Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2017-11-14

Agenda
Working Group Reporting:


 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jebd
 * Patents - Creative Methods Act - Vacant
 * A dicourse has been created
 * AndrewD has voluntarily stepped down from the PDC, citing other commitments
 * New delegate/leader required
 * Startup and Innovation Policy - Vacant
 * AndrewD has voluntarily stepped down from the PDC, citing other commitments
 * New delegate/leader required
 * Will it be mothballed?
 * Rent Collection Policies - MarkG
 * Need to create a discourse discussion?
 * Anti-Rent Seeking Position Statement (ARSPS) under Declaration_of_platform_and_principles
 * Jesse_H to add in stuff on Resource Rents, water rights etc. - busy with uni and exam prep until 15/11
 * Job Guarantee Policy - Jesse_H
 * Meeting scheduled for 26/09/17 went well
 * 60% finished, need to finish off JG/BI complementary section and trial diversity section of preamble
 * https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/PDC_Job_Guarantee
 * Agriculture Policy - Jesse_H
 * Mothballed
 * Will likely create a position statement at some point after JGWG

Schedule WG meeting times

Deal with the wiki problems Platform needs to be updated, both from the 2017 congress and 2016 congress

Follow up:
 * MarkG - draft updates for Energy policy?
 * Space WG - to be set up for recruitment?
 * MilesW to update space policy, digitise notes in a pad?
 * Treasury's tax/transfer model for BI

General Discussion

Attendance

 * Jesse H
 * Alex J
 * JedB

Start: 08:30PM AEDT

End:  09:45PM AEDT

Apologies

 * Mark G

Working Group Reporting

 * Electoral System Reform Policy - Jedb
 * Draft is ready for PDC review and feedback
 * Still need to do more research on e-voting and sortition
 * Patents - Creative Methods Act - Jesse_H
 * Nothing to report, discourse yet to be engaged in
 * Ideas for updated patent policy have been discussed and developed on discourse
 * Jesse_H to take over and develop
 * Startup and Innovation Policy - Vacant
 * AndrewD has voluntarily stepped down from the PDC, citing other commitments
 * To be mothballed until resources are available
 * Rent Collection Policies - MarkG
 * MarkG to steer
 * Need to create a discourse discussion
 * Anti-Rent Seeking Position Statement (ARSPS) under Declaration_of_platform_and_principles to be made at a later date
 * Jesse_H to add in stuff on Resource Rents, water rights etc. - busy with uni and exam prep until 15/11
 * Job Guarantee Policy - Jesse_H
 * MarkG to work on
 * Jesse_H to add in and discuss Commonwealth Employment Service restoration
 * Agriculture Policy - Jesse_H
 * Mothballed
 * Will likely create a position statement at some point after JGWG

Previous meeting minutes
https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/Policy_Development_Committee_Meeting/2017-10-10