Minutes/National Council/2013-05-08

Agenda

 * Welcome
 * Assign Minuter
 * Attendance (move on to minute acceptance simultaniously)
 * Accept last meeting minutes:
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-04-24
 * Congress date & requirements (Mozart) --- http://pirateparty.openpad.me/congress-requirements
 * Fibre-to-the-Premises oversight (Brendan)
 * Ratify platform and policies (Chair) --- https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policies
 * Election Committee (Frew)
 * Campaigns committee business

Attendance

 * David Campbell (chair)
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Rodney Serkowski
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Simon Frew

Last meeting's minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-04-24
 * See motions

Congress date & requirements

 * Glen will be looking for a venue
 * Best date looks to be 13/14 July.
 * Budget ~$600.
 * Some equipment may need to be hired.
 * Other equipment can be provided by members.
 * See motions

FTTP oversight

 * FTTP was removed from platform
 * A single line in the digital liberties policy replaced it.
 * This shouldn't be such
 * Should be moved under digital liberties again
 * Separate item instead.
 * Consensus that it should be a separate item.
 * See motions.

Ratify policies

 * Platform and policies to be ratified as a block.
 * See motions

Election committee

 * EC decided on 'prepare for change' as slogan.
 * Funds needed to produce promotional materials.
 * Candidates will have to stump up higher percentage of the fees if costs are going to be covered.
 * Hopefully more donations come in.
 * Aiming to scrape together at least $20,000.

Campaigns Committee

 * See motions

Motions

 * Motion: to accept last meeting's minutes: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-04-24
 * 5 ayes
 * Motion passed


 * Motion: Lock July 13th and 14th in for Pirate Party Australia Congress 2013
 * 5 ayes
 * Motion passed


 * Motion: Approve budget of $600 for venue and equipment hire for congress 2013
 * 6 ayes.
 * Motion passed.


 * Motion: return the missing "Support for Fibre-to-the-Premises Infrastructure Projects" platform section to after the Digital Liberties section of the platform.
 * 5 ayes
 * Motion passed


 * Motion: accept the wording of the Platform and Policies for ratification. The NC reserves the right to update formatting, links and citations as necessary.
 * 5 ayes
 * Motion passed.


 * Motion: Appoint Sunny Kalsi as a Campaigns Committee member.
 * 6 ayes
 * Motion passed.


 * Motion: Approve the Campaigns Committee: Marketing and Content Materials Approval Process: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dw4YMkviv410ZFSShiedViqvfY6J_6bOeMQ-5zMfxes/edit?usp=sharing 
 * 6 ayes
 * Motion passed.


 * Motion: Approve main website account for Thomas Randle for regular minor changes
 * 6 ayes
 * Motion passed.


 * Motion: give Mozart admin on the website.
 * 6 ayes
 * Motion passed.


 * Motion: to close meeting.
 * 5 ayes.
 * Motion passed.

Action Items

 * none