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Wikimedia Australia chapter report
Edition 3, December 2008
By Brianna Laugher, interim Secretary (blaugher at wikimedia dot org dot au)
Contents
* 1 Introduction
* 2 Meetups
o 2.1 Past
o 2.2 Upcoming
* 3 Other events
o 3.1 Past
o 3.2 Upcoming
* 4 Committee meetings
* 5 Press
* 6 On the lists
==Introduction==
December has been a relatively slow month as people are busy with
holiday plans. Hopefully the Christmas and New Year holidays provide
everyone with a refreshing break, as well as an opportunity for
reflection and brainstorming for the coming year. 2009 will be
Wikimedia Australia's first full year of existence and like a toddler,
we are learning and growing in leaps and bounds. We wish all our
members a happy and successful 2009 and hope that they will help us
make the same come true for Wikimedia Australia.
==Meetups==
===Past===
* Sydney, December 18
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#December_18th_2008>.
No report.
===Upcoming===
* Everywhere, January 11: AGM. <http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2008-2009_AGM>
==Other events==
===Past===
* IRC meeting, December 7. Meeting with some ctte, members and
potential members.
** Minutes
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002019.html>
** Log
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia/2008-12-07_meeting/IRC_Log>
===Upcoming===
* Hobart, 20 January 2009: "Free as in Freedom" miniconf as part of
linux.conf.au, organised by Brianna.
<http://linux.conf.au/schedule/121/view_miniconf> One of the speakers
is Liam. Also, Angela is a keynote at the main conference.
==Committee meetings==
* 2008-12-13 Informal, no minutes
* 2008-12-17
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002119.html>
Next meeting will be 2009-01-04, a week before the AGM.
==Press==
* ''The Age'', 2008-12-08.
[
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/wikipedia-added-to-child-pornogra…
Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist] by Asher Moses,
regarding the IWF in the UK blocking Wikipedia based on the ''Virgin
Killer'' article.
==On the lists==
Full archive:
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/thread.html>
* Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data under the Creative
Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/001996.html>
* 200 Good Articles drive (Australia wikiproject on Wikipedia)
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002025.html>
* Wikipedia and schools - discussion on censorship, sexual content,
Australian version of the Wikipedia for Schools selection?
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002041.html>
**
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Australia/Australian_Schools_Selection>
** <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cartman02au/Syllabus_Article_Matching>
* Poster sales - discussion of the "WikiPosters" project implemented
in the French Wikipedia
** <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-December/002114.html>