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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Liam and List,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a fantastic post which I unfortunately
don't have time to reply to all right now, but I would like to make one point:
we should take pains to hold workshops and do stuff outside of just Sydney and
Melbourne. Capacity-building workshops should also be held in Adelaide,
Perth and Brisbane <EM>at a minimum</EM>, if we want this to be a national
organisation and not just Wikimedia Sydney+Melbourne. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really think we'd have the interest to make such
a thing viable, especially since Adelaide and Brisbane both got decent turnout
for the incorporation meetings, while only one Sydneysider made the effort to
turn out (from memory, please correct me if I'm wrong here). The interest
is obviously there, and we should do our best to harness it rather than
concentrating only on a couple of geographic areas.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Craig</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>-------------------<BR>Craig Franklin<BR>PO Box 1093<BR>Toombul, Q,
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- Australia's Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture.</DIV>
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<A title=liamwyatt@gmail.com href="mailto:liamwyatt@gmail.com">Liam Wyatt</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
href="mailto:wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia-au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [personal] Re: [Wikimediaau-l]
Wikimania 2010 bid idea: joint-bid with iSummit?</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree that it is indeed strange that taipei and buenos aires are
considered more accessible destinations than australia. The
"over-representation" is the same thing that happens in elite sport (e.g.
Olympics) where we always punch above our weight. I think we should think of
this as a positive and see the quotes that I pulled as positive rather than
negative. We are a special case and that is a good thing! People take notice
of us and this bodes well for how much WM-AU can achieve. Remember that the
only two times the Olympics have come to the Southern Hemisphere have been to
Australia!</DIV>
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<DIV>So, moving to practical matters:</DIV>
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<DIV>part 1 - </DIV>
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<DIV>Well, if we do indeed decide to do a national event of some sorts I think
there are two directions we could take it: Internal or External. </DIV>
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<DIV>1) Internal - a.k.a "Capacity Building"</DIV>
<DIV>This would be focused on the existing wiki community with other related
groups (e.g. Linux Australia or OLPC Australia). The idea would be to improve
the technical expertise of Australian Wikimedians both on-wiki (with workshops
on media-wiki, illustration, copyright etc.) and off-wiki (with workshops on
fundraising, the australian non-profit space etc.) and some things that cross
over both (such as dealing with the Australian OTRS queue). The added value of
being able to meet and share experiences in the real world can also not be
underestimated. </DIV>
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<DIV>2) External - a.k.a. "Outreach"</DIV>
<DIV>This would be a different focus - one which looked at expanding our
'presence' in the australian scene. It would be about explaining to people who
are not wikimedians about who we are and what we are here for. This would be
to educate several key groups: the media, academics, single interest groups,
cultural institutions. The media often mis-represents us but is also very
interested in working with us because of how we make their research job so
much easier. Academics also have a love/hate relationship with wikimedia [this
is my particular area of interest]. Single interest groups - i'm thinking of
people such as the world-class amateur astronomy Australia produces - need to
be introduced to how sharing their passion through our projects can be
achieved. Finally, cultural institutions such as museums, libraries and
galleries are aware of our common aim of public education but don't know how
to tie-in to what we do. </DIV>
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<DIV>Both of these types of events would be difficult to achieve but also very
valuable to the chapter (and the projects as a whole). But I think we would
need to be clear about the purpose of the event as these two purposes cross
over somewhat at Wikimania - we should start with one at a time. </DIV>
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<DIV>End of part 1 - please comment on this dichotomy. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Part 2 -</DIV>
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<DIV>As for how we might do this, it is currently my opinion (although I'm
willing to have this opinion changed :-) that we should start with the former
- working on as small a budget as possible - and then proceed to the latter
which should be done with sponsorship and try to look snazzy. This greatly
resembles Brianna's "three tier" approach of going local>national>global
but this is more internal(national)>external(national)>global.
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<DIV>I propose that we try to hold two sessions of the first type (capacity
building) - one in Melbourne and one in Sydney. Perhaps one of these could
even be at the same time as the AGM. My hope would be that people offer to
share their spare sofas/foldout beds and return the favour in the other
direction. This would greatly cut down on the cost
of accommodation (I'm still working on how to cut down on the cost
of travel...). Along the lines of a bar-camp everyone would be encouraged to
participate not just sit and watch. We don't have to all present or lead a
session but we should all be engaged in growing our own skills and knowledge
and sharing the knowledge that we do have to others. This would be a highly
practical event that I imagine would go for 2 days 3 nights. </DIV>
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<DIV>The second of the events would be held in an attempt to show ourselves to
Australia. This would require an impressive venue and go for a day. We would
invite people from the aforementioned areas of interest and run it like a mini
conference. There would hopefully be sessions specifically tailored to each
group (media, academic etc.). If we hadn't already launched an official
presence by then (e.g. a Blog and website) then this would be the time. This
would require sponsorship and proper planning. </DIV>
<DIV>Perhaps these different groups require such a different approach that
they should be dealt with at different times, different events
etc. </DIV>
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<DIV>I wrote to Cary Bass (volunteer coordinator on the foundation
staff in San Fran.) today on Skype and asked him about that discussion on the
IRC chat that was posted here regarding board/staff visiting us in Australia.
He said that yes indeed they would come - but we would have to provide
airfares. So, the more we raise and allocate to that, the more people who
would come from overseas. So, apart from actually developing our
skills, experience and public awareness this would be the other factor in
getting wikimania - having the foundation come to visit!</DIV>
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<DIV>end of part 2. please comment on this practical application
proposal. </DIV>
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<DIV>All in all, I think I've written too much today! Sorry for being so
verbose. </DIV>
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<DIV>Best, </DIV>
<DIV>-Liam Wyatt</DIV>
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