Okay, it looks like the the Wiki has been fixed, so here goes:
Over the past few months, a few of us up here in Brisbane have been
developing a programme and materials to do presentations to teachers and
schools. It's been our observation that while many teachers have negative
views about
That seems to be a very solid presentation, most of my teachers I have seem
to be
reasonably adept at being able to use Wikipedia and understand how to make
sure
an article is accurate and the usefulness of it as a spring board to other
references.
That said, I know there are teachers out there
Excellent job Craig - it's a great model for member-driven outreach projects
and I wish you the best of luck. The issue with being able to present stuff
to people who work (or are available) 9-5 in work time is always a challenge
- it's one we hit with unrelated projects in Perth.
(replying to
Hi Bryce,
Thanks for your feedback. I must say that that hasn't particularly been my
experience with teachers, the usual response is along the lines of Oh,
Wikipedia, isn't that the site where anyone can write anything? Nobody in
the group I presented to was overtly anti-Wikipedia (or if
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
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Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 21:12:06 +0800
From: Andrew orderinchao...@gmail.com
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On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:56 PM, bidgee-w...@virginbroadband.com.auwrote:
Also congratulations to Steve! I'm sure he will serve the Wikimedia
Australia community well and I'm sure his feet will fit in Brianna's pink
fluffy slippers! ;)
I must say, I'd be fully prepared to pay money to see
Dear Brianna,
on the one hand it is sad to hear that you resign, but on the other hand
I am happy to meet you as every year again at Wikimania and I really
wish you a good time and successful moving onwards in Brianna land.
You have done a great job founding WMAU, networking between the
Hi Steve,
I want to state all my support for you, your fellow committee members
and WMAU and wish you a great time.
WMAU was always a chapter with interesting ideas and projects and I wish
that the engagement to connect with other chapters and to-be-chapters
will continue in future.
/Manuel
Thanks heaps for all your hard work over the years, Brianna :-) - I get the
occassional glimpse of your influence all over the place, and I think it's
fair to say that you've worked incredibly hard both behind the scenes, and
as the founding president of WMAU - it's a great shame to lose you as
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