Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2013-03-20

Meeting Minutes

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PDC Meeting - 20 March

ppau-pdc 8:00PM

Agenda

Attendance/apologies

Andrew Downing

Ben McGinnes

Brendan Molloy

David Crafti

Mark Gibbons

Melanie Thomas

Reports from working groups / vote on draft policies

Energy policy Issue highly distorted by current policy which creates appearance of action No policy applies to exports or liquid fuels Policy is partly about bringing truth to the debate DavidC: Policy might be too prescriptive MarkG: use of the Z20 report provides credibility to policy

Patent policy Shorten duration to match expert view Add exceptions Abolish patents on drugs & patents on life DCrafti- Software patents serve a role but have slid inch by inch into stupidity Andrew- software patents working properly support fundamental research Bar needs to be raised to produce a truly innovative end result

Other business

Revisions pad created for use over next 2 weeks.

Meeting Open: 8:40 Meeting Closed: 9:50

Attendance

Minutes

Motions

Motion: that the renewable energy policy be adopted and referred to the membership for feedback. Vote 5 ayes / 1 abstain Carried

Motion: that the patent policy be adopted and referred to the membership for feedback. Vote 5 ayes / 2 abstain Carried

Action Items

ALL : put all revisions in the pad!