Great news Sarah! Good work with Ryan, Pharos and Benoit! It is also great to see that you will work in Spanish... *si necesitan traducción, pídanmelo y yo los apoyo en lo que pueda* (If you need translation, just ask and I'll help you in everything I can).
Good luck, guys! [image: Wikimedia Chile]Osmar Valdebenito Gaete Presidente de Wikimedia Chile http://www.wikimediachile.cl [image: Twitter] <http://wikimedia_cl/> 2012/2/13 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> > Hi everyone, > > We just wrapped up an amazing GLAMcamp DC. Not only was the weekend > productive and inspiring, but we were able to solidify some solid plans for > this year's WLM. Here is a brief yet disorganized summary: > > > - Kaldari gave a brief explanation to the group about how the tech > side works. This was to give us a better idea of what it would entail to > have the United States participate, and how he can help. (Thanks Kaldari > for volunteering!) > - Kippelboy gave a great explanation of how WLM worked > (Catalonia/Spain?) in his area and it was really really valuable. He also > was great at calming us all down - especially me! > - On that note, Benoit, myself, and a few other folks decided to be > BOLD! First, I'm working on the Commons page for the WLM US page, more to > come with that, I've been traveling and really really busy. That will > reflect these updates in an organized way. > - We have decided once we can gain access to the WLM.us website (Aude > purchased) we are going to translate, copy and paste a WLM site that is > similar to others. Benoit is helping me with this, as I am not a tech > genius but I want to get it done since we are a bit behind schedule. > - We are going to translate WLM US into Spanish, hoping to get more > Spanish speaking communities involved. (Spanish speaking communities are > the fastest growing in the US) > - We have decided to focus specifically on ONLY the National Register > of Historic Places. Not only is this easier for us to digest the data > (since most of the data for state specific content isn't easily organized > on Wikipedia at this point), but it's also less overwhelming for first time > participants. Next year we can expand. Besides, over 1 million properties > are on NHRP - I think we'll be just fine :) > - Templates will be modified so that each state can have it's own - > it'll just show the flag and name of that state. I'm not sure how all that > works, but, Jarek, Kaldari and Benoit are going to be on top of it. > - We will of course reach out to NHRP for a partnership opportunity > and we need to get a game plan together for other sponsors. Right now we > just need to get a web presence. > - We haven't quite solidified a judging process for the US winner, > however, we did agree that the public will vote on the winner(s). I'm > thinking it'll run something like the Commons Picture of the Day contest > with some assistance from volunteers to weed out just plain bad images > (blurry, rainy, ideally not helpful for WM projects). Not more details on > that at this time. > - We figure that since the US is so large, Wikimedians can organize > their own Wiki takes and road trip events, mixed with encouraging national > participation. All 50 states and US territories will be involved in the > NHRP data. > - Flickr will be used, we might have some special groups organized, > contests, we're not sure yet. I'm a big Flickr person, so, I've offered to > lend a big hand with this. > > Other details are rather unimportant right now, but we've got the ball > rolling. Short term goal right now: > > - Get a web presence. > > I am seeking help, because I am not savvy with graphic design, to modify > the WLM logo to feature "United States" someplace in the logo. Please let > me know if you can help (or be bold and do it ;-) ). > > This week I have other priorities, but I hope when I'm back in DC I can > get the website content started. Benoit and I will be speaking with each > other. I also know we want to have a meeting at Wikimania about this. > Perhaps after we get the web presence part started, a Skype can be arranged > or an IRC talk for those interested in volunteering for the US/Canada > events. We also are going to have cross-border events too :) > > > > > I hope the US people don't mind me being bold about this, I just want to > get the ball rolling, and I know that myself, Kaldari, Benoit and Pharos > have agreed that "let's do this and get it started now," is the best > policy. Time is ticking! > > -Sarah > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* > >>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate > >>today<https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > << > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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