[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 registration and scholarship application to begin on January 1st!

2011-01-01 Thread Delphine Ménard
Hi all, Although it's already almost late for me to be wishing you a happy new year ;-), I do so with the best possible wishes. Forwarding the fact that Wikimania has already opened registration and scholarships applications. Hope to meet as many of you as possible in Haifa this year. Best, Del

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] open wiki editing for WMAU?

2010-11-19 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:43 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: > The committee has talked a lot about allowing non-members to edit the > wiki, and I would love a good proposal, but the one that > privatemusings put up was an empty proposal. > > Non members can explain here why they want to be able to ed

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bidding for Wikimania 2012

2009-11-26 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 22:42, Brian Salter-Duke wrote: > On the matter of chapter support, I have no doubt that the chapter will > support a bid at some point and I do not think we should go ahead unless > the chapter does support it. That however is for the future. I have some > sympathy for St

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bidding for Wikimania 2012

2009-11-26 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 21:51, Virtual Steve wrote: > In relation to the bid itself, whilst I can understand action to get bids in > early, suggesting support (real or tacit) by the chapter for the current > early bid will make us look disjointed, if we as a chapter agree later to > support a bid

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Bidding for Wikimania 2012

2009-11-26 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:57, Craig Franklin wrote: > Angela, > > Have you got any official support from the chapter for this bid?  Having > been the bid leader for the last time an Australian city took a tilt at > this, I'd say that it's necessary to have committed support from the chapter > to

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Overseas donation

2009-02-06 Thread Delphine Ménard
If I may, I would advise caution. Brianna and I experienced the highest fees ever for overseas bank transfer to Australia. I would advise your friend, Peter, to check with their bank to see what the fees are for such a transfer, as the donation might well dissolve into bank fees. Otherwise I would

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimedia Australia now open for membership

2008-11-13 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:50, Liam Wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is great! I've signed up and am awaiting approval from the > secretary :-P > > Can I suggest that we put somewhere prominently the: > - Price(s) of membership I don't understand what a $20/year concession is? Could you cl