Minutes/General Meeting/2013-11-19

=General IRC Meeting (#ppau)=

Start: 20:03 19/11/13 AEST

Finish: 21:11 19/11/13 AEST

Rules
Rules conveyed as available here: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/General_Meeting/Rules

Agenda

 * Privacy Submisisons (Frew)
 * Spying scandal (Frew)
 * PDC report (Mozart)
 * TPP (Frew)
 * State reports
 * Queensland
 * NSW
 * ACT
 * Victoria
 * Tasmania
 * South Australia
 * Western Australia

National Council, Co-ordinators and Officers

 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer (NC/PDC)
 * David Campbell (NC)
 * Simon Frew (NC/Chair)
 * Thomas Randle (Tas)
 * Glen Takkenberg (NC/ACT)

Privacy Submissions

 * Last submission made was done by Frew, Mozart and Arik
 * It was long and convoluted
 * The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is taking submissions again, the last round, due next month
 * http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-engaging-with-you/current-privacy-consultations/draft-australian-privacy-principles-guidelines/
 * The submission process is broken up into several parts

Spying scandal

 * Ongoing mess, Government and Opposition being stubborn on not apologising to Indonesia for spying.
 * Strange position that may cause significant mistrust between Indonesia and Australia
 * Obama apologised to Merkel; it's not a case of "everyone is doing it, therefore it's okay."
 * Ludlam has been destroying it, more to be expected
 * PR to be drafted, international implications and right to privacy

PDC report

 * PDC is still attempting to reconvene properly, given time of year and post-election come down
 * Has been examining survey results and comments, seeing what needs to be done going forward
 * Feedback indicated some room for adjustment of existing policies
 * Next few months will be slow, because of holiday season.
 * Meetings on calendar: https://pirateparty.org.au/calendar
 * All members welcome to turn up and get involved.
 * Should do announcements of forming of working groups
 * Tasmania is likely to need help on state issues
 * Could probably be rolled into national polices at the same time
 * Will be up to people looking at state issues as the branch forms
 * Policy development at the state level is unchartered waters, will need to play by ear
 * PDC should be happy to work with state branches developing local policies if needed
 * Given time states should be forming their own PDCs
 * Federal policy overrides state policy, could cause problems if a state develops a policy only to have it overriden by federal policy
 * Don't want to spend a long time working on a policy to have it thrown away.

TPP

 * Brendan has been working on a lot of stuff since the leak of the IP Chapter
 * It's full of the worst things we expected it to have
 * Negotiating positions are terrible
 * DFAT have been lying about the negotiating positions
 * AFTINET protest about TPP in Sydney, November 29
 * Brendan is speaking at this event
 * Brendan was also elected to the EFA Board over the weekend.
 * Would be nice to make a video about the TPP
 * Always ends in failure
 * Seems to be the only thing that makes an impact though
 * We lack people with the talent and the time

Queensland

 * Pirate Party presence at anti-bikie law rally
 * Banner got plenty of exposure
 * Next meeting is Thursday at the Hoo Ha Bar, Southbank
 * Need to organise appropriate pamphlets; nothing to give people
 * Trying to get restoreqld.org.au off the ground
 * Generic flyers are likely to be needed soonish, no need for state-specific ones

NSW

 * Frew and Emma attended climate protest on Sunday in Wollongong

ACT

 * Nothing to report

Victoria

 * (Nil)

Tasmania

 * Meeting last Thursday
 * About eight members and a number of drop-ins and others
 * Proposed to set up a state branch for the coming election
 * Being put to the NC at the next meeting to get the ball rolling
 * Tasmanian State Branch constitution should be the first complete

SA

 * (Nil)

WA

 * (Nil)