Minutes/National Council/2012-09-18

Agenda

 * Halt on new NC commitments/responsibilities until after registration - Mozart
 * Copyright review - Mozart http://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/copyright-and-digital-economy.
 * Campaigns proposals - David
 * Registration Work Group Update - Glen, Brendan
 * Transfer responsibility of IT invoice payments to treasurer/s
 * Amazon S3/Ninefold
 * Clear last meeting's minutes http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2012-09-04
 * Facebook post policy - Mozart
 * Internet Governance Forum - http://www.igf.org.au/about-igf - Brendan
 * FOI
 * Possible blog/statement on Python iView - http://static.sunriseroad.net/jeremy/documents/abc-python-iview-letter-20120807.pdf
 * http://www.mibus.org/2012/09/18/letter-to-the-abc-re-the-takedown-of-python-iview/

Attendance

 * Brendan Molloy
 * David Campbell
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Rodney Serkowski
 * Sam Kearns
 * Simon Frew

Start: 20:04 AEST

Finish: 21:49 AEST

Halt on NC commitments and responsibilities until after registration

 * Party registration is a top priority.
 * Non-essential duties will be delegated to work groups and committees.

Copyright Review

 * Due November 30th.
 * Working group will be formed to tackle the submission.
 * Terms of Reference (ToR) will be presented at next Tuesdays meeting.

Registration Work Group update

 * Waiting on RT implementation to be completed.
 * Members who have failed the AEC enrolment check will be contacted via e-mail.
 * Non-responses after 3 days will be contacted by phone.
 * Members can update their records online.

Transfer of responsibility for IT invoice payments to treasury

 * See action item below (re billing logins)

Amazon S3/Ninefold

 * See motion below

ABC takedown of Python iView

 * Services like Python iView are illegal following the Optus TVNow verdict.
 * Services are responsible for the actions of their users.
 * Similar in functionality to "Youtube downloaders".
 * Availability of code is free speech and should not be restricted on the grounds it could possibly be used for evil.
 * Issues involved:
 * TPM circumvention.
 * Authorisation.
 * Validity of the takedown notice.
 * Format shifting exceptions.

Facebook Posting Policy

 * Initials of the poster to be appended in brackets to the end of all posts.
 * Sexist post was made by an authorized admin on the PPAU Facebook account; only 5 people had access.
 * Screenshot any odd posts before deletion.

Internet Governance Forum - October 11-12th

 * See motion below

Freedom of Information request sent to the Classifications Board by Brendan

 * sent, reply received and awaiting to "see what happens"

Banking

 * Awaiting for NC members to complete paperwork for NAB and Bendigo Bank.

Motions

 * Motion: NC refrains from time consuming additional work load until registration achieved.
 * 7 ayes.
 * Motion passes.


 * Motion: Approve the creation of the Creative Services Work Group under the following referral to the Campaigns Committee.
 * 7 Ayes.
 * Motion passes.


 * Motion: Approve the updated Vacant Volunteer Positions website page.
 * 6 Ayes.
 * Motion passes.


 * Motion: Approve storage of backups on Amazon s3 with appropriate encryption, Approve signing up to service.
 * 7 Ayes.
 * Motion passes.


 * Motion: Clear the minutes of the previous meeting. (2012-09-04)
 * 6 Ayes.
 * Motion passes.


 * Motion: Brendan Molloy attends IGF as our delegate, PPAU will pay $50 admission.
 * 7 Ayes.
 * Motion passes.

Action Items

 * Prepare terms of reference for copyright review working group and Programming Working Group - Rodney + Brendan
 * Create a billing login for Rodney and Sam for the webhost to allow them to pay invoices.
 * Press release to be written regarding the Python iView takedown by the ABC