Minutes/National Council/2021-06-03

Pirate Party National Council meeting

3rd of June 2021

Scheduled start 20:30 AEST

Quorum achieved 20:57 AEST

Agenda

 * previous minutes: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-05-06
 * Alex's ad spends for reimbursement (see emails)
 * National Congress (Alex)
 * Livestreamed crypto debate (Miles)
 * AOB
 * John August - more on speeches
 * right to repair thingy- john

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker
 * Fred Gerner
 * John August
 * Alex Jago
 * Brandon Selic

Alex reimbursement for ad spends

 * Alex was approved to spend $500 on digital advertising
 * Actually spent a bit over double that, $1071.54
 * details emailed to NC
 * "I think I made it pretty clear in previous meetings that I was in favour of spending big" - Miles
 * John flags some potential handover issues with the bank account.
 * Alex may need to still be involved in the transaction in a pinch, but would prefer not to for probity reasons.
 * John to figure out what's going on, visiting branch if necessary.

National Congress

 * work to do but no NC decisions this meeting
 * good job team

Crypto livestream

 * It's just been Budget reply time so something economic-ish
 * medium of exchange vs store of value
 * formal structured debate
 * need a judge, hopefully someone interesting

John's speeches, radio activity

 * John has been
 * speeches to be recorded this weekend
 * "What even is CPI"
 * speeches prepared, be good to have people look them over

AOB

 * John to be in Canberra on behalf of the Party at a Right To Repair event

Motions


 * MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-05-06
 * Put By: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 5 (MW, FG, AJ, BS, JA).
 * Motion carried 20:59.


 * MOTION: That PPAU reimburse Alex Jago for ad spends of $1071.54 over the past year period.
 * Put By: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 4 (MW, FG, BS, JA); Abstain 1 (AJ).
 * Motion carried 21:04.


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put By: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 5 (MW, FG, AJ, BS, JA).
 * Meeting closed 21:34.