Minutes/Hobart Meeting/2014-04-10

Hobart Meeting

 * Thursday 10 April 2014
 * The Republic Bar (http://www.republicbar.com/aboutus.php)
 * From 18:00; meeting closed at 19:15.

Agenda

 * Introductions
 * General update on party activities (how'd we do in the Perth Senate by-election?)
 * Any other business?
 * Move meeting time to 18:30. Parking around Republic Bar is limited until 18:00 due to clearways. 18:30 makes it easier to find a park nearby.
 * Report on meeting earlier this week with regards to National Committee meting tonight and Tasmanian 'branch'

Attendance

 * Tim Serong
 * Craige McWhirter
 * Scott Bragg + 1
 * Karl Perrett
 * Peter Lawler
 * Thomas Randall

Minutes

 * Tim opened the meeting at 18:25
 * Introductions between people
 * Introduction of Pirate Party Australia activities to Karl
 * Tim fills people in on State Co-ordinator role. Thomas was previous, Craige was going to however due to job moved to Sydney, Tim has volunteered for the role. To be discussed at National Council meeting tonight (2014-04-10) based upon general meeting conversation on Tuesday 2014-04-08.
 * Discussion of state branch vs. federal constitution, query about what takes precedence (Tim can't remember specifics)
 * Can we (or state coordinator) get list of Tasmanian member email addresses for one-off mailout to remind about existing of mailing lists?
 * Need to get people involved at Uni - can someone get a Uni student pirate Society together?
 * Tim mentioned National Congress is coming up in June or July
 * Scott moved minutes of last meeting be accepted, Peter seconded, done
 * Meeting formalities are rather loose, we're actually just a bunch of people in a pub at this stage.
 * Pete pointed out that "you've joined the announce list" welcome mail comes from Thomas' email address? This should come from a generic state coordinator address. Thomas indicated this pirate party email address may be inactive.
 * Tim suspects the join message comes from whomever's the list runner at the time of joining.
 * Thomas Randall moved that Tim Serong is endorsed by members present as Tasmanian State Co-ordinator. Scott Bragg seconded. Passed unanimously.
 * Meeting closed 19:15

Action Items

 * We need to get back in touch with all the people from the Tas Branch Formation WG meeting back in November(?)
 * Craige was talking about a Tassie-specific promo flyer design at some point - Tim to chase up WTF happened with this.