Minutes/National Council/2021-03-18

National Council Meeting 2021-03-18

Quorum reached at 20:40 Sydney time.

Agenda

 * Previous Minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-03-04
 * AEC audit part N+1
 * stockholm pirates anual meeting chat..
 * progtech drinks/meetup, Melbs 25/3
 * Patriot's Alliance cont.

Attendance

 * Alex Jago
 * John August
 * Fred Gerner
 * Phillip Richards
 * Dave Kennedy
 * Miles Whiticker

AEC Audit N+1

 * Today was the extended deadline
 * Options:
 * ignore it and get forcibly deregistered
 * ask for another month
 * voluntary dereg
 * Alex, Miles: "another month isn't going to make a difference"
 * Parduss: "falling on our sword doesn't get us anywhere"
 * Miles: "remember, being deregistered is not necessarily a barrier to contesting"
 * John: "We should deregister with a plan to come back"
 * Alex is pretty burnt out, the concept of a reset is... appealing
 * Motion to deregister... for now.

Stockholm Pirates

 * Fred attended the Stockholm Pirates' branch AGM
 * They were interested in FriendlyJordies and the Juice Media
 * Fred regrets the meeting end time of 3AM local
 * Met a PPSE vice president
 * "What struck me was the way they have organised in local chapters"
 * Had discussions on that topic, they strongly recommend reading 'Swarmwise' (Falkvinge's book)
 * They too are working on a membership management system...
 * Alex: "I don't know if ours will be any good for them but they're more than welcome to take it and run with it"
 * "Surprisingly little discussion of COVID. [The Swedes] have a different approach as you may know."

Progtech Drinks etc

 * Melbourne, March 25
 * Fred plans to be attending

Patriots Alliance cont.

 * no comments on the draft email
 * John will go ahead and send a response now
 * thanks to John for being the one to kick the hornets' nest, as it were

Motions

 * MOTION: approve the previous minutes as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-03-04
 * Put By: Alex Jago
 * Ayes 5 (MW, PR, AJ, JA, FG); Abstain 1 (Dave Kennedy)
 * Motion carried at 20:44


 * MOTION: seek voluntary deregistration (with the intention of seeking re-registration later).
 * Put by: Alex Jago
 * Motion carried unanimously at 21:00


 * MOTION: close the meeting
 * Carried unanimously; meeting closed at 21:20.