Minutes/National Council/2023-11-30

National Council Meeting 2023-11-30

Start: 7:15pm AEST

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-11-16
 * Correspondence, reports, action items (Secretariat)
 * Discussion on previous minutes...
 * Discussion items, and motions
 * Paid ads for PPAU
 * Operational duties for PPAU (member mailouts, press releases etc) eg V (USPP) joint activities
 * PL/IL press release status
 * PPI
 * General business
 * Motion to close the meeting

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker
 * Alex Jago
 * Adam Woodings
 * David Kennedy (until 19:38)
 * John August (from 19:46)

Correspondence, reports, and action items completed

 * Regulars group created (mlemt, milspec)

Paid ads

 * Last one didn't do terribly
 * Miles requests an imprest-authorised spend of $50 for posts that look like they're doing well

Operations

 * "we're in a nice little equilibrium of a PR every couple of months, poasting more frequently and the occasional online meeting"
 * e.g. Aaron Swatz day seemed to have gone well -- clear roles worked!
 * something like this every couple of months seems nice
 * e.g. Public Domain't Day (in Australia)


 * "clear roles worked well, let's formalise"
 * Milspec generates releases
 * Vee helps with event organising
 * The Gang reviews via crowd sourcing
 * Miles puts out promo eg social media
 * Vee and Alex for graphic design
 * Duplicate press release content on Notifications list


 * Updated Press Release Guide to contain a list of distribution channels

IL/PL

 * Let's resurrect the PPAU PR
 * Then hold a community meeting within Fusion

General Business

 * Reminder that the PPI GA is on the 9th and 10th of December


 * WA Fusion meetup this Sunday

Actions going forward

 * Miles: solve PPI's quorum issues / cause ANOTHER international incident


 * Adam volunteers to help out with the Pirates around the world New Years' thing
 * TODO: details, then promo

Motions

 * Accept the minutes of the previous meeting on 16th November.
 * Put by: David Kennedy
 * Ayes 3 (DK, AW, AJ)
 * Abstain 1 (MW)
 * Carried 19:16


 * MOTION: pre-authorise $50 ad spend for next FB post to start going viral
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 4
 * Carried 19:23


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Carried 20:04