Minutes/National Council/2023-07-06

National Council Meeting 2023-07-06 Start: 21:30 AEST

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-05-25
 * 8th June (inquorate): https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/r.478cb395c3fc22426fd6664189f6d6c5
 * Correspondence, reports, action items (Secretariat)
 * Discussion items, and motions
 * Press release defaults update
 * National Congress organisation
 * General business
 * Motion to close the meeting
 * Motion to close the meeting

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker (chair)
 * Alex Jago (minutes)
 * Michael George
 * David "Satch" Kennedy
 * John August

Observers

 * Adam Woodings (WA Senate 2022)
 * milspec

Fusion Updates

 * A VIP guest at the Fusion monthly members meeting yesterday!
 * Enthusiastic, supportive, offered feedback.
 * Some critique of "deep ecology" from a traditional eco-feminist perspective.


 * Visioning process stage 1 complete, stage 2 mostly complete.
 * There's value in doing the process; achieving consensus remains an active effort.


 * Adam: where can Pirates show up and get involved?
 * Visioning and PDC opening up (coming out of closed beta)


 * Member drive is nominally over, needs a retrospective

Press release defaults update

 * Background: we put out a PR, it was pointed out that the PR doesn't mention anything about Fusion
 * Alex offered to develop some stock wording to the purpose for future PRs


 * At a minimum, state "Pirate Party Australia is a founding branch of FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency."
 * This can go in the footer.


 * Semi-optional second sentence: "Fusion's platform draws on the expertise of each of its constituent branches."


 * Third sentence:
 * "For more information about Fusion, visit fusionparty.org.au"

National Congress organisation

 * Asked Bryn to help with stream
 * Standard reminder that nominations are in fact open
 * There's a reminder email that needs sending ("two weeks to go")


 * Milspec has done a large amount of work on an updated tax and welfare policy
 * AJ to help drafting the motion and wikifying the policy proposal
 * Anticipated process of using floor motions to include (or exclude) specific sections, rather than putting exponentially many mutually-exclusive amendment proposals


 * Jay has added the motion to rejoin PPI
 * todo: pre-announced rationale


 * Alex had intended to put a CAP to enable membership database merger, but outright forgot


 * Branch rep: currently listed as a separate officer position, but we could adopt a by-law to just make it be "the national council, in this order of choice."

Actions going forward

 * Congress two-weeks reminder email (Alex, weekend)
 * Motions
 * Reminder to nominate

Motions

 * MOTION: accept the minutes of the previous meeting on 25th May and also the attempted meeting on 8th June.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 4 (AJ, MG, JA, MW)
 * Abstain 1 (DK)
 * Motion carried 21:42


 * MOTION: adopt the following as By-law 2023-01: "A member of the National Council shall serve as the Fusion Branch Representative, with the following order of preference: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Deputy President, Deputy Secretary, Deputy Treasurer, Councillors in order of election."
 * Ayes 5 (MW, AJ, DK, MG, JA)
 * Carried 23:15


 * MOTION: close the meeting.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 5 (MW, MG, AJ, DK, AJ)
 * Carried 23:16