Minutes/National Council/2023-11-16

National Council Meeting 2023-11-16 Start: 7pm AEST

Quorum achieved at 19:15 AEST

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-10-21
 * Correspondence, reports, action items (Secretariat)
 * PPI membership application
 * Discussion items, and motions
 * JohnA: slogans and social media access, access to website feedback from Jason
 * False start on Israel position on radio show
 * General business
 * Motion to close the meeting

Attendance

 * Alex Jago
 * Adam Woodings
 * John August
 * David Kennedy (from 19:19 AEST)

Apologies

 * Miles Whiticker

PPI membership application

 * Miles emailed in our PPI membership application a few days ago
 * Huzzah!
 * PPI's next General Assembly is scheduled for the 9th December (our time)

IL/PL

 * John was in touch with Keith Goldstein who pointed onto a third Israeli Pirate
 * Hoping to line up an interview, or at least be able to read out our position
 * actually, we haven't endorsed a release here

Website feedback

 * have adjusted website to mention joining can be free
 * should mention it prominently at the top, though, is the feedback

Slogans
Feedback from John's volunteers


 * Can't change the name, can get some better slogans!

From NC channel chat,

Maybe this is an item for the campaign-comms channel, but I've had some discussions with James who has handed stuff out for me in the past, while not an actual pirate member. Based on that, I'm thinking we need other statements apart from "Freedom Democracy Science" to better encapsulate what we've about. I'm willing to donate some money to adwords or something to help them along. But here's the sort of thing I'm thinking of: "Celebrating the Individual. Recognising Community" "A healthy economy - without pandering to vested interests" "Challenging Corporate Internet Totalitarianism" "Transparency, Accountability and Support for Whistleblowers" "Challenging the Goverment-Corporation Surveilance Complex"

not forgetting we were in the maternity Ward when Timor Leste was born. You used to search Google. Now Google searches you. Google wants to know everything but doesn't want you to know how they do it.


 * Suggest launching one slogan a week or so
 * Probably needs a graphic (can be a stock photo) and two paragraphs

Videos

 * John is continuing to work on stuff
 * Dave: recommend filming things as (effectively) a collection of 1-3 minute short videos
 * also a podcast on survcap
 * "remember, the video doesn't have to go with the audio. the video could be a guy jumping around in Minecraft"
 * https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-14-nov-23-surveilance-capitalism-privacy-internet-security-and-internet-abuse/
 * need clearance from Rita / any other co-hosts
 * "no" is totally OK there
 * need to be careful around copyrights for John's radio content

Regulars email group

 * since mlemt can't be on NC until next year, we should have a mechanism to include them on the meeting announcement emails
 * solution: have a "regulars" email distribution group
 * mlemt, star_tube, milspec...

Actions going forward

 * regulars email group
 * slogan testing
 * subway surfers video over John's podcasts?

Motions

 * MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-10-21
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 4 (AJ, DK, AW, JA)
 * Carried 19:40 AEST


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 4 (JA, AJ, AW, DK)
 * Carried 19:54 AEST