Minutes/National Council/2018-02-19

Start: 20:38 AEDT (09:38 UTC)

End: 22:28 AEDT (11:28 UTC)

Attendance

 * Peter Lawler
 * Emily Sievers
 * Tom Randle
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Simon Frew
 * Alex Jago
 * John August (from 21:39 AEDT 10:39 UTC)

Apologies

 * Miles Whiticker

Absentees

 * John Jeffery

Previous Meeting Minutes (Tom)

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-02-05
 * Original minutes didn't include CFV
 * Discussion took place as to whether there was a quorum on the CFV or not
 * Tom's current interpretation is that the Absolute two-thirds vote majority is those that make up the current quorum for the meeting or motion in progress.
 * Mark suggested this is how it is always been done
 * Emily stated this was her interpretation
 * Simon mentioned nobody had ever challenged this interpretation
 * Consensus was that the CFV met requirements to be accepted
 * Cleanup https://pirateparty.org.au/w/index.php?title=Minutes%2FNational_Council%2F2018-01-29&type=revision&diff=11613&oldid=11593
 * Tom cleaned up some abstains and Alex arriving late and only voting on the close meeting

Governance (Tom)

 * Tom expects meeting procedures to follow convention
 * Commenced work on NC Standing Orders https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/2018-nc-standing-orders
 * Expects to put it forward at next NC meeting in two weeks time

Batman by-election (Tom)

 * We didn't have a candidate nominate for the Batman by-election.
 * We received offers of volunteers to assist any candidate nominees.
 * Alex to write to the offers of volunteer time to thank them.

Socmed campaign (Tom)

 * Tom announced that the previously approved Facebook campaign had been set up.

General Business

 * Tom advocated for noting a review on copyright censorship and a PR (press release) on data breach laws.
 * Simon mentioned our PR list is ineffective because it is out of date.
 * Mark mentioned that any PR is still content for our own site.
 * Tom would email around a Pad for PR
 * John August mentioned he wrote the NSW Humanist submission a the Religious Freedom Inquiry but he was unsure if PPAU had.
 * Peter noted that Australian Pastafarians also put in a submission, that it may mention Pirates but he was unsure
 * Tom commented that submissions would be made public sometime in March.

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept the meeting minutes of 2018-02-05 as written.
 * Put by: Tom Randle
 * Ayes: 5 (Emily Sievers, Peter Lawler, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (Tom Randle)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept the meeting minutes of 2018-01-29 as amended.
 * Put by Tom Randle
 * Ayes: 5 (Tom Randle, Emily Sievers, Peter Lawler, Simon Frew, Mark Gibbons; Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (Alex Jago)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: close meeting
 * Put by: Emily Sievers
 * Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Peter Lawler, Emily Sievers, John August, Mark Gibbons, Alex Jago, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.