<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Hi Kaew.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Yes, ofcos a national organiser be part of the international. I also agree that we need more members, but I also believe too many cooks will spoil the food. The reach decisions much quicker, I think we need to limit the number of members we can include in. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">However. in the international team, we can have one member per region; maybe 1 from North Am, One from South Am, One/two from Europe , One from Middle East, One from South Asia and so on. In my experience, that helps because there the representative gets closer to the organising team of those countries. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">Completely agreed, we should share resources with WLE and WLPA. It will benefit all. </div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Regards from Mumbai,<br>Karthik Nadar. </font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 5:15 AM, KaewWiki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:KaewWiki@gmail.com" target="_blank">KaewWiki@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A few thoughts regarding the international team:<br>
<br>
1. Can a national organizer be part of the international team? Years<br>
ago we don't like this because of possible conflict of interest. But<br>
what we learned from WLM2014 is that we need more people and we want<br>
them to act faster. Can all participating countries send [at least?]<br>
one representative to help with the international team? If there are<br>
too many people, the tasks can be delegated to a group or an<br>
individual.<br>
<br>
2. Can we share the resource/expertise with WLE as much as possible?<br>
In other words, the team itself and the submission/processing/judging<br>
mechanism may be common for both contests. If the committee/process<br>
are common, you can add the third/4th/... topic and go beyond the<br>
saturation stage of S-curve. This may address many of us who believe<br>
that WLM for Europe is in contraction phase.<br>
<br>
3. This is about the right time to discuss about international team if<br>
we want a fruitful contest in 2015. I believe that there is a<br>
significant potential for growth for people to take photo from<br>
October-August. Uploading existing photos is one thing but taking it<br>
purposefully for this competition is another. The earlier we have the<br>
team the better we can work on our PR campaign.<br>
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On 30 December 2014 at 04:02, Ynhockey <<a href="mailto:ynhockey@gmail.com">ynhockey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> In that case if anyone wants to help the international team, it's a good<br>
> idea to start now :) we still have things to do this year, and the person<br>
> could get some understanding for next year (assuming they hadn't previously<br>
> been part of the team).<br>
><br>
> —Yan.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Lodewijk <<a href="mailto:lodewijk@effeietsanders.org">lodewijk@effeietsanders.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Yan,<br>
>><br>
>> Actually, the grant for next year should already be drafted by now :) I<br>
>> don't want to hurry people too much, but I'm afraid it would be unwise to<br>
>> wait with finding the team for next year...<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>><br>
>> Lodewijk<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Ynhockey <<a href="mailto:ynhockey@gmail.com">ynhockey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Can we wait for this year's competition to end before agreeing on next<br>
>>> year's team? There are actually still quite a few things to do, including<br>
>>> regarding the grant.<br>
>>><br>
>>> —Yan (Ynhockey).<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Saqib Qayyum <<a href="mailto:saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com">saqib.qayyum@hotmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I can help too .. :P<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> ________________________________<br>
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:17:10 +0530<br>
>>>> From: <a href="mailto:karthikndr@wikimedia.in">karthikndr@wikimedia.in</a><br>
>>>> To: <a href="mailto:wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org">wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>
>>>> Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Call for Volunteers - WLM International<br>
>>>> Team<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Dear all,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> We shall need a good international team to have another successful<br>
>>>> version of Wiki Loves Monuments after 2014. The team should comprise of<br>
>>>> experience volunteers who have conducted WLM or any such event in their<br>
>>>> country.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> There are numerous tasks and first task will be to hunt and find our<br>
>>>> countries who shall be willing to organise Wiki Loves Monuments again. To<br>
>>>> brief, the International Team is more of coordinating with all participating<br>
>>>> countries and without proper coordination, there will be no international<br>
>>>> competition for WLM 2015.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Been in the international team is also more of applying for grant,<br>
>>>> documenting, following up and keeping track of status of all participating<br>
>>>> countries. Time to be spent may vary according to the skill of team members;<br>
>>>> more the skills and people, lesser the burden; however you can assume 10<br>
>>>> hours a week during the contest (just horrifying).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Would you be interested to be part of international team for WLM 2015,<br>
>>>> please send me a brief introduction of yourself and also a note on how you<br>
>>>> would benefit the international team. Please send the same by 6th of Jan.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Regards from Mumbai,<br>
>>>> Karthik Nadar.<br>
>>>><br>
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