Minutes/National Council/2018-09-25

Start: 20:36 AEST

End: 22:50 AEST

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker
 * Alex Jago
 * Mark Gibbons
 * John August (until 21:23)
 * Daniel Oakley
 * David Read
 * Andrew Downing
 * Joe Furi (appointed 21:22)

Apologies
None

Absentees
None

Other Attendees

 * Joe Furi (appointed 21:22)

Previous Meeting Minutes (Alex)

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-09-11

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

 * PO Box update
 * Frew and Mark have both been travelling - hopefully actioned next week


 * PPI conference delegate callouts (Miles)
 * see also post on the forum: https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/pirate-party-international-general-assembly-2018-call-for-ppau-observers/2362
 * Followup from Miles' liason with PPI over last 18 months
 * We have been invited to attend as observers, Miles will be and would like some more people
 * general agreement that it's not worth rejoining PPI at this time but they may eventually improve and it's good to have a global umbrella group

Discussion items, and motions

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * See motion


 * NC Vacancies: Joe Furi's application for Deputy Treasurer
 * Consensus eventually reached that Joe might be new to the Party but that's no reason not to give him a chance
 * See motion


 * Federal election national campaign organising (Miles)
 * Election committee setup (re-convention)
 * Terms of Reference: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Election_Committee/Terms_of_Reference
 * Preselection will be finished by this coming Friday, so this weekend could work for an initial meeting
 * Committee reconvened with meeting date TBD - see motion


 * Wentworth election campaign
 * Nominations close Thursday 27th at midday
 * JohnA wasn't put forward as a preselection candidate for Wentworth, so actually he can't be endorsed in time any more (assuming a reasonable voting period, and also time to sort out paperwork).


 * Fundraising
 * MarkG suggests we'll only need the one fundraiser this time around
 * Delegated to Election Committee

General Business

 * Website bios
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/national-council/ to be updated for a few of us

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept minutes of previous PPAU National Council meeting of 11 September 2018 as presented.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 5 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, John August, David Read, Andrew Downing); Abstentions 2 (Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley); Nays 0.
 * Motion carried.

MOTION: Appoint Joe Furi as Deputy Treasurer for the remainder of the 2018-2019 National Council term.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 6 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, John August, David Read, Andrew Downing); Abstentions 1 (Daniel Oakley); Nays 0.
 * Motion carried.

MOTION: re-convene the Election Committee, with these Terms of Reference: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Election_Committee/Terms_of_Reference
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 7 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Joe Furi, David Read, Andrew Downing, Daniel Oakley); Abstentions: 0; Nays: 0.
 * Motion carried.

MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 7 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Joe Furi, David Read, Andrew Downing, Daniel Oakley); Abstentions: 0; Nays: 0.
 * Motion carried.

Meeting closed.