Minutes/National Council/2020-11-12

National Council meeting 12th November 2020

20:30 Sydney time.

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker (President)
 * Fred Gerner (Councillor)
 * John August (Treasurer)
 * David Kennedy (Councillor)
 * Phillip Richards (Councillor)
 * Bryn Busai (DRC)
 * Alex Jago (Secretary)
 * Brandon Selic (Councillor; from 21:07 AEDT)

Previous meeting minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-10-29

Debate recap (Miles)

 * good interaction, continued engagement, minor tech issues
 * "1600 views total so far", Miles is very happy, "one of the most successful promo events"
 * Good mix of people commenting, not just Pirates
 * Excellent moderator
 * "Maybe conflict draws attention, maybe it's UBI"

Remix Comp submissions progress (Miles)

 * No subs thus far
 * "we can just extend it" - Alex
 * Dave suggests the bar might be a bit high
 * Miles TODO: "salvage this"

Livestream discussion on FB with Josip Ziro (Miles)

 * "Friendly Aussie Buds"
 * Miles proposes a freeflowing discussion
 * Looking for a third, John is a default option
 * Miles TODO a party mailout to see if someone w/ medical MJ wants to chat
 * John suggests Andrew Katelaris (NSW HEMP)
 * As a counterpoint, Alex suggests Frank Jordan or John Jiggens, who are Brisbane based

New social media team member (Miles)

 * New member Madi P interested in joining the SocMed team
 * TODO: find out what she's good at

Any other business

 * Nena conference ( John )
 * "I spat the dummy, sent in my talks anyway"
 * Probably on plenary talks
 * Christianity/Atheism show ( John )
 * Miles happy to promote to PPAU as long as John talks about PPAU in the show
 * Bureaucracy speech ( John )

Motions

 * MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-10-29
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 6 (MW, FG, JA, DK, PR, AJ)
 * Passed at 20:50 AEDT


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes: 5 (MW, DK, FG, PR, JA)
 * Meeting closed at 21:26 AEDT.