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[[File:John Vandenberg 2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[user:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]], President]][[File:cfranklin.jpg|thumb|140px|[[user:Lankiveil|Craig Franklin]], Treasurer]][[File:Graham_Pearce.jpg|thumb|140px|Graham Pearce, committee member]]Wikimedia Australia is run by a committee that is elected each year at the [[AGM]]. The committee comprises four office-bearers and two ordinary members.
[[File:John Vandenberg 2.jpg|thumb|140px|[[user:John Vandenberg|John Vandenberg]], President]][[File:cfranklin.jpg|thumb|140px|[[user:Lankiveil|Craig Franklin]], Treasurer]][[File:Graham in front of mosque cropped.jpg|thumb|140px|Graham Pearce, committee member]]Wikimedia Australia is run by a committee that is elected each year at the [[AGM]]. The committee comprises four office-bearers and two ordinary members.


The current committee was elected on 9 October 2011 at the [[Meeting:2011 AGM|Annual General Meeting of 2011–12]].
The current committee was elected on 9 October 2011 at the [[Meeting:2011 AGM|Annual General Meeting of 2011–12]].

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John Vandenberg, President
Craig Franklin, Treasurer
Graham Pearce, committee member

Wikimedia Australia is run by a committee that is elected each year at the AGM. The committee comprises four office-bearers and two ordinary members.

The current committee was elected on 9 October 2011 at the Annual General Meeting of 2011–12.

President

John Vandenberg works in an administrative capacity in the Research Services Directorate at the 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.

Before becoming involved in Wikimedia, John was an open-source developer, providing improvements to projects such as Mozilla, Open Office, Bugzilla, and Apache Portable Runtime. In 2006 he shifted focus from open source to open content, becoming an administrator on the English Wikipedia and Wikisource projects in 2007. In 2008 and 2009 he served on the interim and inaugural Wikimedia Australia committee, and served as Arbitrator on the English Wikipedia, 2009–11.

Vice president

Laura Hale

Treasurer

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.

Secretary

Anne Frazer, who also serves as public officer.

Ordinary members

Charles Gregory is from Hobart, and has been editing the English Wikipedia since 2002. He was an early Australian administrators on the, appointed in September 2004. He works at the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard on Wikipedia and has made contributions in map development and the history of Tasmania.

Graham Pearce is from Perth. He is interested in music – mostly classical – number theory, and the history and geography of Western Australia. He uses the screenreader 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.


Contact

You can write to the committee at committee-at-wikimedia.org.au.

Any committee member can be individually contacted at flastname-at-wikimedia.org.au (e.g. for Jane Doe, email jdoe-at-wikimedia.org.au).

History of the committee

Period President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Ordinary Members
Since 9 October 2011 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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