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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our IRC meeting dragged out to two and a half
hours, for anyone who wants to read over what was said, I have posted the IRC
log here:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-12-07_meeting/IRC_Log">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-12-07_meeting/IRC_Log</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(note that I was about ten minutes late, if anyone
has the stuff that happened before I arrived, please add it to the top of the
log)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basically, and strictly unofficially, the topics
that were covered were:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>MEMBERSHIPS:</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have had 39 people apply for membership so far,
roughly ten of whom are yet to pay their dues. Most members have paid the
full amount, only a small number have taken advantage of the concession
membership.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U></U></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP:</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was established that there was no provision
currently for corporate membership, and not for corporate sponsorship. It
was agreed that developing a policy concerning sponsorship (as opposed to
membership) was probably something we should get to quickly, but that discussion
on that should take place on the mailing list or at a later date.
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>UPDATE ON WEBSITE:</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was confirmed that all members of the chapter
should have editing rights on the chapter wiki. Accounts seem to be
manually moderated (?). You can apply at the following URL: <A
href="http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Accounts">http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Accounts</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>MEMBERS LIST POLICY:</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There were some concerns about the contents of the
members list being available. It was established that it is required by
law for this list to be available, however in order to see the list, you would
have to actually apply in person to the secretary. It is not possible to
get a digital copy of the members list. It was agreed that the chance of
the information being leaked was minimal, and it was commented on that anyone
concerned about the potential for the information to be misused is not being
forced to join the chapter. It was agreed that as most WM-au events
are/will be open to all anyway, this should not stop people concerned about
their privacy from working with the chapter and helping out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>AGM:</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fourteen days notice is required for the AGM.
It was agreed that getting it done before Christmas was unrealistic, January 11
was thrown about as a date that everyone seemed to agree to. It was agreed
that this date would need to be approved by the committee before being
"official", and that the discussion we had was not in any way
binding.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was discussion about what voting system to
use for the ctte positions, whether it should be anonymous voting or open
voting, and how it should be conducted. It was suggested that it should be
done through the memberdb system, with the results of that election to be
confirmed by a vote at the AGM itself, but nothing solid was agreed upon.
Various discussions ensued on what the best locations in various cities would
be, and the best way to run the meeting (I think it was more or less agreed that
the way we did last time, with a party line/conference call and small meetings
at each city, was the way to go).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>CC BOOKLET:</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></U> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>There was discussion on the CC booklet (see
Brianna's recent email thread to this list entitled "</FONT><FONT
size=2>Announcement - publication with CCau"). Various titles were
discussed, although we couldn't come up with something great. Editors who
want to work on this project are encouraged to visit <A
href="http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Participatory_Culture_Primer">http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Participatory_Culture_Primer</A> and
indicate which sections they'd be interested in writing, or if they do not yet
have an account there, contact Brianna to express an interest in whatever page/s
they want to do.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><U>ABS STATISTICS:</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a brief discussion about the recent
decision by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to release "a majority" of their
material under a CC licence. We had a discussion about how this could be
used to improve our own coverage of subjects, and how we could use this decision
to help persuade other government entities to similarly release material under
an open licence. See <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Australian_stats.2C_soon_to_be_CC">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Australian_stats.2C_soon_to_be_CC</A> ,
for those who do not know what I am talking about.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>EDUCATION VISITS:</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After a long discussion, a general approach of
having one person appointed in each state/region to approach the relevant
education department to explain what WM-au is, what we do, and that we are happy
to offer talks or whatever to teachers, was agreed upon. A lengthy
discussion about the legal requirements in each state for working with
children, as well as the difference between each state education department,
ensued. It was more or less agreed by consensus that we should concentrate
our attention upon educating teachers, rather than teaching students
directly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>MINI-WIKI-CONF:</FONT></U></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We talked about holding a small mini-Wiki
conference. Those present seemed to agree that rotating it around multiple
cities (rather than holding it in Sydney/Melbourne) every year was a good idea,
Canberra was suggested as a good place to have the first such event, due to its
central location, availability of venues, and dedicated editor community.
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-------</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've probably missed or skipped something here (I
reinforce that these are UNOFFICIAL observations on what happened), so if I've
mischaracterised by mistake anything that was said, please feel free to correct
me.</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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