Minutes/National Council/2015-08-05

Agenda

 * Previous meeting's minutes
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-07-22
 * Election results (Brendan)
 * DRC vacancy issue (Brendan)
 * Congress Minutes (Daniel)
 * Handover
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Standards/National_Council/Handover
 * New accounts
 * Constitution
 * Update preamble on platform
 * Brendan role changes
 * Banking
 * Membership by-law (Brendan)
 * Next NC Meeting (Frew)
 * General Business

Start: 20:31 AEST

End: 21:12 AEST

Current

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

Newly Elected

 * Adien Treleaven
 * Thomas Randle
 * David Crafti

Apologies

 * David Campbell

Previous meeting's minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-07-22
 * See Motions

Election results

 * We are the results. Welcome.
 * Results announced, to be published.

DRC vacancy issue

 * We have two peoples on the DRC now because Ben retains Deputy Treasurer.
 * Brendan suggests the next NC directs the Constitutional review Committee to work on fixing the DRC section pretty quickly.
 * then hosts an online extraordinary congress to resolve it.
 * NC doesn't really have the power to appoint anyone to the DRC either.

Congress Minutes

 * Slow going, but amended motions, electoral discussion and CAPs were done in time for voting.
 * Will still take some time to complete
 * Working primarily from audio.

Handover

 * See here: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Standards/National_Council/Handover
 * no final costs arising from the Congress as far as we know
 * everything was paid
 * and we made a SIGNIFICANT surplus.
 * all the addresses remain the same
 * no new committees or anything
 * all coordinator roles spilled.
 * next NC has to reappoint them
 * Suggestion to jam a extra NC meeting in next week to address coordinators and other handover matters
 * Constitution
 * Done, updated
 * Update preamble on platform
 * Mozart will look at wiki'ing the platform changes
 * Banking
 * Brendan and MarkG to meet and arrange signatory handover details (ie removing Brendan, adding Frew)
 * See Motions
 * Brendan role changes
 * Brendan effectively resigns all of his roles.
 * MarkG should take up the DVWG
 * Brendan happy to discuss whatever his plans with that were and MarkG can make it his own.
 * PWG: Brendan will propose to Melody as she seems to be enjoying it
 * Brendan will stay in the CRC (not leading)
 * Suggest titling Brendan "Advisor" so we can keep organisational knowledge where necessary
 * and so that anything that is completely linked to his account doesn't just break
 * also treat him as an officer for the purposes of not breaking everything
 * binds him and holds him to Charter of Responsibilities
 * See Motions
 * Charter of Responsibilities
 * all officer have to agree to this
 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Charter_of_Responsibilities
 * Other stuff
 * we need to finish all the technical stuff like renewals
 * Brendan will write up what he thinks is needed
 * secertariat: wishlist by next wednesday.
 * Brendan will then work with MarkG to consider a tender process for it and we'll go from there.
 * check that all Congress actions are met which includes the agenda items you have been assigned by the Congress itself

Membership by-law

 * proposal is here:
 * https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/constitutional-update-suggestion-membership-levels/517/12?u=piecritic
 * The National Council may propose to existing members the creation of additional categories of Membership of the Party. A quorum of 10% of the entire existing membership is necessary for such a vote, which will be decided by simple majority of those members.
 * so one way we can implement this is an online vote that closes by 8pm next Wednesday
 * so the second you start the NC meeting, you can enforce the by-law (or not if you hate it)
 * then next Congress, we can implement it as a constitutional amendment if it works out
 * See Motions
 * Brendan will shoot out the ballots tonight once he scoops out _all_ members

Next NC Meeting

 * as discussed earlier
 * Propose next Wednesday, then the following Wednesday and every second Wednesday thereafter as calendared.

General Business

 * DanielJ, David Crafti and Michael Keating will need to arrange some paperwork re the Registered officer and party agent roles handover
 * will sort that over email tomorrow


 * Need to consider what NC wants to do with coordinators at all
 * the reason we withdrew the elections was because they need a fundamental rethink and NC needs to consider its goals
 * inform coordinators@ that they're spilled


 * Need to write up a Pirate Congress 2015 announcement
 * in the style of https://pirateparty.org.au/2014/07/29/pirate-congress-2014-results/


 * Please check over this -> http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/greens-electoral-letter
 * Should the proposed meeting and congress discussion negate need for the letter?
 * MarkG feels we should send it anyway as at least it might let us spend less time explaining ourselves and more time in a real exchange
 * Not transitional topic, hold this over til a later time.

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept the minutes of 2015-07-22.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: Brendan, Keating, Frew, Fletcher, DanielJ; Nays: none; Abstains: none
 * Tally
 * Ayes: 5; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0; TOTAL: 5
 * Result: Motion carries. 100.00% in favour.


 * MOTION: Add Simon Frew as a signatory to the Party accounts, and remove Brendan Molloy
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Votes
 * Ayes: Brendan, Fletcher, Frew, DanielJ, MarkG, Keating; Nays: none; Abstains: none
 * Tally
 * Ayes: 6; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0; TOTAL: 6
 * Result: Motion carries. 100.00% in favour.


 * MOTION: Appoint Brendan Molloy as an Advisor.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Votes
 * Ayes: DanielJ, MarkG, Keating, Frew, Fletcher; Nays: Brendan; Abstains: none
 * Tally
 * Ayes: 5; Nays: 1; Abstains: 0; TOTAL: 6
 * Result: Motion carries. 83.33% in favour.


 * MOTION: Implement the proposed by-law "Additional membership levels" pending acceptance by the members.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Votes
 * Ayes: Brendan, MarkG, Fletcher, Keating, DanielJ, Frew; Nays: none; Abstains: none
 * Tally
 * Ayes: 6; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0; TOTAL: 6
 * Result: Motion carries. 100.00% in favour.


 * MOTION: Close that there meeting.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Votes
 * Ayes: Brendan, DanielJ, MarkG, Frew, Keating, Fletcher; Nays: none; Abstains: none
 * Tally
 * Ayes: 6; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0; TOTAL: 6
 * Result: Motion carries. 100.00% in favour.