Weekly Report 20120414

The report is for 8th to 15th April

= Last week =


 * 14th April: A new pirate, Sam Kearn, has started the PPAU webcast. You can listen to the first episode here: http://pirateparty.org.au/2012/04/14/pirate-party-australia-webcast-episode-1/


 * 14-15th April: Brendan Molly and Mozart were remote delegates for the PPI conference: http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2012


 * Brendan's PPI Board Candidature Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5m_-yH6pnI

= Next week =


 * 17th April, 8:00pm: General Pirate Party Meeting.


 * 18th April, 8:00pm: National Council Meeting.


 * 19th April, 8:30pm: Media Relations Meeting.


 * 20th April: iiNet High Court verdict

= Current issues =


 * Copyright Act 2012/2013 reform. You can help us reform copyright to favour artists and consumers more: http://pirateparty.openpad.me/100


 * TPPA treaty. How you can take action on this: http://pirateparty.org.au/2012/04/05/tppa-negotiation-farce-must-end-pirate-party/

= Help wanted =


 * Australia's deceptive anti-piracy campaign


 * We need guerrilla marketing ideas


 * Let companies know how they can raise awareness of issues that PPAU campaigns on


 * Survey questions to ask to assess Australia


 * Designers are wanted to develop promotional graphics for projects, press releases, etc. Catch the public's eye!


 * Marketers are wanted to help understand Australia's culture, tackle youth apathy, raise awareness of PPAU, and more.


 * IT people are wanted to help maintain and develop party systems. There's potential wikileaks system, torrent tracker, etc.


 * Lawyers are wanted for a range of issues in the areas of intellectual property and telecommunications. We want to do some legal-gray stuff due to unjust laws. We may expand to take on more areas.


 * PPAU is open to business ideas to generate party funds.

Think you can help us do it or can you help PPAU more? Jump into chat and ask

Did you know: Pirate Party Australia started forming in 2007 with just two members.