Meeting:Public (2011-11-02)
Meeting start: 5PM AEDT on IRC channel #wikimedia-au
Reports
Committee minutes
The committee meeting minutes have been published at Meeting:Committee (2011-11-20)
Public Officer
The public officer of Wikimedia Australia has changed from Brian Salter-Duke to Anne Frazer.
Brian has been our public officer since the establishment of the organisation in 2008. The organisation accepts Brian's desire to vacate this position and thanks Brian for his dedicated service over the years.
Discussion
Election Report
Election_Report_-_2011-2012_WMAU_Committee_Nominations_and_Voting
AdaCamp Melbourne
WMAu is sponsoring AdaCamp in Melbourne.
http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/events/adacamp-mel-2012/
http://adainitiative.org/2011/10/ada-initiative-to-hold-first-adacamp-in-melbourne-australia/
Ada are interested in having an IRC chat with the Australian Wiki Community soon, but were unable to make it to this public meeting.
Ada has their regular public IRC meeting on Thu, December 8, 11:30pm. There meeting goes for an hour.
We could schedule another WMAU IRC meeting during December for Ada Initiative to attend.
Or we could invite Ada Initiative to our January public meeting.
Membership fees, cont., WUGs
Last month we discussed reducing the membership fees. The committee has also been looking into how to support the growth of local groups who wish to become more organised and build their local community.
Project manager for 2012
Our budget includes a project manager for the first half of 2012 to improve communications and capacity, which is one of our Core strategy items.
Australian Paralympic Committee
An update on the Australian Paralympic Committee program.
Next meeting
At the next meeting we will be discussing the small grants program and associated reports from grant recipients.
Any other items to be put on the next agenda?