Minutes/National Council/2015-05-13

Agenda

 * Previous meeting's minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-04-15
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-04-29
 * Action Items
 * AEC audit update (DanielJ)
 * Congress and so on (DanielJ)
 * Paypal/banking (Ben)
 * Joe and merchandise items (DanielJ)
 * NSW local govt registration (DanielJ)
 * DV Working Group (Brendan)
 * General Business

Start: 20:36 AEDT

End: 21:46 AEDT

Attendance

 * Daniel Judge
 * Simon Frew
 * Michael Keating
 * Ben McGinnes
 * Fletcher Boyd
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Mark Gibbons

Apologies

 * Melanie Thomas
 * David Campbell

Previous meeting's minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-04-15
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-04-29
 * See Motions

Action Items

 * Audit was done
 * Did end up having to check all 700+ on that stupid AEC form, but hopefully it'll pay off, (after the sex party debacle; glad we did)
 * PO Box stuff was done
 * Data retention pages were done
 * Fletcher still needs to send email to NC about attendance
 * Mel still needs to write up Social Media Job Description
 * DanielJ contacted UTS but had no good result
 * Ben followed up the PIN transactions and issues resolved
 * new Paypal issue distracted from sending bank balance details through, will do so

AEC audit update

 * as per Action items, all done, just awaiting result from AEC
 * DanielJ has contacted AEC to inquire as to timeframe but no response
 * Mozart will prepare a press release in anticipation of us being reaffirmed.
 * Brendan does not approve of the AEC and their processes.

Congress and so on

 * DanielJ emailed UTS on the email Brendan gave me, but they just punted me to this page and form: http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/venues-and-facilities
 * Used form; Have yet to get a response.
 * Brendan has been told USYD is basically a sure thing
 * unless shit went downhill fast we should be right
 * Brendan will follow up with USYD
 * we are still aiming for the 18th/19th as ideal or the weekend after that if need be

Paypal/banking

 * Most of this has been covered via email already
 * PayPal believes the Party is Rodney (or maybe David)
 * they might be a little confused ... to put it kindly
 * the amount of money they're holding of ours/our members has increased to a little under $450 because someone paid an invoice in the last day or so
 * If the whole thing goes to crap we can always refund them all and re-request payment later
 * While this is an annoyance for us, paypal may have broken the law with regards to those paying us by infringing their right to political participation
 * considering referring issue to AEC
 * so far paypal have said nothing
 * meanwhile Ben wants to leave the funds in the account so that can be verified by any investigators
 * we're divorcing ourselves from paypal for all other services
 * net presence will switch to an annual payment instead of monthly
 * we're in credit with Ransom IT, but ought to do the same sort of thing with them (& some other hosting bits & pieces)
 * so we're moving everything either to the bank or the card directly
 * and the once off congress stuff is normally through the bank or card too
 * so we'll be able to fight paypal with impunity
 * Someone (Who isn't Brendan) is taking a crack at implementing invoicing using Stripe

Joe and merchandise items

 * Joe has taken up a position necessitated resigning from PPAU & joining the Greens. He is still a supporter/friend etc, but wanted to be able to take up the opportunity that presented itself.
 * He is obtaining a quote from Auspost to see how much it would cost to mail the items to me here (or whatever other central location we agree upon).
 * This is basically a large collection of badges and stickers. Id already planned on raising the idea of sending a portion up here for use at congress etc, so this just means it's all of em instead of a portion of em.
 * Once he has a quote, i'd then likely raise it again to vote to approve the cost etc, but just flagging it as an current/ upcoming issue atm.
 * Although a message with him earlier today flagged that Joe may donate the cost of postage as a parting gift/donation etc

NSW local govt registration

 * Deadline to register for NSW local govt elections is 31 July 2015
 * we have 196 names from the audit of NSW people who are well confirmed
 * Brendan thinks impossible deadline, DanielJ wants to try anyway
 * some details here: http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/nsw-localgovt-rego
 * even if it ends up being a failure it'll be a learning experience for when we attempt state
 * Need to create a state branch though - Constitution etc
 * Constitution already amended: https://github.com/ppau/documents/blob/master/constitution-branches.tex
 * Brendan will consider some transitionary provisions such as a pseudocouncil appointed by the NC
 * Note: don't get too excited because excitement over registration only ever leads to disappointment
 * See Motions
 * just so there's no ambiguity as to permission, because NSW is an exceptional state

DV Working Group

 * See here: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Domestic_Violence_Working_Group
 * Mozart added a definition of DV.
 * Proposed initial members of the WG are: Mel (assumed), Andrew, Mozart, Frew, Ben, Emma (application via Email), and Brendan as chair
 * Intending to have the working group focus as much as possible on proving or disproving assertions
 * See Motions

General Business

 * Propose Motion re Brendan's published intent to not re-run for NC next year
 * See Motions
 * http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Roflcopter.gif

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept the minutes of 2015-04-15.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (DanielJ, Fletcher, MarkG, Brendan, Frew, Keating); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (Ben)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept the minutes of 2015-04-29.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 5 (Frew, Ben, DanielJ, Keating, Fletcher); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 2 (MarkG, Brendan)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Daniel Judge has permission to build a plan and contact members for the purposes of registering a NSW "local" party.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (MarkG, Fletcher, Ben, Brendan, Frew, DanielJ); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept the Domestic Violence Working Group Terms of Reference.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (Frew, Dave, Fletcher, Keating, Brendan, DanielJ, MarkG, Ben); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Appoint Brendan Molloy as chair of the DVWG, and as members: Mel Thomas, Ben McGinnes, Emma Roberts, Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer, Simon Frew and Andrew Downing
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (Ben, MarkG, Keating, Brendan, DanielJ, Frew, Fletcher); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: The National Council of Pirate Party Australia formally recognises and appreciates the unsurpassed level of work and effort that Brendan Molloy has put into building the party
 * Put by: Fletcher
 * Ayes: 7 (MarkG, Ben, Fletcher, Keating, DanielJ, Frew, Dave); Nays: 1 (Brendan); Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close meeting for great success.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, Ben, Frew, Keating, DanielJ, Fletcher); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.

Action Items

 * Ben continue working on Paypal dispute
 * Ben to forward bank account balance status to NC
 * Brendan to follow up with USYD re venue
 * Mel to work on Social Media Officer Job Description
 * DanielJ to devise NSW local rego plan
 * Brendan to call DVWG meeting and email participants details of same