Minutes/National Council/2020-12-10

National Council meeting 10th December 2020

Meeting started 20:48 Sydney time.

Attendance

 * Bryn "mandrke" Busai (DRC)
 * Alex Jago (Secretary)
 * Phillip "Parduss" Richards (Councillor)
 * Fred Gerner (Councillor)
 * Dave "Satch" Kennedy (Councillor)
 * Brandon Selic (Deputy President)
 * Miles Whiticker (President)

Previous minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-11-12
 * Passed CFVs: Host the webinar with John Shipton et al ("Assange Webinar"); see below.
 * Meeting on 26th November not really quorate

Banking update

 * Alex has an appointment scheduled for Monday

Assange Webinar debrief

 * IT problems, mostly overcome
 * ridiculously higher viewership compared to everything else
 * lots of shares etc
 * a few new page likes

Cashless Welfare Card

 * We've been invited to support this campaign
 * The CWC is very much not in the UBI ethos; probably worth doing
 * https://www.facebook.com/notowelfarecard
 * https://www.thesaynoseven.com/
 * 'What other groups are involved?'
 * 'What areas are getting the rollout next?'
 * Miles knows the Brisbane people
 * Policy commitment sought: end the CWC, possibly also ending Work for the Dole and Mutual Obligations
 * See motions

Membership/Audit

 * Currently at about 70% of what we need
 * Renewals of expiries probably fairly tapped out already
 * Perhaps a "recruit a friend" drive worth pursuing?
 * Miles had an idea to send stickers, but his physical stock is not AEC compliant
 * Calling plan: Alex to populate pastebins of about 20, caller to do a batch, etc
 * Privacy policy needed updating to properly allow this; see motions.

Next livestream

 * Proposal to publicly announce our likely deregistering via livestream and hold a community meeting to discuss our future immediately afterwards on evening of Thu 17th Dec
 * Intent to stick around as advocacy body, but prefer to remain registered or seek re-registration.
 * Miles to draft announcement email
 * See motions

Remix Comp wrap-up

 * Too few submissions
 * Disappointment :(

Motions

 * MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting of 2020-11-12 as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-11-12
 * Put by: Dave Kennedy
 * Ayes: 5 (PR, FG, AJ, DK, BS) + Miles and John from email CFV.
 * Motion carried at 19:50.


 * MOTION: Pirate Party Australia: (a) supports a Universal Basic Income (UBI); (b) notes that the Cashless Welfare Card (CWC) is fundamentally inconsistent with the principles of a UBI.
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 6 (MW, AJ, BS, FG, DK, PR)
 * Motion carried at 21:09


 * MOTION: PPAU endorses the "No Welfare Card" campaign and will cross-promote them.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 4 (MW, AJ, FG, PR); Abstains 1 (DK)
 * Motion carried at 21:11


 * MOTION: Amend the privacy policy from "The Party Secretary may divulge names and telephone numbers to other trusted members for the purposes of verifying membership when other reasonable attempts to contact members have been unsuccessful." to read "The Party Secretary may divulge names and telephone numbers to other trusted members for the purposes of verifying or renewing membership when other reasonable attempts to contact members have been unsuccessful."
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 6 (MW, AJ, BS, FG, DK, PR)
 * Motion carried 21:26


 * MOTION: Miles to organise a public announcement that we are at risk of deregistering and what our future options are as well as hold a community meeting to discuss our options on Thursday 17th December.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 6 (MW, AJ, BS, FG, DK, PR)
 * Motion carried 21:33


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 6 (MW, AJ, BS, FG, DK, PR)
 * Motion carried 21:57; meeting closed.

Email motion passed prior to meeting
Assange) via our Facebook and Youtube channels.
 * MOTION: PPAU to host an MEAA webinar with John Shipton (father of Julian
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker (2020-11-26)
 * Ayes: 6 (MW, AJ, JA, FG, DK, PR)
 * Motion carried 2020-11-30.