Minutes/National Council/2021-03-04

PPAU National Council meeting; 4th March 2021. Scheduled start: 8:30pm Sydney time

Agenda

 * Previous minutes
 * Email response to Australian Patriots Alliance (John)
 * New Press Release Content Guide
 * PPI Membership discussions/review
 * Electoral Reform livestream

Attendance

 * Alex Jago - Party Secretary
 * Brandon Selic - Dep. Pres
 * Fredrik 'Fred' Gerner - Councillor
 * John August - Treasurer
 * Miles Whiticker - Party President
 * Bryn "mandrke" Busai - Dispute Resolution

Previous Minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-02-18
 * see motions

"Patriots Alliance" response

 * the RWNJs think we're one of them
 * John has drafted a pushback email
 * willing to send in a personal or party capacity
 * Miles favours no-reply-and-track approach
 * Alex: "we're not their friends and we should tell them to bugger off"
 * mixed opinions as to whether response sendable on part of the party
 * John to revise existing draft and send it in the next few days

Press Release Content Guide

 * Miles flagging a TODO: revised PR guide.
 * Adding a section to the existing guide:
 * PRs should be short: 4 paragraphs
 * Everything needs to tie back to the Party, positions, spokespeople, or friendly people
 * Quotability: "give Journalists the lines we want them to say"
 * ensure spokespeople for each PR

PPI things

 * Thanks to Gabe for preparing report with options analysis
 * no binding decision made as of yet

Electoral Reform livestream

 * Alex and Pip are very keen
 * Miles proposes that Pip take the "interviewer" role, that Alex take the "policy" role and that Brandon provides a candidate's perspective
 * TODO: make it happen (sometime after the 15th, says Brandon)

AEC things

 * on track to miss
 * call lists: Brandon, John

General Biz

 * PDC meeting happened, went well
 * Alex and Miles went to see the Esports people, they're not interested in taking our money

Motions

 * MOTION: John to send email to so-called "Patriots Alliance", on behalf of the Party, telling them to politely bugger off
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 4 (BS, FG, JA, AJ); Nays: 1 (MW)
 * Motion carried.


 * MOTION: approve the previous minutes as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-02-18
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 5 (JA, FG, MW. AJ, BS)
 * Motion carried.


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Motion carried unanimously; meeting closed at 21:11 AEDT.