[Wikimediaau-l] WA: Cultural Programs for Community Collections (Department of Culture and the Arts funding)

2008-11-14 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, This item from the experimenta mailing list may be of interest to WAers. I could imagine that we could partner with a more arts-oriented group that could create some interesting possibilities. cheers Brianna -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/14

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia now open for membership

2008-11-15 Thread Brianna Laugher
2008/11/14 Zero [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Brianna Laugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To become a member please go to http://membership.wikimedia.org.au/memberdb/index.php?page=signup and fill out the form there. The rest of the process is via email. I was just about

[Wikimediaau-l] Announcement - publication with CCau

2008-11-18 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, I mentioned this briefly in last week's minutes, but this week we finalised it all, so I will talk about it in a bit more detail. I am happy to say that we are going to work on a joint publication with Creative Commons Australia (CCau), to be launched at the Free as in Freedom miniconf I am

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Announcement - publication with CCau

2008-11-18 Thread Brianna Laugher
2008/11/19 Stephen Bain [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Brianna Laugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course it will be under a free license, probably CC-BY-SA. Dual CC-BY-SA / GFDL would be nice, that would make it compatible with the Wikimedia projects (and our own

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Video contest on information sharing -- win $1, 000!

2008-11-24 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hm, I found out about this rather late... The deadline is in five days. :) If there are some creative film-types out there they might be interested in at least thinking about this for next year, if not submitting this time. cheers Brianna -- Forwarded message -- From: Gavin

[Wikimediaau-l] Our first donation!

2008-11-24 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hey all, I thought I would let you know something cool. We have just received our first donation! :) I received a couple of emails to our contact address about how to donate or if donations to us were tax deductible. (For the record they are NOT.) I think it is people coming via the WMF

[Wikimediaau-l] IRC meeting Sunday, 3pm?

2008-12-04 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, We probably won't be having a ctte meeting this weekend, but how about a general meeting? 3pm, Sunday, #wikimedia-au ? cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ ___ Wikimediaau-l

[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia chapter report, November 2008

2008-12-14 Thread Brianna Laugher
Available on meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-11 Wikimedia Australia chapter report Edition 2, November 2008 By Brianna Laugher, interim Secretary (blaugher at wikimedia dot org dot au) * 1 Introduction * 2 News in brief * 3

[Wikimediaau-l] 2008-12-17 ctte meeting minutes - AGM formally decided

2008-12-20 Thread Brianna Laugher
Attendance: Brianna, Sarah, John, Charles 11pm Agenda: * 1 Confirm previous minutes * 2 AGM date * 3 AGM agenda * 4 Authorisation for Backstage Pass events * 5 AOB ==Confirm previous minutes== '''Resolution:''' that we accept the minutes of the [[Meeting

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Poster sales

2008-12-20 Thread Brianna Laugher
2008/12/20 Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com: Thats is interesting, My issue is that the donation goes to a chapter rather than the Foundation, so is there potential for us as a chapter to do this on en? The printer chooses to make a donation to a chapter. There is no contract between the printer

[Wikimediaau-l] AGM; Committee election

2008-12-30 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, As I hope everyone is now aware, our AGM is slated for Sunday 11th January. http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM An important component of the AGM is electing a new committee. There are six positions: * President * Vice President * Treasurer * Secretary * 2x Ordinary Members. I will

[Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed

2009-01-04 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, Nominations closed yesterday and these are the received nominations: President Brianna Laugher Vice President Liam Wyatt Vice President Gideon Digby Treasurer Brian Salter-Duke Secretary Sarah Ewart Ordinary Member John Vandenberg

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed

2009-01-04 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still be a committee member if they get enough votes to be an Ordinary Member? (Probably not for this election.) -- Mark

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AGM Election nominations closed

2009-01-04 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/1/5 Mark Hurd markeh...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/5 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Should the VP candidates be included in the Ordinary Member election too (if they want to) so the failing VP candidate may still

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] AusWikiConf

2009-01-11 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hey folks, what about if we starts a 'events/planning' mailing list and move discussion there? I think there will be a lot of detail to be worked out and if we move to another list, we won't overwhelm this one, or bore people who aren't interested. cheers Brianna 2009/1/12 hui...@gmail.com: I

[Wikimediaau-l] Opinion piece on DVD copy protection: Collateral damage in video war by Max Barry

2009-01-11 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, There's a nice piece by Max Barry (author of Jennifer Government) in the Age, as well as on his blog, about how production companies using copy protection is breaking their own DVDs and converting paying customers into pirates.

[Wikimediaau-l] News article - Many minds make Wiki work

2009-01-15 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, I was happily surprised to spot this article in the Age's Green Guide yesterday. http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/many-minds-make-wiki-work/2009/01/14/1231608762605.html cheers Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: ABC's 'PM' covering Wikipedia Flagged Revs proposal

2009-01-26 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, I just did a bit of an interview with Rachael Brown for the ABC radio show 'PM'. Apparently it is on twice an evening: Radio National 5.10pm, and ABC local (774 in Melbourne) at 6.10pm. Here's hoping it sounds OK, if someone could make a digital recording somehow that would be ace :)

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: ABC's 'PM' covering Wikipedia Flagged Revs proposal

2009-01-26 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/1/27 Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com: So what is WM-au position on flagged revisions? There is no WMAU position on flagged revisions (FR). Did you notice one? I don't think anybody too much cares about WMAU's position on anything just yet. :) It was more a here is a local expert angle (and

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Textbook-l] Australian Wikibookian?

2009-02-17 Thread Brianna Laugher
-- Forwarded message -- From: Amal Hanna amal.ha...@unisa.edu.au Date: 2009/2/18 Subject: [Textbook-l] Australian Wikibookian? To: textboo...@lists.wikimedia.org textboo...@lists.wikimedia.org Are you Australian and is your native language English? Dear Wikibooks.org

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WMAU's priorities for 2009?

2009-03-10 Thread Brianna Laugher
/2/25 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: Hi all, The committee is having a bit of strategic planning 'retreat' meeting this weekend.[1] Liam is joining Sarah, Brian and I in Melbourne. John, Nathan, Gideon and Andrew[2] are unable to attend but we will take note of their input

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] WMAU's priorities for 2009?

2009-03-11 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/3/11 Nick Jenkins nic...@gmail.com: Personal comment would it be worth trying to combine some of these: E.g. a if there was a conf in Canberra, could it potentially be combined with an academy + talks for educators + meetup + press release about the event with various

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Friday March 20 Canberra brunch

2009-03-11 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/3/11 Confusing Manifestation confusingmanifestat...@gmail.com: What size is one of the many questions we hope to answer with this get-together. I have my own ideas, Brianna and Liam have theirs (probably much more grounded in reality). In terms of scope I'm thinking Wiki community +

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] smh article

2009-05-24 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/5/24 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: see http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/parents-warned-of-wikiporn-risk/2009/05/23/1242498976065.html Unfortunately it's not a good news one, dealing with 'Wikiporn risk' - but I think a 'well done' to brianna for sounding wise and

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Open website editing?

2009-06-04 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, Having open editing for the website is indeed not a technical problem as Liam mentioned. The thing that I am concerned about, in wanting to clearly delineate 'member' and 'open' spaces, is the situation where non-members have undue influence or expression and it is not possible to simply and

[Wikimediaau-l] wikimedia.org.au a tad borked

2009-06-16 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, Just letting everyone know that we are aware wikimedia.org.au is a tad broken at the moment. I think it suffered a bit of a code upgrade fail. Hopefully it will be resolved this evening. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] wikimedia.org.au a tad borked

2009-06-16 Thread Brianna Laugher
All better now, carry on as per usual programming... Brianna 2009/6/16 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: Hi, Just letting everyone know that we are aware wikimedia.org.au is a tad broken at the moment. I think it suffered a bit of a code upgrade fail. Hopefully it will be resolved

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 'GLAM Challenge' (editing competition) July 13-19 -- looking for a coordinator

2009-06-16 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/6/16 YellowMonkey blnguyen2...@gmail.com: Isn't that a tad short? Nobody, eg, writes a FA that quickly (generally speaking) Well, the intention is not to do the edits and get it through FA approval in a week. As an entry to this challenge you'd generally just be submitting your edits. My

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 'GLAM Challenge' (editing competition) July 13-19 -- looking for a coordinator

2009-06-16 Thread Brianna Laugher
Also, I thought any longer than a week and you might have trouble holding people's attention to the task. I was originally thinking to just make it a weekend! Brianna 2009/6/16 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: 2009/6/16 YellowMonkey blnguyen2...@gmail.com: Isn't that a tad short

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] schools - a post-glam movement ;-)

2009-06-22 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, I think there is a lot of scope for work we can do with the education sector. There is also some funding coming up/available that I would like to see us apply for. One immediate problem I see is the lack of a concrete partner. Are we talking about hosting an open kind of event like

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: linux.conf.au Call for Papers are now open!

2009-07-18 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, I meant to forward this a while ago, but the LCA 2010 CFP closes this Friday. LCA is a free software technical conference, but one of the topics they are targeting this year is Free Software and Free Culture topics, including licencing and Free and Open approaches outside software. Also,

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Request for Wikipedia editor to speak on ABC radio this Sunday

2009-07-26 Thread Brianna Laugher
am a little bit worried that Melbourne is getting cut off by football! Maybe I will have to listen online. http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/radio/schedule.htm?section=online cheers Brianna 2009/7/22 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com: Hi, I've received a request for a Wikipedia editor

[Wikimediaau-l] GLAM-WIKI recordings (was: Re: Sydney Met)

2009-08-04 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/8/5 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: G'day all, I thought I'd write a brief note about last night's Sydney meetup :-) It was great to welcome Mathias and Jennifer (from the german chapter, and the wikimedia foundation respectively) to Sydney - and we had a really good turnout

[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Forming a digital tech users peak body

2009-08-17 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, Something we may want to consider being involved in (although probably not for a while... since this is very early stages). I suggested a name change (as there is already a crowd called Australian Digital Alliance) but otherwise I think the formation of a body to represent tech users is

[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimania

2009-08-23 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi folks, As you may or may not be aware, Wikimania is almost upon us! http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/ Here is the Australian representation AFAIK: * me - I'm running a panel on chapters, and trying to organise a chapters meeting * Liam - he's on two panels (one on free culture chapters,

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising

2009-10-31 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hello, The fundraiser and our taking part in it, or not, has been the main matter of discussion within the committee for the past few weeks. And it is still under discussion... If we do take part, it is likely to be with a late start (ie the fundraiser is due to start early November, and run for

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising

2009-11-09 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/11/10 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: Hi all, It's probably worth contacting both CPA and CA australia to see if they could hook us up with a volunteer suitably skilled to do the job - I take it we don't really have any idea how much money might come in from joining the

[Wikimediaau-l] WMAU table at LCA Open Day - Sat 23 January 2010, Wellington (NZ)

2009-11-29 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, Is there anyone who is planning to attend LCA in January that would be interested to help me staff a table for Open Day? http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/open_day thanks Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] fixing wmau wiki

2009-11-30 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/11/30 Tim Starling tstarl...@wikimedia.org: I'm sure he could fix it if he had the inclination. He, however, is not the one who's offerring. Apparently he developed the inclination. History tab is fixed. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Brainstorming for 2010

2010-01-20 Thread Brianna Laugher
2010/1/20 Michelle Gallaway mgalla...@gmail.com: I don't want to shit on what is otherwise a great idea, but wasn't the AGM in November?  Does it really take two months to get to know one another?  What has (or has not) been going on in that time? Hi Michelle, I realise the committee has not

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Brainstorming for 2010

2010-01-20 Thread Brianna Laugher
2010/1/21 Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net: Getting back to the original topic of this post, is there an end-date for the Ideascale thing?  Don't want to blow my 50 gold stars on early ideas, only for even better ideas to come up later. Well we are meeting on the 30th, so this week rather than

[Wikimediaau-l] IdeaScale update

2010-01-21 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, It's great to see some uptake of IdeaScale for the brainstorming. Here's what's up so far: http://wmau.ideascale.com/ -Review reports from other chapters for ideas -Create Wikimedia-based lesson plans for K-12 teachers to use -Get a professional marketing plan to convince GLAMs about

[Wikimediaau-l] Melbourne meetup - Sunday afternoon

2010-01-29 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hello! Since the chapter committee is all in town this weekend, Melburnites, please join us Sunday afternoon for a late lunch/afternoon tea. from 2.30 Sunday Cheeky Monkey, 89 Swan St, Richmond. Take #70 tram or it's a short walk up Swan St from Richmond train station. and/or record your intend

[Wikimediaau-l] IdeaScale summary

2010-01-29 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, Thanks to those who participated in the IdeaScale brainstorming by voting. Thanks especially to Angela, ConMan, Adza, Craig, PM and Andrew for writing up their ideas. The final tallies are 110 - Create information kit to enable people to do outreach

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Melbourne meetup 15: how was it?

2010-02-02 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi Bron! Long time no see! On 2 February 2010 17:14, Bron (EuropracBHIT) mywikiwikiw...@fastmail.fm wrote: I looked at the page and someone said, This is going to be super-popular. How was it, regardless? LOL :) It was good actually! The peak of it was more or less this many people:

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] follow up on committee meetup

2010-02-10 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi Peter, On 10 February 2010 07:47, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, I wonder if I could pester a committee member with a spare moment to fill in the redlink here; http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meetings about the Jan. meetup :-) I was able to pester Liam briefly on

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] follow up on committee meetup

2010-02-22 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, I agree, it is becoming kinda urgent. I will have something up by the end of the week, and we will also have had a committee meeting by then, so expect to see some visible outputs by then. sorry again for the slow pace. Brianna On 22 February 2010 14:08, private musings

[Wikimediaau-l] Report on committee's operational planning meeting

2010-02-28 Thread Brianna Laugher
and productive 2010. Brianna Laugher Wikimedia Australia president 2010-02-28 ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l

[Wikimediaau-l] Interesting events this week (Sydney)

2010-04-20 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi all, A couple of interesting events this week in Sydney. First is a public lecture tonight (!), 8-7.45pm at the University of Technology Sydney. http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/law/news-events/events-detail.cfm?ItemId=19462 It's called UTSpeaks: Copy Right or Wrong. The speaker is Professor

[Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes

2010-05-10 Thread Brianna Laugher
business has been my main Wikimedia business for a while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in July. :) Yours in boldness, Brianna Laugher no longer WMAU President

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] 50, 000 images donated by the State Library of Queensland

2010-12-16 Thread Brianna Laugher
Wow, what a great partnership, congratulations! That's wonderful. Good timing, too ;) I look forward to hearing more about the collection. Brianna On 17 December 2010 15:18, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am pleased to announce that the State Library of Queensland has

[Wikimediaau-l] (slightly OT) announcement: Oceania Women of Open Tech launches

2011-10-21 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, The group formerly known as AussieChix (Australian chapter of LinuxChix) has renamed and rescoped itself and is launching as OWOOT. If you are a geek girl or woman with an open tech bent, please feel free to join, or pass the word on to other folks who might be interested. cheers Brianna