You could ask Eva Lichtenberger from the Austrian Greens ([email protected])
Best regards, Michael -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:10:53 +0200 > Von: Elisardo <[email protected]> > An: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition > <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] European WLM Awards Ceremony > You could ask to Willy Meyer ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Meyer_Pleite) a spanish member of the > European Parliament with the United Left (Izquierda Unida), and he is > member > of the Communist Party of Spain. > > Elisardojm > > 2011/10/10 Axel Pettersson <[email protected]> > > > Hi, > > Try contacting Swedens Pirate party MEP Christian Engström, > > http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/about/, or his assistant Henrik > > Alexandersson, +32 (0)484 088 770 or [email protected]. They are open for > > free licenses and open software and against monopolies and strange > > FoP-rules. > > > > /axel > > > > ==================================== > > Axel Pettersson > > tele +46 (0)8 641 81 79 > > mobil +46 (0)730 59 58 13 > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > > Wikimedia.se - Stöd fri kunskap! > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:33:05 +0200 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] European WLM Awards Ceremony > > > > Hello, > > > > Some news : in the last email I got from an assistant of Yannick Jadot, > she > > told me that booking a room in the Parliament in December would be very > > hard, as this month is in high demand. Lodewijk suggests that I try to > book > > a room in late January or in February. > > > > Booking a room in the Parliament is much easier if we have several > Members > > of the European Parlement supporting it, and not just one. So if you, or > > members of your chapter (I especially think about WM NL, DE and PL ;)) > > already have > > contact with MEPs, please ask them if they would agree to support the > > event, or at last give me their names so that Jannick Jadot's assistants > get > > in touch with their own assistants (that's part of their job after all > :)). > > > > Same thing if you know a MEP that you never had direct contact with but > you > > think he would be interested in WLM, don't hesitate to give me his name > ;) > > > > If you want to directly contact your MEP, here are some points : > > > > - the project is to held (in late January or in February) a "closing > > ceremony"* for Wikilovesmonuments, which would consist of a conference > on > > Freedom of Panorama followed by a cocktail, in the Europarliament in > > Brussels. At the same time (before or after), an exhibition of the > winning > > photos would be made somewhere in the Parliament. > > - don't forget to talk about the success of the contest :) > > > > If you need more details, don't hesitate to contact me. > > > > Best regards, > > Sylvain. > > > > (*) It would make no sense in helding an awards ceremony so late... > > > > 2011/9/19 Sylvain Boissel <[email protected]> > > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to relaunch the discussion. > > > > Taking in account everything that was told on this list, here is what I > > suggest : > > > > Ask some Members of the European Parliament (at last Yannick Jadot[1] > which > > we already know for having met him in June, but if you know about other > MEPs > > who might be interested, feel free to point me their names ;)) to book a > > room at the European Parliament for us in December and do the following > : > > > > - A one-month (for example) exibition of the twelve winning pictures. > > > > - the day of the inauguration, a conference on Freedom of Panorama for > the > > MEPs in late afternoon, followed by the opening of the exhibition. No > need > > to have all the winners present, or to pay for their fly, but we can > tell > > them they can come if they want. > > > > The purpose of this would be both to communicate about WLM and do some > > lobbying, and, incidentally, to maintain our contacts with members of > > Parliament > > > > Wikimedia France staff (namely, me and Adrienne) would handle all the > > necessary work, and Antoine can organize a Wikimedia Takes Brussels at > the > > same time. > > > > If there are no objections to this, I'll recontact Yannick Jadot's > > personnal assistant - we met her back in June, and she is aware of the > > opportunity to organize an event about Wiki Loves Monuments. > > > > Best Regards, > > Sylvain. > > > > [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannick_Jadot > > > > 2011/8/24 Sylvain Boissel <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > 2011/8/23 Lodewijk <[email protected]> > > > > 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. > > > > If by "all winners", you mean the 180 winners (10 selected pics * 18 > > participating countries), I agree, of course. But flying in the final > > winners of the European contest (how many are they supposed to be, by > the > > way ? There is no indication about that in > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011/Concept ) > > can be realistic. > > > > Basically, what we want to do is a combination of the following : > > - Held a small award ceremony, giving their prize to the winners. No > need > > to have hundreds of people to come... > > - An exhibition of the winning photographs > > - A conference about some topic on which we want the eurodeputies to > work > > and which is relevant to the contest (the first thing that comes to mind > is > > Freedom of Panorama.) > > - At the same time, a "Wikimedia Takes Brussels" :) > > > > IMO, none of these would necesit more time or money than we can afford. > > > > > > 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) > > > > I think Wikimédia France can pay for what is related to the event > itself, > > and maybe the other European chapters can help with the transportation > and > > accomodation of the winners ? > > > > > > 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. > > > > Maarten and you have already done much, we don't ask you anything ;) > > > > > > 4) We got accepted at DISH 2011, and can do the prize announcement in > the > > presentation there. > > > > What is it ? I've never heard of that... > > > > Regards, > > Sylvain. > > > > > > -- > > Sylvain Boissel > > Chargé de mission communauté et technologie de Wikimédia France > > www.wikimedia.fr > > 06.18.90.71.04 - [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sylvain Boissel > > Chargé de mission communauté et technologie de Wikimédia France > > www.wikimedia.fr > > 06.18.90.71.04 - [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sylvain Boissel > > Chargé de mission communauté et technologie de Wikimédia France > > www.wikimedia.fr > > 06.18.90.71.04 - [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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 > > -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! 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