Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-30 Thread Toby Hudson
Good letter people. I've just bulked up our article on Annie Wyatt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Forsyth_Wyatt with the DoS article on her http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/wyatt_annie It's an amazing resource, I think perhaps we should do something about utilizing it more systematical

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-30 Thread Liam Wyatt
This was just published on the Dictionary of Sydney blog: http://trust.dictionaryofsydney.org/dictionary-of-sydney-wins-continued-support-from-city-of-sydney/ In a unanimous decision of council, the Dictionary funding for the next year was released last night! :-) I made sure the Dictionary staff w

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-30 Thread Gnangarra
Congratulations to Dictionary of Sydney 20 minutes ago they posted on facebook that they have secured continued funding from the City of Sydney Council On 29 July 2012 11:26, John Vandenberg wrote: > Dear City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone, > > On beha

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-28 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear City of Sydney CEO Monica Barone, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, off

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread JF
Ah, okay. Just seemed a little odd to see eight new emails all (roughly) the same. Thanks for clearing it up. :) Joe On 27 Jul 2012, at 16:10, John Vandenberg wrote: > Hi Joe, > > This was intentional, done as part of the following proposal > > http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Dicti

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Hi Joe, This was intentional, done as part of the following proposal http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Dictionary_of_Sydney_support_letter There was also a private discussion happening at the same time on the WMAU members mailing list, where it was recommended that we send the email out

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread JF
I'm going to assume sending this to the list eight times was a mistake? ;) Joe On 27 Jul 2012, at 15:04, John Vandenberg wrote: > Dear Cr Mallard, > > On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about > the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of > S

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr Mallard, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr Burgmann, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr Doutney, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr Harris, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as a

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-27 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr Tornai, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as a

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-26 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr McInerney, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised a

[Wikimediaau-l] Expression of support for Dictionary of Sydney from Wikimedia Australia

2012-07-26 Thread John Vandenberg
Dear Cr Black, On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, officially recognised as a