Grants:TPS/Wittylama/MuseumsAustralia

I'm withdrawing this request on the basis that I shouldn't have to pay to make a 90 presentation that I've been asked to give - not with the WMF's money, not with the Chapter's money, not with my own money.

User name: Wittylama
User location (country): Australia
Event name: Museums Australia conference
Event Web site: http://www.ma2013.org.au/program/?IntCatId=27
Event date(s): 17 May
Event location (city): Canberra
Amount requested (remember to specify currency!): $275 (Australian Dollars)
Endorsements

Budget breakdown

One-day attendance fee at the conference. Fee schedule here: http://www.ma2013.org.au/registration/?IntCatId=38

I now live in Canberra and work for the National Library, so no accommodation/travel would be required. However, as this presentation is about Wikimedia specifically my employer is unable to cover the cost of attendance.

Proposed Participation

I will be delivering a 90 minute presentation at the "Regional and Remote Museums" pre-conference day of workshops - all about Wikipedia and how smaller GLAMs can get involved. I was not aware that I was on the schedule and had not intended to speak/attend, but was informed that I was on the schedule last week. Nevertheless, it's an excellent opportunity. I will be followed by another speaker who will introduce Creative Commons for a similar length of time.

Goal and Expected Impact

Greater awareness of the specific role Wikimedia and free-culture can play in "promoting" the smaller cultural institutions, their topic areas and their geographical regions. The leveraging potential of a global community etc. This presentation also further embeds Wikimedia into the "standard practice" of what a cultural organisation should be doing.

Specific requests/proposals can be discussed with the attees and "triaged" on site. Viable projects can be brought to the attention of Wikimedia Australia and/or relevant Wikimedians in their town or globally depending on the nature of the proposed project.