Ah, okay. Just seemed a little odd to see eight new emails all (roughly) the same.
Thanks for clearing it up. :) Joe On 27 Jul 2012, at 16:10, John Vandenberg wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
