Minutes/National Council/2016-10-19

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * Incomplete (https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2016-10-05)
 * Pirate Bureau (Frew)
 * Tallship Party (Frew)
 * General Business

Start: 20:39 AEST End: 21:58 AEST

Attendance

 * Simon Frew
 * Michael Keating
 * Thomas Randle
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Fletcher Boyd
 * Andrew Downing
 * Emily Seivers
 * Peter Fulton
 * Mozart Palmer (Inquiries Officer/DRC)
 * David Read (Social Media Officer)

Absent

 * David Crafti

Previous meeting minutes

 * Were not available

Pirate Bureau

 * Simon raised a new approval revision, due to changed software requirements as mentioned at the previous National Council meeting 2016-10-05
 * Thomas mentioned his expectation materials should not require a CFV for approval, as there was previously a process for approvals with 2-3 Councillors and if required, the permission of the person providing a political advertising authorisation.
 * Simon mentioned a vote of the National Council should be required for any expenditure.
 * Brief discussion clarifying interpretation of the existing approval process, Mozart wisely suggests more commas.
 * Fletcher expressed a need to required CFV for some materials requiring approval and authorisation, to ensure non-Party expenditure does not result in a poor outcome.
 * Simon expressed the Party should not stop people spending their own money on stuff for the Party.
 * Mozart mentioned that it's perfectly legal for anyone to attach their own authorisation to a Party material (context note: since the Party publishes under Creative Commons licenses).
 * Mark expressed it should be as simple and open a process as possible, with tightening of the rules down the track if a specific problem has to be solved.
 * Fletcher expressed in such cases requiring an advertising authorisation and expenditure by the Party or members, he expects a CFV for his name to be used, after he has also authorised the version for publication.
 * Mozart mentioned it may eventuate that the Party name and address could be used for advertising authorisations.
 * Simon put the reword approvals process for the Pirate Bureau as following:

(4) Promotional artworks for online distribution
 * 1) This section applies to all promotional artworks intended for online distribution by the Pirate Party, except for paid Internet advertisements and videos.
 * 2) Promotional artworks for online distribution
 * 3) may be commenced and created by any member of the Pirate Party, and
 * 4) must adhere to the Identity Style Guide.
 * 5) Artworks must be submitted for approval to the 'Bureau' category on the Pirate Party's forum (https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/c/bureau) as a new topic.
 * 6) Any member of the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee may, at any time,
 * 7) approve a submitted artwork for inclusion in the Pirate Bureau Gallery, or
 * 8) withdraw approval given by them or another member under paragraph (4)(a).
 * 9) Notwithstanding subsection (4), if a member of the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee submits an artwork for approval they cannot themselves approve it for inclusion in the Pirate Bureau Gallery.
 * 10) If an artwork is approved under paragraph (4)(a), a member of the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee must upload the artwork to the Pirate Bureau Gallery (https://gallery.pirateparty.org.au).
 * 11) If approval for an artwork is withdrawn under paragraph (4)(b)
 * 12) a member of the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee must remove the artwork from the Pirate Bureau Gallery, and
 * 13) reasons must be given for the withdrawal.
 * 14) If an artwork has not been approved feedback must be given to the submitter with a view to having the artwork included in the Pirate Bureau Gallery.

Tallship Party

 * Simon provided an update:
 * The promotion is not progressing as well as hoped
 * Only 2 tickets have been sold
 * The Party needs to raise sufficient funds to cover the deposit for the event
 * The Party needs to sell 30 tickets to cover the deposit
 * Suggests an early-bird discount of $10 on tickets sold until 4th December
 * Peter suggests refunding the discount amount for the first two sales.
 * General agreement to the idea, no objections.

General Business

 * Simon is heading to Melbourne for the PAX panel
 * Thomas is back from New Zealand
 * Keating raises whether the monthly IRC general meetings are still happening
 * Simon mentions no, though strategy meetings are upcoming
 * General discussion about how bad the Government is.
 * Mark is contacting David Campbell about outstanding fair trading payments

Motions

 * CFV MOTION: Approve the pullup banner design as submitted.
 * Put by: Fletcher Boyd
 * Ayes: 6 (Fletcher Boyd, Andrew Downing, Mark Gibbons, Michael Keating, Thomas Randle, Emily Seivers); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept amendment for the Pirate Bureau approvals process as presented
 * Put by: Simon Frew
 * Ayes: 6 (Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons, Simon Frew, Michael Keating, Peter Fulton, Andrew Downing); Nays: 0 ; Abstains:
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Set an Early Bird price for the Pirate Party tallship fundraiser at $100 to expire December 4 2016
 * Put by: Simon Frew
 * Ayes: 6 (Simon Frew, Fletcher Boyd, Michael Keating, Andrew Downing, Thomas Randle, Peter Fulton); Nays: 0 ; Abstains:
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close meeting
 * Put by: Simon Frew
 * Ayes: 8 (Simon Frew, Andrew Downing, Michael Keating, Peter Fulton, Fletcher Boyd, Emily Seivers, Thomas Randle, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.