Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2017-10-10

Agenda
Working Group Reporting:


 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jebd
 * Patents - Creative Methods Act - AndrewD
 * A dicourse has been created, but no discussion so far
 * Startup and Innovation Policy - AndrewD
 * Will it be mothballed?
 * Rent Collection Policies - MarkG
 * Need to create a discourse discussion?
 * Anti-Rent Seeking Position Statement (ARSPS) under Declaration_of_platform_and_principles
 * Jesse_H to add in stuff on Resource Rents, water rights etc. - busy with uni and exam prep until 15/11
 * Job Guarantee Policy - Jesse_H
 * Meeting scheduled for 26/09/17 went well
 * 60% finished, need to finish off JG/BI complementary section and trial diversity section of preamble
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/PDC_Job_Guarantee
 * Agriculture Policy - Jesse_H
 * Mothballed
 * Will likely create a position statement at some point after JGWG

Schedule WG meeting times

Platform needs to be updated, both from the 2017 congress and 2016 congress

Follow up:
 * MarkG - draft updates for Energy policy?
 * Space WG - to be set up for recruitment?
 * MilesW to update space policy, digitise notes in a pad?
 * Treasury's tax/transfer model for BI

General Discussion

Attendance

 * Jesse H
 * Bill M
 * Andrew D
 * Twisty
 * Alex J
 * JedB
 * Mark G

Start: 08:30PM AEDT

End:  10:30PM AEDT

Working Group Reporting

 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jedb
 * Nothing to report, been busy
 * Patents - Creative Methods Act - AndrewD
 * Nothing to report, discourse yet to be engaged in
 * Will return to once discourse has begun and after Startups/Innovation
 * Startup and Innovation Policy - AndrewD
 * To prioritise over Patents
 * Rent Collection Policies - MarkG
 * MarkG to steer
 * Need to create a discourse discussion
 * Anti-Rent Seeking Position Statement (ARSPS) under Declaration_of_platform_and_principles to be made at a later date
 * Jesse_H to add in stuff on Resource Rents, water rights etc. - busy with uni and exam prep until 15/11
 * Job Guarantee Policy - Jesse_H
 * MarkG to work on
 * Agriculture Policy - Jesse_H
 * Mothballed
 * Will likely create a position statement at some point after JGWG

Schedule WG meeting times
Scheduled PDC Meeting to update the wiki policy platform: 24/10/17

Previous meeting minutes
https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/Policy_Development_Committee_Meeting/2017-09-12