Category:Pirate Bureau

this pad https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/PropagandaMinistryTOR supercedes and over-rules everything below.

the Pirate Bureau Operations Guide
This guide aims to provide a more detailed explanation of the operation of the Pirate Bureau and it's Pirate Party Committee. The Propaganda Steering Committee (Crew?) (a formal Pirate Party Committee) was formed to amalgamate the Social Media and Design Teams. The Steering Crew goal is to encourage participation and streamline Pirate Party Artwork creation, consideration, approval and use. The primary vehicle the Steering Crew will employ to realise these goals is the "Pirate Bureau" or the Bureau. The Bureau aims to be an ongoing experimental "Art House" focused on producing "Pirate Art" appropriate for inclusion with Pirate Party Policies and Press Releases. The Bureau promotes a collaborative creative culture. Anyone can join.

Mistakes will be made, and learnt from.

Rationale
Do the SocMed and Design appointed positions have to be called "Officers"? They could be easily confused with the new NC positions next year. How about "Chief"? "Chief" better describes the duties of these 3 positions and aids in differentiating between NC members and appointed positions. "Chief Mozart". I like it! (makes him sound badass) Let's be Pirates! or at least let the Bureau be Pirates ... even if you don't want to be :P

Position Names
Officer - a member of the National Council (mentioned to provide context). Quartermaster - Only one. Ex NC member. (included because: it's cool having a Pirate Party Quartermaster). Chief - Any Bosun also tasked with managing a Crew (think Working Group). Bosun - Authorised Pirate Party Committee member (eg Steering, PDC). A Pirate. Formal authority as defined by NC. Deck Hand - a recognised Crew (think Working Group) member. No formal authority. Cadet - Anyone who is accepted as a Pirate Bureau member (eg. via the application thread in the Bureau Forum). No formal authority. "Pirate Bureau" - "Steering Crew" - "Bosun" - "Deck Hand" - "SocMed Crew". It's about the "vibe". The Pirate Partys' Pirate Bureau should use Pirate and nautical terms (Duh). The Bureau should be a fun place, not a committee (that's what the Steering Crew is for). Think of it as an "Art House" ... for Pirate Artists. So, nautical names, Pirate names and fun titles.

Pirate Art
"Pirate Artworks" is any Pirate Party approved creative "Artworks" that promote Pirate Party ideology and policies. Pirate Artworks creators are "Artists", not "contributors". Give a Pirate some credit ... Authorised Pirate Art is stored in the Pirate Treasure Trove.

Pirate Bureau creation how-to (2b deleted)
The Propaganda Steering Crew is created (by the NC) and is the responsible official entity. This is good because:
 * It relieves the artwork authorisation process bottleneck.
 * It absorbs Socmed, Press and Design Teams, with the current team ToR's used to guide the Steering Crew.

At this point the NC can stand back and watch.

The Propaganda Steering Crew creates and manages the "Pirate Bureau", using (but limited to):
 * a dedicated discourse category ("Pirate Bureau Forum") and
 * irc (#ppau-bureau).
 * mumble.pirateparty.org.au https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Mumble

Propaganda Steering Committee
See Administration in the ToR above. The Steering Committee also manages the Crews (below). The Steering Committee has three (3) Chiefs and should have (at least) three (3) Bosuns.

The Propaganda Steering Committee is responsible for Party publicity in general, including The Steering Committee also contributes to
 * 1) directing the creation of promotional materials,
 * 2) monitoring and managing promotional materials on the forum,
 * 3) commissioning press releases that advocate the Party's core political philosophy, platform and policy, and
 * 4) managing and coordinating the Party's social media accounts
 * 5) Guiding the Pirate Bureau
 * 1) promoting a collaborative creative culture, and
 * 2) maintaining a coherent identity for the Party.

Administration
The Steering Committee is co-chaired by the Design Officer, Press Officer and Social Media Officer. The Co-Chairs are responsible for: The Steering Committee must hold regular and accessible meetings, as set by the Co-Chairs or the National Council:
 * 1) liasing with the National Council as necessary,
 * 2) publicising meetings of the Steering Committee and Pirate Bureau, and
 * 3) publishing minutes of meetings of the Steering Committee
 * 1) Meetings of the Steering Committee are chaired by one Co-Chair as agreed between the Co-Chairs, or otherwise on a rotational basis.
 * 2) The Steering Committee must manage the Bureau mailing list by
 * 3) adding new participants, and
 * 4) removing old participants after three months of inactivity or in the case of resignation from the Steering Committee or the Party.
 * 5) The Steering Committee must monitor and manage promotional materials on the forum.

Membership of the Pirate Bureau
Pirate Bureau Membership is open to anyone, not just Pirates. Simply apply to join the Pirate Bureau in the Bureau Forum thread "Cadet Applications". Once approved posting rights are given and ... tada! You're a Pirate Bureau Cadet!

Pirate Bureau Crews (think Working Groups)
These crews are the same Working Groups, just renamed. Any current WG members can go straight to those Crews once they've joined the Bureau.

Design Crew

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Design_Team
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Design
 * Help make Art-ammo
 * Maintain the Pirate Artworks Trove https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Category:Pirate_Artworks_Trove (test)

SocMed Crew
(6 positions? thinking restricting access to posting as ppau)
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Social_Media_Team
 * Fire Art-ammo
 * Maintain PPAU SocMed accounts including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Youtube etc.

Agenda
(highest priority at top) there is a lot to do. planning is vital.


 * Assemble Steering Committee
 * Design Chief position vacant. proposals? Best suited to Pirates with an artistic flair.
 * Create a calendar for upcoming events.
 * Elections [http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1314/ElectTimetable(http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1314/ElectTimetable aph.gov.au timetable)
 * NT 27 August 2016
 * NSW local Elections 10 September 2016 http://www.votensw.info/
 * ACT (Canberra) 15 October 2016
 * VIC local Elections 22 October 2016
 * WA 11 March 2017
 * SA 17 March 2018
 * TAS state elections 24 March 2018
 * Events (eg PAX)
 * Pax Australia, 4-6 November 2016 in Melbourne. PPAU Discourse thread
 * Talk Like a Pirate Day 19 September Yearly.
 * Create a Bureau Wiki
 * Volunteers? well ... I guess it's twisty
 * Create an Authorised Artwork Repository (AAR). "Pirate Treasure Trove"
 * Volunteers? to implement the AAR (twisty and miles_w so far). https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Category:Pirate_Treasure_Trove
 * Populate AAR with currently approved artworks and pictures and evaluate repository usefulness.
 * Create a Bureau Discourse Category (email itwg). Sub-categories:
 * Submissions (for submitting art for authorisation).
 * Campaigns (?) for election art discussion
 * Operations (?) for policy art discussion
 * Create an irc channel #ppau-bureau (email itwg).
 * Keep SocMed, Design and Press irc channels
 * Create "Pirate Bureau" mumble room (email itwg).
 * Recruit more Pirates.
 * Develop ongoing recruitment campaigns.
 * Develop ongoing recruitment campaigns.

It is proposed that Bureau projects will be coordinated on taiga or via wiki project management plugin (?) (Fletcher). Identify one project for taiga testing.

Questions

 * Is a twitter account appropriate for the Bureau?
 * How about a Bureau "Fringe Division" exploring the envelope?

Note: An example of a Pirate Bureau campaign/project NOW would be PAX2016 Pax Pirata. just sayin.

'''Three constant messages, forever ... "Freedom, Democracy, Science" "Say No to Censorship" and "TLDR". Like Mars sells Bars. Gruen'''

If any Pirate Party committees or working groups external to the Bureau would like to adopt these names then I suspect the Bureau can come up with some licensing arrangement.

more to come ...

=The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee - Terms of Reference=

Purpose
The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee is established to coordinate the creation and dissemination of promotional materials, and to encourage broader Party participation.

Coordination
The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee will be co-ordinated by the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee Bosuns in consultation with the National Council.

Membership

 * 1) The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee consists of:
 * 2) a Design Bosun,
 * 3) a Social Media Bosun,
 * 4) no more than two Councillors, and
 * 5) other members as invited by the National Council.
 * 6) other members as invited by the Steering Committee
 * 7) If a Councillor also holds the position of Designs Bosun or Social Media Bosun, they will not count toward the limit of two Councillors.

The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee may add members to the Committee at their discretion, but must notify the National Council via email when doing so. The National Council may remove members of the Steering Committee by majority vote. Suspension and expulsion must be on reasonable grounds such as contravention of these terms of reference or other applicable guidelines.

Members of the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee must follow the Design (https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Design_Team) and Social Media (https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Social_Media_Team) Standards.

Status
The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee is to be a formal Pirate Party sub-committee, task-oriented group within Pirate Party Australia, directly answerable to the National Council.

Objectives and responsibilities
The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee objective is to encourage participation and streamline Pirate Party Artwork creation, consideration, approval and use.

The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee is responsible for Party publicity in general, including:
 * 1) directing the creation of promotional materials,
 * 2) monitoring and managing promotional materials on the forum,
 * 3) managing and coordinating the Party's social media accounts.
 * 4) anticipating and planning for upcoming events, including elections,
 * 5) planning events such as media stunts and protests to increase publicity,
 * 6) producing propaganda
 * 7) The Steering Committee also contributes to
 * 8) promoting a collaborative creative culture, and
 * 9) maintaining a coherent identity for the Party.

Powers
The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee is empowered to approve Pirate Art (as per authorisation process and style guide) for use by social media or any other use deemed appropriate.

Budgetary requirements
Any spending must be approved in advance by the National Council.

Internal communication
The Pirate Bureau Steering Committee may determine its own tools and procedures for communication.

Decision-making procedure
The Steering Committee is co-chaired by the Designs Bosun and Social Media Bosun
 * 1) The Co-Chairs are responsible for
 * 2) liaising with the National Council as necessary,
 * 3) publicising meetings of the Steering Committee and Pirate Bureau, and
 * 4) publishing minutes of meetings of the Steering Committee
 * 5) The Steering Committee must hold regular and accessible meetings, as set by the Co-Chairs or the National Council.
 * 6) Meetings of the Steering Committee are chaired by one Co-Chair as agreed between the Co-Chairs, or otherwise on a rotational basis.
 * 7) The Steering Committee must monitor and manage promotional materials on the forum.

Expected duration
Indefinite.