Minutes/National Council/2019-04-30

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Start: 20:30 AEST

End: AEST

Agenda

• Preferences

• Campaign general

• Pozible rewards

• National Congress
  • there are some fairly long notification periods
  • Congress must begin in July
  • 42 days notice
  • Earliest possible minimum-notice date is May 25th (ie. one week after election)
  • don't need to think about it just yet, but we will soon

Attendance

• Alex Jago
• Miles Whiticker
• John August
• Mark Gibbons
• Daniel Oakley

Apologies

• David Read

Observers

• Brandon Selic

Correspondence, Reports, Action Items

• Pozible rewards
  • Stickers
    • BrandonS is on it
  • Miles is figuring out what needs to happen for the rest

• Flyers
  • JohnA is on it with assistance from AlexJ

Discussion

• Preferences
  • IEWG has a bus factor of 1 and Fletcher has been out of action for almost all of this month for medical reasons
  • all of our love and hope that Fletcher will be well again soon
  • Consequently, voting system will not be available in time
  • Will be available for Congress provided we don't get bus-factored again
  • NC to manually determine the order?
  • Much discussion
  • Eventual motion to sort it out at a meeting on Saturday,
  • use CIVS to run voting

Motions

Motions passed by email vote in lieu of last fortnight's meeting

• MOTION: Approve the minutes of the previous meeting of 2nd April 2019 as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2019-04-02
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes 6 (Alex Jago, Daniel Oakley, David Read, John August, Miles Whiticker, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstain 0.
  • Motion carried 2019-04-17

• MOTION: Approve spending up to $18,000 in nomination deposits including reimbursements to candidates if needed.
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes 6 (Alex Jago, Daniel Oakley, David Read, John August, Miles Whiticker, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstain 0.
  • Motion carried 2019-04-17

• MOTION: add the following to the party platform under the subsection "Remove immediate threats to privacy":

` * Repeal the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 and its follow-up amendments`

• • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes 6 (Alex Jago, Daniel Oakley, David Read, John August, Miles Whiticker, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstain 0.
  • Motion carried 2019-04-17

Motions passed this meeting

• MOTION: Due to the preferences ballot being delayed, members shall vote on a 2019 Federal election party preferencing order at a meeting at 7pm AEST Saturday 4th May.
  • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Ayes: 5
  • Motion carried at 21:44

• MOTION: close the meeting
  • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Ayes: 5
  • Motion carried at 22:03; meeting closed.