Minutes/National Council/2020-06-23

National Council Meeting 23rd July 2020

Scheduled start 20:30. Not quorate. Meeting closed at 21:34.

Attendance

 * Alex Jago (Secretary)
 * David "Twisty" Read (Councillor)
 * Miles Whiticker (President)
 * Dave "Satch" Kennedy (Councillor)


 * Bryn "mandrke" Busai (Dispute Resolution)
 * "Parduss" (Member)

Agenda

 * Donator system issue
 * Previous Minutes
 * Congress preparation
 * Belenios etc
 * Potential CAPs

Previous Minutes

 * https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-06-09
 * Deferred to email due to lack of quorum

Donation system issue

 * https://payments.pirateparty.org.au/ is currently borked
 * Nick (IT team) thinks it's a payment processor issue
 * Alex to investigate
 * Can still use PayPal or direct deposit, CC hidden from donations page as an interim

Congress Preparation

 * Alex has successfully installed Belenios, semi-successful test
 * UX is definitely worse than Oyster
 * No reason why it can't be usable in time for Congress


 * TODO: schedule a couple of dry runs on the two preceding weekends, with weekly meetings from now until Congress ("off" weeks being informal)


 * Working pad: https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/pirate_congress_2020


 * General goal is for everyone to be able to address Congress by voice (and video if they want to)
 * Miles wants all NC to be on video for propaganda reasons
 * Main video to still go on YouTube livestream - Alex
 * Miles wants watch parties, to retain social elements
 * watch party swag instead of spending several hundred bucks on AV gear?

Potential CAPs (Bryn)
"I don't really know how to write a CAP, so I'm proposing them"


 * Formalisation of caretaker powers
 * Old NC works as caretaker
 * All candidates "join NC" until formal results announced
 * Those running unopposed don't really need a vote anyway...


 * Formalisation of what happens when NC numbers drop too low
 * proposal: DRC appoints a caretaker NC to bootstrap NC back into existence