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 https://www.facebook.com/dictionaryofsydney that they have secured continued funding from the City of Sydney Council On 29 July 2012 11:26, John Vandenberg presid...@wikimedia.org.au wrote: Dear City of Sydney CEO

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

[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,

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

2012-07-27 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

[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 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

[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

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

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