Sorry for not able to reply these series of emails earlier. I was out of reach for 2 days
with Ministry of the Environment to catch some fish in Perry Sound and Huntsville. The
experience was great, we caught various kinds of trophy fish like Lake Trout, Northern
Pike, Smallmouth Bass and other species with our gill-nets. In Ontario, don't try
using gill-nets when you fish, cause we got permit to take as many fish we need even if
the size of the fish is too small and the law forces you to catch & release, because
we need to take them to do contamination analysis. Having a small sample size won't
help with getting accurate results.
Anyhow, back to topic, I think the first step should be first establishing local chapters,
then work our way up to national chapter.
Andrew
"Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:47:46 -0400
From: fastalan(a)gmail.com
To: wikimedia-ca(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] Hello?
My point is that you need to find a group of people who are able to meet in person to work
in support of the common goal, whatever it may be.
2008/9/24 Kevin T <ktsquare(a)gmail.com
So the long term goal would be moving towards keeping members of WM-CA together than
deciding distinctively city vs national?
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Alan Walker <fastalan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We made a great deal of progress in our goal of establishing a Wikimedia Canada. However,
I must now agree with our Australian counterparts that it is quite difficult to complete
the goal without local face to face meetings. We had conducted voice meetings on
Teamspeak which were more helpful than IRC, but the lack of real life contact I think cost
us our momentum. In respect to City vs national, I think establishing any in person
meeting would be a lot better for the cause. I wouldn't trouble myself too much with
city vs national, but how one can find at least 6 people who are willing to meet in person
on a regular basis to get it done.
2008/9/24 <mikelifeguard(a)fastmail.fm
Sue actually foreshadowed this development
in an interview she gave at Wikimania: "We also know that, for example in
the United States, there is no United States chapter – there can't
be, it's too big of a country. Arguably there won't be a Canadian chapter
either, for the same reason, right? Because to the extent that chapters are
about bringing people together and nurturing community face-to-face, they just
can't - Vancouver and Toronto just aren't gonna get together, you
know, for meetings and things." And I can agree with that sentiment. Part
of my reluctance to get involved is that there's basically zero chance of
me travelling to be involved in this. Unfortunately, regional chapters don't
help me either as there's nobody nearby, AFAIK. However for the
organization as a whole, it is worth pursuing regional or city chapters, I
think.
Mike
From: Padraic Ryan
[mailto:padraic.j.ryan@gmail.com]
Sent: September 23, 2008 10:10 PM
To: Wikimedia
Canada planning list
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada]
Hello?
On that note, I'll just
chip in that I think city-based chapters would be a lot better for Canada, given
the distances involved. I'd be interested in putting together Wikimedia
Toronto.
P
2008/9/23 wayne
<cpa(a)sympatico.ca
At 04:09 PM 9/23/2008,
you wrote:
I read this message on IRC just now, seems like a valid
question. :-)
<yannf> hello
<yannf> what's the situation with WM-ca?
I advertized to start a London Ontario Chapter or a discussion group
and got no responses in this town. I will try again though
Wayne Ray
http://wayneray.ca
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