Minutes/General Meeting/2012-04-17

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Minutes

More input needed from NC members

• Simon and Brendan seemingly the only two active NC members presently.
• Transparency of operations acknowledged
• Direction required such that members are aware of current activities and accomplishments acknowledged
• List of goals or tasks to be completed suggested as a simple solution
• Secretary (Brendan) and IT/S have been working to overhaul systems so that a central communications platform can be established
• Increased prescence/availability of NC members requested.

Tweets

• Messages can be suggested for retweeting by adding @piratepartyau

Openpad

• OpenPad should continue to be utilised for fast collaboration, but permanent documentation should be transferred to the wiki.

Engagement of new members

• Welcome e-mail would help engage new members immediately
• Mailing lists have been thus far ineffective

Summary of PPI-GA 2012

• Positive: Greece and Croatia given membership
• Positive: Travis McCrea (PPCA) elected as board member
• Failure to vote on most statute amendments
• Entire day wasted on forming PPEU
• Remote delegates ignored
• Argument over gender neutrality of words
• Argument over legal first names and nicknames
• PPCAT membership referred to Court of Arbitration
• Brendan did not achieve majority support in his candidacy for board member; has accepted a position as a alternative board member
• Mozart elected to Court of Arbitration, 20 out of 23 in favour
• 50% of delegates voted AGAINST a secret ballot
• Remote delegates scapegoated for technical problems and incompetence
• Consideration into whether PPAU will attend any PPI-GA's in the future, and whether to withdraw our membership from PPI
• Consideration into lodging a formal complaint to PPI; to be decided at the Next National Council meeting

Weekly summary of PPAU

• Show activity within the party
• Temporary stopgap until the Pirate Gazette is running
• Publicised on the website

Revival of the Gazette

• terribleivan has volunteered to help
• Distribution format to be decided later
• Published monthly, starting 1st of May

New webcast lauched

• Hosted by Sam
• Released on a fortnightly basis
• Transcript available in the wiki

Suggestion for PPAU to engage in profitable ventures

• VPN services, sale of merchandise
• PPAU already has a ABN
• Requires reliable people with business experience and an active treasurer
• VPN market saturated
• Merchandise - t-shirts, stickers, goodies bag
• Could detract from core policies
• Comission from referrals (affiliate accounts)

Sticker packs

• Utilise existing inventory
• Stickers can be requested online and will be mailed out by terribleivan
• 10 per pack, donate option available on the request form

ACTA action

• Europe is engaging in anti-ACTA protests
• 'Sing like a pirate' to gain media attention suggested by Simon; may be ineffective
• David and Simon went to the TPPA stakeholder meeting to inform stakeholders and negotiators of the issues
  • Acknowledged by ADA, EFF and KEI

Brisbane Pirates meetup

• Mostly non members
• Have been given membership forms

Privacy Awareness Week

• Too late to organise any events
• Promote on PPAU website and social media

Other

• Statement of intention not to re-run for the position of secretary by Brendan

Action Items

• Transfer 'permanent' pads from OpenPad to thewiki
• Creation of wiki pages for leaders of the party with contact details
• Joakal to create weekly reports for next fortnight until next National Meeting.