[Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia chapter report, November 2008

[Brianna Laugher]

Available on meta at
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-11>

Wikimedia Australia chapter report

Edition 2, November 2008

By Brianna Laugher, interim Secretary (blaugher at wikimedia dot org dot au)

    * 1 Introduction
    * 2 News in brief
    * 3 Meetups
          o 3.1 Past
          o 3.2 Upcoming
    * 4 Other events
          o 4.1 Past
          o 4.2 Upcoming
    * 5 Committee meeting minutes
    * 6 On the lists

==Introduction==
Another busy month for WMAU. Last month we promised a website,
membership and an AGM. We managed to get two our of three and a few
other odds and sods besides. Hot topics of discussion have been
working with educators and museums.

==News in brief==
* An education mailing list was launched.
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/education_lists.wikimedia.org.au>
* Our official website was launched. Editing is limited to account
holders (which is limited to members).
** <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia>
** <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Accounts>
* We are now open for members! As of 2008-21-15 we have 31 paid
members and 10 would-be members awaiting approval or receipt of
payment.
** http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Membership
* Wikimedia Australia received two donations (almost certainly as a
result of the WMF fundraiser). As a result we started a page
explaining how to donate and thanking donors.
** <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Donate>
** <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Thank_you>
* Wikimedia Australia is developing a joint publication with Creative
Commons Australia, to be launched at the Free as in Freedom LCA
miniconf.
** Announcement & discussion:
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001915.html>
** <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Participatory_Culture_Primer>
* The AGM is planned for Sunday 10th January 2009 but it has not been
formally announced yet.

==Meetups==
===Past===
* Melbourne, 5 November "Wiki Wednesday" coinciding with LUV talk [no
report, see below]
* Sydney, 12 November "Wiki Wednesday",
** report by Liam:
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001850.html>
* Perth, 29 November [no report]

===Upcoming===
* Sydney, 18 December:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#December_18th_2008>
* Everywhere :) 10 January: AGM (planned)

==Other events==
===Past===
* Melbourne, 5 November, LUV meeting: "Hacking MediaWiki (For Users)"
talk, by Brianna.
** Video: <http://brianna.modernthings.org/article/173/hacking-mediawiki-for-users-video>
* Melbourne, 24 November, Victoria IT Teachers Association (VITTA)
conference: "Wikipedia in schools: An unexplored potential" workshop
by Brianna.
** Report: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001960.html>
* Sydney, 28 November, English Teachers Association conference: Liam
gave a workshop about using Wikipedia in the classroom.
** Report: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001977.html>
** Slides: <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_teachers_primer_to_wikipedia.pdf>

===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 meeting minutes==
* 2008-11-02 <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001780.html>
* 2008-11-09 <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001830.html>
* 2008-11-16 <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001912.html>
* 2008-11-23 <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002100.html>

==On the lists==
Full archive: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/thread.html>

* Adopting a language project
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001776.html>
* Wikipedia Loves Art! Photo contest at the Powerhouse Museum
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001815.html>
* Working on a WMAU brochure
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001828.html>
* Corporate sponsorship/membership
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001830.html>
* Legal restrictions on taking photographs in Australian Commonwealth
reserve areas
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001840.html>
* WMAU activities and direction
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001932.html>