Dear members, supporters and friends,
[The letter below and further links are available at:
http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/January_2010_Operational_planning_meeting
If you have any questions please ask! -Brianna]
Thanks for your patience in receiving this report on the Wikimedia
Australia committee operational planning meeting, which took place in
Melbourne over the weekend of 30-31 January, 2010. This was the
committee's first face to face meeting and was enormously useful for
setting a shared agenda for 2010. A key input to the meeting was the
results of our open brainstorming using IdeaScale, which took place in
the weeks prior to the meeting.
Our report on the meeting comprises several parts:
* Detailed notes on the sessions held
* The results of our evaluation survey
* A calendar of events and deadlines.
Decentralising our capability is something that the committee strongly
believes in. Happily, the idea with the strongest support on IdeaScale
was that of creating an "information kit" to encourage and empower
members and volunteers to do Wikimedia outreach. This project is our
#1 mission-related focus for 2010. Learning from the growth of
Wikipedia itself, we want to give people the tools and support they
need and then let them loose on the world. Although this won't be a
very exciting activity for us to undertake, it has the potential to
make a far greater and longer-lasting impact than a single splashy
event. So we have set our metric for success not on ourselves, but on
you. Our goal is to see 10 new member-initiated activities, be they
newly-organised meetups, introductions to GLAM institutions, talks at
conferences, editing workshops, or handing out brochures at a local
fete.
Other activities we intend to undertake include pursuing the
development of lesson plans that include Wikimedia works and the trial
of a "small grants" scheme to give members financial aid support to
pursue our mission. We also intend to make good on the much-awaited
promise of merchandise, and trial monthly IRC meetings to provide a
structured opportunity for real-time feedback and communication.
Our administrative work is ongoing, and a number of first-time tasks
need to be completed. These include pursuing changes to the Rules,
appointing an auditor and completing our work to get fundraising
approval in each state. Another major task is the development of a
suite of policies, including a board manual (description of roles and
responsibilities), conflict of interest policy and a donor privacy
policy. These tasks are all about creating a sustainable and fair
working environment for current and future committees.
We hope you will join us for a fun and productive 2010.
Brianna Laugher
Wikimedia Australia president
2010-02-28
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