Minutes/National Council/2014-12-11

Agenda

 * Previous meeting's minutes
 * http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2014-11-27
 * PPI Withdrawal (Brendan)
 * Banking (Brendan)
 * Copyright debacle (Brendan)
 * General Business

Start: 21:00 AEDT End: 21:38 AEDT

Attendance

 * Brendan Molloy
 * Simon Frew
 * Daniel Judge
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Michael Keating
 * Fletcher Boyd

Apologies

 * Melanie Thomas
 * David Campbell

Previous meeting's minutes

 * Held over to next meeting

PPI Withdrawal

 * Motion put to email in a Call to Vote to ensure non-present members of NC can vote
 * See Motions
 * PPAU to apply for a downgrade of PPI membership to observer member.
 * Email them to the effect of:
 * Dear PPI Board, PPAU requests that their membership is changed to "Observer Member" as soon as possible..
 * No need to bloat it with lengthy statements (reasoning should be obvious)

Banking

 * Bank numbers:
 * Following translation bill, $946.64 in the transactions acct and $6453.74 in savings for total assets of $7400 or so
 * No Visa card yet
 * MarkG has telephone hookup with Meagan at ANZ to sort it out as "something's stuck somewhere"
 * not a serious hangup bankwise, but serious for us since it's still not done :-(
 * seemingly they may just need some extra info
 * MarkG will email NC tomorrow after phone hookup
 * Need close Bendigo accounts
 * See Motions

Copyright Debacle

 * Frew posted around some suggestions
 * avoid anything that requires major organisation from us
 * Choice already has a bunch of petitions going and is planning a concerted effort so perhaps we should wait a week and see what comes of it
 * We can have memes etc produced but that is reliant on good ideas going to design
 * Remember: there is a google form you can use to request these things
 * https://docs.google.com/a/pirateparty.org.au/forms/d/1OK3kaEMjv7P2r8MDwY7rGt_h8L9eTmgkZHOmJdlz4KA/viewform?c=0&w=1
 * send an email to members suggesting they send letters or sign the petition
 * DanielJ to forward Frew's fenceless gate idea to Design team
 * We also need to strengthen our Social Media presence and activity

General Business

 * Monthly Briefs! Daniel to liaise with Fletcher to finalise.
 * ensure lapse of getting monthly brief out on time doesnt occur again


 * NC Meeting times
 * Thursday proving difficult for some
 * Suggest moving to Wednesdays
 * Also next meeting falls on Xmas
 * Next NC Meeting Moved to 29th December


 * Ben needs to respond by the 29th Dec meeting lest treasurer position be declared vacant.

Motions

 * MOTION: close the Bendigo accounts and forward any remaining balances to the ANZ accounts.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, Fletcher, Frew, Keating, MarkG, DanielJ); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: [CFV] PPAU is to request that PPI changes its membership status to "Observer Member".
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (Melanie Thomas, Simon Frew, Daniel Judge, Michael Keating, David Campbell, Brendan Molloy, Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close meeting.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Brendan, Fletcher, Frew, Keating, MarkG, DanielJ); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.

Action Items

 * MarkG to contact bank and update NC of details.
 * DanielJ to help Fletcher finalise Monthly Brief
 * Brendan to email PPI