Pirate Congress 2015 Results

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The results of Pirate Party Australia’s July 2015 National Congress are in!

The Pirate Party held its National Congress in Sydney on July 25—26 for the purposes of amending the Party Constitution, amending and adopting policies and deciding leadership positions, and as an opportunity for members of the Party to socialise in person. The results of the now-concluded week-long voting period can be announced. The Party had a turnout of approximately 23% from a pool of 1237 participants.

Constitutional amendments

The results of the motions amending Pirate Party Australia’s Constitution are as follows:

  • CAP-0: Raising the quorum for constitutional amendments — carried 91.25% in favour.
  • CAP-1: Principles Grammar — carried 97.98% in favour.
  • CAP-4A: National Council Minutes Quorum — carried 95.14% in favour.
  • CAP-6: Articles Grammar D — carried 96.86% in favour.
  • CAP-7: Articles Grammar E — carried 96.31% in favour.
  • CAP-8: Articles Grammar F — carried 99.23% in favour.
  • CAP-9: Remove legal binding provisions — carried 96.79% in favour.
  • CAP-10: Dispute Resolution Committee term clarification — carried 88.19% in favour.
  • CAP-11: DRC referral protection — carried 98.14% in favour.
  • CAP-13: Incorporate by-law 2013-03 — carried 96.83% in favour.

Note: Discussion on these amendments (including those defeated on the floor at Congress) can be found in the minutes.

Policy motions

The results of the motions relating to policy are as follows:

  • PM-1: Distributed Digital Currencies and Economies — carried 96.58% in favour.
  • PM-2: Digital Liberties (update) — carried 100.00% in favour.
  • PM-3: Cultural Policy — carried 96.97% in favour.
  • PM-4: Foreign policy and treaty making (update) — carried 98.47% in favour.
  • PM-5: Health — carried 98.11% in favour.
  • PM-6: Energy, Environment and Climate Change (update) — carried 96.20% in favour.
  • PM-7: Education (update) — carried 98.86%% in favour.
  • PM-8: Civil Liberties (update) — carried 98.87% in favour.
  • PM-9: Tax and Welfare (update) — carried 97.66% in favour.
  • PM-10: Declaration of platform and principles (update) — carried 100.00% in favour.

National Council elections

The National Council election results are as follows:

  • President: Simon Frew (uncontested)
  • Deputy President: Michael Keating
  • Secretary: Daniel Judge
  • Deputy Secretary: Fletcher Boyd
  • Treasurer: Mark Gibbons (uncontested)
  • Deputy Treasurer: Ben McGinnes
  • Registered Officer: David Crafti (uncontested)
  • Councillor (1): Tom Randle
  • Councillor (2): Adien Treleaven

    • Officer elections

    Elections for Officer positions are as follows:

    • Dispute Resolution Committee: Nilay Crafti, plus a vacancy*.
    • Policy Development Officer: Andrew Downing (uncontested)

    * Note: the Dispute Resolution Committee comprises of three members, elected for two-year terms. These terms are staggered. Due to David Crafti leaving the DRC to accept Registered Officer, a re-election of this position will need to be held later in the year to fill the 3rd, now vacant, DRC position.

    Supplementary ballot

    The supplementary ballot in regard to the Party position on Electoral Reform as debated at the Congress closed on the 8th August. This vote had a turnout of approximately 25% from a pool of 1237 participants.

    • FM-1: Party position on electoral reform — carried 96.84% in favour.

    Next Congress location

    The next National Congress will be held in Hobart in July 2016.

    Raw results

    The full breakdown of results can be found on the Party’s voting server, including raw JSON data.

    The results of the supplementary ballot can be found here.

    The software used is Oyster, a free and open source voting system.