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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Dear all,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>At the recent Sydney meetup one thing that was
discussed was the possibility of beginning a regular wiki-wednesday meeting at
some official venue whereby the chapter could create a "presence" in the city's
cultural scene and host discussion and networking with likeminded individuals
and organisations. </span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>One of the venues raised as a goal was Customs House.
Now, I happen to work at the Sydney Town Hall and am in the same office as the
people who make approvals for community hiring of these venues. So, today I
asked the relevant person (see forwarded email below) about this possibility.
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>This is definitely possible but it does require some
proper paperwork. Attached is a copy of the "reduced rates" application form as
well as guidelines. Also linked in the email below are the various venues
available. The one we were talking about is the "Barnet long room" on the first
floor of customs house. You can see it in the first link - "business venues".
Snazzy!</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>The thing that was emphasised to me was that we would
need to make a case for how this event caters to a *demonstrable* community and benefits the greater community of the City of Sydney. This would be especially
good if we can show interest from a wide range of sectors - non-profit,
education, government, commercial. If we can't show appeal to a diverse audience
then we have greatly reduced chances. Furthermore, we would need to show that we
have looked in to private sponsorship/support for the events. For example, if we
were to invite IBM to the events (as they do use wikis in their internal
projects) then that would show a good range of interested stakeholders but it
would also raise the question of asking them to support the event. I presume we
would need to charge an entry fee of some sorts and therefore we also have to
show some form of a business case and costings. </span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>As you can see in the email below the process takes
several weeks once the forms are filled out which themselves require some
effort. So, this will not happen next month if we want to do this. Perhaps it is
too soon to be thinking along these lines but I pass the information on
nevertheless. I of course have no 'sway' in the matter here. I can submit the
application by hand but it is by no means my 'department' to sign for this (just
to make that clear). </span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>So, if anyone wants to take this up and start putting
something together I am more than happy to assist. Furthermore, Kate (who's email
is below) is happy to be contacted if we need assistance. I would love to see
this get off the ground but it would require a fair amount of work and forward
planning if we were to make it a regular gig. I believe user:PrivateMusings
sort-of volunteered to look into this, so.... Over to you!</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Best, </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Georgia" size="2"><strong><em>Liam
Wyatt a.k.a. [[Witty Lama]]<br></em></strong></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Multimedia
Coordinator</strong></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Dictionary of
Sydney</strong></font></div>
<div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></strong> </div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">(02) 9265 9828</font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">GPO Box 1591, Sydney NSW,
2001</font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.dictionaryofsydney.org</a></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:william.wyatt@dictionaryofsydney.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">william.wyatt@dictionaryofsydney.org</a></font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Kate Murray <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 18
August 2008 1:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> William Wyatt<br><b>Subject:</b> Reduced Rates
Application From<br></font><br></div>
<div></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi
Liam,</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">As discussed, see
attached the Reduced Rates Application Form.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Process
is:</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Check availability
& book venue (with venue management), all specs/contact details on
website:</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">- Major Venues <a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Business/VenuesForHire/Default.asp" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Business/VenuesForHire/Default.asp</a></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">- Community Venues
<a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community/CommunityVenues/Default.asp" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community/CommunityVenues/Default.asp</a></font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Complete and return
the form to me (will take several weeks to process), I make a recommendation
which goes through our Director then onto the CEO for approval, and you are
notified by mail.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Best,</font></span></div>
<div> </div>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Kate Murray</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Cultural Development
Manager</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">City Of
Sydney</font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Tel: 02 9265 9480</font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Mob: 0404 884 830</font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font size="2">www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au</font></a></span></p>
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