Minutes/General Meeting/2012-05-29

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Minutes

ACT Party

• ACT Party has formed, need 50 members in the next month.
• October elections
• Topic to be revisted later in the meeting.

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

• Basically have DFAT on the run, though not giving way.

Wikileaks protests

• http://wlcentral.org/node/2513
• PPAU speakers:
  • David Crafti – Melbourne
  • Simon Frew – Sydney
  • Andrew Glancey – Adelaide.

Potential new positions

• https://gist.github.com/ee4f8af573ffa4694fa8
• No objections to positions as defined
• Search for people to fill positions shall begin.

National Library of Australia archiving PPAU's site

• No objections.

Local meetups at pubs

• Good response to pub recruitment activities in ACT
• Suggestion that this continue in other states
  • Difficulty in Sydney – pubs aren't the most conducive atmospher to recruiting
  • Likewise for Brisbane
• How do we recruit in the apathetic states?
  • Groups of 2-3 people tend to work
  • Ask people to come over for a chat
  • "Watch what the Red Cross do, and do the opposite."
• Leverage online communites:
  • Branch out away from tech forums and more into general communities.

Congress announcement

• July 14-15, Ross House, Little Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
• Remote conference facilities will be available to those who can't make it.
• Video feed, IRC interaction at minimum

Draft Platform 2012 Revision

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Draft_Platform_2012_Revision
• Mozart will write up a justification for platform modification in two or three weeks on talk page.