Minutes/National Council/2014-07-17

Agenda

 * Previous meeting's minutes
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2014-07-03
 * Router for Congress (Brendan, Keating)
 * PPI Motion (Brendan)
 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/ppi-motion-2014-congress
 * Banking
 * Congress programme (Mozart)
 * General business

Attendance

 * Brendan Molloy (Chair)
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Ben McGinnes
 * David Campbell
 * Daniel Judge
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Fletcher Boyd (WA)
 * Michael Keating (QLD)

Apologies

 * Simon Frew
 * Melanie Thomas

Previous Meetings Minutes

 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2014-07-03
 * See Motions

Action item items

 * Ben and Mark to look into the process for changing signatories for bank accounts.
 * ongoing as card issues more urgent
 * David provides CSV of transactions, because he is a bank worker.
 * David provided the CSV as requested.
 * Mark will continue setting up Xero.
 * ongoing, see Banking agenda item
 * Ben will chase up the debit card for ITWG immediately.

Router for Congress

 * Keating reports that Telstra want 5 business days to supply him with an unlock code for his 4G stick
 * next action, see if a contact at Telstra can provide him with a code
 * Also option for Mikrotik modem; should give him time to config it up ready for Saturday morning, walk in, plug in and away
 * a 5 port + USB router with WiFi so heaps of options
 * Keating has day off tomorrow to run around and test options while also picking up speaker gear
 * Note that there will be a Google Hangouts broadcast on the morning
 * any phone with USB Tethering should do as a measure of last resort.

Other Congress Items

 * The Irish club is providing a projector
 * Sound and cabling is all sorted
 * BYO Powerboards
 * Woridng tweak: "Remote delegates are given equal ability to participate in the formal aspects of General Assemblies."

PPI Motion

 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/ppi-motion-2014-congress
 * See Motions
 * condition regarding caps primarily a precautionary measure rather than in specific response to any events
 * Due to tweak, pre-emailed Ayes from Mel and Frew are invalidated, but still have enough present to vote on it

Banking

 * Mark has been playing with Xero but it won't help us with the last year of stuff.
 * we're about to finish the Xero trial, and I think we should proceed with it
 * pricing: https://www.xero.com/au/pricing/
 * Note non-profits get 25% off.
 * Shall go with "Standard Plan" as we dont have employees and dont need multi-currency as Bank converts all to AUD
 * ANZ accounts can be run through xero
 * See Motions
 * Financial report for congress
 * Ben trying for tonight, but might be tomorrow
 * will include a missive to the members summarising what we've been dealing with this year
 * Wont list every transaction, but not needed, that is needed for AEC which will be done later

Congress programme

 * No problems - The only thing missing was the formal motion we voted on tonight.
 * Mozart will add it and will upload before midnight.

General Business

 * Thanks to Glen Takkenberg for his service as registered officer
 * Keating and Joe Miles are new nominees
 * David Campbell's address will be the new address. (as Party Officer)
 * there are no implications with it changing from an ACT to a NSW address
 * we needed a NSW address for fair trading


 * caretaker mode declared
 * no action shall be taken on behalf of the party in a formal manner beyond what is necessary for the conduct of the Congress as per convention.


 * Best of luck with the NC elections everyone :)


 * Special Thanks to Mozart, outgoing Deputy Secretary (not recontesing any NC position) for everything he has done this past year (and more)
 * Will still be on press team, PDC and writing submissions etc

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept the minutes of 2014-07-03.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, DanielJ, MarkG_, Mozart, Ben, GlenTakkenberg); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Put the formal motion "Conditional withdrawal from Pirate Parties International" to the Congress as worded.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, Mozart, David, DanielJ, GlenTakkenberg, MarkG_); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Continue to use Xero for accounting, on the Standard plan.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, MarkG_, Ben, DanielJ, David, GlenTakkenberg); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close meeting.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 5 (Brendan, Mozart, DanielJ, GlenTakkenberg, MarkG_); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.