Minutes/Election Committee Meeting/2013-06-04

Agenda

 * Preferences
 * Issues
 * Campaigns Report (Thomas)
 * Screening Nights

Start time: 20:01 AEST 04/06/13

Finish time: 22:20 AEST 04/06/13

Attendance

 * Simon Frew
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Thomas Randle
 * David Campbell
 * Liam Pomfret
 * Geoff Hammett
 * Glenn Takkenberg
 * Melanie Thomas

Apologies

 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer

Preferences

 * Frew has done up a draft PR for preferences and a mail for Parties based on a reply taco had concocted
 * https://pressteam.piratenpad.de/10
 * quotes to be reduced as media tends to ignore quote heavy PRs
 * Brendan will also revise some aspects before next NC meeting
 * Taco will follow up the prior email sent.
 * Also, Taco: "The greens are switching to a national negotiator, and I haven't heard anything further from that"
 * Comment from Frew that preference process "... will work best as a demonstration of us practising what we preach, unsure how it will go down with other Parties"

Issues

 * Note: "The idea with this, is to have it every meeting to keep abreast of stuff in the news that are good for us to campaign on"
 * eg ASIC censorship using section 313 of the telecommunication act
 * Discussion re Victorian police seizing art and threatening an artist with child porn offenses today
 * Ongoing TPPA negotiation stuff
 * Brendan and Frew attended consultation last week
 * ASIC is being questioned in estimates by Ludlam
 * http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/estimates/asic-internet-filtering
 * Thomas Randle states he went hard on electoral funding and ASIC censorship this week on facebook and it went well
 * Discussion re S313 and relation to old filter plans
 * Possible contact with Melbourne Free University to see what they plan, although they may be unlikely to formally/legally challenge due to their possible ad hoc nature
 * Discussion re blocklists and ins and outs of transparent lists and effectiveness and/or lack thereof
 * Discussion re iiNet and ISPs in general
 * Discussion and lack of agreement around possibilities of using TPB as a way of hosting party materials.
 * Website content for a repeal S313 campaign
 * needs a 'plan of action' for visitors
 * Frew to formulate of said
 * Melanie, chanel, arikb to assist with content
 * www.faircopyright.com.au pointed out as a thing

Approved flyers / printing costs

 * we have two approved flyers now, feenicks has another 2 A4 posters coming as well, they just missed the deadline of the stuff we approved today
 * Thomas Randle would like to get the NC to spend about $150 getting as many of these printed up as possible:
 * https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5133289140b87b561c0075ac/51937aa810e002dd1100257e/ff2aef6c20aebd44b8d673130726f083/flyer_preview.png
 * Epic discussion on logistics of printing, printing options, locations, prices etc etc ensued, also comments on "Printed by/at" AEC guidelines.
 * DL Size info: DL        99 × 210         common flyer 1/3 of an A4
 * want to have a supply for the TPB:AFK Screening
 * Blue unlikely to be done in time via printery locations so will take time and find best price.
 * a note to try ensure this is sorted earlier next time
 * David shall print a Black and White supply from home.
 * We will arrange to have the blue version produced at a later date to acceptable standards at that time

Redesign the membership registration process/welcoming/party intro

 * 3 people to help redesign the membership registration process/welcoming/party intro
 * Sunny Kalsi wrote a doc on how to start helping if you're a new member
 * https://trello.com/card/members-registration-initiation/513328b1ea2a26397e002d27/11
 * Existing welcome email text: http://openpad.me/80GATCOlpx
 * Thomas is concerned that the existing welcome email is too wordy
 * would like: the welcome message broken into _multiple_, styled with pretty html, and a few sent covering the different topic areas
 * ie: how the party is managed, how to get involved
 * He also believes every new member must be automatically signed up to the announcements list
 * Sunny offers to assist in content for this
 * dada mail integration issues raised but not discussed at this time

New website issues menu content

 * New website issues menu content to start going out next week, as a day by day release pushed on social media.
 * Thomas will finish off and we'll start releasing them next week as a series

Social media sharing assets

 * More social media sharing assets, one for each core principle and join/donate items
 * popular with the audience, we should make more

Official Campaign launch

 * Discussion on timing during congress.
 * tending towards Saturday afternoon, but Thomas would prefer morning
 * further discussion to occur over email

Campaign Fundraiser launch

 * No Details, comments on if it should coincide with above

Screening Nights

 * Discuss this another time, holdover to next meeting.
 * Possible venue in Newcastle, Beaumont St, Hamilton (Newcastle Crew Meetup Location)