Yes, agreed. Though I think there are ways such an event can take place
cheaply, and even ways for it to make money (Rego fees but free for
members).
For example, we're pulling together a little one day conference for a
couple of hundred dollars and a heap of in kind:
One of our(WMAU) issues is that we work in isolation for most editors that
isolation isnt a big issue but our best results come form when we break
that isolation and bring people together. WMAU biggest achievement came
when we were able to bring a group together in Canberra in 2009, we changed
the
both wonderful ideas Leigh, the second is something thats been talked about
in WA as well, its also rather simple to setup though the big hurdles are
on the hosting side of things, theres too many endangered Indigenous
languages and stories that should be recorded. If you expand on that theme
we
Thanks, Leigh, for your ideas. I have added them to:
http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Proposal:2014_Annual_Plan
http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:2014_Annual_Plan
As always we welcome feedback on this list, particularly in terms of
establishing priorities (since we can't do
Leigh
Priority is a combination of:
* what members tell us they'd like to do,
* what the committee thinks feasible to do
* what the WMF will fund us to do.
Kerry
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From: Leigh Blackall [mailto:leighblack...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013 12:21 PM
