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!