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General IRC Meeting (#ppau)

Start: 20:02 23/10/12

Finish: 21:12 23/10/12

Attendance: ~58+

Brisbane Cryptography and sourcing a venue. Would QLD members be willing to donate to hire somewhere or do we keep trying for a free community venue? (Heffa_N_Ginj)
FOI update (Brendan, Rodney)
auIGF (Brendan, Glen)
Registration update (whoever wants it)
ACT Election
PPCZ election (Mozart)
Natsecinquiry (Frew)
Copyright review (Mozart, Rodney)
Data Breach legislation - discussion paper; (Frew)
Status of formation of PPAU-VIC (Victorian members)

Free venue unable to be located; suggestion for a donation on entry to cover venue hire costs.
http://hsbne.org/ suggested as a possible venue.
Seek help from local hackerspaces, Linux Users Groups etc.

Rodney lodged a FoI request pertaining to National Security Inquiry legislation.
- Rejected on invalid grounds. An appeal will be made to the OAIC, although it is unlikely to be effective due to the 12 month backlog.

Brendan's Classification Database FoI request.
- 45 day delay thus far, with 2x 7 day extensions.
- Scope still being determined.
- Brendan will update PPAU as more information is received.

Brendan, Glen and Adam (devdsp) attended the auIGF (Australian Internet Governance Forum).
Constructive discussions with other attendees.
Some of PPAUs copyright stances were fairly moderate, compared to those presented by other industry representatives.
Networking with ACCAN, ISOC-AU, auDA, EFA etc.
ALRC seems to side with PPAUs stance on copyright.

Thursday/Friday is the likely day of submission of documentation to the AEC to apply for registration
Over 500 people are new members, or current members who have confirmed and/or updated their registration details.
PPAU representatives are working to verify the remaining memberships.
People who have not responded to e-mails will be contacted via phone.

Candidates ran as independents due to the ACT branch of the Pirate Party being unregistered.
ACT has 3 electorates in which PPAU-ACT fielded a candidate.
Attained 0.5% 0.5% and 0.4% of votes with minimal campaign efforts.
Large swings against independents in some electorates (-8%).
"Bullet Train for Canberra Party) Attained 4% by comparison.
PPAU-ACT stands an excellent chance in future elections, especially as people are becoming familiar with the name.

Czech Pirate Party entered national parliament with the election of a senator.
First directly elected national Pirate candidate in the world.
He attained 75% in the runoff vote, with the assistance of preferences from the Christian Democrats.
A impressive result considering they use a FPTP voting system.
PPCZ campaigned on a platform of ending corruption.

Senator Scott Ludlam (Greens) probed ASIO and AFP last week.
Submission by the AGD explaining their demands, including a clarification of the term "metadata".
They don't want to track website visits, rather location data such as proximity of citizens to mobile cells etc.
AGD's method of dealing with a failure to decrypt data is a blanket 2 year gaol sentence.
- Obvious repercussions to journalists, lawyers, doctors, whistle blowers etc.
Still waiting for legislation to be released.

New Inquiry being undertaken.
See: http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultationsreformsandreviews/Pages/Australian-Privacy-Breach-Notification.aspx
Suggests an institution of mandatory data breach notification, so citizens can protect their data/identity when a breach does occur.
This is in line with PPAU policy.
Opposition to the reforms by Banks.
Interested people should contact (Simon) Frew.
Biggest fault may be that the legislation may not be effective in practice or able to be enforced.
Some conflicting arguments in the discussion paper; possibly an attempt at neutrality. Probably to allow wiggle room in the event of a backlash.

Attendance at fortnightly meetings has been lackluster.
Survey is underway of people's preferred time and location (~20 responses so far).
Only about 4 core members + 1~2 new people each meeting.
King Street location is not ideal and avoided by many. Possible move back to The Oxford Scholar, pending opening hours.
Suggestions for a fixed date meeting (i.e. different day each month so more people can attend), weekends, or online.
Preference for a physical meeting as it builds communities and allows members to meet.
Constitution draft is under way, based partly on the PPAU constitution, electoral act and association rules.

Minutes/General Meeting/2012-10-23