Available on meta at <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-12> Wikimedia Australia chapter report Edition 3, December 2008 By Brianna Laugher, interim Secretary (blaugher at wikimedia dot org dot au) Contents * 1 Introduction * 2 Meetups o 2.1 Past o 2.2 Upcoming * 3 Other events o 3.1 Past o 3.2 Upcoming * 4 Committee meetings * 5 Press * 6 On the lists ==Introduction== December has been a relatively slow month as people are busy with holiday plans. Hopefully the Christmas and New Year holidays provide everyone with a refreshing break, as well as an opportunity for reflection and brainstorming for the coming year. 2009 will be Wikimedia Australia's first full year of existence and like a toddler, we are learning and growing in leaps and bounds. We wish all our members a happy and successful 2009 and hope that they will help us make the same come true for Wikimedia Australia. ==Meetups== ===Past=== * Sydney, December 18 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#December_18th_2008>. No report. ===Upcoming=== * Everywhere, January 11: AGM. <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM> ==Other events== ===Past=== * IRC meeting, December 7. Meeting with some ctte, members and potential members. ** Minutes <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002019.html> ** Log <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-12-07_meeting/IRC_Log> ===Upcoming=== * Hobart, 20 January 2009: "Free as in Freedom" miniconf as part of linux.conf.au, organised by Brianna. <http://linux.conf.au/schedule/121/view_miniconf> One of the speakers is Liam. Also, Angela is a keynote at the main conference. ==Committee meetings== * 2008-12-13 Informal, no minutes * 2008-12-17 <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002119.html> Next meeting will be 2009-01-04, a week before the AGM. ==Press== * ''The Age'', 2008-12-08. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/wikipedia-added-to-child-pornogra… Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist] by Asher Moses, regarding the IWF in the UK blocking Wikipedia based on the ''Virgin Killer'' article. ==On the lists== Full archive: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/thread.html> * Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/001996.html> * 200 Good Articles drive (Australia wikiproject on Wikipedia) ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002025.html> * Wikipedia and schools - discussion on censorship, sexual content, Australian version of the Wikipedia for Schools selection? ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002041.html> ** <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection> ** <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cartman02au/Syllabus_Article_Matching> * Poster sales - discussion of the "WikiPosters" project implemented in the French Wikipedia ** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002114.html>