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?
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laug...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello members and friends, > > At the end of January, the committee is having a face to face meeting > in Melbourne to get to know one another, strategise and make plans for > 2010. > > Before that meeting, it will be useful to have some explicit > brainstorming as a way for the committee to collect some idea of what > we collectively consider important, or would like to see. > > Last year we did a brief survey, which wasn't a huge success; this > year I would like to try something different. I set up a site for us > at http://wmau.ideascale.com/ > > This site lets anyone suggest an idea, and others can put a number of > votes to support various ideas. I have it configured so that anyone > who registers with IdeaScale can add a new idea or vote on ideas. With > voting, every user has a fixed number of votes (50 I think), and you > can put multiple votes on an idea if you really like it. If you don't > like an idea, just don't give it any votes. :) You can also of course > add comments, and that is probably the most valuable thing you can do. > > I would guess this is most useful for 1) things that take longer than > a week to plan and 2) things that involve or have some impact on the > membership and/or general public. So this will not encompass all of > the committee's responsibilities; some tech and policy and governance > things won't be relevant to mention here. > > Secondly for Melburnians, we are planning to arrange a meetup for one > of the meals on the weekend, probably in Richmond or the CBD. The > details will appear soon at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne_15 . > > Please feel free to give your feedback on this list or privately. > > thanks, > Brianna > WMAU president > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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