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(summary: please suggest good international jury members. Deadline is 2
weeks from now.)
Hi all,
Like last year, I would like to use our collective network to find a very
good jury for Wiki Loves Monuments international! Please let us know if you
know someone who would be likely to agree to be part of the international
jury.
What are we looking for:
* A full jury of 7-9 people
* Ideally: at least 3 active Wikimedians, 2 professional photographers and
2 heritage experts. Combinations of these categories are most welcomed.
* Geographically diverse (especially keeping in mind the diversity in
different types of monuments on different continents that participate)
* All international jury members should /not/ be a member of a national jury
* Available in November for jury duty
* On a volunteer basis
What should they expect:
* up to 10 images per country will be nominated, which means an expected
250-500 nominated pictures for the jury to judge.
* Each juror will select independently a small number of pictures (in the
range of 10) from this initial pool. These pictures continue to the second
round. Each juror will select a ranked list from this second round pool,
and distribute points. In case of an ex aequo result in the top-25, the
point distribution or a shootout-vote might occur. Jurors are expected to
give some reasoning why they make a choice, so that a joint jury report can
be produced by the jury moderator.
* The jurors are expected to deliver these judgings timely within the
mutually agreed upon timeline as will be communicated in September/October.
* The names of the jury members will be published on the contest website(s)
and in the final jury report. There is no further compensation.
* There will be no physical meeting, and unless the jury decides otherwise,
there will be no other meetings either - all communication will happen via
email or other online platforms (i.e. the jury tool)
* There is no particular technical expertise required to participate in the
jury. I would expect 15-25 hours of time investment per jury member between
mid October and mid December (mostly in November).
Most likely, we will make sure there is a non-voting jury moderator.
However, if someone would really like to volunteer for that role (most of
the work will be mid-September through mid-December), that would be very
welcome. To be a moderator, you will have to be skilled in Wiki editing,
communication and moderation (making sure discussions happen and end in
time with a satisfying outcome). The work includes making sure all national
juries submit their nominations in time, that the nominations are
summarized effectively for the international jury members, that the votes
of the international jury members are collected and tallied and that
discussion around image qualities take place. Also, the moderator is
responsible for putting together the jury report based on the jury
decisions. The moderator should not be partial of course.
Anyway, especially for jury members I sincerely look forward to your
suggestions! We still have some suggestions from last year, but don't be
afraid to repeat them. You can send them on-list at wikilovesmonuments at
lists.wikimedia.org or privately to me. I will then collect them, discuss
the list with the international team (privately), and make a proposal
internally. I will approach the candidates if they would be willing to
serve as a jury member. My initial deadline for making jury suggestions is
2 weeks from now.
Thanks!
Lodewijk