Pirate Emergency Congress 2017/Minutes

= Day 1 - Sunday, 5 November 2017=

Registration [10:00am AEDT]
Party Secretary, Tom Randle, verifies the current membership of those attending the meeting.

Opening [11:02am AEDT]
Party President, Emily Sievers, opens the meeting as Chair:


 * "Welcome to this Emergency National Congress meeting."
 * "This meeting serves the purposes of a Special General Meeting under the NSW Associations Incorporation Act 2009, Pirate Party Australia's legal entity being an association registered in NSW."
 * Statement of the Agenda for the meeting.

Standing orders [11:06am AEDT]
Adoption of the standing orders for this meeting National Congress Standing Orders

Motion

 * MOTION: adopt the standing orders
 * No questions
 * No amendments
 * No speakers against the motion
 * Motion is put by the Chair:
 * Motion CARRIED Ayes: 12; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0.

CAP-0: Constitution
Proposal is introduced CAP-0: Constitution

The rationale for this proposal to update the Constitution is stated:


 * At the July 2017 Annual National Congress all Constitutional Amendment Proposals lapsed due to low participation during the online vote.
 * The Constitution in the form presented here is the complete Constitution of the Party as it would have been following the July 2017 Annual National Congress, including all changes ratified at previous National Congresses.
 * This Constitution proposal includes clarification of National Councillor terms, required as part of recent NSW legislative changes to the NSW Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and regulations.
 * All 6 of the Constitutional Amendment Proposals at this year's July 2017 Annual National Congress had greater than 95% support from those members who cast a vote.
 * The exact wording of the lapsed Constitutional Amendment Proposals from this year's July 2017 Annual National Congress can be viewed in an easy to read format here https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2017/Constitutional_Amendments

Motion

 * MOTION: That the Constitution of Pirate Party Australia Incorporated, as presented to this meeting which serves the purposes of a Special General Meeting under the NSW Associations Incorporation Act 2009, be adopted in whole as the Constitution of Pirate Party Australia Incorporated in substitution for and to the exclusion of Pirate Party Australia Incorporated's existing Constitution.
 * No questions
 * No amendments
 * No speakers against the motion
 * Motion is put by the Chair:
 * Motion CARRIED Ayes: 9; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0.

Floor motions [1:03pm AEDT]
None

Motion

 * MOTION: close meeting
 * No questions
 * No amendments
 * No speakers against the motion
 * Motion is put by the Chair:
 * Motion CARRIED Ayes: 9; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0. [1:07am AEDT]