Federal Election 2019/Preselection Meeting 2018-12-01/Log

Meeting Log This page contains a transcript or log of a meeting that occurred on 2018-12-01. It should be used for reference only and does not need to be edited.

This is the chat log for the Preselection Meeting which occurred on the 1st of December 2018.

16:21 <@alexjago> *** START MEETING ***
16:21 <@alexjago> Let's go
16:21 < Pauld> Just you and me ?
16:22 <@alexjago> I have given Prez Miles a buzz
16:22 < Pauld> Happy to wait a bit
16:28 <@alexjago> While we're waiting, I'll open up a side chat with you just to verify identity [feel free to ask me to verify mine first :) ]
16:29 <@alexjago> Pauld: if you're using the web chat you should've gotten a new channel-tab in the UI
16:29 < MilesW> hello, which channel are we in?
16:29 <@alexjago> Hi Miles, we're here
16:30 <@alexjago> Now we have a chair, a minute-taker and a candidate :)
16:30 < Pauld> I am using the web sorry no tab
16:32 < MilesW> excellent
16:36 <@alexjago> I can confirm that Pauld is preselection candidate Paul de Abel
16:37 <@alexjago> Paul self-nominated in good order and in good time
16:37 <@alexjago> Candidate statement may be found here: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Federal_Election_2019/Preselection_Nominations#Paul_de_Abel
16:37 < Pauld> OK I'm baaack ....
16:37 < stbernard> Title: Federal Election 2019/Preselection Nominations - Pirate Party Australia Wiki (at pirateparty.org.au)
16:38 <@alexjago> The $64Mil question is can Miles read that without dropping IRC on his mobile
16:39 <@alexjago> Also, I second Paul's nomination.
16:39 < MilesW> nah i fired up my laptop hehe
16:39 < MilesW> im in another meeting but we havent officially started yet
16:40 <@alexjago> Pauld: I have two questions for you, the same as the ones I asked the other candidates in September.
16:40 <@alexjago> 1. "What do you think is fairly rare about yourself that makes you a worthwhile candidate?"
16:40 <@alexjago> 2. "What would you like the focus of your personal electoral campaign to be?"
16:41 < Pauld> Alright, like most things I will answer in reverse order
16:44 < Pauld> 2. The parliament should be a place of reliable governance of the country and not the current theater that it has become
16:46 < Pauld> 1. From reading FB posts, I believe there are 2 rare things about me. 1a I take the time to think about spelling and grammar of the written word
16:47 < Pauld> 1b. I have an understanding of how the political process works
16:49 <@alexjago> Thanks for those answers, Paul
16:49 < MilesW> paul im really excited to have you. would you mind explaining a bit more about your professional history in the tech industry, and how our government and tech laws have or may impact that?
16:49 < MilesW> (thats a two parter question like alex's)
16:53 < Pauld> I started in IT as a programmer (always a good start). Once I got to terms with the technology I understood the huge gap between what can be delivered and what people actually wanted. People just want things to work for them tech makes that happen for them
16:54 < Pauld> Regarding tech laws I believe there should not be any ! Existing consumer law provides protection for consumers, if it doesn't do what is promised then you get your money back
16:57 <@alexjago> Could you provide an example of such a tech law?
16:57 <@alexjago> I think Miles might've been referring to things like metadata retention and site-blocking
16:57 < Pauld> Government should not have access to anyone's communication, they are personal. I can say whatever I feel and that should not be intercepted and processed by the spooks. They should be earning their keep honestly
17:00 < Pauld> Site blocking is the government telling us what we can and can not see. That's wrong, the gov are not our nannies and they should not block any content
17:03 <@alexjago> As a follow-on from my questions, and perhaps as a reword - what's your 3 sentence pitch as a candidate? Why should the general public vote for you specifically?
17:03 < Pauld> And access to metadata is the thin edge, it will grow and the gov will push for further information. Again personally I don't have anything to hide however gov could use info for their own political outcome and just on that alone I do not like any such powers
17:08 < MilesW> what are the policy points that you think are most interesting and important, that you want to focus your personal election campaign on?
17:09 < Pauld> My aim is to return reliable and dependable governance of Australia to the parliament
17:10 < Pauld> My aim is to return reliable and dependable governance of Australia to the parliament of Australia
17:11 < MilesW> ok
17:11 < MilesW> is there anyone else @here who has a question they would like to ask paul?
17:12 < Pauld> Sorry guys I know that was not the 3 sentences requested
17:12 <@alexjago> (@here is a Slackism, Miles)
17:13 < MilesW> also discordian
17:14 <@alexjago> I guess we'll work on pitches
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17:15 <@alexjago> OK, we lost Miles
17:16 < Pauld> Yes the input for everyone has been useful
17:18 < Pauld> OK are we done ? I guess there is no urgency to determine candidates given that we know the Libs will run to full term
17:18 <@alexjago> I think this might be a good time to bring things to a close, unless there are questions you'd like to ask. I have chat logs and I'll collate
17:19 < Pauld> Okely Dokely. Thanks
17:20 <@alexjago> And I'll send you that in a tick - you can expand/clarify answers over the nect 24 hours
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17:20 <@alexjago> *** END MEETING ***