Pirate Congress 2021/Nominations

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Catty McCat
I am a cat!| How dare you question my justification!| I purr.| Maybe, I am a cat.| }}
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= Nominations =

President
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.1

Deputy President
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.2

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Roger Whatling
Full disclosure, I do not have a deep background in politics or activism. My experience outside of the Pirate Party is in project management and leading technical delivery teams. While maybe not the typical path to political party leadership, I feel PPAU could do with some help in developing a clear direction and focusing on a goal. What I will bring to the National Council is organisational structure, professionalism and leadership skills for the Party to continue to build on. I hope to assist the Council to unite our members in the shared values and cohesive vision of the Pirate Party.| I believe in the Pirate Party platform and policies. It was disappointing to find out that the Party had de-registered due to lack of numbers. I know the Party has had many prosperous times since its founding, unfortunately now is not one of those times. Fading public presence, dwindling participation, negative or confused public opinion. I want to see Pirate Party back on the ballot paper, disrupting Australian politics with progressive policies and discourse about topics that matter. De-registration has motivated me to become more involved in the movement and as part of that commitment, I am nominating to be part of the National Council in any way the Party members see fit. I have a number of ideas for improving the operations of the Party, while maintaining Pirate principles.| Admittedly I have only been a member for a relatively short amount of time and even let my membership lapse until recently. Since returning I have been an active member on the Party Discord server, initiating and contributing to conversations, providing feedback and encouraging open discourse. I have been active at most Friday Social nights on video chat which has been a great platform to meet a few regular members, though I'm looking forward to meeting more both online and in person. I am not afraid to ask questions and attempt to pick holes in opinions for the purpose to having open minded conversations and strengthening positions. I believe steel-manning or having a devils advocate helps to fight being sucked into blind ideological views. I am also not scared of being wrong (as I quite often am). I have a few high-level thoughts for the Party which I think are relatively simple operational changes that could help build the membership numbers sufficient to re-register the Party for the upcoming election and continue to strengthen the Party over time. Initial focus would be on making the content easier to consume and the Party easier to engage with. I have outlined some of my thoughts along with a bit more information about myself in the attachment under "Additional Documents".| I generally agree with the underlying Pirate Party platform and ideals and look forward to contributing to new or updated policies as required over time. I have not been part of any other political party or movement.

I welcome any member to reach out directly if you'd like to discuss my nomination or just have a chat.| }}
 * [mailto:heyroger@live.com.au email me]
 * Discord: Dread Pirate Roger (@Nemesis#4685)
 * Rebuilding Pirates - an Opportunity.pdf

Secretary
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.3

Deputy Secretary
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.4

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Roger Whatling
See nomination details listed under Deputy President. }}

Treasurer
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.5

Deputy Treasurer
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.6

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Mitchell Curnoe
I have experience, skills and qualifications in bookkeeping/accountancy.| I wish to expand our merchandising and our marketing so that we can both reach more people and fundraise.| Just joined this year through I do engage frequently in group discussions and will actively promote and support the party anyway I can.| I agree with the majority of the parties positions through the main ideals I support is lowering the copyright regulations, lowering the amount you lose from unemployment payments when you are actively working, freedom of speech and the right to privacy. }}
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Councillors (3 positions)
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-3.2.7

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Roger Whatling
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Andrew Downing
I am a founding member who has promoted the party, contributed to many policies, and assisted with several of our election campaigns.| I feel like PPAU has declined in recent years and I want to assist with its reinvention and renewal.| I've been a software architect/engineer for a few decades, I bring an analytical mind and hopefully some insight into the workings of the modern world. I have been a councillor once in the past, have been Policy Development Office and actively participated in the development of many of our current policies.| I support our party policies. I was instrumental in crafting many of them. Pirate Party Australia is the only political party I want to be in.| }}

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David Kennedy
I am a founding member who has promoted the party and assisted with some of our election campaign efforts in the past, and have been an acting counsellor for the past two years.| I'm happy to continue helping where I can as part of the NC.| I'm an analyst developer, primarily c# enterprise systems. For the past 5 years I've been contracting to Telstra as an NBN Automation Consultant. If re-elected to the NC I will seek to faithfully reflect the consensus of our members and uphold our core values. I have a particular interest in freedom of expression, so I will defend these liberties wherever possible.| I support the bulk of our party policy as it currently stands. Pirate Party Australia is the only political party I've held formal membership in.| }}
 * https://www.linkedin.com/in/dotnetdavidkennedy

Policy Development Officer
Committee Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policy_Development_Committee/Terms_of_Reference {{Candidate| |

Andrew Downing
I am a founding member who has promoted the party, contributed to many policies, and assisted with several of our election campaigns.| I feel like PPAU has declined in recent years and I want to assist with its reinvention and renewal.| I've been a software architect/engineer for a few decades, I bring an analytical mind and hopefully some insight into the workings of the modern world. I have been a councillor once in the past, have been Policy Development Office and actively participated in the development of many of our current policies.| I support our party policies. I was instrumental in crafting many of them. Pirate Party Australia is the only political party I want to be in.| }}

Dispute Resolution Committee (1 position)
Duties: https://pirateparty.org.au/constitution/#part-iii-12