Minutes/National Council/2013-11-06

Agenda

 * Previous minutes
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-10-23
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-10-09
 * Action items
 * DanielJ to wikify the branch creation process into a resolution of some kind to be worked on over the next couple of weeks. Link everyone via email. --> http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/StateBranchFormationResolution
 * Procurement team terms of reference (Mark); Link -> http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/ProcurementTeamToR
 * Appoint an IT Officer (Brendan)
 * Potential WA election (Brendan)
 * Archive resolutions: 2011-2, 2011-3, 2012-1, 2012-2, 2012-3 & 2013-1 (Brendan)
 * Social Media Guidelines submission (Fletcher)
 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/SocialMediaGuidelines
 * Social media accounts for WA
 * Survey results (Frew)
 * http://boo.brendan.so/survey-results.html
 * Membership by-law (Mozart) http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/membership-bylaw
 * BANNERS: need to sign off and order TOMORROW.
 * Party framing (Brendan)
 * QLD issues (Mel)

Start: 20:32 AEDT Finish: 22:07 AEDT

Attendance

 * Simon Frew (Chair)
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Fletcher Boyd (WA Coord)
 * Daniel Judge
 * Melanie Thomas
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Ben McGinnes
 * Brendan Molloy

Apologies
Nil.

Action items

 * Frew contacted Nick Xenophon's office.
 * Unsure if if they will call a surveillance summit, might just have a press conference
 * If they do, we'll get an invite.
 * Mark wrote ToR for the Procurement Team.
 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/ProcurementTeamToR
 * see motions

Banners

 * Decided on VistaPrint for 5 banners at just under $400
 * Just use big "Pirate Party Australia" logo with blue background
 * DanielJ to get design file to Mel
 * 5x 1820x760, outdoor grade 500gm/m2 vinyl
 * See motions

Appoint an IT Officer

 * the two new appointees are having some issues due to real life that are beyond their control
 * need an 'always around' type like the outgoing IT officer.
 * Brendan suggests appointing Sam Lee-Lindsay as an IT Officer.
 * Special thanks to the Outgoing IT Officer
 * see motions
 * Outgoing IT officer to work with Brendan to produce document of all accounts/passwords, use to transition to Sam then to reside with Secretary for safe keeping.
 * see motions

Potential WA election

 * Fletcher happy to run
 * Trevor Dadson (wizardhat) as possible running mate
 * run a pozible campaign for fudning to run candidates
 * prepare all materials well in advance
 * meet later on this
 * Also meet later on determining preference order if/when necessary
 * note, national votes, possible change of democrat positioning etc

Archive resolutions: 2011-2, 2011-3, 2012-1, 2012-2, 2012-3 & 2013-1

 * most invalid, others unecessary
 * see motions

Social Media Guidelines submission

 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/SocialMediaGuidelines
 * see action items on twitter and facebook accounts for WA

Survey results

 * Results are here http://boo.brendan.so/survey-results.html
 * discussion on these to be had at next meeting

Membership by-law

 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/membership-bylaw
 * see motions

Queensland

 * multiple anecdotal reports of people with Tattoos being stopped in the street, questioned and photographed by police, arrested for chalking, and other abuses of power.
 * everyone is "wtf" at this
 * Mel starting a wiki/website to list all these egregious events
 * to discuss further over email

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept Meeting Minutes for 2013-10-09
 * Put by: Frew
 * Ayes: 7 (taco, Brendan, Mozart, Hasimir, MarkG, Frew, DanielJ); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept meeting minutes for 2013-10-23
 * Put by: Frew
 * Ayes: 7 (taco, Hasimir, Frew, DavidCampbell, Brendan, MarkG, Mozart); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (DanielJ)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept the Procurement Team ToR as worded.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (Hasimir, Brendan, Frew, Mozart, Mel, DanielJ, taco, MarkG); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Approve up to $400 for the purchase of 5 banners from Vistaprint.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (Brendan, Frew, Hasimir, Mozart, DanielJ, MarkG, DavidCampbell); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Appoint Sam Lee-Lindsay as an IT Officer.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 9 (Brendan, Mel, Hasimir, MarkG, taco, Frew, DanielJ, DavidCampbell, Mozart); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Require the production of documentation pertaining to all accounts and passwords of Pirate Party services by Nick, to be provided to Brendan by email, PGP-encrypted.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (DavidCampbell, Frew, Hasimir, Brendan, Mel, MarkG, taco, DanielJ); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Thank Nick for his years of service as IT Officer.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 9 (Brendan, Mozart, Frew, taco, DanielJ, Hasimir, DavidCampbell, Mel, MarkG); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Archive resolutions: 2011-2, 2011-3, 2012-1, 2012-2, 2012-3 & 2013-1
 * Put by: Frew
 * Ayes: 9 (Hasimir, Brendan, Frew, MarkG, Mozart, DavidCampbell, Mel, DanielJ); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept the social media guidelines as worded.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (Hasimir, Brendan, Frew, Mel, DanielJ, MarkG, DavidCampbell, Mozart); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept by-law Membership of State and Territory Branches as worded.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (Mozart, MarkG, DanielJ, Hasimir, Frew, taco, DavidCampbell); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: End this, pls.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (DavidCampbell, Mozart, Brendan, Hasimir, Frew, MarkG, DanielJ, Mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.

Action items

 * DanielJ to get banner design to Mel
 * IT to provision the Twitter account "@Pirates_WA"
 * Fletcher set up a Facebook page with a reasonable URL, add two NC members as admins