Minutes/National Council/2023-05-11

National Council Meeting 2023-05-10

Start: 21:40 AEST

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-03-02
 * Inquorate or not attempted since then:
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-03-16
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/nc-2023-03-30
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/nc-2023-04-13
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/nc-2023-04-27
 * Correspondence, reports, action items (Secretariat)
 * Discussion items, and motions
 * National Congress
 * General business
 * Motion to close the meeting

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker (President; Chair)
 * Alex Jago (Secretary; Minutes)
 * John August (Treasurer)

Apologies

 * David Kennedy

Absentees

 * Michael George

Observers

 * Simon G

AEC Audit preparation

 * Alex assisted on the Pirate side.
 * Texted (with script assistance) everyone whose membership expired since April 2022 to prompt renewal
 * Verified member details against the AEC
 * Email deliverability still seems an issue from that server...
 * PPAU ended up contributing almost 300 people to the combined list of about 1650

Fusion reportback

 * Andrea Leong has resigned as Fusion secretary
 * Some discomfort
 * A motion was floated (not passed) to hold off on campaigning until visioning process, business plan etc were sorted out
 * Needs a common-sense exemption for member drive

Motions

 * Note: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/User:AlexJago/Quorum_Reduction_CAP_2023