Minutes/General Meeting/2012-10-23

=General IRC Meeting (#ppau)=

Start: 20:02 23/10/12

Finish: 21:12 23/10/12

Attendance: ~58+

Agenda

 * Brisbane Cryptography and sourcing a venue. Would QLD members be willing to donate to hire somewhere or do we keep trying for a free community venue? (Heffa_N_Ginj)
 * FOI update (Brendan, Rodney)
 * auIGF (Brendan, Glen)
 * Registration update (whoever wants it)
 * ACT Election
 * PPCZ election (Mozart)
 * Natsecinquiry (Frew)
 * Copyright review (Mozart, Rodney)
 * Data Breach legislation - discussion paper; (Frew)
 * Status of formation of PPAU-VIC (Victorian members)

Brisbane Cryptoparty Venue

 * Free venue unable to be located; suggestion for a donation on entry to cover venue hire costs.
 * http://hsbne.org/ suggested as a possible venue.
 * Seek help from local hackerspaces, Linux Users Groups etc.

Freedom of Information Update:

 * Rodney lodged a FoI request pertaining to National Security Inquiry legislation.
 * Rejected on invalid grounds. An appeal will be made to the OAIC, although it is unlikely to be effective due to the 12 month backlog.


 * Brendan's Classification Database FoI request.
 * 45 day delay thus far, with 2x 7 day extensions.
 * Scope still being determined.
 * Brendan will update PPAU as more information is received.

auIGF Update

 * Brendan, Glen and Adam (devdsp) attended the auIGF (Australian Internet Governance Forum).
 * Constructive discussions with other attendees.
 * Some of PPAUs copyright stances were fairly moderate, compared to those presented by other industry representatives.
 * Networking with ACCAN, ISOC-AU, auDA, EFA etc.
 * ALRC seems to side with PPAUs stance on copyright.

Party Registration Update

 * Thursday/Friday is the likely day of submission of documentation to the AEC to apply for registration
 * Over 500 people are new members, or current members who have confirmed and/or updated their registration details.
 * PPAU representatives are working to verify the remaining memberships.
 * People who have not responded to e-mails will be contacted via phone.

ACT Election Results

 * Candidates ran as independents due to the ACT branch of the Pirate Party being unregistered.
 * ACT has 3 electorates in which PPAU-ACT fielded a candidate.
 * Attained 0.5% 0.5% and 0.4% of votes with minimal campaign efforts.
 * Large swings against independents in some electorates (-8%).
 * "Bullet Train for Canberra Party) Attained 4% by comparison.
 * PPAU-ACT stands an excellent chance in future elections, especially as people are becoming familiar with the name.

PPCZ Election

 * Czech Pirate Party entered national parliament with the election of a senator.
 * First directly elected national Pirate candidate in the world.
 * He attained 75% in the runoff vote, with the assistance of preferences from the Christian Democrats.
 * A impressive result considering they use a FPTP voting system.
 * PPCZ campaigned on a platform of ending corruption.

National Security Inquiry Update

 * Senator Scott Ludlam (Greens) probed ASIO and AFP last week.
 * Submission by the AGD explaining their demands, including a clarification of the term "metadata".
 * They don't want to track website visits, rather location data such as proximity of citizens to mobile cells etc.
 * AGD's method of dealing with a failure to decrypt data is a blanket 2 year gaol sentence.
 * Obvious repercussions to journalists, lawyers, doctors, whistle blowers etc.
 * Still waiting for legislation to be released.

Copyright Review

 * Extensive review of copyright law being undertaken currently.
 * Assistance is needed with PPAUs submission.

Data Breach Legislation - discussion paper

 * New Inquiry being undertaken.
 * See: http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultationsreformsandreviews/Pages/Australian-Privacy-Breach-Notification.aspx
 * Suggests an institution of mandatory data breach notification, so citizens can protect their data/identity when a breach does occur.
 * This is in line with PPAU policy.
 * Opposition to the reforms by Banks.
 * Interested people should contact (Simon) Frew.
 * Biggest fault may be that the legislation may not be effective in practice or able to be enforced.
 * Some conflicting arguments in the discussion paper; possibly an attempt at neutrality. Probably to allow wiggle room in the event of a backlash.

Status of formation of PPAU-VIC

 * Attendance at fortnightly meetings has been lackluster.
 * Survey is underway of people's preferred time and location (~20 responses so far).
 * Only about 4 core members + 1~2 new people each meeting.
 * King Street location is not ideal and avoided by many. Possible move back to The Oxford Scholar, pending opening hours.
 * Suggestions for a fixed date meeting (i.e. different day each month so more people can attend), weekends, or online.
 * Preference for a physical meeting as it builds communities and allows members to meet.
 * Constitution draft is under way, based partly on the PPAU constitution, electoral act and association rules.