Federal Election 2019/Preselection Meeting 2018-12-01/Log

This is the chat log for the Preselection Meeting which occurred on the 1st of December 2018.

 16:21 <@alexjago> *** START MEETING *** 16:21 <@alexjago> Let's go 16:21 < Pauld> Just you and me ? 16:22 <@alexjago> I have given Prez Miles a buzz 16:22 < Pauld> Happy to wait a bit 16:28 <@alexjago> While we're waiting, I'll open up a side chat with you just to verify identity [feel free to ask me to verify mine first :) ] 16:29 <@alexjago> Pauld: if you're using the web chat you should've gotten a new channel-tab in the UI 16:29 < MilesW> hello, which channel are we in? 16:29 <@alexjago> Hi Miles, we're here 16:30 <@alexjago> Now we have a chair, a minute-taker and a candidate :) 16:30 < Pauld> I am using the web sorry no tab 16:32 < MilesW> excellent 16:36 <@alexjago> I can confirm that Pauld is preselection candidate Paul de Abel 16:37 <@alexjago> Paul self-nominated in good order and in good time 16:37 <@alexjago> Candidate statement may be found here: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Federal_Election_2019/Preselection_Nominations#Paul_de_Abel 16:37 < Pauld> OK I'm baaack .... 16:37 Title: Federal Election 2019/Preselection Nominations - Pirate Party Australia Wiki (at pirateparty.org.au) 16:38 <@alexjago> The $64Mil question is can Miles read that without dropping IRC on his mobile 16:39 <@alexjago> Also, I second Paul's nomination. 16:39 < MilesW> nah i fired up my laptop hehe 16:39 < MilesW> im in another meeting but we havent officially started yet 16:40 <@alexjago> Pauld: I have two questions for you, the same as the ones I asked the other candidates in September. 16:40 <@alexjago> 1. "What do you think is fairly rare about yourself that makes you a worthwhile candidate?" 16:40 <@alexjago> 2. "What would you like the focus of your personal electoral campaign to be?" 16:41 < Pauld> Alright, like most things I will answer in reverse order 16:44 < Pauld> 2. The parliament should be a place of reliable governance of the country and not the current theater that it has become 16:46 < Pauld> 1. From reading FB posts, I believe there are 2 rare things about me. 1a I take the time to think about spelling and grammar of the written word 16:47 < Pauld> 1b. I have an understanding of how the political process works 16:49 <@alexjago> Thanks for those answers, Paul 16:49 < MilesW> paul im really excited to have you. would you mind explaining a bit more about your professional history in the tech industry, and how our government and tech laws have or may impact that? 16:49 < MilesW> (thats a two parter question like alex's) 16:53 < Pauld> I started in IT as a programmer (always a good start). Once I got to terms with the technology I understood the huge gap between what can be delivered and what people actually wanted. People just want things to work for them tech makes that happen for them 16:54 < Pauld> Regarding tech laws I believe there should not be any ! Existing consumer law provides protection for consumers, if it doesn't do what is promised then you get your money back 16:57 <@alexjago> Could you provide an example of such a tech law? 16:57 <@alexjago> I think Miles might've been referring to things like metadata retention and site-blocking 16:57 < Pauld> Government should not have access to anyone's communication, they are personal. I can say whatever I feel and that should not be intercepted and processed by the spooks. They should be earning their keep honestly 17:00 < Pauld> Site blocking is the government telling us what we can and can not see. That's wrong, the gov are not our nannies and they should not block any content 17:03 <@alexjago> As a follow-on from my questions, and perhaps as a reword - what's your 3 sentence pitch as a candidate? Why should the general public vote for you specifically? 17:03 < Pauld> And access to metadata is the thin edge, it will grow and the gov will push for further information. Again personally I don't have anything to hide however gov could use info for their own political outcome and just on that alone I do not like any such powers 17:08 < MilesW> what are the policy points that you think are most interesting and important, that you want to focus your personal election campaign on? 17:09 < Pauld> My aim is to return reliable and dependable governance of Australia to the parliament 17:10 < Pauld> My aim is to return reliable and dependable governance of Australia to the parliament of Australia 17:11 < MilesW> ok 17:11 < MilesW> is there anyone else @here who has a question they would like to ask paul? 17:12 < Pauld> Sorry guys I know that was not the 3 sentences requested 17:12 <@alexjago> (@here is a Slackism, Miles) 17:13 < MilesW> also discordian 17:14 <@alexjago> I guess we'll work on pitches 17:15 -!- MilesW [MilesW@120.22.siu.r] has quit [Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client] 17:15 <@alexjago> OK, we lost Miles 17:16 < Pauld> Yes the input for everyone has been useful 17:18 < Pauld> OK are we done ? I guess there is no urgency to determine candidates given that we know the Libs will run to full term 17:18 <@alexjago> I think this might be a good time to bring things to a close, unless there are questions you'd like to ask. I have chat logs and I'll collate 17:19 < Pauld> Okely Dokely. Thanks 17:20 <@alexjago> And I'll send you that in a tick - you can expand/clarify answers over the nect 24 hours 17:20 -!- Pauld [Pauld@115.187.ixu.yp] has quit [Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client] 17:20 <@alexjago> *** END MEETING ***