Meeting:2008 AGM

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The first Annual General Meeting (2008-2009) of Wikimedia Australia, Inc.® was held on Sunday 11th January 2009.

For all voting information, please see voting via memberdb.

Date, Time and Location

The meeting was held on Sunday 11th January 2009. There was a total of three groups on the conference call, these were Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Other members from different locations participated via IRC.

The meeting commenced at (please refer to your local capital city):

• /Melbourne - 13:00 Local time (AEDST)
• /Sydney - 13:00 Local time (AEDST)
• Canberra - 13:00 Local time (AEDST)
• Adelaide - 12:30 Local time (ACDT)
• /Brisbane - 12:00 Local time (AEST)
• Darwin - 11:30 Local time (ACST)
• Perth - 11:00 Local time (AWDT)

Conference call details

The conference call for the link between the three groups was done using Skype, other members used IRC (see below).

Participating via IRC

• The AGM will be held at #wikimedia-au-agm. Please see IRC for more information if you have not used it before.
• If you wish to "attend" via IRC, you must email secretarywikimedia.org.au with your intended IRC nick before the meeting, from the email address that you registered as a member with.
• You must be "at the keyboard" for the duration of the meeting to be considered as present.
• You are recommended to register your nick, but this is not required.
• You may not vote via IRC. Please vote now at http://membership.wikimedia.org.au/ , see voting via memberdb for details how.

Agenda

1. Apologies, attendance (connect with returning officers in each locale)
2. Thanks

   JamesR for his wiki work

   Computerbank for providing a venue

   Nathan Carter for his work with memberdb for the election

3. To confirm the minutes of the incorporation meeting
4. To receive the committee reports
   1. Treasurer (in accordance with section 30(3) of the Act)
   2. Secretary
5. To elect officers of the Association and the ordinary members of the committee
   1. President
   2. Vice President
   3. Treasurer
   4. Secretary
   5. Ordinary Members (2)
6. Wiki conference in Canberra in 2009

Election

Nominations

If you would like to submit a nomination, please email the Secretary at secretarywikimedia.org.au.

The table shown below is ordered by position.

Position	Nominee	Nominated by	Statement
President	Brianna Laugher	John Vandenberg, Liam Wyatt	statement
Vice President	Liam Wyatt	Angela Beesley, Tim Starling	statement
Vice President	Gideon Digby	Sarah Ewart, Andrew Owens	statement
Treasurer	Brian Salter-Duke	John Vandenberg, Sarah Ewart	statement
Secretary	Sarah Ewart	Nathan Carter, Brianna Laugher	statement
Ordinary Member	John Vandenberg	Brian Salter-Duke, Sarah Ewart	statement
Ordinary Member	Nathan Carter	Sarah Ewart, Brianna Laugher	statement
Ordinary Member	Andrew Owens	Sarah Ewart, Gideon Digby	statement

Minutes

You can view the meeting minutes here.