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The Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Australia is run by a volunteer committee of four office-bearers and four ordinary members.
The Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Australia is run by a volunteer committee of four office-bearers and four ordinary members.


==Committee==
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===President===
| page_1 = Strategic Plan | desc_1 = 2022–2025
[[File:Alex Lum.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Alex Lum]]
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[[User:Canley|Alex Lum]] is originally from Hobart, Tasmania, and is currently living in Melbourne working in the higher education sector. He has been an editor on Wikipedia since 2005, an administrator on the English Wikipedia since 2008, and is a prolific contributor to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap.
== Committee 2022 ==


Email: alex.lum{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
'''President - Amanda Lawrence''' is a research fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne and has also worked as a librarian and project manager in the public policy and GLAM sectors. She is interested in furthering the open research and knowledge commons movements as well as contributing to Wikipedia content editing and community engagement. Email: amanda.lawrence{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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===Vice-President===
'''Vice-President - Dr Bunty Avieson''' is a researcher at University of Sydney. She is also a member of the Wikipedia Affiliations Committee (AffCom), Women Write Wiki and WikiProject Bhutan. Email: bunty.avieson{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
Role currently vacant.
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'''Secretary - Alex Lum''' is originally from Hobart, Tasmania, and is currently living in Melbourne working in the higher education sector. He has been an editor on Wikipedia since 2005, an administrator on the English Wikipedia since 2008, and is a prolific contributor to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Email: alex.lum{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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'''Treasurer - Pru Mitchell''' is based in Melbourne and works in the education and GLAM sectors, and is interested in furthering the objectives of Wikimedia in those areas. Email: pru.mitchell{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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===Secretary===
'''Ordinary Member - Tom Hogarth''' is a former Secretary of the WMAU, and lives in Perth, Western Australia on the Swan Coastal Plain. He is at times preoccupied by [[WikiClubWest]], as well as components of the longer time frame of involvement in the [[meta:User:JarrahTree|wikipedia experience]]. Email: tom.hogarth{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
[[File:Steven Crossin 2019.jpg|thumb|150px|Steven Crossin]]
[[User:Steven Crossin|Steven Crossin]] is from Melbourne and has been editing Wikimedia projects for over ten 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.
 
He has previously been on the committee from since 2012 (with a break for most of 2017) to and served as its President for the 2013-2015 period.
 
Email: steven.crossin{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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===Treasurer===
'''Ordinary Member - Jeremy Ludlow'''
[[File:WMAU gnangarra-209.jpg|thumb|150px|Pru Mitchell]]
[[User:Pru.mitchell|Pru Mitchell]] is based in Melbourne and works in the education and GLAM sectors, and is interested in furthering the objectives of Wikimedia in those areas.


Email: pru.mitchell{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
'''Ordinary Member - Peter Neish''' is based in Melbourne and has worked in data support roles within the government and higher education sectors. He is interested in making data and information more open, accessible, and interoperable.  
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===Ordianry Members===
'''Ordinary Member - Kelly Tall'''
[[File:Amanda Lawrence profile photo.jpg|150px|thumb|Amanda Lawrence]]
[[User:AmandaSLawrence|Amanda Lawrence]] is a Melbourne-based researcher, librarian and project manager in the public policy and GLAM sectors. She is interested in furthering the open research and knowledge commons movements as well as contributing to Wikipedia content editing and community engagement.


Email: amanda.lawrence{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
[[Committee|Past committees can be seen here.]]
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[[File:Jacinta Sutton.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Jacinta Sutton]]
== Executive Officer ==
Email: jacinta.sutton{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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[[File:Sam Wilson.jpg|thumb|150px|Sam Wilson]]
Caddie Brain (she/her) is Wikimedia Australia's inaugural Executive Officer. Her wiki journey began in 2016 when she formed [[Wikiclub NT]], an editing club in the Northern Territory that facilitated the doubling of pages about the region in just two years. More recently she coordinated the [[Know My Name]] partnership with the National Gallery of Australia before becoming Wikimedia Australia's first staff member in 2021. With a background in community technology and communications, she has produced countless hours of radio, exhibitions, augmented reality audio tours, machine learning prototypes and emoji sets. Her work has earned numerous awards including recognition at the Webby Awards and Prix Ars Electronica. She recently completed a Master in Applied Cybernetics.
[[User:Samwilson|Sam Wilson]] lives in Fremantle, Western Australia and works as a Software Engineer for the Wikimedia Foundation. In his spare time he does things on [[wikisource:Main Page|Wikisource]], and takes part in any [[meta:WikiClubWest|WikiClubWest]] activities.
 
Email: sam.wilson{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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Tom is a former Secretary of the WMAU, and lives in Perth, Western Australia on the Swan Coastal Plain.
He is at times preoccupied by [[meta:WikiClubWest|WikiClubWest]], as well as components of
the longer time frame of involvement in the [[meta:User:JarrahTree|wikipedia experience]].
 
Email: tom.hogarth{{@}}wikimedia.org.au
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== Communications and Project Coordinator ==
James Gaunt (he/him) is Wikimedia Australia's Communications and Project Coordinator. He became [[What I learnt interning with Wikimedia Australia|Wikimedia Australia's first intern]] in 2021 where he developed [[The Record: Australian Music On Wikipedia]], a partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts which saw 50 new pages added to Wikipedia relating to Australian music by editors at four events. Currently he is completing a [[New Wikimedian in Residence explores Australian music content|Wikimedian In Residence program with the Australian Performing Arts Collection in Melbourne]], using their archives to improve references on Wikipedia and train their staff on Wikimedia projects. His background is in libraries, journalism, and research, with a particular interest in music.


== Policies ==
* [[Rules|Association Rules]]
* [[Communications Strategy]]
* [[Conflict of Interest Policy]]
* [[Indigenous Knowledge Sharing|Indigenous Knowledge Policy]]
* [[Media Policy]]
* [[Privacy Policy]]
* [[Safe Space Policy]]
* [[Scholarships Policy]]
* [[Travel Policy]]


==Contact==
== Contact ==
You can write to the committee at ''{{nospam|committee|wikimedia.org.au}}''.
You can write to the committee at: {{nospam|committee|wikimedia.org.au}}.

Revision as of 01:54, 16 August 2022

The Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Australia is run by a volunteer committee of four office-bearers and four ordinary members.

Committee 2022

President - Amanda Lawrence is a research fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne and has also worked as a librarian and project manager in the public policy and GLAM sectors. She is interested in furthering the open research and knowledge commons movements as well as contributing to Wikipedia content editing and community engagement. Email: amanda.lawrence-at-wikimedia.org.au

Vice-President - Dr Bunty Avieson is a researcher at University of Sydney. She is also a member of the Wikipedia Affiliations Committee (AffCom), Women Write Wiki and WikiProject Bhutan. Email: bunty.avieson-at-wikimedia.org.au

Secretary - Alex Lum is originally from Hobart, Tasmania, and is currently living in Melbourne working in the higher education sector. He has been an editor on Wikipedia since 2005, an administrator on the English Wikipedia since 2008, and is a prolific contributor to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Email: alex.lum-at-wikimedia.org.au

Treasurer - Pru Mitchell is based in Melbourne and works in the education and GLAM sectors, and is interested in furthering the objectives of Wikimedia in those areas. Email: pru.mitchell-at-wikimedia.org.au

Ordinary Member - Tom Hogarth is a former Secretary of the WMAU, and lives in Perth, Western Australia on the Swan Coastal Plain. He is at times preoccupied by WikiClubWest, as well as components of the longer time frame of involvement in the wikipedia experience. Email: tom.hogarth-at-wikimedia.org.au

Ordinary Member - Jeremy Ludlow

Ordinary Member - Peter Neish is based in Melbourne and has worked in data support roles within the government and higher education sectors. He is interested in making data and information more open, accessible, and interoperable.

Ordinary Member - Kelly Tall

Past committees can be seen here.

Executive Officer

Caddie Brain (she/her) is Wikimedia Australia's inaugural Executive Officer. Her wiki journey began in 2016 when she formed Wikiclub NT, an editing club in the Northern Territory that facilitated the doubling of pages about the region in just two years. More recently she coordinated the Know My Name partnership with the National Gallery of Australia before becoming Wikimedia Australia's first staff member in 2021. With a background in community technology and communications, she has produced countless hours of radio, exhibitions, augmented reality audio tours, machine learning prototypes and emoji sets. Her work has earned numerous awards including recognition at the Webby Awards and Prix Ars Electronica. She recently completed a Master in Applied Cybernetics.

Communications and Project Coordinator

James Gaunt (he/him) is Wikimedia Australia's Communications and Project Coordinator. He became Wikimedia Australia's first intern in 2021 where he developed The Record: Australian Music On Wikipedia, a partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts which saw 50 new pages added to Wikipedia relating to Australian music by editors at four events. Currently he is completing a Wikimedian In Residence program with the Australian Performing Arts Collection in Melbourne, using their archives to improve references on Wikipedia and train their staff on Wikimedia projects. His background is in libraries, journalism, and research, with a particular interest in music.

Policies

Contact

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

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