Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today at 4pm AEST

2014-05-03 Thread Steve Zhang
This starts in just over 30 minutes. On Sunday, May 4, 2014, Steve Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a quick reminder that there is a public meeting today at 4PM AEDST in > #wikimedia-au on IRC. > > Regards, > > Steve > ___

[Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today at 4pm AEST

2014-05-03 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a quick reminder that there is a public meeting today at 4PM AEDST in #wikimedia-au on IRC. Regards, Steve ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Member breakdown as at 30 April 2014

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Zhang
There have been a few new members...one joined last week. Andrew will have the numbers. On 1 May 2014 07:29, "John Mark Vandenberg" wrote: > Has there been no new members in 2014 to date? > > -- > John > > ___ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-

[Wikimediaau-l] Redesign of Wikimedia Australia website

2014-04-29 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, The website of Wikimedia Australia has been largely the same since it's inception, and we would like to get feedback, thoughts and ideas from you all in an effort to improve the ease of use, functionality and aesthetics of the site. Do you have any suggestions for how the site can be chan

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today deferred

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Zhang
alter-Duke" wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:09:34AM +1000, Steve Zhang wrote: > > Hi John, > > > We're going to do a public meeting on the first Sunday of May (the 4th) > at > > 4pm AEDST but we're going to experiment with Google Hangouts on Air as > w

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today deferred

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Zhang
Yeah. Force of habit :) On 17 Apr 2014 10:34, "Graham Pearce" wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I assume you mean AEST, not AEDST ... > > Graham > On 17/04/2014 8:09 AM, Steve Zhang wrote: > > Hi John, > > We're going to do a public meeting on the first Sun

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today deferred

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Zhang
ote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Steve Zhang wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Just a brief note, we will be deferring the public meeting that is > normally > > today to another time. > > Any update on when the next pu

[Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today deferred

2014-04-05 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a brief note, we will be deferring the public meeting that is normally today to another time - we are considering using Google Hangouts instead of IRC for our public meetings. As always, if you have any pressing questions, please do send them to the committee (commit...@wikimedia.org.

[Wikimediaau-l] Attendance to Wikimedia Conference 2014

2014-04-02 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, As you may know, the annual Wikimedia Conference in Berlin is next week.[1] Andrew Owens and myself will be attending. While expense to WMAU will be minimal, as our flights and accommodation have been taken care of by Wikimedia DE, we would still like to tell you a bit about our plans at

[Wikimediaau-l] 2014 Annual Plan draft published

2014-03-30 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, After some work, we have published the draft 2014 Annual plan for comment on the public website. http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2014_Annual_Plan It is nearly complete, however some of the linked proposals are in the process of being updated to reflect the planned activities. We will l

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Apparently corrupt administration of this list

2014-03-28 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, I've received an enquiry regarding the below email when I mentioned that I consulted with a WMF staffer about the action taken on the mailing list. As how this sentence has been interpreted and was hoped to be interpreted are different, I wish to clarify. I asked the staffer after this th

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WMF annual plan grant application

2014-03-21 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi John, We've been working on a new draft since the meeting in January - we feel it's important to have clear deliverables and measures of success against the projects we execute this year, so we have something to show next year if we decide to apply then. We haven't firmly decided yet, but give

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Apparently corrupt administration of this list

2014-03-18 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Given the response we have received from some and after some discussion, I have removed Tony from the ban list of the mailing list. In retrospect, moderation might have been the better avenue to take, so I apologise for my part in the drama that my actions caused. I've asked someone indep

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [cultural-partners] 500 people interested in cooperation projects with local heritage institutions - please get in touch with them!

2014-03-06 Thread Steve Zhang
It seems we're not on the list of countries here, but we should consider participating or holding a similar event here in Australia. What are people's thoughts on this? On 5 March 2014 16:52, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Estermann Beat" > Date:

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today 4PM AEDST (in one hour)

2014-03-01 Thread Steve Zhang
Ok great On 02/03/2014 6:53 pm, "Gnangarra" wrote: > already done > > > On 2 March 2014 15:52, Steve Zhang wrote: > >> I will. >> On 02/03/2014 6:34 pm, "John Vandenberg" wrote: >> >>> Who is posting the meeting log? >>

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today 4PM AEDST (in one hour)

2014-03-01 Thread Steve Zhang
them, we >> are always open to trying alternative formats, times and forums anything >> that will help the member become more involved >> >> >> On 2 March 2014 15:07, Mark Hurd wrote: >> >>> You do like to compete against motor racing, don't you

[Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today 4PM AEDST (in one hour)

2014-03-01 Thread Steve Zhang
___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l

[Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting reminder - today at 4pm AEDST

2014-02-01 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a reminder that Wikimedia Australia will be holding a public meeting today at 4PM AEDST in the #wikimedia-au IRC channel on Freenode. Hope to see you then. Steven Zhang President - Wikimedia Australia ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Meeting today..?

2014-01-25 Thread Steve Zhang
t didn't seem like anyone > could make it - I guess a solo meetup is just an 'up' without the meet, > right? > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Steve Zhang < > steven.zh...@wikimedia.org.au> wrote: > >> The problem I'm having with the Janua

[Wikimediaau-l] September and November committee meeting minutes and December public meeting log

2014-01-23 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Apologies for the delay in posting - the minutes for the committee meeting in September (previous committee) and November (current committee) have now been published to the public wiki ( http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meetings#2013_Committee_Meetings) as has the log of the public meeting

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Meeting today..?

2014-01-22 Thread Steve Zhang
something; > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney > > best, > > Peter, > PM. > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Steve Zhang < > steven.zh...@wikimedia.org.au> wrote: > >> Sorry for the delay Peter. We have found a log fr

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Meeting today..?

2014-01-22 Thread Steve Zhang
ustomary. >>>> >>>> I had a log of the meeting but it seems my IRC client creates it in a >>>> way so that converting it to text is impossible. I believe others may have >>>> a log and once I locate this it will be posted. >>>> >>&g

[Wikimediaau-l] Melbourne Meetup tomorrow at midday

2014-01-17 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a reminder that there will be a meet up in Melbourne tomorrow, at midday. More details can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne_27 Hope to see you there :) Steven Zhang President - Wikimedia Australia steven.zh...@wikimedia.org.au

[Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting in #wikimedia-au - begins in 25 minutes.

2014-01-11 Thread Steve Zhang
Hope to see you then. Steve ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Meeting today..?

2014-01-11 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi John, I believe the minutes are in the process of being finalized today and we have a copy of the irc log to post. It will be going ahead as planned today at 4pm AEDST. Steve On 12/01/2014 1:15 PM, "John Vandenberg" wrote: > There are at least two items the committee should be attending to >

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Public meeting today?

2014-01-04 Thread Steve Zhang
Not today - we decided to postpone it to next week as most folk are still on leave/holidays etc On 05/01/2014 5:16 PM, "John Vandenberg" wrote: > Will the usual public meeting occur today? If so, what time? > > -- > John Vandenberg > > ___ > Wikimediaa

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia public meeting on Sunday at 4PM AEDST

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a reminder - this meeting starts in 15 minutes. Steve Steven Zhang President - Wikimedia Australia steven.zh...@wikimedia.org.au On 1 December 2013 12:02, Steve Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a reminder that the below meeting will take place today at 4pm AEDST

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia public meeting on Sunday at 4PM AEDST

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a reminder that the below meeting will take place today at 4pm AEDST in the #wikimedia-au IRC channel on Freenode. There's no set agenda but it's your chance to ask questions, provide feedback, give ideas or just chat with other Wikimedians. Hope to see you then. Steven Zhang Presi

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Queries

2013-11-26 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi Tony, As the new committee has only been in office for a few days, we are still in the process of doing a changeover with the previous committee. We will respond to your queries in detail in due course. Regards, Steven Zhang President - Wikimedia Australia steven.zh...@wikimedia.org.au On

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM results

2013-11-22 Thread Steve Zhang
I want to thank everyone who supported my candidacy. I look forward to working with the rest of the new committee in moving our organization forward. Steven Zhang President - Wikimedia Australia On 23/11/2013 5:30 PM, "Craig Franklin" wrote: > Congraulations from me as well. I'm confident that

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia Committee Nominations are open

2013-11-16 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, Just a reminder, nominations close midnight AEDST tonight. If you are interested, have a nominator and seconder email the secretary. Regards, Steve On 14/11/2013 9:14 PM, "Robert Myers" wrote: > Any more nominations in the past day or two? > > > Robert > > On 12/11/2013, at 1:10 AM, Gr

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia Committee Nominations are open

2013-11-14 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, I have posted my candidacy statement on the Wikimedia Australia wiki. You can find it at http://www.wikimedia.org.au//wiki/Meeting:2013_AGM/Candidates/Steven_Zhang Regards, Steve *Steven Zhang* *cro0...@gmail.com * On 14 November 2013 21:16, Steve Zhang wrote: > None at this st

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia Committee Nominations are open

2013-11-14 Thread Steve Zhang
None at this stage. I'd encourage anyone willing to run. :) Steve *Steven Zhang* *cro0...@gmail.com * On 14 November 2013 21:14, Robert Myers wrote: > Any more nominations in the past day or two? > > > Robert > > On 12/11/2013, at 1:10 AM, Graham Pearce wrote: > > Two people have taken the

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-12 Thread Steve Zhang
I think we should get behind this, definitely. not too sure what we can do but we should do whatever we can. On 12/11/2013 7:28 PM, "Andrew Owens" wrote: > > http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 > > The Australian Digita

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Changes effective July 1

2013-06-30 Thread Steve Zhang
ldid=9979- the image would change monthly. On Monday, July 1, 2013, Gnangarra wrote: > Great to hear about the charitable status, and the PL insurance > The main page layout is fine but it really needs some visual content > > On 1 July 2013 13:22, Steve Zhang > 'steve

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Changes effective July 1

2013-06-30 Thread Steve Zhang
Hi all, I'm pleased to announce some changes to Wikimedia Australia that has taken effect today. Over the past month, I have been working towards us becoming a registered charitable organisation, and this is effective as of today. This will make us automatically eligible for income tax exemption,