Hi John
I have notice all your good work on the issues
I think that's your joint work, and would be good for me, as I am rather in
a position supporting regional development
But I think the consideration of the Hong Kong board is rather local
how their voice will be heard in the new board is most important
consideration
I am not sure about WMHK board had already ruled out Criag
(I repeat, I cannot speak for the board, and just reflecting their opinion
in acceptable way)
but the problem is if the one who can ask the HK board to support Criag is
only himself (as I estimates)
As I understands HK board is feeling ignored and
being heavily persuade by the Indonesians to support somebody sounds
unreachable to them.
That's why they tend to turn to sb tend to more europeans, becoz at least
they know them talk with them
If Criag dun like to show up on this list, I think the only way is probably
he could write a letter to all Asian Boards to
show his firm support on Asian developments
otherwise I can only see no chance we can reach anything but Europeans
btw Patricio is never on the list of support from HK board as I know
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:39 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jerry,
I have been on this list for years. It's been pretty quiet here.
Craig hasnt joined this list now because he does not want to be part
of discussions about himself and other candidates.
I can only speak about what the Wikimedia Australia board has been
doing with Asia over the last few years. Before 2010, we had no money
and no capacity.
After Fundraiser 2010, we had money. The board, including Craig,
agrees we have to use it to build local and regional engagement. We
struggled in the first year because one board member wanted all money
to go to Australia only, because our Statement of Purpose says
Australia only.
http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Statement_of_Purpose
The rest of us argue that Australia is only a core activity, but our
scope is broader.
For Berlin 2010, Wikimedia Australia funded two international
attendees, however WMDE refused to let us fund them directly. They
wanted all money to go to Berlin, and they would book flights. We
wanted to ensure these international attendees were from an Asian
chapter, but we were not allowed to publish a resolution to say this.
So we sent money to Berlin. ;-(
For RecentChangesCamp 2011, WMAU provided travel sponsorship for
Chriswaterguy, Wikipedian & co-founder of Appropedia, to come from
Singapore to Australia. Chris has since become a member of WMAU, and
is now a moderator on this list. We selected him to be the
'Australian' moderator because he spends most of his time in Asian, so
he has language and cultural experience the rest of us Australians do
not have.
WMAU brought Siska to the Meta 2011 conference. Siska also came over
for two Wiki meetups last November.
For RecentChangesCamp 2012, WMAU provided travel sponsorship for
Crisco 1492, to come from Indonesia, and user:Sonia to come from New
Zealand. WMAU is very keen to help a NZ chapter start. We were
considering a sponsorship for Taweetham (WM Thailand) but then we find
out he is already here in Australia for other reasons.
https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Canberra/RCC2012…
We wanted to sponsor applicants Arvin Ello or Tanvir Rahman, however
they were waiting for WMF grant first, but they were rejected, so by
the time we looked to sponsor them, their visas wouldnt be approved in
time .
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Arvin_Ello/RecentChangesCamp2012
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Wikitanvir/RecentChangesCamp_2012
So we sponsored Danny B.
At our AGM in October 2011, the WMAU members, including Craig,
approved a conference in Indonesia.
http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:2012_Languages_conference
That program could not proceed as written due to the fundraiser
changes, but it is only on hold.
Before 2010 we were a local organisation, struggling with no money.
Since 2010 Craig has been the treasurer approving money for networking
with our Asian neighbours. We are only starting to reach out, and
building capacity (lots of hard work ;-( ) and we've focused on our
immediate neighbours, which is practical.
However if you have been to Australia you will surely know that
Australia is as much Asian culture as it is European.
We want to see more conferences, especially in SE Asia. We hope Asia
wins the Wikimania bid, so we can send lots of people to it.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan
<yuyu(a)wikimedia.hk> wrote:
Well I think Criag owe you a big cup of tea or
coffee, Kartika
But talking about reachability, may be I am a bit ahead to get involved
of
rest of you
I dun think the board is unreachable, or course I dun think they will
speak
for us all the time
but compare between Alice/Patricio & Criag
the Australian seems more unreachable to me, so why I suggested the
others
when the HK board member had consulted my views
and eventually they have picked somebody else at this stage.
I think the awkward thing is you guys from Indonesian & Australian
chapter
saying that your nominees care about us and
reachable
but the rest of us (at least HK) did feel that at all
where atre they at first place?
did they really try to talk to us?
THEY ARE NOT EVEN ON THIS LIST!
or send us a single e-mail call for support
so are we frankly begging them represent us?
as they are not even put support us on their agenda!
so I dun think group decision will work AT ALL at this moment
unless the candidates (who WMID nominates) willing to change their
patronizing attitudes (sorry, that's my real impression, sorry if this
offend anyone)
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Kartika Sari Henry
<kartika.sari.henry(a)wikimedia.or.id> wrote:
>
> +1
>
>> I'm still inclined to do this regionally, even if we only agree on one
>> candidate, for example. If we want to even think of ourselves as
being a
>> viable grouping of Asian chapters, we
need to go beyond this national
mode
>> of thinking and start looking at things
from a broader perspective.
>
>
> Based on the Asian Chapters views, I guessed Alice or Patricio are not
our
> preferences. I doubt that neither of them is
interested in what happened
> internationally or particularly in Asia. We refuse to support them since
> they main interest might be only for Europe/Latin America. Moreover, we
> already have European on the Board, and looks like they are going to
agree
> on each other despite of who to support them
before (namely Asian). The
> chapters list discussion clearly indicates the supporter want to stop
the
> discussing process because they will win a
landslide vote.
>
> If WMID could vote on one name, we will go for Craig. At least we have a
> closer Board of Trustees around for smaller Asian Chapters. We are
happy to
> keep reminding him how he got the position
and what he promised. Only
random
> thought, but having Australian/Asian as a
representative will be
> advantageous since it's easier for he/she to help Asian potential and
meet
> them face to face. Or, Asian (or potential)
chapters representative
could
> come to Australia instead for face to face
meeting. That's more visible
for
> us rather than sending someone to Europe or
America. Personally, I feel
that
> our current European/American boards are
'unreachable', we need a more
> reliable and closer board.
>
> We could argue about this, but I don't think it's even worth our time.
We
> know in fact that some non-Asian,
non-Australian Chapters are willing to
> support Craig. It's likely Craig will secure a seat in Board of
Trustees
if
> we agree to support him.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kartika
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:34 PM, jamesjoshualim(a)yahoo.com
> <jamesjoshualim(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm still inclined to do this regionally, even if we only agree on one
>> candidate, for example. If we want to even think of ourselves as
being a
>> viable grouping of Asian chapters, we
need to go beyond this national
mode
>> of thinking and start looking at things
from a broader perspective.
>>
>> As it is, even people in the region think the idea of Wikimedia Asia is
>> but that: an idea. We should at least try to prove them wrong.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> Sent from my HTC
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Deryck Chan" <deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk>
>> To: "Asian Wikimedia Chapters coordination"
>> <wikimedia-asia-chapters(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Chapter selected board seat
>> Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 1:26 pm
>>
>>
>> On 8 April 2012 23:01, Siska Doviana <siska.doviana(a)wikimedia.or.id>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk>
>>> wrote:
>>> > The main difference between us and Iberocoop is that culturally
we're
>>> > a much
>>> > more diverse bunch then them, therefore within the Wikimedia sphere
>>> > our
>>> > interests are less aligned with each other than they.
>>>
>>> I completely agree, that's why I suggested to go as individual
>>> chapters as another option.
>>>
>>> > With neither Craig nor Theo putting representing and developing
Asian
>>> > Wikimedian communities as their
main agendum (correct me if I'm
>>> > wrong),
>>> > coordinated voting between Asian chapters is probably not in the
best
>>> > interests of individual chapters
among us.
>>>
>>> But then again what the point of having this list if we keep
>>> separating each other? For fun? * it might work too IMHO *
>>
>>
>> We all know that - to help us talk to each other, and investigate the
>> possibility of cooperating. If we decide to join up, great. But even
if
we
>> decide to go separate ways, it's good
that we've talked to each other
and
have come to that conclusion.
>
>
> So? One (HK) say we have to go individually for the chapter's best
> interest, another (India) said we should do this regionally, how about
> others?
>
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