Minutes/National Council/2014-02-12

Agenda

 * Ratify previous meeting minutes — http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2014-01-29
 * Election rundown (Mel)
 * Expenses claim (Brendan)
 * Expenses claim (Mozart)
 * Banking update (Mark)
 * Sending press releases (Mozart)
 * Daniel: how goes it? (Brendan)

National Council

 * Melanie Thomas (Chair)
 * Ben McGinnes
 * Brendan Molloy
 * Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer
 * Mark Gibbons
 * Glen Takkenberg
 * Daniel Judge
 * David Campbell
 * Simon Frew

Other Officers, Co-ordinators etc

 * Sunny Kalsi (NSW)
 * Fletcher Boyd (WA)

Apologies

 * Nil

Ratification of previous meeting's minutes

 * See motions

Election run-down

 * Pirate Party got 4th place after the Greens with 1.49% of the vote at final count.
 * Dropped below earlier result of over 1.5% due to postals
 * Only minor party to poll over 1,000 votes.
 * Slight media frenzy followed.
 * The result was censored by Sky.
 * Aired Bullet Train for Australia, and not us.
 * Antony Green referenced us on live TV.
 * Covered half of the 46 booths. (aim for all of them next time)
 * Great support from QLD members and congrats and thanks to Mel for putting in such an epic effort
 * Having a clear chain of command does wonders.
 * Next time need more than one person to do the HTV drop offs and to do them further in advance
 * Tight timeframe this time made that hard

Expenses claim - Brendan

 * Hire car for Brendan for QLD Griffith by-election activities
 * Car Hire: $319.24, as detailed via email
 * Fuel: $49.58, as detailed via email
 * Total: $368.82
 * Ultimately fell within election bubget anyway
 * All concur a valid expense
 * Would have been nice if someone could have loaned Brendan a car though
 * See motions

Expenses claim - Mozart

 * Travel to Canberra and event ticket for ADA forum
 * As discussed on emails
 * Total reimbursement of $133.00.
 * Attached via email two invoices for a $67 return coach ticket to Canberra and a $66 event ticket for the ADA Forum.
 * See motions

Banking

 * The account sign-up is progressing, but there is a delay because legally every signatory must sign the same form and our signatories are scattered about a bit
 * So the form is being posted to different branches for signing one by one
 * Ben is next, MarkG will be emailing him shortly with details
 * All is going as it should, the next update will be when it's done.

Press Releases

 * Only two people in the Party can actually issue PRs at the moment.
 * It hasn't been a problem, because usually Mozart is around to schedule or send.
 * Mozart created a guide on the wiki for using Dada to send/schedule PRs.
 * The only decision left to make is who should be able to issue them besides MOzart.
 * Needs competent people as needs to be done right first time
 * Mozart reckons for the moment Presidential and Secretarial positions should have access which makes it five people (or thereabouts).
 * Basically Frew, Mel, Daniel, Mozart + IT officers.
 * This is just for the physical sending, approvals process remains the same
 * See motions

Daniel: how goes it?

 * Surgery successful etc, long recovery, massive painkiller dose, now decreased to a more fucntional level
 * Some post surgery complications, but improving
 * Next surgeon assessment/x-ray 28th Feb.
 * Now fine to return to duties, despite being wheelchair/crutch/deskbound
 * (so nothing that necessitates driving or physical presence yet, but online ok)
 * DanielJ back into Secretary position (normality restored)
 * Thanks to Mozart for acting Secretary

General Business

 * Brendan dying from workload, going to ADA tomorrow and has two forms to do asap

Close meeting

 * See motions

Motions

 * MOTION: Accept the minutes of 2014-02-12.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 6 (Mel, Brendan, MarkG, taco, Mozart, Hasimir); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Reimburse Brendan Molloy $368.82 for hire car plus fuel.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 7 (Hasimir, MarkG, Frew, DanielJ, Mel, Mozart, David); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (Brendan)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Reimburse Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer $133.00 for the cost of transport and entry to the ADA Forum 2014 in Canberra.
 * Put by: Mozart
 * Ayes: 8 (Brendan, Hasimir, taco, David, Frew, DanielJ, MarkG, Mel); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 1 (Mozart)
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Designate authorised officers for sending press releases: Simon Frew, Melanie Thomas, Daniel Judge and Mozart Olbrycht-Palmer.
 * Put by: Mozart
 * Ayes: 9 (Hasimir, Mozart, DanielJ, Mel, Frew, Brendan, David, MarkG, taco); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.


 * MOTION: Close meeting.
 * Put by: Brendan
 * Ayes: 8 (Brendan, MarkG, Mozart, Frew, Mel, taco, DanielJ, Hasimir); Nays: 0 ; Abstains: 0
 * Motion carries.

Action items

 * Nil.