Correction!! On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Karthik Nadar < karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in&gt; wrote: > Dear monument clickers, > > the WLM international team has drafted prizes for the international > and will be happy to re- work if anyone has any suggestions! So far, we > have been buying vouchers for the Prize winners which didn’t work well > previous year as the contest went global. We had to take help from Chapters > and Individuals to buy vouchers for the winners, and then reimburse them > from the international budget. That was very time consuming at most of the > ends. > > We would welcome if you got any suggestions. If you would agree that > giving out vouchers is the best process and we should continue that, do > also let us know that. > > The (draft) prizes for the 2013 contest will be as follows: > > Rank > > Prizes (probably in the form of vouchers) > > Remarks > > 1st Prize > > Wikimania (London) > > ~ 2.000,00 Euros (estimation) > > 2nd Prize > > 500 Euros > > 3rd Prize > > 400 Euros > > 4th Prize > > 300 Euros > > 5th Prize > > 200 Euros > > 6th Prize > > 100 Euros > > 7th Prize > > 100 Euros > > 8th Prize > > 50 Euros > > 9th Prize > > 50 Euros > > 10th Prize > > 50 Euros > > 11th Prize > > 50 Euros > > New entry^ > > 12th Prize > > 50 Euros > > New entry^ > > 13th Prize > > 50 Euros > > New entry^ > > 14th Prize > > 50 Euros > > New entry^ > > 15th Prize > > 50 Euros > > New entry^ > > TOTAL > > 2.000,00 Euros (excluding Wikimania) > > Grand total: 4.000,00 (including Wikimania) > > * Estimation is from a Asian country, and that includes accommodation > charges. > > ^ New entry means that the prizes was not awarded previous year. The > WLM international team felt that, as we grow, the number of prizes we shall > also grow up! > > > > > Regards, > Karthik Nadar. > On behalf of WLM international team. > _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org

How about prizes like online backup? Some of the pro-alternatives are quite expensive. They would be very easy to pay for though and give someone access to. Actually not only backup, but all sorts of online services could be used. *Med vänliga hälsningar, Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige<http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> 0729 - 67 29 48 2013/7/28 Lodewijk &lt;lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org&gt; > Hi Karthik, > > thanks for sharing! > > I am strongly of the opinion that we should be able to do better than > vouchers (as we discussed). With so many national teams having experience > with prizes, I hope we will be able to come up with something better. > > The way monetary prizes are being received in different countries > varies widely. Sometimes people expect just that, and they will use the > money they get as prize to invest in their photography. That sounds totally > fine, and that is also why a voucher system might be acceptable. However, > putting an amount on a prize sounds so... simplistic. It feels a little > like paying someone to make a photo - to make a contribution. Awarding > something useful directly, feels better to me. As an example, in 2011 we > were able to offer a few other prizes, such as a night in an art hotel in > St. Petersburg and a tour flight off the most western point of Europe in > Portugal. Both are however quite local and impossible to accept for someone > living at a great distance without funds to travel there. > > So what alternative prizes could there be, that are fairly location > independent (at least serve a number of countries in the neighborhood), and > have a similar value as suggested by Karthik? It is not bad to have a few > continent-dependent prizes I guess, as long as there's a good distribution > (because of the principle 'first prize winner gets first pick - he can > choose the third prize too, if he likes). > > Any input welcomed! > > Lodewijk > > > 2013/7/27 Karthik Nadar &lt;karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in&gt; > >> Correction!! >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Karthik Nadar < >> karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in&gt; wrote: >> >>> Dear monument clickers, >>> >>> the WLM international team has drafted prizes for the international >>> and will be happy to re- work if anyone has any suggestions! So far, we >>> have been buying vouchers for the Prize winners which didn’t work well >>> previous year as the contest went global. We had to take help from Chapters >>> and Individuals to buy vouchers for the winners, and then reimburse them >>> from the international budget. That was very time consuming at most of the >>> ends. >>> >>> We would welcome if you got any suggestions. If you would agree that >>> giving out vouchers is the best process and we should continue that, do >>> also let us know that. >>> >>> The (draft) prizes for the 2013 contest will be as follows: >>> >>> Rank >>> >>> Prizes (probably in the form of vouchers) >>> >>> Remarks >>> >>> 1st Prize >>> >>> Wikimania (London) >>> >>> ~ 2.000,00 Euros (estimation) >>> >>> 2nd Prize >>> >>> 500 Euros >>> >>> 3rd Prize >>> >>> 400 Euros >>> >>> 4th Prize >>> >>> 300 Euros >>> >>> 5th Prize >>> >>> 200 Euros >>> >>> 6th Prize >>> >>> 100 Euros >>> >>> 7th Prize >>> >>> 100 Euros >>> >>> 8th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> 9th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> 10th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> 11th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> New entry^ >>> >>> 12th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> New entry^ >>> >>> 13th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> New entry^ >>> >>> 14th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> New entry^ >>> >>> 15th Prize >>> >>> 50 Euros >>> >>> New entry^ >>> >>> TOTAL >>> >>> 2.000,00 Euros (excluding Wikimania) >>> >>> Grand total: 4.000,00 (including Wikimania) >>> >>> * Estimation is from a Asian country, and that includes >>> accommodation charges. >>> >>> ^ New entry means that the prizes was not awarded previous year. The >>> WLM international team felt that, as we grow, the number of prizes we shall >>> also grow up! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Karthik Nadar. >>> On behalf of WLM international team. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org