Hi all, So our strategic planning meeting is well over. We're still in the process of putting together a post-meeting plan/report, but I thought I should post up a summary of the results from the survey. Thank you to everyone who filled it out, your feedback is sincerely appreciated (in survey form or otherwise!).
So here is the summary: <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2009_member_goals_survey> I realise the conclusions are a bit limited given the limited responses (my fault given the limited time I gave people to respond), but I think they are still useful indications. cheers Brianna 2009/2/25 Brianna Laugher <[email protected]>: > 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 > > As a member or interested observer your opinions are also needed. As a > member organisation and one reliant on volunteers we must give due > weight to projects and ideas favoured by members. Therefore, your > input would be appreciated in this brief survey: > <https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGkyT3UycWYwT0RyZzdVOWlRRFROTXc6MA.> > The survey is anonymous unless you choose to provide your name and > email (useful if you want to volunteer for some particular project :)) > > In the survey I have listed 11 reasonably "big" projects that have > been suggested over the past few months. They are: > > # Support a bid for hosting Wikimania 2011 > # Host a WikiConf in Canberra in late 2009 > # Run Wikipedia Academy events for the general public > # Run Wikipedia Academy events for academics > # Run events (e.g. talks) for educators > # Develop and sell Wikimedia-related merchandise > # Create a 'Wikimedia for Australian schools' selection > # Create classroom kit for teaching Wikipedia on the NSW HSC syllabus > # Organise "backstage pass" style tours of organisations such as museums > # Concentrate on cultivating positive and broad press, and develop > more promotional material (press kits) for the Wikimedia projects > # Host regular meetups in as many cities as possible, and online > events such as editing competitions for members and IRC meetings > > There is also a section for other "big" ideas, or you can always reply here. > :) > > During the retreat, > The idea is not to decide *EVERYTHING* WMAU will do during 2009, which > would be impossible - mainly because much of what we will do will be > member-driven, not ctte-driven - but to at least choose some > direction, choose which projects to concentrate on and which to put > aside for now, and figure out our reasoning for these decisions. Then > hopefully we will feel a bit more purposeful, and not overwhelmed by > the possibilities and pushed about like grass in the wind. 2009 is > also a fairly short term for this ctte - 10 months at most as our next > AGM must be between July and November. > > It is worth having big ideas. The Wikimedia Foundation has introduced > a grants funding process for chapters > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/WMF_grants> and > there are organisations in Australia such as the auDA Foundation which > I certainly believe we could gain funding from, having joint funding > from WMF and another org would give us quite a good position indeed. > But I think it is proper to choose your plans and then find funds > accordingly, rather than vice versa. We will talk about money issues > at the retreat but it will be in tandem with making plans. > > Anyway I look forward to seeing what everyone thinks, so please do > take a minute to fill out the survey > <https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGkyT3UycWYwT0RyZzdVOWlRRFROTXc6MA.> > and comment on it here or in private email if you like. > > cheers, > Brianna > > > [1] I note that ctte members have chosen to cover their own costs for > participating in this retreat. > [2] I'm not sure we took the time to announce this properly - see > <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Meeting:Committee_(2009_January_15)#Inviting_non-voting_participants_to_committee_discussions> > - in mid January we chose to invite Gideon and Andrew as non-voting > participants in the committee. So thanks to them for accepting these > positions :) and I count their input equally as with other ctte > members. > > -- > They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: > http://modernthings.org/ > -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
