Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2018-02-13

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, both from the 2016 congress

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
 * Bill M
 * jedb

Start: 08:30PM AEDT

End:  10:00PM AEDT

Working Group Reporting

 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jedb
 * Draft is ready for PDC review and feedback
 * e-voting is to be drafted
 * Still need to do more discussion on sortition
 * 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. - busy with uni and exam prep until 15/11
 * 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

 * MarkG has partially updated the wiki (2017), need to follow up 2016 congress
 * Organise to resolve remaining wiki issues

Previous meeting minutes
https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/Policy_Development_Committee_Meeting/2018-01-09