would you be up for posting the agenda ahead of time on the wiki - maybe it'd be interesting to get comments on some of the issues? I'm genuinely curious (with a smile!) as to what they may be :-)
ps. (for brianna really, I guess) - I don't know if there's anything you can do about it, but I thought you might like to know that the ideas site thing sends you an email when you register which ends up in gmail's 'spam' section with a big red bar warning saying 'be careful'... On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Sarah Ewart <sarahew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Plus, the make up of the current committee is very similar to last year's > committee. Brian, Brianna, Liam and myself were on last year's committee and > Andrew was an observer. The only truly new member is Steve. Brian, Brianna > and Liam attended the face to face meetup last year and I attended one day > of it, and all six of us, including Steve, attended Glam; plus various other > meetups and meetings etc that various members of the committee have > attended. So, really the "get to know each other" value I think is > realistically pretty limited and I wouldn't consider it good value for my > time and money. However, I do think it is a very valuable opportunity for > the committee to get together and properly discuss a number of issues that > are difficult to discuss properly in text communication when we're all > scattered around the country. > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Sarah Ewart <sarahew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Michelle, from my own point of view, I really don't see it as a "get to >> know each other" thing and if that is what I considered the meeting to be, I >> wouldn't bother giving up a whole weekend and traveling to Melbourne, and I >> really doubt I'm the only one who would feel that way. There's a number of >> issues that have come up in recent months that have been difficult to >> resolve via email and IRC meetings and discussions and they really require >> us to sit down and have a really good discussion. Also, I think it's >> important for the committee to get together in person at times and talk >> through different issues we're facing, difficult things we're trying to >> achieve, etc and make sure we're all on the same page. As we all know, text >> based communication can be very difficult and it can be very easy to >> misunderstand each others and issues, too. So that's just my own perspective >> of the face to face meeting. >> >> There are currently two sets of committee meeting minutes in the process >> of being approved and published and both should be upon the wiki at the end >> of this week and they might help answer your final question. :) >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Michelle Gallaway >> <mgalla...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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