[Wikimediaau-l] (slightly OT) announcement: Oceania Women of Open Tech launches
Hi, The group formerly known as AussieChix (Australian chapter of LinuxChix) has renamed and rescoped itself and is launching as OWOOT. If you are a geek girl or woman with an open tech bent, please feel free to join, or pass the word on to other folks who might be interested. cheers Brianna Subject: Oceania Women of Open Tech launches Oceania Women of Open Tech (OWOOT) is a new group for women in open technology in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. It has recently formed from the local chapters of LinuxChix, but with a wider scope focussing on open technology generally. OWOOT welcomes all women interested in open technology, including open source, open hardware, open data and free culture. OWOOT activities will include: - the Haecksen miniconference at linux.conf.au, and meetups and events at other conferences - periodic local social events - email and IRC forums where you can meet other women from the area who work with, build or use open technology OWOOT forums are open to men to join if they wish, as long as they keep in mind that the purpose of the group is supporting women in open tech and allowing them to meet each other. Find out more about OWOOT at our website: http://owoot.org/ Join the OWOOT email list and chat channel: http://owoot.org/Join -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 50, 000 images donated by the State Library of Queensland
Wow, what a great partnership, congratulations! That's wonderful. Good timing, too ;) I look forward to hearing more about the collection. Brianna On 17 December 2010 15:18, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am pleased to announce that the State Library of Queensland has donated 50,000 public domain jpeg images to Wikimedia Australia, and we are currently in the process of uploading them. We are still in the process of launching everything. The central page for documenting and discussing it is here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:State_Library_of_Queensland To get a feel for the people at the library behind this effort, and the library sector here in Australia, I recommend reading this paper written by Margaret Warren, who is one of the key people we have been working with at the library. http://www.nsla.org.au/publications/papers/2010/pdf/NSLA.Discussion-Paper-20100809-Public.domain.material.in.Collections.pdf We will be running new banners every day, and Wikimedians are welcome to create their own banners and we'll run the best ones. The banners need to use the SLQ images, and be 3000px by 150-180px. -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes
Hi all, Some news: on Sunday I resigned as president of Wikimedia Australia. The ctte accepted my resignation and as per our Rules, appointed one of the committee members to the office, who will serve until the next AGM. I guess this news may come as a shock or it may not. It's something I've been thinking about for quite a while and not something that I decided lightly or in haste. If anything, I probably decided too slowly. There's no bad blood with any of the ctte members, and it's not about anything that has happened in Wikimedia land. Rather, it's about what goes on in Brianna land (aka personal reasons), and whether or not I can do any useful work in the role. I don't feel able to any more, and I think my standing aside will be a good catalyst for the chapter to get visibly moving again. I'm sorry to let you down by not fulfilling my term with full efforts. Sometimes reality does not quite stretch far enough to meet the dreams. And being on a committee like ours (distributed you might say) requires a lot of stretching. The committee members have been very supportive of me while I was in the role, and in my decision now as well. It actually gives me great peace of mind to know that I am leaving the chapter in such good hands. They are all very capable and have great ideas, and want to support members, and if members are able to support them back, I know awesome things will happen. I am not sure how involved in Wikimedia things I will be in the future. Chapter business has been my main Wikimedia business for a while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in July. :) Yours in boldness, Brianna Laugher no longer WMAU President. ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Interesting events this week (Sydney)
Hi all, A couple of interesting events this week in Sydney. First is a public lecture tonight (!), 8-7.45pm at the University of Technology Sydney. http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/law/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=19462 It's called UTSpeaks: Copy Right or Wrong. The speaker is Professor Michael Fraser, who was CEO of the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), which suggests to me he may have some 'interesting' views not shared by Wikimedians about copyright and copyleft. Second is Rose Holley talking at the Mosman Library on Thursday, 6-7.30pm. http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/events/2086/stories-to-tell-the-making-of-our-digital-nation Rose is one of the key National Library people behind their newspapers digitisation program, which lets the public correct OCR text from Australia's public domain newspapers. I'm sure this will be a very interesting talk and she would love to meet any Wikipedians there. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Report on committee's operational planning meeting
Dear members, supporters and friends, [The letter below and further links are available at: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/January_2010_Operational_planning_meeting If you have any questions please ask! -Brianna] Thanks for your patience in receiving this report on the Wikimedia Australia committee operational planning meeting, which took place in Melbourne over the weekend of 30-31 January, 2010. This was the committee's first face to face meeting and was enormously useful for setting a shared agenda for 2010. A key input to the meeting was the results of our open brainstorming using IdeaScale, which took place in the weeks prior to the meeting. Our report on the meeting comprises several parts: * Detailed notes on the sessions held * The results of our evaluation survey * A calendar of events and deadlines. Decentralising our capability is something that the committee strongly believes in. Happily, the idea with the strongest support on IdeaScale was that of creating an information kit to encourage and empower members and volunteers to do Wikimedia outreach. This project is our #1 mission-related focus for 2010. Learning from the growth of Wikipedia itself, we want to give people the tools and support they need and then let them loose on the world. Although this won't be a very exciting activity for us to undertake, it has the potential to make a far greater and longer-lasting impact than a single splashy event. So we have set our metric for success not on ourselves, but on you. Our goal is to see 10 new member-initiated activities, be they newly-organised meetups, introductions to GLAM institutions, talks at conferences, editing workshops, or handing out brochures at a local fete. Other activities we intend to undertake include pursuing the development of lesson plans that include Wikimedia works and the trial of a small grants scheme to give members financial aid support to pursue our mission. We also intend to make good on the much-awaited promise of merchandise, and trial monthly IRC meetings to provide a structured opportunity for real-time feedback and communication. Our administrative work is ongoing, and a number of first-time tasks need to be completed. These include pursuing changes to the Rules, appointing an auditor and completing our work to get fundraising approval in each state. Another major task is the development of a suite of policies, including a board manual (description of roles and responsibilities), conflict of interest policy and a donor privacy policy. These tasks are all about creating a sustainable and fair working environment for current and future committees. We hope you will join us for a fun and productive 2010. Brianna Laugher Wikimedia Australia president 2010-02-28 ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] follow up on committee meetup
Hi, I agree, it is becoming kinda urgent. I will have something up by the end of the week, and we will also have had a committee meeting by then, so expect to see some visible outputs by then. sorry again for the slow pace. Brianna On 22 February 2010 14:08, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, it's been over three weeks since the committee meeting, and since Andrew referred to the 'clear goals and objectives for the year ahead' - I think it's becoming kinda urgent to post something to the membership about what's planned / what's going on :-) If there's stuff going on behind the scenes, please do let us (members) know, so we can offer feedback / get involved / generally just feel good that the chapter is on the right tracks :-) - If there isn't really anything happening, then we probably need to have another conversation about how we can get things going cheers, Peter, PM. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Andrew orderinchao...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not the secretary, so if I'm wrong I'm happy to be corrected, but my understanding is that 1. We had meetings on 20 Dec, 17 Jan and 30 Jan (the meeting was immediately before the retreat and cleared the business items). The committee hasn't yet ratified the 30 Jan minutes. 2. That particular page (and anything in that part of the wiki in fact) is an official page of Wikimedia Australia and the secretary has responsibility for it, so it shouldn't be modified by anyone else, as it's a formal communication from the appropriate officer to the membership. If it's not already linked, there is probably a good reason. cheers Andrew On 11 February 2010 07:43, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: coolio :-) - I'm sure we'll figure out the best spot for the notes / minutes etc. - I noticed that we've got some more min.s from Dec and Jan up there now too; http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2009_December_20) http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2010_January_17) Should they be linked to from the 'meetings' page? - I'm happy to fix all that up, but I'm not sure when a meeting is a meeting or not at the mo ;-) I look forward to reading about the retreat when Brianna gets a mo :-) best, Peter, PM. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Sarah Ewart sarahew...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 7:47 AM, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, I wonder if I could pester a committee member with a spare moment to fill in the redlink here; http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meetings about the Jan. meetup :-) That meetings page is for my formal minutes, not for other things. The retreat pages that are not part of the minutes are kept as a separate collection of pages. ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] follow up on committee meetup
Hi Peter, On 10 February 2010 07:47, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, I wonder if I could pester a committee member with a spare moment to fill in the redlink here; http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meetings about the Jan. meetup :-) I was able to pester Liam briefly on gchat, who indicated that it had been a really good meetup, with a rather large amount of information and areas covered - I also noticed that our latest news says the meeting 'concluded with some clear goals and objectives for the year ahead.' (thanks to Andrew for that update) - it'd be great to see these laid out for feedback / development and general 'get on with'-ness :-) Yes, the committee is waiting on me writing up my notes. I'm afraid it hasn't happened yet; I've had a hectic couple of weeks. Once I have, I will publish something useful on officialwiki and also notify this list. thanks, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Melbourne meetup 15: how was it?
Hi Bron! Long time no see! On 2 February 2010 17:14, Bron (EuropracBHIT) mywikiwikiw...@fastmail.fm wrote: I looked at the page and someone said, This is going to be super-popular. How was it, regardless? LOL :) It was good actually! The peak of it was more or less this many people: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pfctdayelise/4324588767/ This includes four whole non-ctte members by my count. It's just as well more didn't come, or the cafe would have been full. :) cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Melbourne meetup - Sunday afternoon
Hello! Since the chapter committee is all in town this weekend, Melburnites, please join us Sunday afternoon for a late lunch/afternoon tea. from 2.30 Sunday Cheeky Monkey, 89 Swan St, Richmond. Take #70 tram or it's a short walk up Swan St from Richmond train station. and/or record your intend to attend forevermore, via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne_15 . Hope to see you there. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] IdeaScale summary
Hi all, Thanks to those who participated in the IdeaScale brainstorming by voting. Thanks especially to Angela, ConMan, Adza, Craig, PM and Andrew for writing up their ideas. The final tallies are 110 - Create information kit to enable people to do outreach http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17620-6682 52 - Create Wikimedia-based lesson plans for K-12 teachers to use http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17656-6682 45 - Improve the hosting of wikimedia.org.au http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17650-6682 42 - Bid for Wikimania http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17474-6682 41 - open up the official wiki..goodness is sure to follow! http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17482-6682 27 - Use geo-sitenotices http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17475-6682 24 - Develop outreach best practices http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17727-6682 21 - Chapter blog and/or twitter feed http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17654-6682 20 - Rules reform to allow more flexible office-holder arrangements http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17830-6682 18 - Create small grants scheme to supper small member initiatives http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17873-6682 15 - Audit of Australian content on WP and Commons http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17724-6682 9 - Review reports from other chapters for ideas http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17666-6682 8 - Get a professional marketing plan to convince GLAMs about benefit of free culture collaboration http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17655-6682 1 - Different strokes http://wmau.ideascale.com/a/dtd/17560-6682 The committee planning meeting is this weekend and we will use the input from this in our decisions. For those who used IdeaScale, what did you think of it? Would you use it again, or something else? thanks, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] IdeaScale update
Hi all, It's great to see some uptake of IdeaScale for the brainstorming. Here's what's up so far: http://wmau.ideascale.com/ -Review reports from other chapters for ideas -Create Wikimedia-based lesson plans for K-12 teachers to use -Get a professional marketing plan to convince GLAMs about benefit of free culture collaboration -Chapter blog and/or twitter feed -Improve the hosting of wikimedia.org.au -Create information kit to enable people to do outreach -Different strokes -open up the official wiki..goodness is sure to follow! -Use geo-sitenotices -Bid for Wikimania I have re-titled some to be more descriptive. When you are adding ideas, please try to keep them SMART ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria ) especially specific, measurable and time-bound. Think about, how would you objectively judge when that idea was satisfied or complete? Having said that, I also encourage everyone to re-read our statement of purpose http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Statement_of_Purpose and think big. We must dream it before we can do it. Keep adding your ideas and comments! Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Brainstorming for 2010
2010/1/20 Michelle Gallaway mgalla...@gmail.com: I don't want to shit on what is otherwise a great idea, but wasn't the AGM in November? Does it really take two months to get to know one another? What has (or has not) been going on in that time? Hi Michelle, I realise the committee has not actually had a lot of visible output in the past two months, but we have in fact been working away. As well as some orientation stuff to organise, we have held two committee meetings (minutes will be published in the next few days) and spent significant effort working towards participating in this year's WMF fundraiser. That ultimately was kinda pulled out from under us when the Foundation met their fundraising target 3-4 weeks early and ended the fundraiser early, but we did make progress on setting up the software and seeking permission in each legislation area (most states). We are not at the point of having that all finished, but I believe we have a very good grasp on what is required now and will be able to complete that this year in time for the 2010-11 fundraiser. There was also the small matter of Christmas and NY. The past two months for the committee has not been a getting to know you period, really. And by that phrase I don't mean hearing each other's life stories, I mean getting a sense for each person's communication dynamic and committee participation style - something I am certainly looking forward to doing in person. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Brainstorming for 2010
2010/1/21 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Getting back to the original topic of this post, is there an end-date for the Ideascale thing? Don't want to blow my 50 gold stars on early ideas, only for even better ideas to come up later. Well we are meeting on the 30th, so this week rather than next would be better to allow idea digestion, but next week is better than the week after that. ;) Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] fixing wmau wiki
2009/11/30 Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org: I'm sure he could fix it if he had the inclination. He, however, is not the one who's offerring. Apparently he developed the inclination. History tab is fixed. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] WMAU table at LCA Open Day - Sat 23 January 2010, Wellington (NZ)
Hi, Is there anyone who is planning to attend LCA in January that would be interested to help me staff a table for Open Day? http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/open_day thanks Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising
2009/11/10 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: Hi all, It's probably worth contacting both CPA and CA australia to see if they could hook us up with a volunteer suitably skilled to do the job - I take it we don't really have any idea how much money might come in from joining the fundraising drive, but 20K for the year is probably a good target anyways, so it would be nice to have someone on board who can happily do the job :-) Let me know if you'd like me to make a call or two (or indeed if such calls have already been made!) - I would hope there's someone out there who would be willing to help out? (it's another good way to get another member too, of course! ;-) I replied offlist re this... Further - re : Sarah's and your note about financial members etc. (I know, I'm one of the tardy ones!) - could we confirm how many financial members we have for this AGM? - just for the curious! :-) I believe it's in the order of 30-40 at the moment. Brianna ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising
Hello, The fundraiser and our taking part in it, or not, has been the main matter of discussion within the committee for the past few weeks. And it is still under discussion... If we do take part, it is likely to be with a late start (ie the fundraiser is due to start early November, and run for around two months, but maybe our involvement would only begin in December). It would be a good help if we could locate a volunteer bookkeeper, especially in Melbourne. Likewise, a CiviCRM expert (user). So if anyone knows or is such a person, it would be great if they could make themselves known :) Sorry for the radio silence of late... I have some communiques I am due to put together and send to this list ASAP... so hopefully sometime over the Cup weekend. cheers Brianna 2009/10/30 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: just a quick second on the offer to help - I think it's really quite important that we as a chapter are able to join the fundraising process - p'raps it's all underway, and we're all signed up but the list isn't up to date. If so, hopefully someone in the know can update, and if not, it'd be great to make this a pretty high priority :-) cheers, Peter, PM. On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Angela bees...@gmail.com wrote: Wikimedia's fundraising campaign is starting next month. Six chapters are on the list to take part in that and will receive some of the funding that comes in from relevant countries. Is there any reason Wikimedia Australia is not on the list? Is help needed with anything to get the chapter ready for the fundraising drive so that it can take part? Angela ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimania
Hi folks, As you may or may not be aware, Wikimania is almost upon us! http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/ Here is the Australian representation AFAIK: * me - I'm running a panel on chapters, and trying to organise a chapters meeting * Liam - he's on two panels (one on free culture chapters, and another about reporting on the Wikimedia community), as well as presenting the findings from GLAM-WIKI - Wikimedia Museums - why we need each other and what we can do about it (http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:101). * Andrew Garrett Tim Starling with both be taking part in the Codeathon I imagine * Angela is running a discussion session on MediaWiki usability. ...and I think that's it... cheers, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Forming a digital tech users peak body
Hi all, Something we may want to consider being involved in (although probably not for a while... since this is very early stages). I suggested a name change (as there is already a crowd called Australian Digital Alliance) but otherwise I think the formation of a body to represent tech users is an excellent idea, and well overdue. cheers Brianna -- Forwarded message -- From: Donna Benjamin do...@cc.com.au Date: 2009/8/17 Subject: Forming a digital tech users peak body To: Luv Main luv-m...@luv.asn.au Cc: Keith Younger presid...@melbpc.org.au, President AUSOM presid...@ausom.net.au Hi all! Melbourne PC User Group (MelbPC) and AUSOM Inc (Apple Users Society of Melbourne) have developed a proposal to form a national peak organisation (tentatively called Australian Digital) which would represent the views of digital technology users to government. A minimum of five individual member organisations are required to form the peak body. Once formed, it will apply to be incorporated. Linux Users of Victoria has been invited to be a founding member of Australian Digital. A motion to agree to participate will be tabled at the AGM for members to vote on. I invite discussion on list or comments off list from LUV members in the lead up to the AGM. The need for such a group was identified when MelbPC's submission to the Australian Government was knocked back because 'the Government only deals with peak organisations, not individual user groups'. For the digital technology user community, the only way to have a voice on important developments affecting users is by forming a peak organisation. The idea is that an incorporated organisation should be formed of individual user groups across the digital technology spectrum The main aspects of the proposal are: * It would be a national body; * Its primary purpose would be to lobby government (Australian and State); * A subsidiary purpose would be as a media spokesperson for all digital technology users; * It would have the legal corporate structure of an incorporated association; * It would need a 'home'; MelbPC has suitable premises at Chadstone, Victoria; * The issues that a peak body would have on its agenda at present are the national broadband network and internet filtering; * There is no concept of amalgamating organisations. Individual member organisations would completely retain their independence and autonomy. -- Donna Benjamin Linux Users of Victoria http://www.luv.asn.au -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] GLAM-WIKI recordings (was: Re: Sydney Met)
2009/8/5 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: G'day all, I thought I'd write a brief note about last night's Sydney meetup :-) It was great to welcome Mathias and Jennifer (from the german chapter, and the wikimedia foundation respectively) to Sydney - and we had a really good turnout (even though some of the better looking wiki types chose to make a late entrance ;-) - The Belgian Beer cafe lived up to its name, and lively conversation, as well as the eponymous drinks flowed swimmingly. There were a fair few folk attending their first meetup, and hopefully not their last - we covered a wide range of topics, from the upcoming GLAM festival, through to how we, as a chapter, can better communicate our social / informal events such as last night - apparently many wiki types in Sydney were entirely unaware of both meetups and the chapter! I will be glad to hear about any practical conclusions on this front, short of monopolising the English Wikipedia geonotice. :) All seemed to me to anticipate an extremely interesting, and rewarding 'GLAM' conference on Thurs / Fri - and of course it's particularly timely given the recent legal issues between the National Portrait Gallery, and a wiki contributor - perhaps Australia can lead the way in actually building relationships, and supporting dialog :-) I'm one of the folk who would like to attend, but just can't get away - something I intended to raise last night, but forgot, was to ask about the possibilities of participating remotely - I wonder if there's any infrastructure for webcasting any of the event - or participating via IRC, or Skype, or something? I may not be the only person interested Recordings will be made, but there is no provision for streaming them live. AFAIK it is expensive and difficult. If we do have any associates who are happy to volunteer their time and skills to make such a thing happen at some future event, I hope they will step forward. There will be wi-fi but with over 170 attendees the bandwidth may well be questionable. There is no planned real time online interactive activity. (...Won't people be at work, anyway?) cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Request for Wikipedia editor to speak on ABC radio this Sunday
So this is going ahead... I was a bit surprised that only Liam put his hand up, but that's fine :) The program is on ABC Local at 7.30pm - 774 Melbourne 6.30pm - 702 Sydney 6.30pm - 612 Brisbane 5.30pm - 720 Perth 6.30pm - 666(!) Canberra 7pm - 891 Adelaide 6.30pm - 936 Hobart Hmmm I am a little bit worried that Melbourne is getting cut off by football! Maybe I will have to listen online. http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/radio/schedule.htm?section=online cheers Brianna 2009/7/22 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: Hi, I've received a request for a Wikipedia editor to speak on James O'Loghlin's ABC radio show on Sunday evenings. As far I gathered the angle for the story is just like the nuts and bolts of how editing works on Wikipedia (rather than any recent news). If you'd be available around 6.45pm this Sunday and would be happy to talk about editing Wikipedia, please reply to me (off-list) with your contact details, and I'll pass the details on. thanks, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: linux.conf.au Call for Papers are now open!
Hi all, I meant to forward this a while ago, but the LCA 2010 CFP closes this Friday. LCA is a free software technical conference, but one of the topics they are targeting this year is Free Software and Free Culture topics, including licencing and Free and Open approaches outside software. Also, the first announced keynote speaker is Benjamin Mako Hill, who is on the WMF's advisory board. It's in January in Wellington, NZ. I am going to try and organise a meet-up the weekend before the conference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington cheers, Brianna -- Forwarded message -- From: linux.conf.au Announcements lca-annou...@lists.linux.org.au Date: 2009/6/29 Subject: [lca-announce] linux.conf.au Call for Papers are now open! To: lca-annou...@lists.linux.org.au === linux.conf.au Call For Papers === linux.conf.au ( http://www.lca2010.org.nz ) is pleased to announce the opening of its Call for Papers for the coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010! LCA2010 will be held from Monday 18 January 2010 to Saturday 23 January 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. linux.conf.au isn't just a Linux conference. It is a technical conference about Free and Open Source Software, held annually in Australasia since 2001 - covering everything from the Linux Kernel and the BSDs to OpenOffice.org, from networking to audio-visual magic, from hardware hacks to Creative Commons. === Important Dates === Call for Papers opens: Monday 29 June 2009 Call for Papers closes: Friday 24 July 2009 Email Notifications from Papers Committee: Early September 2009 Registrations open: Mid September 2009 Conference Dates: Monday 18 January to Saturday 23 January 2001 === Information on Papers === The LCA2010 Papers Committee is looking for a broad range of papers spanning everything from programming and software to desktop and userspace to community, government and education but there is one essential: The core of your paper must relate to open source in some way, i.e., if it's a paper about software then the software has to be licensed under an Open Source license. The LCA2010 Papers Committee welcome proposals for Papers on the following topics: * Kernel and system topics such as filesystems and embedded devices * Networking topics such as peer to peer networking, or tuning a TCP/IP stack * Desktop topics such as office and productivity applications, mobile devices, peripherals, crypto security and viruses and other malware * Server topics such as clusters and other supercomputers, databases and grid computing * Systems administration topics such as maintaining large numbers of machines and disaster recovery * Programming topics such as software engineering practices and test driven development * Free Software and Free Culture topics, including licencing and Free and Open approaches outside software * Free Software usage topics, including home, IT, education, manufacturing, research and government usage. Most presentations and tutorials will be technical in nature, but proposals for presentations on other aspects of Free Software and Free Culture, such as educational and cultural aspects are welcome. LCA2010 is pleased to invite proposals for three types of papers: * Presentation - 45 minutes * Tutorials - 1 hour and 45 minutes (short) * Tutorials - 3 hours and 30 minutes (long) Presentations are 45 minute slots (including questions) that are typically a one-way lecture from you to the audience - the typical conference presentation. These form the bulk of the available conference slots. Tutorials are either 1 hour and 45 minutes, or 3 hours and 30 minutes in length, and work best when they are interactive or hands-on in nature. Tutorials are expected to have a specific learning outcome for attendees. To increase the number of people that can view your talk, LCA2010 may video the talks and make them publicly available after LCA2010. When submitting your proposal you will be asked whether materials relating to your paper can be released under a Creative Commons ShareALike License. For more information, see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/papers_info === About linux.conf.au === linux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18 January to Saturday 23 January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006. For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/ === About Linux Australia === Linux Australia is the peak body for Linux User Groups around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] schools - a post-glam movement ;-)
Hi, I think there is a lot of scope for work we can do with the education sector. There is also some funding coming up/available that I would like to see us apply for. One immediate problem I see is the lack of a concrete partner. Are we talking about hosting an open kind of event like GLAM-WIKI, where we essentially invite anyone and everyone interested to attend, essentially a conference? Then that is an awful lot of work to organise and I don't see that happening by September. Are we talking about going into a single school, perhaps inviting teachers from the surrounding regions to also attend? Then who is our specific partner that will sign on there? What about going where the teachers are? Teachers and educators actually have an awful lot of tech infrastructure set up already . My guess is that we can have more impact by going to them rather than dragging them to us. e.g. the me.edu.au networks: http://me.edu.au/c/Wikis http://me.edu.au/c/Wikipedia That also applies to conferences. What if we piggybacked on an existing event? http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/events/conferences/cache/offonce;jsessionid=A27055CE9591E27E200CB229DA53AD8F Either by formally asking the organisers to be part of their event, or just collocating in time and place. How can we build up our internal strength in the area of public speaking for these kinds of events? I am afraid we are at risk of leaning on the same people constantly. Are people just not interested in speaking about Wikipedia et al? Or are they interested but not sure what to say, how to say it? I also agree with Andrew's comment that we have a number of edu-focused people among us already and we should make sure we are getting their input before looking further afield. cheers Brianna 2009/6/20 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: Hi all, I just created this page; http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Schools with the intention of encouraging all those interested in liaising with educators / schools directly to jump in and whip up a few project pages formalising what we might do / info. we can share etc. etc. (it's a wiki process, of course, so please get involved!) Liam's a constant source of inspiration to me, and I've recently been involved in correspondance with a few other wiki folk all over the globe about furthering the 'glam' approach to include schools - ie. talking with them about what schools' needs for wiki projects are, how we're currently doing at meeting them, how we as a project (wikimedia, not just wikipedia) fit in to their programmes etc. I've spoken at medium length to one head teacher and one head of department on a personal level which has further convinced me that it would be both fun and useful for a cadre of volunteers to consider preparing a few talks / workshops etc. etc. to take to schools in the vicinity of wherever volunteers happen to be! - This project is intended to get that ball rolling :-) Whilst the mailing list is a fantastic platform for sharing news - it's probably not quite as good as a wiki for actual development work, so please consider just diving in at http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Schools or http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Talk:Schools - my vague, and quite likely to shift, intention is for this to be in shape to follow 'GLAM' - so we'd be looking offer some workshops to schools by September... help! best, Peter, PM. ps. an online donation service would still be a 'good thing' :-) pps. I'd like to offer teachers the opportunity to edit the wmau pages related to schools work - would that be cool? ppps. I also just put the fantastic wikisource book http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_specimen_of_the_botany_of_New_Holland as our 'featured content' - check it out! ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] wikimedia.org.au a tad borked
Hi, Just letting everyone know that we are aware wikimedia.org.au is a tad broken at the moment. I think it suffered a bit of a code upgrade fail. Hopefully it will be resolved this evening. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] wikimedia.org.au a tad borked
All better now, carry on as per usual programming... Brianna 2009/6/16 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: Hi, Just letting everyone know that we are aware wikimedia.org.au is a tad broken at the moment. I think it suffered a bit of a code upgrade fail. Hopefully it will be resolved this evening. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 'GLAM Challenge' (editing competition) July 13-19 -- looking for a coordinator
2009/6/16 YellowMonkey blnguyen2...@gmail.com: Isn't that a tad short? Nobody, eg, writes a FA that quickly (generally speaking) Well, the intention is not to do the edits and get it through FA approval in a week. As an entry to this challenge you'd generally just be submitting your edits. My thinking was that the judges will be able to see what you're trying to achieve, regardless of whether or not it does end up getting FA status. Does that make sense? cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 'GLAM Challenge' (editing competition) July 13-19 -- looking for a coordinator
Also, I thought any longer than a week and you might have trouble holding people's attention to the task. I was originally thinking to just make it a weekend! Brianna 2009/6/16 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: 2009/6/16 YellowMonkey blnguyen2...@gmail.com: Isn't that a tad short? Nobody, eg, writes a FA that quickly (generally speaking) Well, the intention is not to do the edits and get it through FA approval in a week. As an entry to this challenge you'd generally just be submitting your edits. My thinking was that the judges will be able to see what you're trying to achieve, regardless of whether or not it does end up getting FA status. Does that make sense? cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Open website editing?
Hi, Having open editing for the website is indeed not a technical problem as Liam mentioned. The thing that I am concerned about, in wanting to clearly delineate 'member' and 'open' spaces, is the situation where non-members have undue influence or expression and it is not possible to simply and clearly separate expressions by members, from expressions by non-members. Members are in a sense WMAU's first 'clients' or stakeholders. Members have made a financial and 'theoretical' commitment to WMAU (by agreeing to be bound by our Rules), which non-members have not. I guess my feeling is that having member spaces honours that commitment, which is perhaps cheapened if just anyone can take part without having to be a member. The possible non-member editing reasons that Peter Halasz suggests are relevant, although I note that non-members can take part in this mailing list. One compromise may be to open account creation to confirmed email, introduce a 'Members' user group, and restrict editing of particular namespaces, to that user group. cheers Brianna 2009/6/4 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: found myself nodding furiously at Pengo's first post :-) @nickj - it sound to me that you have the appropriate technical know how to implement the 'open editing once you've confirmed your email' approach which this thread seems to be moving towards - would you be prepared to make the appropriate necessary technical changes, given the appropriate access? @brianna / other committee types reading - would you mind nick having said access, and making said changes? I think it'd be most helpful :-) it'd be very cool to move towards resolving this one in reasonably short order :-) cheers, Peter, PM. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, K. Peachey p858sn...@yahoo.com.au wrote: If spam is the main reason to have accounts, would using a CAPTCHA for non-confirmed accounts help? (is that a simple option in Mediawiki?) Otherwise I'd recommend nothing more restrictive than confirm email address to edit Peter Halasz [[User:Pengo]] I believe, although maybe wrong but its part of the core until a user is autoconfirmed. ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] smh article
2009/5/24 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: see http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/parents-warned-of-wikiporn-risk/2009/05/23/1242498976065.html Unfortunately it's not a good news one, dealing with 'Wikiporn risk' - but I think a 'well done' to brianna for sounding wise and sensible in a difficult situation is due :-) Thanks, although this is just a completely bog-standard vandalism story (with a local angle, and some unrelated internet filtering news tacked on the end). I was actually told that parents/students had been told by the school/teachers to use Wikipedia - which I was naturally surprised to hear - although this story says the opposite. And for the record I said I could *not* speak on behalf of Wikipedia, and I'm sure I would have said that readers needed to be able to critically evaluate what they are reading, not just be informed about the pitfalls. But I'll chalk those bits up to the power of the soundbite. :) Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WMAU's priorities for 2009?
2009/3/11 Nick Jenkins nic...@gmail.com: Personal comment would it be worth trying to combine some of these: E.g. a if there was a conf in Canberra, could it potentially be combined with an academy + talks for educators + meetup + press release about the event with various newspapers/media invited? That would tick a lot of boxes in terms of outcomes that people want (although also be a lot of work!) Yes. When we discussed it recently, Liam suggested the format of 2 days internal conf + 1 day Wikipedia Academy for the general public. I really like this idea. I consider any conf style event would tick the box for meetup, and having a general public focused event gives us a good reason to get and pursue press. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Friday March 20 Canberra brunch
2009/3/11 Confusing Manifestation confusingmanifestat...@gmail.com: What size is one of the many questions we hope to answer with this get-together. I have my own ideas, Brianna and Liam have theirs (probably much more grounded in reality). In terms of scope I'm thinking Wiki community + organisations with related interests as the main targets, but I'm not 100% sure what that would mean for actual attendance numbers, or even what the convention would actually entail. There's been a page up at officialwiki (http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/AusWikiConf_2009) for a while, but it hasn't had much (read: any) input. I have been lately thinking that having a strong internal focus and aiming for 30-60 attendees seems like an achievable thing. Liam suggested, and I really like the idea, of having 2 days internal conf and then 1 day Wikipedia Academy for the general public. cheers, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WMAU's priorities for 2009?
Hi all, So our strategic planning meeting is well over. We're still in the process of putting together a post-meeting plan/report, but I thought I should post up a summary of the results from the survey. Thank you to everyone who filled it out, your feedback is sincerely appreciated (in survey form or otherwise!). So here is the summary: http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2009_member_goals_survey I realise the conclusions are a bit limited given the limited responses (my fault given the limited time I gave people to respond), but I think they are still useful indications. cheers Brianna 2009/2/25 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: Hi all, The committee is having a bit of strategic planning 'retreat' meeting this weekend.[1] Liam is joining Sarah, Brian and I in Melbourne. John, Nathan, Gideon and Andrew[2] are unable to attend but we will take note of their input As a member or interested observer your opinions are also needed. As a member organisation and one reliant on volunteers we must give due weight to projects and ideas favoured by members. Therefore, your input would be appreciated in this brief survey: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGkyT3UycWYwT0RyZzdVOWlRRFROTXc6MA. The survey is anonymous unless you choose to provide your name and email (useful if you want to volunteer for some particular project :)) In the survey I have listed 11 reasonably big projects that have been suggested over the past few months. They are: # Support a bid for hosting Wikimania 2011 # Host a WikiConf in Canberra in late 2009 # Run Wikipedia Academy events for the general public # Run Wikipedia Academy events for academics # Run events (e.g. talks) for educators # Develop and sell Wikimedia-related merchandise # Create a 'Wikimedia for Australian schools' selection # Create classroom kit for teaching Wikipedia on the NSW HSC syllabus # Organise backstage pass style tours of organisations such as museums # Concentrate on cultivating positive and broad press, and develop more promotional material (press kits) for the Wikimedia projects # Host regular meetups in as many cities as possible, and online events such as editing competitions for members and IRC meetings There is also a section for other big ideas, or you can always reply here. :) During the retreat, The idea is not to decide *EVERYTHING* WMAU will do during 2009, which would be impossible - mainly because much of what we will do will be member-driven, not ctte-driven - but to at least choose some direction, choose which projects to concentrate on and which to put aside for now, and figure out our reasoning for these decisions. Then hopefully we will feel a bit more purposeful, and not overwhelmed by the possibilities and pushed about like grass in the wind. 2009 is also a fairly short term for this ctte - 10 months at most as our next AGM must be between July and November. It is worth having big ideas. The Wikimedia Foundation has introduced a grants funding process for chapters http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/WMF_grants and there are organisations in Australia such as the auDA Foundation which I certainly believe we could gain funding from, having joint funding from WMF and another org would give us quite a good position indeed. But I think it is proper to choose your plans and then find funds accordingly, rather than vice versa. We will talk about money issues at the retreat but it will be in tandem with making plans. Anyway I look forward to seeing what everyone thinks, so please do take a minute to fill out the survey https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGkyT3UycWYwT0RyZzdVOWlRRFROTXc6MA. and comment on it here or in private email if you like. cheers, Brianna [1] I note that ctte members have chosen to cover their own costs for participating in this retreat. [2] I'm not sure we took the time to announce this properly - see http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2009_January_15)#Inviting_non-voting_participants_to_committee_discussions - in mid January we chose to invite Gideon and Andrew as non-voting participants in the committee. So thanks to them for accepting these positions :) and I count their input equally as with other ctte members. -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Textbook-l] Australian Wikibookian?
-- Forwarded message -- From: Amal Hanna amal.ha...@unisa.edu.au Date: 2009/2/18 Subject: [Textbook-l] Australian Wikibookian? To: textboo...@lists.wikimedia.org textboo...@lists.wikimedia.org Are you Australian and is your native language English? Dear Wikibooks.org Subscriber, You are invited to participate in a research study that aims to explore what motivates Wikibookians to write to Wiki textbook projects. Your responses will help us identify shared motivations among contributors. You will be required to use the following username and password in order to access further details about the project and the consent form should you agree to participant in this research study. Username: motivations Password: wikiproject Interested enough to take this * 15 min. online Survey? ( http://easstudents.cw.unisa.edu.au/com/survey/wikisurveyen_interface/Results/survey/indexEN.htm) I appreciated your time in helping me to do this research If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me: Amal Maher PhD Student School of Communication University of South Australia Email: amal.ma...@students.unisa.edu.aumailto:amal.ma...@students.unisa.edu.au ___ Textbook-l mailing list textboo...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: ABC's 'PM' covering Wikipedia Flagged Revs proposal
Hi, I just did a bit of an interview with Rachael Brown for the ABC radio show 'PM'. Apparently it is on twice an evening: Radio National 5.10pm, and ABC local (774 in Melbourne) at 6.10pm. Here's hoping it sounds OK, if someone could make a digital recording somehow that would be ace :) cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: ABC's 'PM' covering Wikipedia Flagged Revs proposal
2009/1/27 Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com: So what is WM-au position on flagged revisions? There is no WMAU position on flagged revisions (FR). Did you notice one? I don't think anybody too much cares about WMAU's position on anything just yet. :) It was more a here is a local expert angle (and yes I am far from an expert, but compared to people who aren't involved I might look like one, and I am undeniably local :)). AFAIK there is no WMF position on it either. It is a matter for the community to decide. She asked about the vandalism, which prompted Jimmy's call, and I gave some basic info about what the proposal involves and how it would work, and mentioned that dewp and others have been running it for a number of months. I also mentioned the argument that Jimmy has made, that you can interpret it as a move towards greater openness because it would mean less reliance on protection and semi-protection for BLPs. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] News article - Many minds make Wiki work
Hi, I was happily surprised to spot this article in the Age's Green Guide yesterday. http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/many-minds-make-wiki-work/2009/01/14/1231608762605.html cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AusWikiConf
Hey folks, what about if we starts a 'events/planning' mailing list and move discussion there? I think there will be a lot of detail to be worked out and if we move to another list, we won't overwhelm this one, or bore people who aren't interested. cheers Brianna 2009/1/12 hui...@gmail.com: I am in Canberra, well I'm in Sydney now for 2 weeks but I live in Canberra, and am a recently joined member (I think). Pretty busy with U3A stuff but if you're short of bodies who are actually in the capital, I can probably contribute some time and do some things that are best facilitated by person to person communication. Huigh On 1/11/09, Confusing Manifestation confusingmanifestat...@gmail.com wrote: As per my discussion at the AGM, I'd like to get things moving with the idea of holding a wiki conference this year. I've started a page on the wiki (http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/AusWikiConf_2009) which I'd like people to update, and put forward opinions of the options listed there. In terms of what's written there now, I'm in favour of having a medium scope conference in Canberra around September/October, as long as I can get support in doing the legwork. CM ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know. -- Groucho Marx ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Opinion piece on DVD copy protection: Collateral damage in video war by Max Barry
Hi all, There's a nice piece by Max Barry (author of Jennifer Government) in the Age, as well as on his blog, about how production companies using copy protection is breaking their own DVDs and converting paying customers into pirates. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/collateral-damage-in--video-war-20090110-7e0x.html?page=-1 http://www.maxbarry.com/2008/12/29/news.html cheers, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
Hi, Nominations closed yesterday and these are the received nominations: President Brianna Laugher Vice President Liam Wyatt Vice President Gideon Digby Treasurer Brian Salter-Duke Secretary Sarah Ewart Ordinary Member John Vandenberg Ordinary Member Nathan Carter Ordinary Member Andrew Owens Candidate statements and nomination information is available at http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM. This means we will hold a ballot for the position of Vice President (1) and Ordinary Member (2). We anticipate using memberdb to allow voting prior to the AGM. Using memberdb you can change your vote during the voting period (you get an email record sent to you). This should allow more members to participate than if we require in-person attendance. The voting period will likely be from Tuesday up to the AGM. I will write to the members list to announce when voting opens. thanks, Brianna ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Yes. I actually found this rule rather bizarre. I thought it was normal to be able to nominate for multiple positions, in case you don't get the first one. This is something I think we should consider changing, at some point. Now that we have some experience using our Rules we know a bit better which of them need some tweaking. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed
2009/1/5 Mark Hurd markeh...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) I'd say that section 23(2) of the rules probably rules this out, namely A candidate may only be nominated for one office, or as an ordinary member of the committee, prior to the annual general meeting. Also, I feel it would be a bit odd now that nominations have closed to change the way the election will be conducted. Yes. I actually found this rule rather bizarre. I thought it was normal to be able to nominate for multiple positions, in case you don't get the first one. This is something I think we should consider changing, at some point. Now that we have some experience using our Rules we know a bit better which of them need some tweaking. cheers Brianna I assume I could read all the discussions to find out for my self, but what organisation were the rules borrowed from or based on. Maybe it made more sense for them. Our Rules are largely based on the model Rules provided by Consumer Affairs Victoria as a template. We made a few tweaks, but not to this part. Brianna ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] AGM; Committee election
Hi, As I hope everyone is now aware, our AGM is slated for Sunday 11th January. http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM An important component of the AGM is electing a new committee. There are six positions: * President * Vice President * Treasurer * Secretary * 2x Ordinary Members. I will try and outline what is involved in being on the committee and how the election should work. Firstly, what is a committee and what does it do? Our ctte is similar to the board of other chapters. According to our Rules http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Rules the ctte shall control and manage the business and affairs of the Association. So it's kind of Be In Charge and Make Stuff Happen and File Required Paperwork. WMAU is incorporated in Victoria but ctte members do not have to reside in Victoria, and I would think it is good for us to have ctte members from all over. The only requirements to stand for the ctte are that you must be a member, and you must be over 18. You will be expected to have your real name publicly known (eg on meta, officialwiki). The main way the current ctte communicates is via a mailing list. To give you an idea of the traffic here is the number of posts over the last six months: July: 42 Aug: 56 Sep: 24 Oct: 56 Nov: 223 Dec: 112 (About 60 emails over Nov and Dec are membership applications) It is a reasonable amount of reading, because we are a young organisation and are still coming to grips with a lot of questions for the first time. Once we make decisions about things, after that point the ctte can stick with the status quo and it makes life a bit easier. But this is not really a mailing list where you can ignore 3/4 of the posts if you want. I think it is important for WMAU to have a ctte that is engaged -- so keep that in mind, you input will be needed on most if not all topics. If you are on the ctte you should also be keeping a pretty close eye on wikimediaau-l and the members list (which has only just started). There is also a ctte wiki. Individuals also tend to communicate through email and Gmail chat etc. The way that the ctte officially decides things is so far through IRC meetings. The ctte is required to meet at least 3 times a year by the Rules, but I expect the ctte will meet every 2 or 4 weeks for at least the next 6-12 months. These meetings usually take 1-3 hours. Other things are unofficially decided by ctte mailing list discussions. No one can speak on behalf of the ctte unless they have such a delegated authority to do so. As a ctte member you are not a sole person in charge, but one sixth of an organism and you have to check in and consult your fellow ctte members before charging ahead. What are the qualities of a good ctte? A good ctte has strong communication, trust, activity and responsiveness. Good ctte members are trustworthy, reliable and enthusiastic about pursuing our aims (http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Rules#Statement_of_Purpose). * Experience in cttes/non-profits would be highly desirable, but IMO, enthusiasm and time to devote to the org is right now more useful and important for us. * Being highly technical is also not a requirement. If you have figured out what this Wikipedia caper is about then you have enough technical knowledge to help. As a lot of the communication is electronic, being highly connected would be useful for you, though. * Confidence in public speaking/speaking to the press is not a requirement, but would be useful, as the ctte are figureheads and will occasionally field press enquiries. The Secretary is generally responsible for processing membership applications and enquiries and minuting meetings, the Treasurer is generally responsible for financial affairs. Beyond this we haven't delineated responsibilities. I am sure the new ctte will figure this out according to their own individual strengths and such. Ctte members stand until the next AGM, or they resign, or they cease to be a member, or the members remove them from the position at a general meeting. If a ctte position is emptied before the AGM, I'm pretty sure the rest of the ctte can appoint a replacement. As I have tried to intimate I think being a highly active ctte member is a reasonable time and effort commitment. I sincerely hope that we do elect a ctte full of engaged members who are keen to put WMAU first among their wiki priorities. I strongly encourage active members to consider standing for the ctte, and taking the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the foundations and future of WMAU. OK! Now you are all fired up and ready to serve!! Where to now?? :) Ctte applications are open now (something we have been remiss in communicating). Here is the section of the Rules relating to elections. === 23. Election of officers and ordinary committee members (1) Nominations of candidates for election as officers of the Association or as ordinary members of the committee must be-- (a) made in writing, signed by two members of the Association and
[Wikimediaau-l] 2008-12-17 ctte meeting minutes - AGM formally decided
Attendance: Brianna, Sarah, John, Charles 11pm Agenda: * 1 Confirm previous minutes * 2 AGM date * 3 AGM agenda * 4 Authorisation for Backstage Pass events * 5 AOB ==Confirm previous minutes== '''Resolution:''' that we accept the minutes of the [[Meeting (2008-11-23)|previous meeting]]. * Moved: Brianna * Seconded: Sarah * Abstain: Charles * Carried without dissent ==AGM date== '''Resolution:''' That the AGM will be held 1pm AEST Sunday 11th Jan 2009. * Moved: John * Seconded: Sarah * Carried without dissent ==AGM agenda== '''Resolution:''' That we formally confirm the agenda published at http://wikimedia.org.au/w/index.php?title=2008-2009_AGMoldid=380 * Moved: Sarah * Seconded: Charles * Carried without dissent ==Authorisation for Backstage Pass events== '''Resolution:''' That Liam Wyatt is authorised on behalf of the committee, to organise Backstage Pass events with external organisations (such as museums). This authorisation is conditional on ongoing communication with the committee and does not extend to authorising expenditure of funds. * Moved: Brianna * Seconded: John * Carried without dissent ==AOB== None. Finished 11.25pm. -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Poster sales
2008/12/20 Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com: Thats is interesting, My issue is that the donation goes to a chapter rather than the Foundation, so is there potential for us as a chapter to do this on en? The printer chooses to make a donation to a chapter. There is no contract between the printer and the chapter. The agreement is between the printer and the community. Thus it is something for the community to decide if it wants to pursue, not the chapter. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia chapter report, November 2008
Available on meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-11 Wikimedia Australia chapter report Edition 2, November 2008 By Brianna Laugher, interim Secretary (blaugher at wikimedia dot org dot au) * 1 Introduction * 2 News in brief * 3 Meetups o 3.1 Past o 3.2 Upcoming * 4 Other events o 4.1 Past o 4.2 Upcoming * 5 Committee meeting minutes * 6 On the lists ==Introduction== Another busy month for WMAU. Last month we promised a website, membership and an AGM. We managed to get two our of three and a few other odds and sods besides. Hot topics of discussion have been working with educators and museums. ==News in brief== * An education mailing list was launched. ** http://lists.wikimedia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/education_lists.wikimedia.org.au * Our official website was launched. Editing is limited to account holders (which is limited to members). ** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia ** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Accounts * We are now open for members! As of 2008-21-15 we have 31 paid members and 10 would-be members awaiting approval or receipt of payment. ** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Membership * Wikimedia Australia received two donations (almost certainly as a result of the WMF fundraiser). As a result we started a page explaining how to donate and thanking donors. ** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Donate ** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Thank_you * Wikimedia Australia is developing a joint publication with Creative Commons Australia, to be launched at the Free as in Freedom LCA miniconf. ** Announcement discussion: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001915.html ** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Participatory_Culture_Primer * The AGM is planned for Sunday 10th January 2009 but it has not been formally announced yet. ==Meetups== ===Past=== * Melbourne, 5 November Wiki Wednesday coinciding with LUV talk [no report, see below] * Sydney, 12 November Wiki Wednesday, ** report by Liam: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001850.html * Perth, 29 November [no report] ===Upcoming=== * Sydney, 18 December: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#December_18th_2008 * Everywhere :) 10 January: AGM (planned) ==Other events== ===Past=== * Melbourne, 5 November, LUV meeting: Hacking MediaWiki (For Users) talk, by Brianna. ** Video: http://brianna.modernthings.org/article/173/hacking-mediawiki-for-users-video * Melbourne, 24 November, Victoria IT Teachers Association (VITTA) conference: Wikipedia in schools: An unexplored potential workshop by Brianna. ** Report: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001960.html * Sydney, 28 November, English Teachers Association conference: Liam gave a workshop about using Wikipedia in the classroom. ** Report: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001977.html ** Slides: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_teachers_primer_to_wikipedia.pdf ===Upcoming=== * Hobart, 20 January 2009: Free as in Freedom miniconf as part of linux.conf.au, organised by Brianna. http://linux.conf.au/schedule/121/view_miniconf One of the speakers is Liam. Also, Angela is a keynote at the main conference. ==Committee meeting minutes== * 2008-11-02 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001780.html * 2008-11-09 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001830.html * 2008-11-16 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001912.html * 2008-11-23 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002100.html ==On the lists== Full archive: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/thread.html * Adopting a language project ** http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001776.html * Wikipedia Loves Art! Photo contest at the Powerhouse Museum ** http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001815.html * Working on a WMAU brochure ** http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001828.html * Corporate sponsorship/membership ** http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001830.html * Legal restrictions on taking photographs in Australian Commonwealth reserve areas ** http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001840.html * WMAU activities and direction ** http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001932.html ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] IRC meeting Sunday, 3pm?
Hi all, We probably won't be having a ctte meeting this weekend, but how about a general meeting? 3pm, Sunday, #wikimedia-au ? cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Video contest on information sharing -- win $1, 000!
Hm, I found out about this rather late... The deadline is in five days. :) If there are some creative film-types out there they might be interested in at least thinking about this for next year, if not submitting this time. cheers Brianna -- Forwarded message -- From: Gavin Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/5/8 Subject: [cc-community] Video contest on information sharing -- win $1, 000! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P.S. Could someone post this on the CC blog?) SECOND ANNUAL SPARKY VIDEO CONTEST SPOTLIGHTS STUDENT VIEWS ON INFORMATION SHARING Competition showcases student productions, offers instructors a fun and thought-provoking class assignment Washington, DC – April 30, 2008 – Six library, student, and advocacy organizations today announced the Second Annual Sparky Awards, a contest that recognizes the best new short videos on the value of sharing and aims to broaden the discussion of access to scholarly research by inviting students to express their views creatively. This year's contest is being organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) with additional co-sponsorship by the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, Penn Libraries (at the University of Pennsylvania), Students for Free Culture, and The Student PIRGs. Details are online at www.sparkyawards.org. The 2008 contest theme is MindMashup: The Value of Information Sharing. Well-suited for adoption as a college class assignment, the Sparky Awards invite contestants to submit videos of two minutes or less that imaginatively portray the benefits of the open, legal exchange of information. Mashup is an expression referring to a song, video, Web site, or software application that combines content from more than one source. To be eligible, submissions must be publicly available on the Internet – on a Web site or in a digital repository – and available for use under a Creative Commons License. The Winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000 along with a Sparky Award statuette. Two Runners Up will each receive $500 plus a personalized award certificate. At the discretion of the judges, additional Special Merit Awards may be designated. The award-winning videos will be screened at the January 2009 American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Denver. Entries must be received by November 30, 2008. Winners will be announced in January 2009. The Winner of the First Annual Sparky Awards in 2007 was Habib Yazdi, a student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for Share (http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/08-0122.shtml). If the medium is the message, then a video competition is an apt means of encouraging the YouTube generation to think about the challenging intellectual property issues shaping their communication environment, said SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph. This video contest is an excellent venue to engage students and to explore with them the intricacies of re-using content, said Anu Vedantham, Director of the Weigle Information Commons at Penn Libraries. The videos that emanate from this and similar contests provide vibrant examples of student creativity and ownership of new media. At Penn, I have noticed that mashup video contests and video classroom assignments engage students and faculty in new ways with academic material, and that video creation can be effectively integrated in many disciplines including writing, history and language studies. Through involvement with the 2009 Sparky Awards, libraries and new media centers have a valuable opportunity to reach out to faculty and students. We're excited to be a part of the Sparky Awards again this year, said Karen Rustad, Core Team Chair for Students for Free Culture. More and more students are having to manage issues of access and re-use in their daily school work. It's a great time to talk about the potential for open sharing. The contest takes as its inspiration a quote from George Bernard Shaw: If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. For details, see the contest Web site at http://www.sparkyawards.org. # # # SPARC is pleased to welcome these co-sponsors for the 2008 Sparky Awards: Association of College and Research Libraries The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), represents more than 13,500 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. It is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments. Association of Research
[Wikimediaau-l] Our first donation!
Hey all, I thought I would let you know something cool. We have just received our first donation! :) I received a couple of emails to our contact address about how to donate or if donations to us were tax deductible. (For the record they are NOT.) I think it is people coming via the WMF fundraiser http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate. It surprises me pretty well because if you go through how many clicks you have to do to actually get to the WMAU website, it's really not a trivial thing at all. So I set up a page http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Donate that will hopefully better funnel these hardy link-followers towards our coffers, since they are so keen. :) Anyway... how exciting is that! We are the lucky recipients of amazing goodwill towards Wikipedia. Let us take that and then earn some more in our own right as well. cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Announcement - publication with CCau
Hi, I mentioned this briefly in last week's minutes, but this week we finalised it all, so I will talk about it in a bit more detail. I am happy to say that we are going to work on a joint publication with Creative Commons Australia (CCau), to be launched at the Free as in Freedom miniconf I am organising at the Linux conference in late January. (http://freeasinfreedom.modernthings.org/) I still haven't figured out a good name for it (possibly Handbook for Partipatory Culture in Australia, but gosh that's long), but it will basically be a good companion to the miniconf, with brief intro/overviews to lots of themes that we are familiar with relating to openness and freedom - see the initial list here: http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Participatory_Culture_Primer And there will be some essential links for each topic, as well as information particular to the Australian context. Basically it will work like this: we supply all the content, they supply the layout and printing. I think it is an excellent plan that plays to the strengths of both groups. We should supply the content by the end of December or earlier. Of course it will be under a free license, probably CC-BY-SA. This is an idea I came up with when I was planning my miniconf and thinking about what themes to include. I thought writing a bit about each one would force me to learn about it properly, and then if I was going to do that, I may as well make a little booklet, and then I may as well make it a WMAU thing, and then I may as well see if CCau was interested in helping out.. :) Beyond the conference, I think it will be a useful document to really act as a primer for people who have not yet been exposed to these kinds of ideas, and really show the breadth and interconnectedness of them too. So I'm kind of thinking, in a worst case scenario I will write most of it myself, but I certainly hope that doesn't end up being the case, not because I would hate to do so but because it's more fun to work with other people and get their perspectives. Also, name suggestions are _extremely_ welcome. :) cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Announcement - publication with CCau
2008/11/19 Stephen Bain [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Brianna Laugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course it will be under a free license, probably CC-BY-SA. Dual CC-BY-SA / GFDL would be nice, that would make it compatible with the Wikimedia projects (and our own wiki!). [I'm trying not to think about the licensing mess of transferring meta content to officialwiki, and then meta content (probably) goes to CC-BY-SA, but officialwiki doesn't because of the date cutoffs and blah blah... you see? Gawd...] Anyway dual licensing is of course a possibility, but I'm pretty sure as long as CC-BY-SA is in there it doesn't much matter what else is. :) Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia now open for membership
2008/11/14 Zero [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Brianna Laugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To become a member please go to http://membership.wikimedia.org.au/memberdb/index.php?page=signup and fill out the form there. The rest of the process is via email. I was just about to register myself when I noticed that it's not a secure page. There probably won't be any issues so I'll fill out the form anyway, but it might be something that should go on the to-do list. You don't put any financial details in the form. It is essentially just name, email and address. Do people consider that that requires a secure (https) page? Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] WA: Cultural Programs for Community Collections (Department of Culture and the Arts funding)
Hi, This item from the experimenta mailing list may be of interest to WAers. I could imagine that we could partner with a more arts-oriented group that could create some interesting possibilities. cheers Brianna -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/14 Subject: [Experimenta] Experimenta ebulletin 14-27 November To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22::WA – CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS APPLICATIONS The Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) has announced a new funding program for community based collecting organisations: Cultural Programs for Community Collections. The funding will support the development of annual cultural programs focused on assisting the development of collections in small to medium collecting organisations, such as Aboriginal language centres, cultural and art centres, archives, galleries, museums and local studies heritage collections. Through the Cultural Programs for Community Collections, up to $15,000 could be used to support creative workshops, special guest speaker programs, artist residencies that explore ideas from the collection, community partnerships and a range of other activities that connect with a broad cross-section of the community and highlight the collection in innovative ways. Application Deadline: 21 November For more information contact: Roz Lipscombe on (08) 9224 7310, or 1800 199 090, or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dca.wa.gov.au/news/stories/general_news_items/?a=1177 EXPERIMENTA ART FOR THE 21st CENTURY www.experimenta.org PO Box 21152 Little Lonsdale Street Vic 8011 T: +61 3 9650 9977 F: +61 3 9650 7522 E experimenta [at] experimenta.org W www.experimenta.org -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
