Hear hear. A great achievement indeed. Fingers crossed you win :-) Steve On 06/03/2014 8:10 am, "Kerry Raymond" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations! It's great to see your efforts recognised outside > of the WP community! > > > > Kerry > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gnangarra > *Sent:* Wednesday, 5 March 2014 8:45 PM > *To:* Wikimedia-au > *Subject:* [Wikimediaau-l] WA Heritage Awards > > > > G'Day > > As many of you will be aware on behalf of Wikimedia Australia I have been > working with the Fremantle Society to develop Fremantle as a WikiTown > using the QRpedia concept developed by Wikimedia UK. > > Back in 2012 I was fortunate enough to gain a scholarship to Wikimania in > Washington where I saw a presentation on Monmouthpedia. This presentation > showed me how we could really work constructively beyond the internet to > share knowledge. Very soon after returning to Perth I encountered a COI > editor from a local government agency, instead of just the normal revert, > warn and move on process I decided to engage with them off Wiki. > > I organised a meeting with the City of Fremantles Media and Information > staff and put forward doing a QRpedia project in Fremantle. A week later I > heard from the Fremantle Society that they had the backing of City to > create a QR project, its from these beginning Freopedia was born. > > In May last year we had an official launch of the project, with the > plaques due for installation in at the same time. Unfortunately we hit a > snag with them it was three months later before we could start installing > them. It was during the launch that I was able to present the concept to > the Toodyay Historical Society, Craig Franklin travelled to Toodyay the > following day to talk with the Shires CEO, I've spent many days out there > since developing Toodyaypedia. > > Today the work of many people has been recognised with Freopedia being > announced as a finalist in the Western Australian Heritage Awards. > > > http://awards.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/WAH2014/entry_details.asp?ID=12685&Category_ID=5835 > > In addition to Freopedia's recognition I am also a finalist for the > Professor David Dolan award which > *recognises new businesses, organisations or individuals who have made an > outstanding or innovative contribution to conservation, promotion and > understanding of cultural heritage in the community * > > http://awards.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/WAH2014/entry_details.asp?ID=12706&Category_ID=5838 > > Locally this is a fantastic opportunity to engage with other organisation > and further expand the WikiTown projects. None of this would have been > possible without Monmouthpedia, Wikimedia UK, Wikimedia Australia, > Wikimania and the WMF. > > My thanks to all of you, if anyone would like help in developing your own > WikiTown please feel free to contact me. > > > -- > > GN. > Vice President Wikimedia Australia > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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