Minutes/National Council/2014-03-27

Agenda

 * Ratify previous meeting's minutes — http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2014-03-13
 * New Qld Coordinator (Brendan)
 * New IEC members (Brendan)
 * Reimbursement claims (if any)
 * Banking status (Mark)
 * Code of conduct (Mozart) — http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/code-of-conduct
 * Congress 2014

Start: 20:38 27/3/14

Finish: 21:53 27/3/14

Attendance

 * Simon Frew (Chair)
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Melanie Thomas
 * Ben McGinnes

Apologies

 * DanielJ

Previous meeting's minutes

 * Held over until the next National Council meeting due to inability to ratify with current numbers.

New Qld Coordinator

 * Mel has chosen to vacate in favour of a suitable candidate.
 * Michael Keating has applied for the position.
 * Michael helped hand out how-to-vote cards.
 * See motions

New IEC members

 * Two applications: one from Michelle Allen (WA Candidate) the other from David Campbell (Councillor)
 * See motions

Reimbursement claims

 * All reimbursements already dealt with, but are recorded for the minutes.
 * Reimbursements to Brendan Molloy:
 * $1,254.68 for corflute signs for the WA election.
 * $1550 for how-to-vote cards for the WA election.

Banking status

 * Mark won't be looking into Xero until there is a bank account to attach to it.
 * Mel will sign the ANZ forms tomorrow.
 * Forms should then arrive mid-next week in Canberra and further progress can be made.

Code of Conduct

 * http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/code-of-conduct
 * Designed to make sure everyone is aware of their responsibilities.
 * Discussion and dissent in regard to proposed motion text
 * item and motion held over til next meeting

Amendment of National Council Resolution 2011-4

 * Lacked gender neutral language and should also say "state and territory coordinators"
 * See motions.
 * This resolution should be converted to a by-law and archived
 * resolutions were intended to be a central place for directives that were not clarifications of the constitution
 * See action items

Congress 2014

 * Mel has been scoping venues, (QUT has no usable internet(?!), Greek club charges per person)
 * Irish club could be suitable
 * Keating requested to also assist in finding a location due to new QLD co-ordinator role
 * A weekend in July
 * Pref in CBD
 * Needs decent internet for streaming
 * ballpark likely approx 50 ppl

By-Law Numbering

 * Brendan has added constitutional number formatting to this page:
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/By-laws

Motions

 * MOTION: Appoint Michael Keating as Qld Coordinator.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (MarkG, Frew, Brendan, Ben, GlenTakkenberg, Mozart, mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Appoint Michelle Allen and David Campbell as members of the IEC.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (Brendan, Mozart, Ben, GlenTakkenberg, Frew, MarkG, mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Amend all gender-neutral language in 2011-4 to its gender neutral counterpart.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, Ben, GlenTakkenberg, MarkG, Mozart, mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Amend 2011-4 to refer to State and Territory Coordinators.
 * Put by: Mozart
 * Ayes: 6 (Ben, Mozart, Brendan, GlenTakkenberg, MarkG, mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Change the nomenclature for resolutions from Resolution- - to Resolution -.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (MarkG, Brendan, Frew, Mozart, Ben, mel, GlenTakkenberg); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close the meeting now
 * Put by: Frew
 * Ayes: 5 (Ben, Brendan, Frew, MarkG, mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.

Action items

 * Mozart to convert this resolution into a bylaw for next meeting (and then we archive it)