IT Team

The IT Work Group is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of web services to support the activities of Pirate Party Australia. In addition, it also processes and responds to enquiries from elected officials and party members. For general enquiries about Pirate Party Australia, contact us at [mailto:enquiries@pirateparty.org.au enquiries@pirateparty.org.au] or visit http://pirateparty.org.au/contact/.

Responsibilities
IT Work Group maintains the following services:
 * Public website, the wiki and the media directory;
 * DNS and uptime monitoring;
 * General e-mail and mailing lists;
 * Internal communication and collaboration systems (etherpad, mumble, etc);
 * Data backups and server maintenance;
 * Monitoring of site analytics, e-mail/IP reputation, SEO etc.

The following services are managed in conjunction with the IT Team:
 * Join form;
 * Petitions;
 * Congress streaming and remote participation.
 * IRC (irc.pirateparty.org.au/irc.pirateirc.net) - see http://pirateirc.net for more information;

The services for the following groups are not maintained by the IT Work Group. Please contact the respective person/committee for assistance:
 * Programming Work Group - join IRC and ask for Brendan or e-mail [mailto:brendan.molloy@pirateparty.org.au brendan.molloy@pirateparty.org.au];
 * Campaigns Committee - join IRC and ask for Rundll or e-mail [mailto:thomas.randle@pirateparty.org.au thomas.randle@pirateparty.org.au];
 * Voting - join IRC and ask for Brendan or e-mail [mailto:brendan.molloy@pirateparty.org.au brendan.molloy@pirateparty.org.au].

Some state/territory chapters may opt to maintain and administer their own services e.g. PPAU-ACT.

Policies
Internal policies that may be of relevance to party members and representatives are publicised here:


 * IRC Code of Conduct
 * IT Accounts Policy
 * Privacy Policy

User Guides

 * Mumble
 * Remote Participation

Related Pages

 * IRC
 * Programming Work Group