Hi Lodewijk,
I see your worries in a seven-month duration of the project. We wouldn't be
in a hiatus during that time. That is really an opportunity for us to reach
out to various amateur photography clubs which abound, and even gather
other corporate sponsors to add to the prize pot.
Forgive us, but weather is the main reason why we are so eager to launch
the project early. I really wish we could do something about it. March is
the beginning of summer which lasts until May, come the end of May begins
the rainy or typhoon season (averaging 15-20 typhoons from end of May to
early November). Average
precipitation<http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/vaca…
in July at 403mm and by September it's still at 350mm. And for any
photographer the sun plays a very important role in capturing amazing
images. For our inaugural participation we would like to give them a fair
chance of getting a good natural lighting.
Secondly, as March ushers in summer, it also marks the travel season, which
would give landmarks in other parts of the country a chance to be their
subject.
Initially I hoped we could have launched the project in March and conclude
it by June, but as you said the infrastructure isn't there yet by then, and
to my understanding it might not actually appear to be in agreement with
what WLM would like to accomplish, so we decided to just continue promoting
the project until D-Day comes.
Regards,
Roel
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>wrote;wrote:
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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