Minutes/National Council/2018-04-16

Start: 20:41 AEST

End: 21:28 AEST

Attendance

 * Emily Sievers
 * Alex Jago
 * Miles Whiticker
 * Tom Randle
 * John August
 * John Jeffery
 * Simon Frew

Apologies

 * Mark Gibbons
 * Peter Lawler

Previous Meeting Minutes (Tom)

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-04-02

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

 * Correspondence: Secretary provided a letter to Mark Gibbons for PayPal resolution.
 * Correspondence: Interview request from student.
 * Action item: Secretariat to start setting up the Annual National Congress 2018 wiki pages

Discussion items, and motions
None

General Business

 * JohnA: Proposes media release related to IP and farmers, and also Basic Income in contrast to the Green's push.
 * AlexJ: 'Our [basic income] model avoids the usual straw men deployed against BI'.
 * JohnA notes he intends to discuss basic income on his radio show.
 * JohnA provides some general comments about the context.
 * Frew recommends starting a pad for drafting, notes our media mailout list is outdated.
 * Links provided to help with drafting/formatting Party press releases.
 * Brief discussion about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Party opposes the trade deal.
 * Brief discussion about the latest Dept Communications copyright consultation, no Party member appears to be working on anything yet.

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept minutes from PPAU National Council meeting of 2 April 2018
 * Put by: Emily Sievers
 * Ayes: 5 (Emily Sievers, Tom Randle, Alex Jago, John August, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (John Jeffery)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: close meeting
 * Put by: Emily Sievers
 * Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Miles Whiticker, Emily Sievers, John Jeffery, Alex Jago, John August, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.

CFV Motions

 * MOTION: Reimburse Fletcher Boyd $30 for IT expenses.
 * Put by: Tom Randle
 * Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Peter Lawler, Alex Jago, Emily Sievers, John Jeffery, Simon Frew, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.