Minutes/General Meeting/2012-11-06

=General IRC Meeting (#ppau)=

Start: 20:05 06/11/12

Finish: 20:58 06/11/12

Agenda

 * Copyright Review (Mozart)
 * TPP meetings (Mozart)
 * FOI review (Mozart)
 * Classification stuff (Mozart)
 * Piracy Debate tomorrow night (Roderick)
 * Registration & other boring admin.

Copyright Review

 * Mozart has finished his degree and will be focusing on the copyright review submission
 * More people needed to complete the review http://pirateparty.openpad.me/copyright-review-submission
 * final admission date November 16th
 * Roderick to apply for extention

TPP Meetings

 * A few members of the NC attending meeting with DFAT in Sydney on the 16th
 * Poor transparancy theater last meeting, expect more of the same
 * Brendan attending negotiations in NZ.
 * PPNZ NOT attending due to failboat

FOI Review

 * Review starting soon on the FOI process and laws
 * http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultationsreformsandreviews/Pages/ReviewofFOIlaws.aspx
 * Irony due to recent issues with Brendan requesting classification data
 * FOI review required by the FOI laws
 * some feel we may have reminded them to do it
 * http://savefoi2012.wordpress.com
 * Policy suggestion - Read Only Terminal for Government servers in every government building :D

Piracy Debate Tomorrow Night

 * http://metroscreen.org.au/event/piracy-industry-debate/
 * Appears balanced at this point, will be good to speak to IPAF in a moderated environment.
 * Be wary of Neil Gane

Registration & other boring admin

 * Registration submitted, nothing much else beyond waiting now.