Pirate Congress 2014/Nominations

Adding a Nomination
If you wish to nominate yourself for a position, please create your nomination using the template below. If you need assistance adding your nomination, shoot an email to secretary@pirateparty.org.au and we'll help you out.

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Catty McCat
I am a cat!| How dare you question my justification!| I purr.| Maybe, I am a cat.| }}
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= Nominations =

President
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Brendan Molloy
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Deputy President
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Brendan Molloy
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Secretary
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Fletcher Boyd
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Daniel Judge
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Deputy Secretary
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Fletcher Boyd
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Daniel Judge
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Treasurer
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Ben McGinnes
I have been the Party Treasurer since last year's Pirate Congress and wish to continue this work, much of which deals with the financial obligations to the AEC for the elections we contested last year and this year.| I believe I can best serve the Party by continuing the work we began last year to build the finances of the Party and improve the systems available to the Party for that purpose. As well as dealing with the continuing electoral requirements from the elections we contested.| I have worked on a number of issues which advance the interests of the party, including being a member of: I have been the Victorian State Coordinator since early last year and I co-wrote the Party submission to the National Security Inquiry in 2012. I also lodged our first annual return with the AEC.| I helped write a decent portion of the policy we took to the election last year. As the policies are essentially based on the platform I do agree with that platform for the most part. In the rare circumstances where there is disagreement, that simply leads to a robust debate which strengthens the party. My previous party affiliation included a brief period in the Australian Democrats from late 1998 (just after the election) to mid 1999.| }}
 * the National Council (Treasurer)
 * the Policy Development Committee
 * the Elections Committee
 * This is my preferred position.
 * Website: Organised Adversary
 * IRC handles: Ben, Hasimir
 * My candidate information for this position in 2013 is here
 * I don't want to scare people off running against me, but in the interests of full disclosure you should note that the electoral returns are part of the annual returns for this coming end of financial year and will be the first thing for the 2014-15 Treasurer to handle.

Deputy Treasurer
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Mark Gibbons
I believe I am the first PPAU Deputy Treasurer to have actually stayed in the role for a full year. As such, I consider myself to be uniquely qualified.

I have some prior experience in finance and a day job dealing with economics.| I'm keen to finish work which Ben and I currently have underway. This includes setting up PPAU with proper accounting systems, making our payment process nimbler, and concluding the post-election paperwork horror show.| I've been Deputy Treasurer for the past year. In that time I've set up PPAU with a robust banking system which would normally cost $40 per month, and negotiated with the bank to get it for free. I worked on various other treasury-related tasks and was also an invited speaker at the Liberal Democratic Party National Conference where PPAU's views and policies garnered a lot of interest.

In 2013 I was Policy Development Officer and had responsibility for developing the election platform. I've been deputy president of the ACT branch and was a candidate for PPAU in the 2012 ACT elections, when I fronted community gatherings, gave radio and newspaper interviews and represented the party in forums. I've written an article or two and helped out with speeches and PRs from time to time.| I agree with our platform and fully support the core PPAU values including freedom of speech, open culture, liberty, democracy & science.

In the 1990s I was briefly a member of the ALP and mucked around a bit in student politics.| }}
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Councillor (2 positions)
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David Campbell
This a role I held for 2012-13 and my prior role as President of the Party and my ongoing work in the national council make me qualified. Reasons. A few things. Yes, none.

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Rebecca Dominguez
I've been involved in many committees over the years, I'm currently the President of Bi-Alliance Victoria (2012 to date), prior to that I was the Vice President (2010 - 2012). I was a general committee member and then President of PolyVic (dates fuzzy), and I was the Section Delegate's Chair for the CPSU at DIAC, as well as a Delegate and Section Councillor between 1999 and 2006. | I looked at the other candidates and decided you needed more of me| I'm a relatively new member, I've not been actively involved on the IRC channel or forums (as yet), but I am certainly interested in making the world a better place. Also, I am one of those people that just organises stuff, that's generally appreciated wherever I go.| Yes, I'm involved in bisexual activism and LGBTIQ rights activism. I have not been involved in any political party| }}
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New South Wales
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Brendan Molloy
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South Australia
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Bryn Busai
Because I seem to be the member in SA who is interested in re-starting the SA crew! ;-) I strongly believe in the principles that the Pirate Party supports and I am prepared to advocate for these principles to become part of national policy.| I would like to help the State party to participate in the next State Election, and help re-build the party. | I have contributed to Policies and organised a few meetings but I hope by continuing as State Coordinator I can help advance the parties ideals much further. | I agree with all of the policies and ideals of PPAU. I am a former member of Gamers4Croydon, who did How-To-Vote Handouts. | }}
 * Handle:Mandrke
 * Resume: Available upon request!

Tasmania
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Tim Serong
Despite looking stern in this photo, I've been told I'm at least moderately sane and tend to get on reasonably well with other people. These both seem like good qualities in a coordinator.| Someone's got to do it, and I'd really like to see a Tasmanian state branch formed.| I've helped out with our press releases. I've got monthly meetings going in Hobart again (OK, only three so far, but you've got to start somewhere). I'd like to see if we can get some meatspace "PPAU branded" (for lack of a better term) events going -- discussion formums, talks, that sort of thing.| Seriously? Does anyone ever answer "no" to this question?

Yes, I'm in agreement with the party plaform and ideals. I've not been involved with any other political movements or parties (unless you count occasionally signing petitions and tossing a few coins at seemingly worthy causes).| }}
 * I'm on Twitter and Google+. I have a blog.  My LinkedIn profile is the closest thing I have to a public, up-to-date resume.  I deleted my Facebook account.

Dispute Resolution Committee Member (2 positions)
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Hayden Dwyer
As a founding member of PPAU, I have attended the foundation meetings and was heavily involved in the drafting of the first constitution of the Party. As such, I have an intimate knowledge of rules and regulations binding members of the Party. I have been a member of the Dispute Resolution Committee for the past 4 years, and have previously held the role of Deputy Treasurer.| My goal is to maintain relatively smooth relations between party members in the hopes that we can keep infighting to a minimum. I believe infighting has caused a lot of issues in other parties, and holding the position of a DRC member, I can directly help to mitigate this risk. Furthermore, as PPAU is quite important to me, I'd like to have an active hand in ensuring its members are comfortable with each other. | As stated above, I have been a member of PPAU since its infancy in 2009, and was involved in the drafting of the constitution, much of which is still used now. I have previously been a member of the National Council as Deputy Treasurer, and attended the National Congress as a physical representative in that role. I was also at one stage involved with the IT Working Group (when it was the IT Committee), though left due to the large number of members involved. I have attended several rallies/protests hosted/co-hosted/attended by PPAU, though I haven't done so lately due to living overseas. Again, as stated above, I hope to further the pirate movement by keeping disputes within the party to a minimum, which I believe will ensure that we can continue to attract members to a friendly, open environment. | I heavily agree with the core principles of the Party, though I'm not shy to say when I believe a principle may be verging on scope creep (where those principles exceed the boundaries of free culture, civil liberty or intellectual rights). However, that's not to say that I don't agree with them, just that I don't wish to alienate members with opposing views. I have never been a member of another party or political movement. | }}
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