Minutes/National Council/2023-09-07

National Council Meeting 2023-09-07

Start: 19:40 PM AEST

Agenda

 * Previous meeting minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-08-24
 * Correspondence, reports, action items (Secretariat)
 * Discussion items, and motions
 * General business
 * National CCTV Walk
 * Motion to close the meeting

Attendance

 * Adam Woodings (Councillor; chair)
 * David Kennedy (Councillor)
 * Alex Jago (Secretary; minutes)
 * Miles Whiticker (President; from 19:50)

Apologies

 * Miles Whiticker (President)
 * John August (Treasurer)

Observers

 * €l!ϾabezaÐe{V}aca✩ (USPP)

Previous Minutes

 * See motions

Correspondence, reports, and action items completed

 * Pull request: Done
 * Update of Congress Motions page with member vote results: Done
 * Rebuild and upload updated constitution.tex: Not done.
 * Update https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policies/Economic_Reform : Done
 * Finalise Congress minutes (CAP-1 floor motion and AJ nomination) and distribute : Not done.
 * Everyone: read over Congress minutes for approval motion next meeting : Not done due (see prior item)
 * Miles (for Jay): follow up with PPI to lodge application : Unsure

National Security Walk

 * A US Pirates initiative, worth importing
 * https://uspirates.org/announcing-two-uspp-events/
 * Walk around, update a shared map to highlight the sheer amount of CCTV cameras in public
 * USPP have an OSM thing
 * Bit difficult with it being on a Monday but we can treat that as a kickoff for a month of activity with the main focus being on the following weekend (11am on the 16th)
 * Value in going through privacy policy of larger chains, places that use facial recognition, license plate cameras, etc
 * Pre-populate the map a bit more
 * https://eyes.daylightingsociety.org/ as global shared resource
 * Obviously needs a comms blast, good to have a presser
 * Post a selfie on that weekend wearing something Piratey and we'll send you stickers, the hashtags is #NationalSecurityWalk (Australian addresses only)
 * Twitter/X, FB, Insta
 * RSVP to contact@pirateparty.org.au so we can coordinate meetups
 * Meet up at $location, everyone pick a direction, come back in an hour
 * Official events planned in {...}
 * USPP wrote their announcement here https://uspirates.org/announcing-two-uspp-events/

Fusion Report Backs

 * Tomorrow night: Voice referendum workshop @ 7pm AEST
 * Phone banking training @ 8pm AEST
 * Ops plan seems a goer
 * State organiser peer support meeting every ~1-3 months
 * Fusion really needs someone to step up and be Comms officer
 * Housing policy soft-launched last night 🎉

Actions going forward

 * Rebuild and upload updated constitution.tex
 * Finalise Congress minutes (CAP-1 floor motion and AJ nomination) and distribute
 * Everyone: read over Congress minutes for approval motion next meeting
 * Miles (for Jay): follow up with PPI to lodge application
 * Alex: add Adam's SSH to remaining two servers (Payments and Members)
 * Alex: add Adam to Google admin
 * Adam: Draft press release for NSCW

Motions

 * MOTION: accept the minutes of the previous meeting as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2023-08-24
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 2 (AW, AJ)
 * Abstain 1 (DK)
 * Carried 19:44


 * Motion: close the meeting
 * Put by: Miles Whiticker
 * Ayes 4 (MW, DK, AW, AJ)
 * Carried 20:43