Minutes/National Council/2018-07-31

Start: 22:11 AEST

End: 23:45 AEST

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker
 * Alex Jago
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Daniel Oakley
 * Andrew Downing
 * John August (from 23:12)

Apologies
None

Absentees
None

Other Attendees

 * Bryn Busai (DRC)
 * Fletcher Boyd (DRC/IT/IEWG; former NC)
 * Ben McGinnes (former NC)

Previous Meeting Minutes (Secretariat)

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-07-17

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

 * Reason Party proposal for Federal Election strategy / Minor Party Alliance (Miles)
 * Miles has been in contact with their Qld state coordinator
 * proposal that we avoid competing directly and cross-endorse


 * Open pre-selection tonight for the NC by-elections (Miles)
 * See Motions

Discussion items, and motions

 * Volunteers for event organising (Miles)
 * Bryn and JohnA to collaborate on a Sydney cryptoparty (JohnA provides the location, Bryn the knowledge)
 * Alex to make sure all current NC are set up properly on Discourse
 * Dan and Mark to update the NC directory on the wiki

General Business

 * Date of next meeting
 * Agreed to be 14th August

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept minutes of previous PPAU National Council meeting of 17 July 2018 as presented.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 5 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing), Abstain 0, Nays 0
 * Motion passes.


 * MOTION: Call for candidates from 1/8/18 until 8/8/18 for the following party position by-elections: NC Deputy Secretary, NC Deputy Treasurer, NC Councillor, Policy Development Officer
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 5 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing),, Abstain 0, Nays 0
 * Motion passes.


 * MOTION: Direct IEWG to run the votes arising from the 2018 National Congress, with voting for the Policy votes to commence on 2018-08-04 and conclude 7 days later; and voting for the Position by-elections to commence on 2018-08-12 and conclude 7 days later.
 * Ayes: 6 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing, John August), Abstain 0, Nays 0
 * Motion passes.


 * MOTION: Close the meeting.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 6 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing, John August), Abstain 0, Nays 0
 * Motion passes.

Meeting closed.

Discussion
Due to lack of quorum, the meeting started two hours late.


 * Discussion opened prior to meeting start on relationships with other minor parties
 * joint tickets to be seriously considered
 * post-election merger to be seriously considered