012 13:29, Roel Balingit <
roel.balingit(a)wikimedia.org.ph> escreveu:
Hi,
The Philippines would like to launch the project towards the end of March
to coincide with the onset of the summer and travel season in the country.
We have been made aware, that the infrastructure would not be ready until
September, and thus from the launching date which is targeted to be March
24, until September we would be constantly promoting the competition, and
just continuously update the participants on how to upload their entries
once the infrastructure is ready.
Would there by any problems or objections on our move?
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