Policy and Preselection Meeting 2013

Date & Time
Saturday 6 April — Midday-5pm

Sunday 7 April — 10am-5pm

Venue
The Gaelic Club is only one block away from Central Station. Parking is poor in the area and we recommend travelling to the venue by public transport.

Address: 1/64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/WrB89

Website: http://www.gaelicclub.com.au/

Travel

 * There are regular trains between Central Station and Sydney Airport.
 * Sydney has an extensive bus and train network.

Tickets/RSVP
RSVP will be available via Eventbrite closer to the date. The cost will be $35 per person. Members experiencing financial hardship should contact [mailto:nationalcouncil@pirateparty.org.au nationalcouncil@pirateparty.org.au] for assistance.

WIFI
Details relating to the availability of wireless internet access will be announced closer to the date.

Internet access may be available via a wireless router, but this may be limited for the purposes of streaming the meeting.

Minutes
Minutes will be sourced by those present at the meeting, with a dedicated minute taker assigned to ensure everything is minuted.

Agenda
TBA

The following motion was passed by the National Council on 16 January, 2013. Minutes of that meeting can be found here.

''That the National Council organises a meeting to be held on a weekend in March or April of 2013 in Sydney for the purposes of urgent policy amendments and pre-selection leading up to the 2013 federal election. This is in accordance with the Party Constitution (4.2.1: "New policy, unless dictated by circumstances of urgency, shall be decided on at the National Congress."), and the provisional amendment to the pre-selection section of the Party Constitution (modifying 5.2.1 to read: "All members seeking to stand as candidates for election to Federal Parliament must be nominated and seconded by another member at the National Congress or other extraordinary meeting determined by the National Congress.") which was passed by the National Council at the previous National Congress in July of 2012.''

The events of said extraordinary meeting will by necessity be limited to the following:


 * 1) The introduction of nominees (who would give brief in-person, video conference or pre-recorded presentations),
 * 2) The seconding of nominees (as per the Party Constitution),
 * 3) The discussion of policy amendments, and
 * 4) The "mass-seconding" of policy amendments as observed at National Congresses.

This would be followed, as is customary, by a week-long online voting period to elect pre-selection candidates and vote on policy amendments.

Party Platform and Policies
Voting on policies will happen after the deliberative process. Procedural and amendment votes will only be available for those in attendance, adoption votes will be party wide. Policy submissions and topics for discussion should be circulated and on the wiki/forums, and [mailto:secretary@pirateparty.org.au secretary@pirateparty.org.au] informed well in advance, so that an agenda can be formulated. Time constraints and unpreparedness will probably lead to a rejection of unannounced inclusions.