Hi David
Yes, we actually did try to approach the other provinces, but they just did not get back
to us. :( We plan to still get these provinces involved, but just on a smaller scale.
Thanks for the contact. Is he familiar with the Wikimedia projects?
Kind regards
Lourie
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From: David Morris <mmkarchaeology(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Heritage Western Cape meeting (18 July)
Hi Lourie,
I note the great progress you are making with this project. It is great seeing the support
you are getting from HWC. I wonder how you would roll it out to other provinces. In our
case (Northern Cape), resources (particularly human resources) are very thinly spread in
both Ngwao Boswa ya Kapa Bokone (equivalent of HWC) and in museums.
Unfortunately I shall be out of the country for the last third of September.
Boswa contact: Mr Andrew Timothy at ratha.timothy(a)gmail.com
All the best
David
Dr David Morris
Head of Archaeology
McGregor Museum
P.O. Box 316, Kimberley 8300, South Africa
Tel +27-(0)82 2224777
+27-(0)53 8392706
Fax +27-(0)53
8421433
>________________________________
> From: Lourie Pieterse <louriepieterse(a)yahoo.com>
>To: WikimediaZA <wikimediaza(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>Sent: Monday, 23 July 2012, 19:44
>Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Heritage Western Cape meeting (18 July)
>
>Hello everyone
>
>As most of you know, I met last week with Heritage Western Cape (HWC) regarding our
partnership in Wiki Loves Monuments. The meeting went reasonably well, with the
core points discussed below.
>
>1) I managed to get hold of the long sought endorsement letter and official HWC logo.
The letter is visible on our website and can be found
here:
http://wikilovesmonuments.co.za/wiki/Letters_of_support.
>2) HWC decided to provide us with R5000 for use as the competition prize. They can
either wire this money to us, or they could buy the reward themselves and then pass it on
to us, the latter being the least troublesome for them.
>3) They wanted more information regarding the competition launch, to which I gave them
the decided upon date of 1 September. Andrew (CEO of HWC) mentioned that they would be
willing to send someone to the launch to say a few words. I believe that we should invite
a few people from their department, because of their efforts in helping us.
>4) They also started to work on a poster to promote WLM
that they will be
sending to 23 museums throughout the Western Cape. This is very good exposure, and we
should make use of it.
>5) Each of these museums does have at least one
computer with internet access and HWC are willing to ask the museum staff to help with WLM
on Heritage Day. They are having a staff meeting soon, which means that we should decide
as soon as possible on the exact methodology of that day.
>6) It was also advised that we decide on a few core participating museums (Cape Town,
Worcester, George, Mosselbay) that will promote WLM heavily on Heritage Day. Should we
decide on these museums, HWC would assist us in this process.
>7) WHC also informed me that their contacts at the daily newspapers are looking
specifically for stories regarding Heritage Day, and that they will help us to work with
these contacts to get the needed exposure.
>8) They also came up with the idea that we should contact local photography schools to
help us
with the initial levels of screening the photographs. That way we will only
get the best images to the high-level judges.
>
>On the same day, I also managed to meet with someone from the City of Cape Town. We
previously met with them, and they are still very much interested in WLM. The other good
news is that I managed to convince them to make available old maps they have in their
possession. These maps are very old, some dating back to 1895! The only agreement is that
these maps should be of such a resolution that it could not be used for commercial
printing. These discussions are still in the initial phases and I agreed to follow this up
with them. In addition to this, they also have small articles already written about a
large amount of heritage sites, and with correct discussions, they might also release
these under a free license to be used as article texts. Finally, they are potentially
interested in sponsoring us for the competition, which I
must also still follow
up.
>
>I believe that these meetings went very well and that we have good governmental
support. I suggest that the following points are important and should be followed up
immediately:
>
>1) Decide on what we want to do with the R5000 made available by HWC. The sooner we
decide on this, the sooner they can start working on it.
>2) We should decide on the detail of the competition launch, as it is only 40 days
away. We should create a guest list and invite the high-ranking people before their
diaries are full.
>3) In addition to the above, we should decide on who could speak at this event and
approach them early to ensure their availability.
>4) Decide on the methodology of Heritage Day.
>5) The documentation on our website should be completed, as we can then present it to
the museum staff. They can then indicate to us how to improve it and we can beforehand
help them with potential questions.
>6) We
should now already talk to the contacts at the newspapers and invite them
to the competition launch. If we keep them informed, we can enjoy much more exposure
during the competition.
7) The local
photography schools should be approach for help with filtering the images.
8) We should also approach the City of Cape Town again and convince them to release the
maps and the articles they already have. Potentially we can also get them to sponsor the
competition.
As you all can see, there is so much that we still need to do before the competition! So
if there is anywhere where you can help us, please contact us and do so. If we want to
make a success of this we will need the support of everyone we can get.
Kind regards
Lourie
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