[Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Andrew
Fellow members and supporters, A key priority for 2009-10 has to be building the chapter and make it successful. Before being elected to my present role, I heard lots of people saying they felt this chapter was overly Sydney- and Melbourne-focussed not just in activity but in priorities. There wa

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Craig Franklin
rew Sent: Sunday, 13 December 2009 7:41 PM To: Wikimedia-au Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things Fellow members and supporters, A key priority for 2009-10 has to be building the chapter and make it successful. Before being elected to my present role,

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:41:25 +0800 Andrew wrote: > Fellow members and supporters, > > A key priority for 2009-10 has to be building the chapter and make it > successful. > Using the figures from the secretary's report at the AGM, in regional > terms our numbers were stable, here in WA we went f

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Sarah Ewart
> > > Fellow members and supporters, > > > > A key priority for 2009-10 has to be building the chapter and make it > > successful. > > > Using the figures from the secretary's report at the AGM, in regional > > terms our numbers were stable, here in WA we went from 5 to 3 members > > (I am in fact

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:16:10 +1100 Sarah Ewart wrote: > > > > > Fellow members and supporters, > > > > > > A key priority for 2009-10 has to be building the chapter and > > > make it successful. > > > > > Using the figures from the secretary's report at the AGM, in > > > regional terms our number

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Sarah Ewart
> everyone (particularly those of us in Queensland) to get aboard and start > brainstorming. > > > > Cheers, > > Craig F. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikim

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Liam Wyatt
closing, I think Andrew’s idea is an excellent one, and I’d encourage >> everyone (particularly those of us in Queensland) to get aboard and start >> brainstorming. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Craig F. >> >> >> >> >> &g

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Andrew
Hi, Before I reply, I'll note that I actually agree with Sarah here re Melbourne - it's also evidenced by Victoria's membership following the national trend rather than NSW/ACT's. 2009/12/13 Liam Wyatt > So, if there is a concern that the chapter is focusing too much on Sydney > (and/or Melbour

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Nick Jenkins
> Would this be a good way to empower more local activities around the > country? What if there was a "national meetup day" for Australia, when we got a banner displayed on the Wikimedia sites for any Australian IP addresses, that told people about their nearest meetup? And then we'd have a meetup

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Sarah Ewart
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Andrew wrote: > Hi, > > Before I reply, I'll note that I actually agree with Sarah here re > Melbourne - it's also evidenced by Victoria's membership following the > national trend rather than NSW/ACT's. > In fact, melbourne's situation may actually be even worse

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Stephen Bain
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Andrew wrote: > > This assumes that meetups will fix the perception problem. I don't think it > will - they're good for social purposes but not much else. ... > I work in education and I know that allowing people to own their successes > increases their willingness

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-13 Thread Andrew
2009/12/14 Stephen Bain > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Andrew wrote: > > > > This assumes that meetups will fix the perception problem. I don't think > it > > will - they're good for social purposes but not much else. > ... > > I work in education and I know that allowing people to own their

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-14 Thread Craig Franklin
r 2009 11:43 PM To: Wikimedia-au Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things In fact, I don't even think that Sydney should be lumped in with Sydney when talking about chapter activity in the last year :-) IIRC the only "official Chaper events&qu

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-21 Thread Nathan Carter
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Stephen Bain wrote: > But who is out there, and what sort of successes would they like to > own? And what methods would be better than meetups for establishing a > core of regular participants? > While meetups do fall under our Statement of Purpose (i.e. "organise

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Membership, regional participation and other things

2009-12-21 Thread Nathan Carter
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Craig Franklin wrote: > having GLAM-WIKI in Canberra rather than in Sydney or Melbourne was a good > move and defused > any possible Sydney/Melbourne/Regional rivalry; it seems that we all see > Canberra as “neutral ground” in that respect! > The reason that Canb