2012/1/8 David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>: > > So it sounds like the first thing we (in this case, local Wikipedians) > should do is approach them and say "We don't have money, but is there > anything else we can positively help with? What's the programme?"
It's not so simple - you might very well find that there is no programme. While Romania's cultural institutions are far from the desperate situation in Bosnia, they have a tradition of doing just what the bosses are asking and little more. So if the Ministry of Culture is saying "create a long term plan for conserving such or such category of artefacts", they will make and follow such a plan; otherwise, they will just go along as if degradation never happens. I expect you might find a somewhat similar situation in Bosnia - there is no boss (Ministry of Culture) and no money, so why make plans? The wikimedians willing to help should in this case concentrate on *creating* the links with institutions able to help the Bosnians either financially or with know-how. The Wiki Loves Monuments and other GLAM events showed that we have the contacts and willingness to make that happen. Anyhow, we need to consider that we've discussed this quite a lot already. Perhaps it's time for someone to take the lead on this? My personal view is that you, David, are a much better candidate than emijrp :) Strainu _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
