Chapters meeting 2009/Preparation/Wikimedia Australia

Wikimedia Australia - http://wikimedia.org.au/

Attendees:

• Brianna Laugher user:pfctdayelise blaugher@
• Liam Wyatt user:witty lama lwyatt@

PDF: media:WMAU slides for chapters meeting march 2009.pdf (commons page)

History

• January 2006: First discussion on meta
• March 2008: Recognised by WMF
• August 2008: Recognised by Australian govt department
• January 2009: First AGM (first elected committee)

• Current membership: ~50
• Membership fees: AU$40/year, $20 students
• Budget?: AUD 1.5k (≈ 770€)

Hot & Not...

The good:

• Contacts in museums, education, open source
• WP on highschool courses
• Govt's starting to like CC
• Widespread awareness of WP - huge public goodwill
• Digitally engaged society
• Increasing awareness of Chapter through media, conferences, contacts.

The bad:

• No tax-deductible status
• No income stream
• No member 'benefits'?
• Institutions have restrictive culture
• Potential gov't censorship
• Not organised enough to take advantage of all our opportunities!!

Plans

1 YEAR (2009):

• Hold national "WikiConf" + Wikipedia Academy
• Establish WMAU in media, cultural institutions' consciousness
• Retain overall membership number
• WMF agreements on licensing and fundraising
• Create: merchandise, policies, blog, board manual, subcommittees...

3 YEARS:

• Financial sustainability
• ???

Expectations

1. Chapter-selected candidates for WMF Board decided & process approved
2. Chapter licensing of logos clarified and fundraising agreement finalised

Brianna

1. Learn best-practices for 'managing members'
2. Learn best-practices for non-profit policies & governance

Liam

1. Learn best-practices for dealing with cultural institutions
2. Corporate members & receiving payment for Wiki-services