Minutes/National Council/2013-09-11

Agenda

 * Ratify minutes from last meeting
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-08-28
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-09-03 (pre election joint NC/Election Committee)
 * Expense Claims (Brendan)
 * Talk Like a Pirate Day plans
 * asherwolf
 * focus on medical patents http://www.ccs.org.au/how-we-help/talk-like-a-pirate-day free bleeding hearts for something we already support. Gene patent destruction etc.
 * Committee and Working Group Restructuring Plans (Brendan)
 * Propose renaming "Working Group" to "Team"
 * Just because we can, feelpinions etc
 * Create Social Media Team
 * Collapse Campaigns, split into smaller functions
 * Design Team
 * Procurement Team
 * Events Team
 * State Branches (Brendan)

Start time: 20:01 11/9/13 AEST

Finish time: 21:41 11/9/13 AEST

National Council

 * Simon Frew (chair)
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Daniel Judge
 * Melanie Thomas
 * Mark Gibbons
 * David Campbell
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Ben McGinnes

Others/Guests

 * Asher Wolf
 * Thomas Randle

Apologies

 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer

Previous meeting minutes

 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-08-28
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2013-09-03 (pre election joint NC/Election Committee)
 * see motions

Expense Claims

 * Brendan has numerous expense claims
 * Shirts (Pistol Clothing): $275.00
 * Shirts (Red Octopus): $712.50
 * How to Votes (Discount Printing): $2020.01
 * Flyers (Dark Horse): $671.00
 * Pull up Banners (Bullprint): $905.00
 * Total amounting to $4583.50
 * receipts emailed to NC
 * see Motions

Talk Like a Pirate Day plans

 * suggest a pirate day pillow fight
 * gold coin donation
 * score a sticker (asher has had some printed)
 * Money donated to charity
 * http://www.ccs.org.au/how-we-help/talk-like-a-pirate-day
 * Promote via facebook and twitter for next 8 days
 * event would take place at 6:30pm on Thursday the 19th
 * byo pillow
 * possibly videotape it
 * Ask Joe Miles to speak
 * See motions

Propose renaming "Working Group" to "Team"

 * "Teams" sounds better & more human, and already have it for Press Team

Create Social Media Team

 * Had been planned in some way since pre-election
 * Brendan proposes creating a Social Media Team, with a terms of reference, and create the position of Social Media Officer
 * propose appointing asherwolf to that position if she is willing.
 * ToR needs to be written (written during meeting: http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Social_Media_Team based of press team ToR)
 * See motions
 * Thomas to continue as main facebook person

Collapse Campaigns, split into smaller functions

 * Brendan proposes to collapse campaigns into smaller groups:
 * Design Team
 * Procurement Team
 * Events Team
 * campaigns is too broad
 * not to blame individuals but rather the stucture is flawed
 * procurement did not work in practice
 * separate teams mean less layers
 * drop events team for now, do social media team, design team, procurement team. Proposed that:
 * Procurement Team should have a leader + someone to procure things in each state and territory.
 * Design Team should have a leader and as many designers as necessary for everything.
 * After much dicussion, NC to inform Campaigns Committee of intent to collapse into the smaller groups and request feedback/consultation from campaigns committee.
 * recognition that restructuring needs to occur, but that existing campaigns committee should be consulted

State Branches

 * This is a priority
 * Brendan will tweak the sign up form to handle different states
 * Mozart and Brendan will work on a constitution template
 * MarkG will make a list all the differences between state electoral acts (eg: how many members you need, cost of party registration, mandatory positions)
 * Need to write a detailed process on forming states: "Dummies' Guide to Forming State Branches" - Tap Mozart
 * basically, "make a working group first" so you don't need a bank account, eg "NSW Branch Working Group", for instance, that way can accept donations through the federal party etc etc

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept NC Minutes 2013-08-28 and 2013-09-03 as written.
 * 7 Ayes
 * Motion Carried


 * MOTION: Accept Brendan's expense claim for $4583.50.
 * 6 Ayes
 * 1 Abstain (Brendan)
 * Motion Carried


 * MOTION: Authorise Asher to run a pillow fight flash mob event thing for charity in Melbourne.
 * 7 Ayes
 * Motion Carried


 * MOTION: Accept the Social Media Team Terms of Reference as written.
 * 8 Ayes
 * Motion carried


 * MOTION: Appoint Asher Wolf as Social Media Officer.
 * 6 Ayes
 * Motion carried


 * MOTION: close NC meeting
 * 7 Ayes
 * Motion carried

Action Items

 * MarkG will make a list all the differences between state electoral acts
 * Mozart to help write a process on forming state branches
 * Set up Asher Wolf with accounts