Hi Joe, This was intentional, done as part of the following proposal
http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Dictionary_of_Sydney_support_letter There was also a private discussion happening at the same time on the WMAU members mailing list, where it was recommended that we send the email out to each recipient individually with a personal salutation, and we CC the public list so that there is a public record and also the recipients may wish to reply in public also. My apologies for the noise resulting from this. -- John Vandenberg On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:33 PM, JF <unclemontez...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to assume sending this to the list eight times was a mistake? ;) > > Joe > > On 27 Jul 2012, at 15:04, John Vandenberg wrote: > >> Dear Cr Mallard, >> >> On behalf of Wikimedia Australia, I write to express our concern about >> the imminent closure of the Dictionary of Sydney due to the City of >> Sydney's delays in releasing sponsorship funds. >> >> Wikimedia Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, >> officially recognised as a national Chapter of the Wikimedia movement >> - the volunteer community behind Wikipedia and other online >> educational resources. We would like to express our support for the >> Dictionary of Sydney project not only for the quality content that it >> has produced but also for the globally pioneering role it has played >> in its use of free-licensing. The Dictionary of Sydney provides the >> vast majority of its content with a "Creative Commons" copyright >> license that ensures the material can be used by third parties under >> very open terms. This is considered world's best practice and is >> consistent with the principles espoused by the "Open Educational >> Resources" and "Open Source Software" communities globally. It should >> be noted that the official State history project of Minnesota in the >> USA, entitled "MNOpedia" http://www.mnopedia.org/ has used the >> Dictionary of Sydney as the inspiration for their comparable copyright >> policy. >> >> The strong stance of the Dictionary of Sydney on open access and >> collaboration with historians both locally and further afield has >> ensured that the content it has created is both legally and >> practically compatible with Wikipedia, the world's fifth most visited >> website. As a result, many of the Dictionary's articles about >> important people, places and events have been integrated into >> Wikipedia, including but not limited to: >> >> "Florence Violet McKenzie" >> (Australia's first female electrical engineer: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Violet_McKenzie ) >> >> "Glebe Island" >> (a crucial part of Sydney's economy for centuries: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebe_Island_%28New_South_Wales%29 ) >> >> "Sydney Artists' Camps" >> (one of the most significant art movements in Australia's history: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_artists%27_camps ) >> >> We draw your attention to the comprehensive acknowledgement of the >> Dictionary of Sydney at the bottom of each Wikipedia article that uses >> Dictionary material as the source of its content. Without the >> Dictionary of Sydney, and without its pioneering efforts in open >> access, this content simply would not have been available to the >> online encyclopaedia and its wider audience. It would be a great shame >> to see this outstanding collaborative digital history project fold. >> >> Wikimedia Australia urges the City of Sydney to ensure the continued >> funding and support for this project, without which the global >> appreciation of Sydney's history would be very much poorer. >> >> If you would like to contact Wikimedia Australia or one of our Sydney >> based members for further information on this or related matters we >> would welcome your enquiry. >> >> Sincerely, >> John Vandenberg >> President, >> Wikimedia Australia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l