Minutes/General Meeting/2014-02-25

Agenda

 * Announcements (Frew)
 * Podcast
 * Copyright campaign
 * WA Senate Election:
 * Preselection open
 * Redoing preferences
 * Pozible Campaign
 * PDC report (Mozart):
 * TIA Review
 * Enhancing Online Safety for Children WG meeting tomorrow night
 * Privacy Tort WG meeting tomorrow night.
 * State reports
 * Queensland
 * NSW
 * ACT
 * Victoria
 * Tasmania
 * South Australia
 * Western Australia

Start: 19:59

Finish: 21:55

Podcast

 * Sam Kearns has reappeared and restarted his podcasting on our behalves
 * most recent edition is here http://pirateparty.org.au/2014/02/24/pirate-party-australia-webcast-episode-12/
 * collaboration between Joe Miles and Sam Kearns is a possibility for the future (an

Copyright campaign

 * Brandis has announced a push to crack down on filesharing
 * he has floated a graduated response regime and site blocking
 * we need to be ready to hammer any proposal as they rear their ugly heads
 * this is our core business
 * get ready to post how-tos to help the public evade these filters, or mask their IP, etc
 * there have been attempts to get infographics going, if anyone has ideas the pad is here: http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/infographic-concepts-text

WA Senate Election

 * Preselection open
 * If you're a WA member to run please nominate yourself.
 * The party will cover the $2k per candidate cost and of other support etc
 * http://preselection.pirateparty.org.au


 * Redoing preferences
 * We'll be redoing the preferences voting etc for WA, including any deals.
 * WA members will get to decide the preference order for the election.
 * Due to Ludlam being popular, we presume Greens will remain at #2


 * Pozible Campaign
 * http://www.pozible.com/pirateswa2014
 * Promote this hard in all your circles, friends, families, communities
 * $3830 in first two days (yay)


 * If you want to help out with the actual campaigning, please sign up at http://pirateparty.org.au/contribute/

PDC report

 * TIA Review
 * The submission on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act is due on Thursday.
 * Mozart and Frew have put a lot of work into it and pretty happy with it so far
 * the reading materials were 90 pages of legalese and a 3,000 page review of said 90 pages
 * read only link for review: https://www.writelatex.com/read/nyjcgvswkjns
 * contact Frew, Mozart, email policydev@pirateparty.org.au or use #ppau-pdc for suggestions, etc


 * Enhancing Online Safety for Children
 * Enhancing Online Safety for Children Discussion Paper submission also in the works.
 * due in early March
 * There is a meeting for the working group on this review tomorrow night, at 8:30 pm in #ppau-pdc.
 * Everyone is welcome to attend it and participate and contribute etc
 * Overall the proposals are daft, unworkable and makes no sense for an online context.
 * http://www.communications.gov.au/online_safety_and_security/cyber_safety/Discussion_Paper_Enhancing_Online_Safety_for_Children


 * Privacy Tort WG
 * Meeting is at 9:30 pm tomorrow night, #ppau-pdc, hopefully after the other working group.
 * If they clash, we'll just use a different channel and tell everyone.
 * Same thing as before: participate if you want to work on expanding our privacy policy.