Minutes/National Council/2018-11-06

National Council Meeting 6th November 2018

Start: 20:40 AEDT

End: 21:58 AEDT

Attendance

 * David Read
 * Alex Jago
 * Joe Furi
 * John Wilson
 * Andrew Downing
 * Miles Whiticker
 * Daniel Oakley
 * John August (from 21:00)

Apologies

 * Mark Gibbons

Observers

 * Fletcher Boyd (DRC, got involved a bit)

Previous Minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-10-23

Correspondence, reports, and action items

 * Election timing contingencies (AndrewD)
 * AndrewD is very confident for timing reasons that there will be no election this year
 * Vic state election is now happening, and after that is December and Christmas
 * January/February is essentially never used for elections
 * March has the NSW State election
 * April likewise would have NSW overlap
 * This leaves May, being the last possible month to hold a regular half-Senate election
 * Q: chances of separate half-Senate election, as was in media today?
 * A: costs outweight gains


 * Science Party WA thing (AlexJ)
 * Email drafted
 * Realisation that we hadn't consulted Clive
 * Prospective #2 candidate has expressed interest
 * Motion to skip over it all and just open preselection


 * Quandamooka meeting (JohnW)
 * "Moving along well"
 * Several big festivals impacting availability
 * Date/time hopefully next meeting


 * Website bios
 * Keep them coming
 * need to fill out this page: https://pirateparty.org.au/national-council/
 * and want to make one like it for candidates
 * JohnW assigned to chase people up for it


 * Misc other reportage (JohnW)
 * working on a big recruitment-drive related project
 * Outreach to Brisbane heavy metal folks
 * Good YT exposure, political crowd, angry people
 * General agreement from rest of NC that this is a great initiative
 * Question from Fletcher: JohnW used the term "red pilled" - general disengagement or more recent alt-right meaning?

Discussion items
None

General Business

 * Fletcher draws our attention to https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-10.1(6)
 * Alex reports that nobody has violated (or indeed missed two or more in a row) but punctuality would be nice


 * Miles reports of the https://www.qldcommunityalliance.org/2018accountabilityassembly
 * for those in Brisbane


 * Alex remembers the preselection rules and timeline
 * Also decision to determine the candidacy status of Shannon Smith in Vic
 * see motion

Motions

 * MOTION: accept the minutes of the previous meeting on 23rd October 2018 as presented.
 * Ayes: 4 (Joe Furi, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing, Alex Jago, John Wilson); Abstains: 2 (Miles Whiticker, David Read); Nays 0.
 * Motion carried at 20:47


 * MOTION: Open WA Senate preselection for the #2 Senate slot, without offering a joint ticket to anyone
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 6 (Joe Furi, John August, Andrew Downing, John Wilson, David Read, Miles Whiticker); Abstain 0; Nays 0.
 * Motion carried at 21:07


 * MOTION: Appoint Alex Jago as Returning Officer for the WA #2 preselection (and Vic #2 if need be); hold the Preselection Meeting on December 1st.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 6 (Joe Furi, John Wilson, David Read, Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, John August); Abstain 0; Nays 0.
 * Motion carried at 21:55


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: John Wilson
 * Ayes: 5 (Alex Jago, Andrew Downing, David Read, Miles Whiticker, John Wilson); Abstain 0; Nays 0.
 * Motion carried at 21:58; meeting closed.