Minutes/National Council/2012-05-28

Attendance

 * David Campbell
 * Simon Frew
 * David Haidon
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Rodney Serkowski
 * Alexis Shaw

Position proposals

 * Put forward as "food for thought".
 * Add Elections Officer/Committee.
 * No decision on electoral system for committees or officers.
 * A motion was passed at the last congress to form a campaigns committee.
 * Brendan's envisaged system: NC appoints committee head, committee can fire the head.
 * Campbell: the NC would need oversight in case the committee became apathetic.
 * "Vacant positions" page on website?
 * Matter to be returned to at the next NC meeting.

Wikileaks rallies

 * Frew (Sydney), Crafti (Melbourne) and Glancey (Adelaide) giving speeches.

Bank situation

 * Being cleared up

IRC decorum discussion

 * No decisions made, still under discussion.

PPAU-ACT

 * Stuart Biggs (Taco_Lad) appointed provisional ACT Co-ordinator.

FNF2012 (Freedom Not Fear 2012)

 * Preliminary internationally agreed date of action is September 15.
 * Weekend of September 11, a good week to bring focus to civil liberties, gov transparency, privacy issues etc.

Motions

 * To choose Ross House as 2012 congress venue (http://www.rosshouse.org.au/facilities/list), and for Rodney to owe Frew a beer.
 * Motion passes 5 in favour, 1 absent.
 * To elect Stuart Biggs as provisional ACT Coordinator, with formalisation of this position conditional on an election mechanism to be decided at the first formal meeting of PPAU-ACT.
 * Brendan: "fucking lawyers man."
 * Motion passes 5 in favour, 1 absent.
 * Stuart accepts.
 * To rename of Head of Media Relations to Press Officer and Head of IT/Systems to IT Officer.
 * Motion passes 4 in favour, 2 absent.
 * To rename IT/Systems Committee to IT Work Group.
 * Motion passes 4 in favour, 2 absent.

Action items

 * Frew to call Ross House to book venue for Congress from 14-15 July.
 * Call a meeting if problems.
 * Rodney to drop into Bendigo bank ASAP and clear up bank details.
 * Make the webpage clearer and indicate the email as a better place for formal answers.
 * To start planning for FNF2012.