Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2018-03-13

Agenda
Working Group Reporting:


 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jebd
 * Patents - Creative Methods Act - Jesse_H
 * A dicourse has been created
 * Startup and Innovation Policy - Vacant
 * Mothballed
 * Rent Collection Policies - MarkG
 * Need to create a discourse discussion?
 * Anti-Rent Seeking Position Statement (ARSPS) under Declaration_of_platform_and_principles
 * Jesse_H to add in stuff on Resource Rents, water rights etc.
 * Job Guarantee Policy - Jesse_H
 * 65% finished, need to finish off JG/BI complementary section and trial diversity section of preamble
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/PDC_Job_Guarantee
 * Agriculture Policy - Jesse_H
 * Mothballed
 * Will likely create a position statement at some point after JGWG

Deal with the wiki problems - Platform needs to be updated. Platform updates TBC, 2016 congress: Policy Motions 8, 10, and 11

Follow up:
 * MarkG - draft updates for Energy policy?
 * Space WG - to be set up for recruitment?
 * MilesW to update space policy, digitise notes in a pad?
 * Treasury's tax/transfer model for BI

General Discussion

Attendance

 * Jesse H
 * Alex J
 * jedb

Start: 08:30PM AEDT

End:   11:35PM AEDT

Working Group Reporting

 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jedb
 * Policy content finalised
 * Draft reviewed and to be passed onto AndrewD for further review
 * Sortition to be directed into a separate Citizen's Initiative amendment Working Group
 * Patents - Creative Methods Act - Jesse_H
 * Ideas for updated patent policy have been discussed and developed on discourse
 * Startup and Innovation Policy - Vacant
 * Mothballed until resources are available
 * Rent Collection Policies - MarkG
 * MarkG to steer
 * Need to create a discourse discussion
 * Anti-Rent Seeking Position Statement (ARSPS) under Declaration_of_platform_and_principles to be made at a later date
 * Jesse_H to add in stuff on Resource Rents, water rights etc.
 * Job Guarantee Policy - Jesse_H
 * MarkG to work on
 * Jesse_H to continue working on
 * Agriculture Policy - Jesse_H
 * Mothballed
 * Will likely create a position statement at some point after JGWG

Wiki updates

 * All Policy Motions from the 2016 congress are resolved, except for gun control which was missing the approved preamble.
 * Gun control Preamble to be inserted into the platform. Related Links:
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Platform#Justice
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2016/Minutes#PM-11_.22Gun_Control.22
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2016/Motions#PM-11:_Gun_Control
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2016/Motions/Policy_and_Platform/Civil_Liberties_Gun_Control

Previous meeting minutes
https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/Policy_Development_Committee_Meeting/2018-02-13