We could definitely do that, but the same conditions apply - budget and organization :) If someone wants to pick that kind of thing up, that would be great though! Exhibitions are definitely cool.
Lodewijk 2011/8/23 Kilian Kluge <[email protected]> > Unfortunately, that's true... > > What about "just" an exhibition, then? There could be a vernissage as an > event and maybe one or two jurors and one or two winners from nearby could > attend? > > Kilian > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Sylvain, all, >> >> although it sounds exciting, I'm afraid we have to be realistic. >> 1) it is rather impossible to fly in all winners - even if we have the >> budget for that (which we don't) - because of the tight time frame. If we >> fly nobody in, it would basically be a press conference, and no press will >> be really interested in that I assume. >> 2) currently, we have no budget for a ceremony - so you would have to find >> that (there was money budgetted, but since we were not able to fill in all >> budget with money from chapters, we have to limit ourselves) >> 3) at least Maarten and I have no time to organize such a meeting - it >> requires quite a lot of work because you need to get an interesting program >> to attract people in the first place. >> 4) We got accepted at DISH 2011, and can do the prize announcement in the >> presentation there. >> >> In other words: although it sounds like an exciting opportunity, it >> requires a lot of work and budget - both recourses being thin spread. If >> someone else is able to find the budget and capacity to organize it, we can >> of course consider it though - but in that case I'd like to know first a bit >> more what such a ceremony would look like. >> >> best, >> >> lodewijk >> >> 2011/8/23 Sylvain Boissel <[email protected]> >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> As Benoît already told on this list some time ago (if I remember well), >>> people from Wikimédia France went to the European Parliament in Brussels by >>> the end of June. There, we discussed a certain number of things, including >>> the possibility of hosting a European WLM Awards Ceremony in the Espace >>> Léopold/Leopoldruimte(1) (in December according to the timeline (2)) >>> >>> We are now in late August, so the parliamentary vacations will end soon >>> and it's time to contact them again... But before doing that, I need to know >>> if people from the other European countries are as excited as we are at >>> Wikimédia France by this opportunity. >>> >>> What do you think about it ? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> -- >>> Sylvain Boissel >>> Wikimédia France - Tech and community manager >>> www.wikimedia.fr >>> 06.18.90.71.04 - [email protected] >>> >>> (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espace_L%C3%A9opold >>> (2) >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Timeline >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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