Minutes/National Council/2016-04-13

Agenda

 * Previous meeting's minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2016-03-30
 * Pozible campaign
 * Election
 * Election bureaucracy
 * Election fund raising
 * Social Media Team
 * Motion: Appoint David Read to the Social Media Team
 * Snowden Talk
 * Party votes
 * Last Congress Minutes
 * Name change vote 1
 * General Business

Start: 20:35 AEST

End:  22:12 AEST

National Council

 * Simon Frew
 * Michael Keating
 * David Crafti
 * Fletcher Boyd
 * Thomas Randle
 * Mark Gibbons

Officers

 * Brendan Molloy

Apologies

 * Daniel Judge
 * Peter Fulton (CAPT-Irrelevant) (may be in near the end)

Previous meeting's minutes

 * See motions

Pozible Campaign

 * Thomas had a meeting with the Pozible rep
 * Projects should be at ~70% completion a week before finishing for a good chance of success
 * We should cross reference previous backers against current ones and contact those that haven't contributed
 * Focus on several large ($1k) donations
 * Shoutouts on social media for contributors that have provided handles
 * Simon suggested contacting more NGOs and chasing The Greens again
 * Thomas: We should spend ~$100 on social media for the campaign
 * Mark: We can afford that
 * Keating: Needs a more detailed strategy before voting, suggests CFV
 * Frew: Less twitter
 * Thomas: A mix of of FB/Twitter
 * Frew: Should contact influential followers of @piratepartyau for support
 * Keating: CFV doesn't need to be fine grained with exact amounts for each platform etc
 * Thomas: Good opportunity to use the new social media volunteer
 * David will be used as authorised address for ads with Fletcher as backup

Beureaucracy

 * We have a couple of weeks to get everything in order
 * Voting systems, candidate applications need to be ready
 * Fletcher to set up wiki pages for nomination process and send candidate mailout (Action items)

Fundraising

 * Simon: We need a campaign ready to go when the memberdb one ends, regardless of success
 * Target and timetable yet to be determined
 * Keating: Minimum enough to fund the election, advertising as stretch goals
 * The ad the AEC ran due to a picture change is bonus advertising (Though it did cost $500)
 * David: We need a fundraising campagin that isn't contingent on a target
 * Simon: a $4k campaign is doable easily
 * Simon has called an election committee meeting for 18/4, NC members are asked to attend
 * Was hoping to get states working on their own fund raising but there wasn't enough interest in state based election committees
 * Working out how many states to run in will have to be done as we go, too many moving parts
 * David: How about crowd-funding for each state? The states that manage to make the $2000 + fees get to run a candidate. Stretch goals for advertising and/or second candidates. If we only get enough for one candidate in a state, then it's up to our discretion.
 * Simon: Not enough resources
 * Thomas: Accept nominations then pick the states we can afford (others would have the option of self funding)
 * David is concerned that a large minimum target will result in an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign
 * Simon suggests $4k as an easy target
 * Mark: Direct funding to solid candidates in states that need a higher profile, also needs to be balanced against which states are viable on a state level

Social media team

 * New volunteer Twisty (@drtwiisty1)
 * Been tweeting over the past few days and has read the socmed guidelines
 * What sparked your interest in pirate politics?
 * "twisty_ : MarkG: easy. all the other party policies suck. Too little and no references. PPAU policy largely reflect mine."
 * Anything we should know that's going to bite us on the arse in the future?
 * twisty_ : Fletcher: I'm a farmer. So ... twisty_ : Nothing that springs to mind twisty_ : I'm not superstitious
 * Thomas to setup tweetdeck access (Action item - Done)
 * See motions

Snowden Talk

 * In exchange for some promotion the party gets 10% off tickets, a ticket for David and Frew and two free tickets for each show
 * David and Simon will donate the cost of their tickets to the party
 * Too much regulation to raffle the free tickets but they can be sold/used to incude donations
 * Pozible rewards may be possible but will run into problems if timelines don't match up or goals aren't met
 * Questions need to be submitted beforehand,
 * David to circulate draft pad for questions (Action item)

2015 Congress minutes

 * 2015 Congress minutes and financial statement need to be voted on by the party
 * Financial statement ready to go
 * Congress minutes CFV'd

First name change vote

 * Question needs to be drafted
 * 7 day time limit on voting


 * Fletcher to liase with Brendan for the party vote (Action item)

General Business

 * David Craft will be doing an interview with a student on the 14th about the senate electoral reform
 * Mark will attend the AEC briefing (Action item)
 * Simon attended an anti-protect laws public meeting in sydney

Motions

 * CFV MOTION: Approve payment of $500 to Australian Electoral Commission for the registration of party logo.
 * Put by: Daniel Judge
 * Ayes (8): Daniel Judge, Simon Frew, Thomas Randle, Fletcher Boyd, Michael Keating, David Crafti, Peter Fulton, Mark Gibbons
 * Result: Motion carries.


 * CFV MOTION: The National Council approves immediate payment of our outstanding invoice to ThoughtWorks.
 * Put by: Mark Gibbons
 * Ayes (6): Michael Keating, Daniel Judge, Simon Frew, David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons
 * Nays (1): Thomas Randle
 * Result: Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Accept minutes 2016-03-30 as presented
 * Put by: Simon Frew
 * Ayes (4): Simon Frew, Michael Keating, Thomas Randle, Mark Gibbons
 * Abstains (2): David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd
 * Result: Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Appoint David Read to the Social Media Team
 * Put by: Simon Frew
 * Ayes (6): Thomas Randle, Simon Frew, David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons, Michael Keating
 * Result: Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close meeting
 * Put by: Simon Frew
 * Ayes (5): Fletcher Boyd, Simon Frew, Michael Keating, David Crafti, Thomas Randle
 * Result: Motion carries.

Action Items
Fletcher: * Set up nomination wiki pages * Send candidate mailout * Liase with Brendan for party votes David: * Circulate pad for draft Snowden questions (https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/Questions_for_Ed) Mark: * Attend the AEC 2016 election briefing