Thanks, Leigh, for indicating your willingness to support this.
Previously Tony and Sam suggested that we might create a page that listed people's skills and availabilities: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Tony1/Proposed_membership_table and we could certainly do that, but it would need some contact details though, which people may or may not be confident about putting on a public page. For that reason and, also, that people may be hesitant about approaching people on a list or there maybe nobody in their area on list, I think there is still merit in having a WMAU "broker" to try to match up needs with the appropriate volunteers. My immediate desire is to ensure we are doing what we can for the training needs of any members, but after that I think we certainly should move to making this offer more widely available (and hope we aren't over-run with demand) by putting it somewhere highly visible on our website "Want to know more about WP? Want to learn to edit WP? Contact us!" Kerry _____ From: Leigh Blackall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 29 August 2013 1:18 PM To: Kerry Raymond; Wikimedia Australia Chapter Cc: members members Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] looking for edit training? Hi Kerry, this is the sort of thing I used to think would be of benefit to organisations.. like La Trobe University. As I play the inside agent, trying to generate interest in engaging the Wikimedia projects, to be able to follow up with somewhat on-call one to one or one to few, semi spontaneous help and support, would be excellent. I'm sure it would be rarely used - xenophobia and all, but the offer itself is massive, when compared to the costly and inflexible support people get for centrally supported systems. Naturally, I'd put my name into the ring for a Melbourne/Yarra Ranges network of support people, and I suppose nothing need to change if that network was simply listed on say, a WMAu page, and feedback and references were collected on their profile, so people could look through and select who to contact for possible support... On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: Although I know many of our WMAU members are experienced Wikipedia editors, I am aware that we do have some members who are not and would welcome some opportunity to learn more about it. We aren't in a position to run large group formal training in most cities (for a variety of reasons) but it's possible to do one-on-one informal training so long as there is a volunteer available in your area. So, if you are someone who would like to get some one-on-one training, please contact me and let me know what area you are in. I will then call for volunteers for that area to assist and, if successful, put you in touch to make a mutually convenient arrangement to get together. One comment. Obviously it's up to the individuals to make whatever arrangements they are comfortable with, but I must point out that there are risks associated with meeting with a stranger in a private setting (this is always a consideration when conducting interviews in research projects). It might be preferable to meet in a library or other public place in the first instance. Kerry _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l -- -- Leigh Blackall <http://about.me/leighblackall> +61(0)404561009
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