Minutes/General Meeting/2012-05-29

ACT Party

 * ACT Party has formed, need 50 members in the next month.
 * October elections
 * Topic to be revisted later in the meeting.

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

 * Basically have DFAT on the run, though not giving way.

Wikileaks protests

 * http://wlcentral.org/node/2513
 * PPAU speakers:
 * David Crafti – Melbourne
 * Simon Frew – Sydney
 * Andrew Glancey – Adelaide.

Potential new positions

 * https://gist.github.com/ee4f8af573ffa4694fa8
 * No objections to positions as defined
 * Search for people to fill positions shall begin.

National Library of Australia archiving PPAU's site

 * No objections.

Local meetups at pubs

 * Good response to pub recruitment activities in ACT
 * Suggestion that this continue in other states
 * Difficulty in Sydney – pubs aren't the most conducive atmospher to recruiting
 * Likewise for Brisbane
 * How do we recruit in the apathetic states?
 * Groups of 2-3 people tend to work
 * Ask people to come over for a chat
 * "Watch what the Red Cross do, and do the opposite."
 * Leverage online communites:
 * Branch out away from tech forums and more into general communities.

Congress announcement

 * July 14-15, Ross House, Little Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
 * Remote conference facilities will be available to those who can't make it.
 * Video feed, IRC interaction at minimum

Draft Platform 2012 Revision

 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Draft_Platform_2012_Revision
 * Mozart will write up a justification for platform modification in two or three weeks on talk page.