Minutes/General Meeting/2013-05-07

=General IRC Meeting (#ppau)=

Start: 20:00 07/05/13 AEST

Finish: 21:29 07/05/13 AEST

Rules

 * Feel free to add anything reasonable you wish to the end of the agenda, and it will be discussed.
 * There is one speaker per agenda item noted in brackets.
 * Discussion on each agenda item will commence upon the speaker finishing.
 * When you have finished speaking on your item, ask for question and comments.
 * Wait until a speaker indicates they have finished before making comments.
 * People not conducting themselves as if in a meeting will be kicked (out).

Agenda

 * Introduction (chair)
 * Trans-Pacific Partnership protests (Brendan)
 * Greens 'Climate Change Social Change' conference (Mozart)
 * Date of National Congress (Mozart)
 * State coordinator reports
 * Qld. - Liam Pomfret
 * NSW - Simon Frew
 * ACT - Glen Takkenberg
 * Tas. - Thomas Randle
 * WA - Krystin Dix
 * Vic. - Ben McGinnes
 * PDC report.
 * Any other business

Attendance

 * National Council
 * David Campbell (chair)
 * Simon Frew
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Brendan Molloy


 * State Coordinators
 * Simon Frew (NSW)
 * Ben McGinnes (Vic)
 * Thomas Randle (Tas)
 * Glen Takkenberg (ACT)
 * Krystin Dix (WA)

Trans-Pacific Partnership protests (Brendan)

 * Australia Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) is hosting an anti-TPP protest on Saturday.
 * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Fair-Trade-and-Investment-Network-AFTINET/219004528130731?fref=ts

Greens 'Climate Change Social Change' conference (Mozart)

 * http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/51332
 * As we now have energy and CSG policies Mozart (and hopefully MattJ) will be attending
 * a person from BZE will be holding a workshop, Mozart shall thank them for the 100% renewable target paper which we adopted into policy.

Date of National Congress (Mozart)

 * No date has been announced yet.
 * will most likey be mid-July, NC meeting on 8/5/13 should finalise date
 * constitutional requirement is four week's notice, will definitely be met even if not finalised tomorrow.

PDC Report

 * Late meeting new work groups were formed
 * Civil liberties
 * Privacy (separate due to the scope of policy needed)
 * Reform of democratic institutions (including transparency & non-discrimination)
 * Environment & biodiversity
 * The work groups have just formed, so there's plenty of space to work in.
 * If you'd like to join any, email policydev@pirateparty.org.au, or add your name & email here: https://docs.google.com/a/pirateparty.org.au/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AimHC6D571NXdE1LTHB3LU1iVkpzaVhiaVV4Q1VITUE#gid=0
 * A survey will be forthcoming to all members: we want everyone's opinions on what they'd like to see in the upcoming policies.
 * Wiki page for reference to PDC activities and work group meeting times: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Policy_Development_Committee
 * Please contact PDC with your ideas

NSW - Simon Frew

 * Sydney monthly meeting two Saturdays ago. Had a dozen or so members turn up and a couple from Germany.
 * At the meeting it was decided that we would hold a stall, we need flyers first so members have been hard at work writing content, we just need layout done, then to get some printed up.
 * People are quite keen to start campaigning for the upcoming election.
 * Also decided to look into holding a dinner. Early planning stages at this time (no details set)
 * Other cities encourages to organise their own dinners also

ACT - Glen Takkenberg

 * devdsp requested help with a FOI request about bluetooth sniffing data being done by Roads ACT to identify individual vehicle entry, exit and transit times through a suburb.
 * This FOI request has now been submitted by him
 * Meeting has been held since last report
 * Discussed that Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) stakeholder meetings were being held around the country by DFAT, and one will be in Canberra on July 2nd, PPAU-ACT intends to attend.
 * Discussed possible locations to host the National and Territory Congresses
 * Discussed updating the PPAU-ACT constitution to fit requirements for incorporating as an association under ACT requirements. This should be done by our Territory Congress.
 * Discussed campaigning in Queanbeyan to support NSW senate candidates.
 * Since not running ACT Senate candidates, best to supoort NSW
 * This led to talking about needing t-shirts, pins etc to campaign in.
 * And general chatting about updates to ppau policy post the policy and preselection meeting, broader pirate politics - e.g. success in Iceland

Vic. - Ben McGinnes

 * Nothing major to report since last meeting
 * Co-ordinator will be starting full-time Uni soon, but should not get in the way of organising duties
 * Will start planning a trial meeting for regional involvement via Mumble

WA - Krystin Dix

 * Next meeting Monday next week 13th.
 * Have a couple of members around that will be turning up. Should be good.
 * emails will be sent soon and getting help from Mozart on the FB side of things.

Tas. - Thomas Randle

 * Had a meeting a week and a half ago.
 * Planning to get social media presences setup
 * Should have another meeting this weekend if there's interest

QLD - Liam Pomfret

 * QLD had 2 meetings last week. One face to face on Tuesday, one online meeting on Wednesday.
 * Haven't had mcuh luck getting regional members involved in the online meetings yet.
 * Have mostly been discussing things relating to strategy for the upcoming election, ideas for ads, etc.
 * Have a couple of Android developers looking at creating a prototype app for the party.
 * Said app would include things like a news feed of our homepage, a @piratepartyau twitter feed, calendar of upcoming pirate events, and an (offline usable) list of party policies.
 * That's still in planning right now, and it'd need NC approval before it could even be published, but we've got some good hopes for this up here.
 * Next meetings should be next week on Wednesday (Online) and Thursday (Face-to-Face in Brisbane).
 * Emails for that will go out later tonight.

Other discussion (arising from reports)

 * Should look into a iPhone app as well, may have a apple developer around
 * Seems Greens only other party with an app, but it is very basic: just a link to sign up for campaign updates and to enroll to vote