Minutes/National Council/2023-08-03

National Council Meeting 2023-08-03 Start: 21:30 AEST

Quorum declared 21:40 (the vote hasn't come in either way)...

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/nc-2023-07-20
 * Correspondence, reports, action items (Secretariat)
 * Fusion
 * Bridgid/Yarra
 * Interview with German magazine
 * Discussion items, and motions
 * General business
 * Motion to close the meeting

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker
 * Alex Jago
 * David Kennedy
 * Adam Woodings
 * John August (from 22:16)

Observers

 * milspec (member)
 * OwenFM (Fusion Sec'y) (til 21:55)

Minutes
Welcome Adam!

Fusion report-backs

 * Technically EC was inquorate tonight, but good chats
 * Miles presented his national organising cycle WIP (build-execute-reset phasing)


 * AL has written up some Fusion CAPs to (effectively) get rid of branches
 * Change is necessary for subnational branches to happen anyway
 * However, 'we'' would like to keep being a branch... so we'll see how that all goes

Bridgid/Yarra

 * B's keen to get Pirates involved with Yarra things
 * Council campaigning is kicking back up - good time to be involved, upskill, get a different perspective

German magazine interview

 * Austin Mackell has been commissioned to write an article about Pirates
 * (internationally, not just us)
 * handy that we're close though!

Meeting time going forward

 * Keen to get earlier
 * WA consents
 * Also get on the "off" week relative to Fusion

Upcoming event opportunities

 * TLAPD September 19th
 * National Security Day
 * (borrowed from the US Pirates)
 * dress up, walk around your city, note all the CCTV, put them in a Gmap
 * and do it on 11th September

Motions

 * Accept the minutes of the previous meeting held on 20th July 2023
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 4 (Miles, Adam, Alex, Dave)
 * Carried 21:47


 * Shift National Council meetings to 7pm AEST and also change to the fortnight when Fusion EC isn't.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 5 (Miles, Adam. John, Alex, Dave)
 * Carried 23:03


 * Close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 5 (Miles, Adam. John, Alex, Dave)
 * Carried 23:07