Minutes/National Council/2021-02-18

PPAU National Council Meeting

18/02/2021

Start: 20:35 AEDT End: 21:51 AEDT

Attendance

 * Miles Whiticker
 * Fred Gerner
 * Dave Kennedy
 * Phillip Richards
 * Alex Jago
 * Brandon Selic
 * Pip Foweraker (Policy Dev Officer)
 * Bryn Busai (Dispute Resolution)
 * Lee Geraghty (IR Ctte, Second Life whizz)

Agenda

 * IR Committee report back (Miles)
 * Bureacracy livestream report back (John/Bryn)
 * ESports
 * Second Life
 * NMBC
 * Previous Minutes

ESports partnership (Miles)

 * XP or UQU Esports, may contribute $500 to the competitions with an expectation of *good* publicity for our party. League of Legends, Counterstrike. $200 to $500.


 * Pip: Some things to be considerate of when negotiating sponsorship / promotion:
 * Shoutouts from casters
 * Naming rights (name the stream / comp)
 * Logo or image flashes when going to ad breaks or in between games (STAR WIPES)
 * Think of expression as a % of the prize pool - if we're paying for the whole thing...
 * Let them propose $$$ amounts to see what we can get if they have an existing model
 * Shoutouts at awards presentation ceremony
 * "Remember they're probably pretty low budget too"
 * see motions

Second Life Pirate Simulation (LeeG)

 * General acclaim for the environment. A lack of laser sharks was noted by members of the NC but LeeG provided assurances this can be remedied.

NMBC shenanigans

 * Shenanigans with Facebook today. Blockathon.
 * Miles has had a briefing invite for Feb 19th, NC have Zoom link
 * "I'm not sure where these guys come from" - Miles
 * FB comments to ScoMo, Albo, Bandt absolutely scathing
 * The thing is that this law is super, super broad.
 * AlexJ makes the argument that everyone is a "news business"
 * Google meanwhile have broken out the chequebook.

Email response to Australian Patriots Alliance (John)

 * carried over to next meeting.

Membership drive part N update (Alex)

 * We've held steady and basically had a month off"

Minutes 18/02/2021 8:10 PM

Discussion regarding new members and Second Life branding (Miles)

Feedback from Bryn regarding the Bureaucracy debate.

 * Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ85FuhEYMA&ab_channel=PiratePartyAustralia
 * generally went well apart from JohnA's Jitsi problems

Motions

 * EMAIL MOTION: Appoint Gabe Allen, Jay Stephens, Lee Geraghty and Kevin Huang to the International Relations Committee.
 * Put by: Alex Jago (11th February 2021)
 * Ayes 5 (FG, MW, PR, AJ, JA)
 * Motion carried 18th February.


 * MOTION: That the NC approve Alex and Miles to negotiate with XP Esports for a potential sponsorship deal to be approved by the NC later.
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Passed unanimously 21:10 AEDT.


 * MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-02-04
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes: 5 (BS, AJ, PR, MW, FG); Abstain 1 (DK)
 * Motion carried 21:34 AEDT.


 * MOTION: close meeting (Miles)
 * Passed unanimously at 21:51 AEDT.