Board

Revision as of 12:42, 23 November 2013

Wikimedia Australia is run by a committee that is elected each year at the Annual General Meeting. The committee comprises four office-bearers and four "ordinary" members.

The current committee was elected on 23 November 2012 at the 2013–14 AGM.

President

Steven Zhang is from Melbourne and has been editing Wikimedia projects for nearly six years. On wiki, most of his activities include dispute resolution and mediation, including improving processes and helping out at the dispute resolution noticeboard, which he created. He has previously worked for the Wikimedia Foundation as a research fellow, and volunteers on the Wikimedia Grantmaking Advisory and Individual Engagement Grant committees.

Vice-President

Gideon Digby

Secretary

Andrew Owens

Treasurer

Ordinary members

Charles Gregory has been editing the English Wikipedia since 2002, particularly focused on articles linked to his home state of Tasmania. He is involved in Wikimedia Hobart events, including meetups and outreach/training work. He is the chapter's representative on the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council, and also handles the chapter's social media channels.

Pru Mitchell

Robert Myers

Michael Billington

Contact

You can write to the committee at committeewikimedia.org.au.

Any committee member can be individually contacted at firstname.lastnamewikimedia.org.au (e.g. for Jane Doe, email jane.doewikimedia.org.au).

History of the committee

Period	President	Vice President	Secretary	Treasurer	Ordinary Members
Since 23 November 2013	Steven Zhang	Gideon Digby	Andrew Owens	vacant	Robert Myers, Pru Mitchell, Charles Gregory, Michael Billington
Since 18 July 2013	Craig Franklin	Kerry Raymond	Graham Pearce	John Vandenberg	Steven Zhang, Charles Gregory (observer)
Since 17 March 2013	Craig Franklin	vacant	Graham Pearce	John Vandenberg	Kerry Raymond, Steven Zhang, Charles Gregory (observer)
25 November 2012 - 17 March 2013	John Vandenberg	Graham Pearce	Charles Gregory	Craig Franklin	Kerry Raymond, Steven Zhang
23 October 2012 – 25 November 2012	John Vandenberg	Laura Hale	Charles Gregory	Craig Franklin	Graham Pearce
9 October 2011 – 23 October 2012	John Vandenberg	Laura Hale	Anne Frazer	Craig Franklin	Charles Gregory, Graham Pearce
16 April 2011 – 9 October 2011	John Vandenberg	Adam Jenkins	Anne Frazer	Craig Franklin	Andrew Owens, Charles Gregory
9 September 2010 – 16 April 2011	John Vandenberg	Adam Jenkins	Sarah Ewart	Craig Franklin	Andrew Owens, Charles Gregory
26 May – 19 September 2010	Steve Peters	Liam Wyatt	Sarah Ewart	Brian Salter-Duke	Andrew Owens
9–26 May 2010	Steve Peters	Liam Wyatt	Sarah Ewart	Steve Peters	Andrew Owens, Brian Salter-Duke
29 November 2009 – 8 May 2010	Brianna Laugher	Liam Wyatt	Sarah Ewart	Steve Peters	Andrew Owens, Brian Salter-Duke
11 January – 29 November 2009	Brianna Laugher	Liam Wyatt	Sarah Ewart	Brian Salter-Duke	Nathan Carter, John Vandenberg
Interim (20 May 2008 – 11 January 2009)	Stephen Bain, Daniel Bryant, Nathan Carter, Sarah Ewart, Charles Gregory, Brianna Laugher, John Vandenberg

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-[[File:cfranklin.jpg|thumb|140px|[[user:Lankiveil|Craig Franklin]], President]]
+[[File:Steven Zhang 2013.jpg|thumb|140px|Steven Zhang, President]]
-[[File:Graham in front of mosque cropped.jpg|thumb|140px|Graham Pearce, Secretary]][[File:John Vandenberg 2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[user:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]], Treasurer]][[File:KerryRaymond.jpg|thumb|140px|Kerry Raymond, Vice-President]][[File:Steven Zhang 2012.jpg|thumb|140px|Steven Zhang, ordinary member]]
-Wikimedia Australia is run by a committee that is elected each year at the [[AGM|Annual General Meeting]]. The committee comprises four office-bearers and two "ordinary" members.
+Wikimedia Australia is run by a committee that is elected each year at the [[AGM|Annual General Meeting]]. The committee comprises four office-bearers and four "ordinary" members.
-The current committee was elected on 25 November 2012 at the [[Meeting:2012 AGM|2012–13 AGM]].
+The current committee was elected on 23 November 2012 at the [[Meeting:2013 AGM|2013–14 AGM]].
 ;President
-[[User:Lankiveil|Craig Franklin]] works as a business analyst, focusing on statutory financial reporting, cost accounting, and business intelligence.  He holds a Bachelor's degree from the Queensland University of Technology and is studying for a Master's degree in library science and knowledge management. He has been involved in Wikimedia since 2004, creating dozens of new articles, especially on Australian history, political figures, and cricketers.
+[[User:Steven Zhang|Steven Zhang]] is from Melbourne and has been editing Wikimedia projects for nearly six years. On wiki, most of his activities include dispute resolution and mediation, including improving processes and helping out at the dispute resolution noticeboard, which he created. He has previously worked for the Wikimedia Foundation as a research fellow, and volunteers on the Wikimedia Grantmaking Advisory and Individual Engagement Grant committees.
+;Vice-President
+Gideon Digby
 ;Secretary
-[[User:Graham87|Graham Pearce]] is from Perth. He is interested in (mostly classical) music, number theory, and the history and geography of Western Australia. He uses the screenreader [[w:JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]] with a speech synthesiser to access the Internet. His contributions to the English Wikipedia – where he is an administrator – include copy-editing, article cleanups, and more substantial edits.
+Andrew Owens
 ;Treasurer
-[[user:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]] manages data analysis and strategy in the Research Services Directorate at the [[w:University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]]. He has a graduate diploma from the Queensland University of Technology, and has worked as a network and software engineer as well as lecturing in IT at TAFE and private colleges.  He has been involved in Wikipedia since 2006, serving on the [[w:Arbitration Committee (English Wikipedia)|English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee]] of 2009 and 2011, and been involved in Wikisource since 2007.
-;Vice-President
+;Ordinary members
-[[User:Kerry Raymond|Kerry Raymond]] is a retired Professor of Computer Science at Queensland University of Technology, where her main duties were in research management. She is a graduate member of the Australian Institute for Company Directors. Kerry's skills include those relating to governance, strategy, finance, and establishing and running large collaborative projects.
+[[User:Chuq|Charles Gregory]] has been editing the English Wikipedia since 2002, particularly focused on articles linked to his home state of Tasmania. He is involved in Wikimedia Hobart events, including meetups and outreach/training work.  He is the chapter's representative on the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council, and also handles the chapter's social media channels.
+Pru Mitchell
-;Ordinary members
+Robert Myers
-[[User:Steven Zhang|Steven Zhang]] is from Melbourne and has been editing Wikipedia since 2008.  Most of his activities include dispute resolution and mediation, including improving processes and helping out at the dispute resolution noticeboard, which he created.  He is also an organiser of our regular Melbourne meetups.
-;Observers
+Michael Billington
-[[User:Chuq|Charles Gregory]] has been editing the English Wikipedia since 2002, particularly focused on articles linked to his home state of Tasmania. He is involved in Wikimedia Hobart events, including meetups and outreach/training work.  He is the chapter's representative on the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council, and also handles the chapter's social media channels.
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+|Since 23 November 2013
+|Steven Zhang
+|Gideon Digby
+|Andrew Owens
+|''vacant''
+|Robert Myers, Pru Mitchell, Charles Gregory, Michael Billington
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 ==See also==
-* [[Public officer]]
 * [[Meetings]]
 * [[Resolutions]]