John Quiggin is presenting using Skype so that may be an option. http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2009/08/05/glam-wiki-coral-coe/
Paul 2009/8/5 David Macdonald <borof...@gmail.com> > I was fully intending to be there but had to rush home at the last > minute…. I’ll be at the next one, and I’ll stay out past 10pm. Possibly as > late as 10:30. > > > > > > Dave. (User:Borofkin) > > > > > > *From:* wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *private musings > *Sent:* Wednesday, 5 August 2009 3:30 PM > *To:* Wikimedia-au > *Subject:* [Wikimediaau-l] Sydney Met > > > > 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 (even though some of the better looking wiki types chose to make a > late entrance ;-) - The Belgian Beer cafe lived up to its name, and lively > conversation, as well as the eponymous drinks flowed swimmingly. There were > a fair few folk attending their first meetup, and hopefully not their last - > we covered a wide range of topics, from the upcoming GLAM festival, through > to how we, as a chapter, can better communicate our social / informal events > such as last night - apparently many wiki types in Sydney were entirely > unaware of both meetups and the chapter! > > All seemed to me to anticipate an extremely interesting, and rewarding > 'GLAM' conference on Thurs / Fri - and of course it's particularly timely > given the recent legal issues between the National Portrait Gallery, and a > wiki contributor - perhaps Australia can lead the way in actually building > relationships, and supporting dialog :-) I'm one of the folk who would like > to attend, but just can't get away - something I intended to raise last > night, but forgot, was to ask about the possibilities of participating > remotely - I wonder if there's any infrastructure for webcasting any of the > event - or participating via IRC, or Skype, or something? I may not be the > only person interested.... > > All in all a great meet - although having arrived late, this Private muse > was prepared to kick on beyond the 10pm most folk headed back to their > beds... probably for the best :-) > > cheers, > > Peter, > PM. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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