Decisions
A decision is any notable agreement reached by the Board (formerly the Committee) during a meeting. They differ from Resolutions in that the latter are larger-scoped more declarative statements of WMAU purpose.
Decisions are documented within meeting minutes by use of the {{decision}} template.
| Date | Decision | Outcome | Moved and seconded | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-15 | That the minutes of the 18 March 2025 meeting be accepted | approved | Peter, Shravan | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | |
| 2025-04-15 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Peter, Jeremy | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | |
| 2025-04-15 | approved | Kassi, Emily | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | ||
| 2025-04-15 | Hold as vacant positions for the time being unless a distinct candidate is available. | approved | Jeremy, Emily | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | |
| 2025-04-15 | approved | Jeremy, Kassi | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | ||
| 2025-04-15 | approved | Elliott, Kassi | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | ||
| 2025-04-15 | That the WMAU Board approves the ICIP and IDSov Protocol project with Terri Janke and Company. Include in discussions with Terri Janke and Company ways to 'future-proof' and where applicable consider other wiki-projects. The WMAU Board supports adjustments of our triennial WMAU grant funding application to include the costs of the ICIP and IDSov Protocol project from Terri Janke and Company, as well as additional specific funding for WMAU to support and provide adequate services to facilitate the ICIP and IDSov Protocol project. . | approved | Elliott, Shravan | Meeting:Board (2025-04-15) | |
| 2025-03-18 | That the minutes of the 18 February 2025 meeting be accepted | Meeting:Board (2025-03-18) | |||
| 2025-03-18 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Peter, Emily | Meeting:Board (2025-03-18) | |
| 2025-03-18 | deferred for now. Board members will have until 1 April 2025 to provide feedback and comments. | deferred | Elliott, Emily | Meeting:Board (2025-03-18) | |
| 2025-03-18 | That the WMAU Board approves the Strategic Planning documents and accompanying Budget and supports an application to the WMF for triennial grant funding. . | approved | Elliott, Peter | Meeting:Board (2025-03-18) | |
| 2025-02-18 | That the minutes of the 16 December 2024 meeting be accepted | Meeting:Board (2025-02-18) | |||
| 2025-02-18 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Peter, Elliott | Meeting:Board (2025-02-18) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That the minutes of the 21 October 2024 meeting be accepted | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |||
| 2024-12-16 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Peter, Elliott | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That the Wikimedia Australia Board renews the WMAU Safe Space Policy for one year with no changes to its current content or provisions. | approved | Elliott, Bunty | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That the Wikimedia Australia Board supports the funding for the development of a WikiCommons course by James Gaunt, to be hosted on Wiki. Learn LMS platform. | approved | Jeremy, Elliott | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves the motion to offer branded domain name email addresses to members. | approved | Elliott, Kassi | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves the motion to formalise the policy and decision-making rubric. | approved | Bunty, Shravan | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves the motion in principle, in accordance with the points raised. | approved | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | ||
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves funding up to $7,000 to cover flights, transit, accommodation, per diem payments for Belinda Spry and Elliott Bledsoe to attend RightsCon in-person in Taipei, Taiwan from Monday 24 to Thursday 27 February 2025. | approved | Bunty, Peter | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves funding up to 1,000 for grief support services if needed/requested by any member of staff, the Board or our community. | approved | Elliott, Bunty | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves funding up to $2,200 to cover flights, accommodation, per diem payments for Belinda Spry and Elliott Bledsoe to attend the Parliamentary Friends of GLAM event and the GLAM Peak meeting in Canberra from Tuesday 26 to Wednesday 27 November 2024. | approved | Tom, Peter | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-12-16 | That WMAU Board approves the motion, in accordance with the points raised below. | approved | Shravan, Peter | Meeting:Board (2024-12-16) | |
| 2024-10-21 | That the minutes of the 26 August 2024 meeting be accepted | approved | Bunty, Peter | Meeting:Board 2024-10-21 | |
| 2024-10-21 | That the two members are accepted. Seek further information from one of the potential members. | approved | Elliott, Shravan | Meeting:Board 2024-10-21 | |
| 2024-10-21 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Peter, Bunty | Meeting:Board 2024-10-21 | |
| 2024-10-21 | That the changes to the banking signatories and financial roles are accepted and approved. | approved | Peter, Tom | Meeting:Board 2024-10-21 | |
| 2024-10-21 | That WMAU Board approves grant funding to each of the three Partner Projects listed, providing each with $10,000 and not exceeding total grant expenditure of $30,000. | approved | Bunty, Peter | Meeting:Board 2024-10-21 | |
| 2024-10-21 | That the WMAU Board approves the proposal to facilitate an edit-a-thon at the ABC-ANZFORS conference on 1 December 2024, with a budget of $1000 to cover travel, accommodation and per diem costs for one WMAU staff member | approved | Jeremy, Elliott | Meeting:Board 2024-10-21 | |
| 2024-08-26 | That the minutes of the 22 July 2024 meeting be accepted. | approved | Amanda, Peter | Meeting:Board (2024-08-26) | |
| 2024-08-26 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Peter, Tom | Meeting:Board (2024-08-26) | |
| 2024-08-26 | That the 2023-24 financial statements give an accurate view of the association’s financial affairs. | approved | Peter, Tom | Meeting:Board (2024-08-26) | |
| 2024-08-26 | That the WMAU Board ... | approved | Amanda, Elliott | Meeting:Board (2024-08-26) | |
| 2024-08-26 | That WMAU Board approves the funding of one staff member for travel, accommodation and incidentals to Melbourne for the events listed. | approved | Bunty, Tom | Meeting:Board (2024-08-26) | |
| 2024-08-26 | That WMAU Board approves the funding of staff travel, accommodation and incidentals to Sydney for the events listed. | approved | Bunty, Tom | Meeting:Board (2024-08-26) | |
| 2024-07-22 | That the minutes of the Monday 17 June 2024 meeting be accepted | passed | Amanda Lawrence, Emily Mierisch | Meeting:Board (2024-07-22) | |
| 2024-07-22 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | passed | Peter Neish, Tom Hogarth | Meeting:Board (2024-07-22) | |
| 2024-07-22 | That Wikimedia Australia run the Partner projects grant program for 2024-2025. | passed | Amanda Lawrence, Elliott Bledsoe | Meeting:Board (2024-07-22) | |
| 2024-07-22 | That WMAU supports the renewal of the Freopedia project with Freotopia content, accepts custodianship and hosts the Freotopia content for up to three years, with annual review while investigating long-term management of the site and content. | approved by email | Kelly Tall, Bunty Avieson | Meeting:Board (2024-07-22) | |
| 2024-06-17 | That the minutes of the Monday 20 May 2024 meeting be accepted | passed | Jeremy Ludlow, Kelly Tall | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | |
| 2024-06-17 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | passed | Peter Neish, Jeremy Ludlow | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | |
| 2024-06-17 | That WMAU have selected a Craig Franklin Awardee who will be presented at the 2024 AGM. | passed | Peter, Jeremy | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | |
| 2024-06-17 | That WMAU fund the extension of the ECNT Partner Project to the amount of $5000. | approved | Kelly Tall, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | |
| 2024-06-17 | That WMAU endorse and fund the WikiCon Australia 2024 in Adelaide with Ibis Hotel as the selected venue for the conference and preferred accommodation option. | approved | Kelly Tall, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | |
| 2024-06-17 | That WMAU allocate $4,000 for three Scholarships, and $4000 for a WMAU staff member to attend Wikimania Poland 2024. Additionally $3000 is allocated for one person to attend RightsCon in Taiwan in February 2025. | approved | Kelly Tall, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | Peter abstained |
| 2024-06-17 | That the above outlined process is followed by WMAU | approved | Elliott Bledsoe, Tom Hogarth | Meeting:Committee (2024-06-17) | |
| 2024-05-20 | That the minutes of the Monday 15 April 2024 meeting be accepted | approved | Bunty Avieson, Jeremy Ludlow | Meeting:Committee (2024-05-20) | |
| 2024-05-20 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted | approved | Peter Neish, Kelly Tall | Meeting:Committee (2024-05-20) | |
| 2024-05-20 | That WMAU allocate $3,300 for three Scholarships to Wikimania Poland 2024. | Passed | Elliott Bledsoe, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-05-20) | Peter, Tom, Jeremy abstained |
| 2024-05-20 | WMAU endorse the creation of a six month trial Red Bubble account to set-up an online shop for WMAU merchandise. | passed | Elliott Bledsoe, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-05-20) | |
| 2024-04-15 | That the minutes of the 18 March 2024 meeting be accepted | moved | Tom, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2024-04-15) | |
| 2024-04-15 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | moved | Peter, Jeremy | Meeting:Committee (2024-04-15) | |
| 2024-03-18 | That the minutes of the Monday 15 January 2024 meeting be accepted | approved | Bunty Avieson, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-03-18) | |
| 2024-03-18 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted | approved | Peter Neish, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2024-03-18) | |
| 2024-03-18 | That WMAU endorse the proposed Year 3 Budget and it’s submission to WMF for approval | approved | Bunty Avieson, Elliott Bledsoe | Meeting:Committee (2024-03-18) | |
| 2024-03-18 | To increase the hours the Events and Program Coordinator role | approved | Tom Hogarth, Bunty Avieson | Meeting:Committee (2024-03-18) | |
| 2024-03-18 | WMAU to endorse complimentary membership for WMAU staff members | approved | Tom Hogarth, Elliott Bledsoe | Meeting:Committee (2024-03-18) | |
| 2024-02-19 | That the minutes of the Monday 15 January 2024 meeting be accepted | approved | Amanda, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2024-02-19) | |
| 2024-02-19 | That the minutes of the Monday 15 January 2024 meeting be accepted | approved | Kelly, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2024-02-19) | |
| 2024-02-19 | That WMAU approves the establishment of a high interest bank account for earning interest. | approved | Amanda, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2024-02-19) | Abstained: Kelly |
| 2024-01-15 | That the minutes of the Monday 11 December 2023 meeting be accepted | approved | Amanda, Jeremy | Meeting:Committee (2024-01-15) | |
| 2024-01-15 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted | approved | Peter, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2024-01-15) | |
| 2024-01-15 | That Belinda Spry and Alice Woods are the WMAU affiliate nominations for ESEAP Conference 2024. | approved | Amanda, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2024-01-15) | |
| 2024-01-15 | That WMAU allocate up to $10,000 for Wikimania scholarships. | approved | Amanda, Jeremy | Meeting:Committee (2024-01-15) | |
| 2024-01-15 | That WMAU support and endorse the Agreement with NGA. | approved | Amanda, Elliott | Meeting:Committee (2024-01-15) | |
| 2023-12-11 | That the minutes of the Monday 23 October 2023 meeting be accepted | approved | Amanda, Peter | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-12-11 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | the Treasurer's report is accepted | Peter, Emily | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-12-11 | that WMAU Office closes over Christmas/New Year break with any working days during this period provided as additional leave for all staff. Also that this becomes standard policy every year. | Approved | Amanda, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-12-11 | Motion that WMAU approve the funding of the Networking Pod and supporting resources at ALIA National Conference 6-9 May 2024. Also approve the additional cost for additional person to support (if deemed necessary). | Approved | Elliot, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-12-11 | Motion that WMAU take out pro-rata membership with ACSA for remainder of this financial year, but also discuss establishing a long term partnership (possibly an MOU). | Approved | Elliot, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-12-11 | That the Communications strategy and crisis communications plan be approved subject to further edits. | Approved | Jeremy, Peter | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-12-11 | to proceed with AIATSIS Core Cultural Learning 12 month licence for 10-12 people. | Approved | Amanda, Kelly | Meeting:Committee (2023-12-11) | |
| 2023-10-23 | That the minutes of the Monday 18 September 2023 meeting be accepted | approved | Amanda, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | |
| 2023-10-23 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | passed | Peter, Emily | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | |
| 2023-10-23 | The WMAU Board approves the above described banking arrangements. | passed | Peter, Tom | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | |
| 2023-10-23 | That Wikimedia Australia run a Partner projects grant program for 2023-2024. | passed | Amanda, Emily | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | |
| 2023-10-23 | Approved | Elliott, Emily | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | ||
| 2023-10-23 | That WMAU Board supports the inclusion of WMAU on the Donor Thank You page for donors based in Australia, during December 2023. | passed | Amanda, Elliott | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | |
| 2023-10-23 | That WMAU Board support James Gaunt's application for the WMF Rapid grant, and provide $2000 funding. | passed | Bunty, Amanda | Meeting:Committee (2023-10-23) | |
| 2023-09-18 | That the minutes of the Monday 4 September 2023 meeting be accepted. | approved | Amanda, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2023-09-18) | |
| 2023-09-18 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | Approved | xx, xx | Meeting:Committee (2023-09-18) | |
| 2023-09-18 | That the budget for the Community Conference & Strategic planning meeting be accepted | Approved | Amanda, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2023-09-18) | |
| 2023-09-04 | That the minutes of the Monday 17 July 2023 meeting be accepted. | approved | Tom Hogarth, Bunty Avieson | Meeting:Committee (2023-09-04) | |
| 2023-09-04 | That the changes to the banking signatories and financial roles are accepted and approved. | passed | Tom Hogarth, Bunty Avieson | Meeting:Committee (2023-09-04) | |
| 2023-09-04 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | Approved | Peter Neish, Amanda Lawrence | Meeting:Committee (2023-09-04) | |
| 2023-07-14 | That the minutes of the Monday 19 June 2023 meeting be accepted. | approved | Alex Lum, Tom Hogarth | Meeting:Committee (2023-07-17) | |
| 2023-07-14 | That Alex Lum is the WMAU representative to Wikidata Taiwan 2023 supported by a WMF grant. | approved by email | Amanda Lawrence, Kelly Tall | Meeting:Committee (2023-07-17) | Bunty and Pru away for this email vote. Alex Lum and Jeremy Ludlow abstained |
| 2023-07-14 | Member to receive $2000 in Volunteer Support Funding to attend WikidataCon 2023 in Taiwan | approved | Tom Hogarth, Alex Lum | Meeting:Committee (2023-07-17) | Jeremy Ludlow abstained |
| 2023-07-14 | Geoff Barker to receive $2000 in Volunteer Support or Scholarship to Wikimania 2023 | approved | Kelly Tall, Tom Hogarth | Meeting:Committee (2023-07-17) | |
| 2023-07-14 | That the Treasurer’s Report be accepted. | approved | Amanda Lawrence, Alex Lum | Meeting:Committee (2023-07-17) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That the minutes of the Monday 15 May 2023 meeting be accepted | approved | Alex, Pru | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That Wikimedia Australia contracts Prof Bronwyn Carlson to conduct First Nation Focus Groups at cost of $15,000 | approved | Pru, Kelly | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That Wikimedia Australia put forward a special motion at the AGM to change the terms of the committee to two years. | approved | Amanda, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That WMAU Committee change its name to the WMAU Board. | approved | Amanda, Bunty | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That Wikimedia Australia establishes an interest-bearing bank account to be used for holding grant income until it is required for operational activities as the year progresses. | approved | Pru, Kelly | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That Wikimedia Australia allocates $10,000 to Analysis & Policy Observatory for a partnership program involving a First Nations Resident to contribute to their project enhancing Australian First Nations’ policy literature on Wiki projects. | approved by email on 8 June 2023 | Pru, Amanda | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | That Wikimedia Australia endorse the recommendation and grant 2023 Wikimania scholarships to Bianca Valentino and Thomas Shafee. | approved by email | Amanda, Pru | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | |
| 2023-06-19 | MOTION: That WMAU approve funding of $2000 from the Volunteer Support Program for travel and accommodation to Wikimania 2023. | approved by email | Amanda, Pru | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | Tom abstained |
| 2023-06-19 | MOTION: That WMAU approve funding of $800 from the Volunteer Support Program, for accommodation costs at Wikimania 2023. | approved by email | Amanda, Jeremy | Meeting:Committee (2023-06-19) | Kelly abstained |