Hi all,<div><br></div><div>As you all know, Wikimedia cares about how the trademarks of Wikimedia (the logos etc) are being used, but at the same time likes to enable the community to do what it is best at - including organizing Wiki Loves Monuments! </div>

<div><br></div><div>Unfortunately it is unavoidable to have a requirement to ask permission to use the Wikimedia trademarks when organizing Wikimedia stuff like Wiki Loves Monuments - but the Wikimedia Foundation is trying to make this as lightweight as possible. </div>

<div><br></div><div>All the chapters have already sufficient permission to use the trademarks, so don&#39;t have to bother about this. However, if you&#39;re organizing Wiki Loves Monuments in a country *without* a recognized chapter, please get in touch with Asaf Bartov at the Wikimedia Foundation (abartov at <a href="http://wikimedia.org">wikimedia.org</a>, you can keep me in cc) and you will be helped as soon as possible with getting permission for your local organization/organizing team to get trademark permissions for the duration and purpose of this contest. That way you can mention Wikipedia and use the Wikipedia logo in your press releases and on your websites/events (appropriately of course). This shouldn&#39;t be a big deal, but it is unfortunately a bureaucratic loop we have to jump through. </div>

<div><br></div><div>If you have any questions, please let me know. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Lodewijk</div>