Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising

[private musings]

Hi all,

It's probably worth contacting both CPA and CA australia to see if they
could hook us up with a volunteer suitably skilled to do the job - I take it
we don't really have any idea how much money might come in from joining the
fundraising drive, but 20K for the year is probably a good target anyways,
so it would be nice to have someone on board who can happily do the job :-)

Let me know if you'd like me to make a call or two (or indeed if such calls
have already been made!) - I would hope there's someone out there who would
be willing to help out? (it's another good way to get another member too, of
course! ;-)

Further - re : Sarah's and your note about financial members etc. (I know,
I'm one of the tardy ones!) - could we confirm how many financial members we
have for this AGM? - just for the curious! :-)

cheers,

Peter,
PM.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Brianna Laugher
brianna.laug...@gmail.comwrote:

 A quick word.

 We are currently looking at seeking fundraising approval in each
 state. OurCommunity has useful links to the law in each state -
 http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/management/view_help_sheet.do?articleid=50

 It feels very ridiculous that we need to seek this approval on a state
 by state basis, when we are doing purely online fundraising, but
 that's the law for you...slow to catch up in this instance.

 Each state has different requirements.

 In particular for NSW we need to write down who our auditor will be.
 The auditor has to audit us within 6 months of the end of the FY and
 submit it to the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing. The auditor
 should be
 1) a Registered Company Auditor, or
 2) a member of an accounting body (CPA Australia/Institute of
 Chartered Accountants), or
 3) a person with a formal accounting qualification.

 If the income is less than 20k, we can use an auditor without formal
 qualifications, but then we have to get their approval for that, so
 obviously just having someone who fits into one of the above
 categories makes it all easier.

 So if you are such a person, or know such a person who might be happy
 to be our auditor, please get in contact! Email me or another
 committee member offlist.

 And if you have familiarity with applying for this approval in other
 states, we would also love your help (especially Queensland, also
 Victoria).

 thanks,
 Brianna


 2009/11/1 Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com:
  Hello,
 
  The fundraiser and our taking part in it, or not, has been the main
  matter of discussion within the committee for the past few weeks. And
  it is still under discussion... If we do take part, it is likely to be
  with a late start (ie the fundraiser is due to start early November,
  and run for around two months, but maybe our involvement would only
  begin in December).
 
  It would be a good help if we could locate a volunteer bookkeeper,
  especially in Melbourne. Likewise, a CiviCRM expert (user). So if
  anyone knows or is such a person, it would be great if they could make
  themselves known :)
 
  Sorry for the radio silence of late... I have some communiques I am
  due to put together and send to this list ASAP... so hopefully
  sometime over the Cup weekend.
 
  cheers
  Brianna
 
 
  2009/10/30 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com:
  just a quick second on the offer to help - I think it's really quite
  important that we as a chapter are able to join the fundraising process
 -
  p'raps it's all underway, and we're all signed up but the list isn't up
 to
  date. If so, hopefully someone in the know can update, and if not, it'd
 be
  great to make this a pretty high priority :-)
 
  cheers,
 
  Peter,
  PM.
 
  On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Angela bees...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Wikimedia's fundraising campaign is starting next month. Six chapters
  are on the list to take part in that and will receive some of the
  funding that comes in from relevant countries. Is there any reason
  Wikimedia Australia is not on the list? Is help needed with anything
  to get the chapter ready for the fundraising drive so that it can take
  part?
 
  Angela
 
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Re: [Wikimediaau-l] The A E Bert Roberts photograph collection

[Sarah Ewart]

Well done on this, Craig. You seem to have been doing a great job with GLAM
contacts in Queensland and hopefully others will be inspired and  follow
your lead and find ways to work with their local GLAM institutions. It's
really very important that members take an active role with this kind of
work.

Cheers,
Sarah


On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Craig Franklin cr...@halo-17.net wrote:

  Hi All,



 I’m pleased to announce that based on some contacts that I made at the
 GLAM-WIKI conference back in August, and some onsite work that the Brisbane
 Wikimedia community has been doing at the Queensland Museum (QM), the Museum
 has commenced uploading digitized images from their “A E (Bert) Roberts”
 photograph collection to Commons.  Bert Roberts was a coachbuilder from
 Ipswich in the early 1900s , but also enjoyed photography and took
 photographs of a wide variety of subjects, chiefly scenes of everyday life
 in Queensland from the time.  While not famous for his photography during
 his lifetime, after his death his collection of images came to be recognised
 as providing a unique view into the society of the time.  His photographs
 are the subject of a Queensland Museum exhibition, which chiefly resides at
 their Toowoomba campus (the Cobb  Co Museum), but which presently has
 travelled to Ipswich for a limited time.



 So far, 21 images have been uploaded to Commons, but there are over a
 thousand glass plate negatives in total that the Museum has.  You can see
 what’s been uploaded so far here:




 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:A_E_%22Bert%22_Roberts_plate_glass_photo_collection



 My request to all of you, basically, is to:



 · Categorise, enhance, and basically edit the file pages as much
 as possible.

 · Look for appropriate pages on Wikipedia and other places where
 this content can be used, and use it.

 · Spread the word that GLAM institutions are seeing the benefits
 of making their collections available through Commons and other free media
 repositories!

 · Watch out and make sure the pages aren’t vandalised, and any
 problems that crop up are dealt with quickly so that QM can concentrate on
 providing us with free content, and not learning arcane points of Wiki-law.



 Many of the original plate glass negatives held by the museum have not been
 digitised yet, but if there is anyone who would be interested in
 volunteering some of their time to learn how to do, and then actually **do
 ** the digitisation, there may be an opportunity to get in and do that.
 If you’re interested (and preferably have some “serious” photography
 experience), let me know and I’ll pass your details on.



 It’s my hope that this will be but the first of many successful
 collaborations between WMAU people and GLAM institutions throughout the
 country.  I already have a couple of other collaborations cooking away here
 in Queensland that will hopefully result in a win not only for the WM
 projects, but also open access to cultural and heritage material in
 general.



 If anyone has any questions regarding these particular images, please feel
 free to ask me!



 Cheers,

 Craig Franklin

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Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fundraising

[Brianna Laugher]

2009/11/10 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com:
 Hi all,

 It's probably worth contacting both CPA and CA australia to see if they
 could hook us up with a volunteer suitably skilled to do the job - I take it
 we don't really have any idea how much money might come in from joining the
 fundraising drive, but 20K for the year is probably a good target anyways,
 so it would be nice to have someone on board who can happily do the job :-)

 Let me know if you'd like me to make a call or two (or indeed if such calls
 have already been made!) - I would hope there's someone out there who would
 be willing to help out? (it's another good way to get another member too, of
 course! ;-)

I replied offlist re this...

 Further - re : Sarah's and your note about financial members etc. (I know,
 I'm one of the tardy ones!) - could we confirm how many financial members we
 have for this AGM? - just for the curious! :-)

I believe it's in the order of 30-40 at the moment.

Brianna

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