Minutes/National Council/2019-04-30

Start: 20:30 AEST

End: AEST

Agenda

 * Preferences


 * Campaign general


 * Pozible rewards


 * National Congress
 * there are some fairly long notification periods
 * Congress must begin in July
 * 42 days notice
 * Earliest possible minimum-notice date is May 25th (ie. one week after election)
 * don't need to think about it just yet, but we will soon

Attendance

 * Alex Jago
 * Miles Whiticker
 * John August
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Daniel Oakley

Apologies

 * David Read

Observers

 * Brandon Selic

Correspondence, Reports, Action Items

 * Pozible rewards
 * Stickers
 * BrandonS is on it
 * Miles is figuring out what needs to happen for the rest


 * Flyers
 * JohnA is on it with assistance from AlexJ

Discussion

 * Preferences
 * IEWG has a bus factor of 1 and Fletcher has been out of action for almost all of this month for medical reasons
 * all of our love and hope that Fletcher will be well again soon
 * Consequently, voting system will not be available in time
 * Will be available for Congress provided we don't get bus-factored again
 * NC to manually determine the order?
 * Much discussion
 * Eventual motion to sort it out at a meeting on Saturday,
 * use CIVS to run voting

Motions passed by email vote in lieu of last fortnight's meeting

 * MOTION: Approve the minutes of the previous meeting of 2nd April 2019 as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2019-04-02
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 6 (Alex Jago, Daniel Oakley, David Read, John August, Miles Whiticker, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstain 0.
 * Motion carried 2019-04-17


 * MOTION: Approve spending up to $18,000 in nomination deposits including reimbursements to candidates if needed.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 6 (Alex Jago, Daniel Oakley, David Read, John August, Miles Whiticker, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstain 0.
 * Motion carried 2019-04-17

`   * Repeal the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 and its follow-up amendments`
 * MOTION: add the following to the party platform under the subsection "Remove immediate threats to privacy":
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 6 (Alex Jago, Daniel Oakley, David Read, John August, Miles Whiticker, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstain 0.
 * Motion carried 2019-04-17

Motions passed this meeting

 * MOTION: Due to the preferences ballot being delayed, members shall vote on a 2019 Federal election party preferencing order at a meeting at 7pm AEST Saturday 4th May.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 5
 * Motion carried at 21:44


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 5
 * Motion carried at 22:03; meeting closed.