Minutes/General Meeting/2013-01-15

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General IRC Meeting (#ppau)

Start: 20:00 15/01/13 AEDT

Finish: 20:36 15/01/13 AEDT

Agenda

• Registration (Mozart)
• Policy & pre-selection meeting (Mozart)
• Aaron Swartz
• Pharma review
• FOI hilarity

Minutes

Registration

• Objection period closed yesterday
• No new news from AEC
• Time to start prodding AEC
• Campaigns making an announcement video
• Good numbers at Saturday meeting in Sydney would be good.

Policy & pre-selection meeting

• NC will consider motion for a end March/beginning April meeting in Sydney
• Separate to congress (which may be in ACT) due to time considerations

Aaron Swartz

• Sad
• PPAU referenced Social media (ie no formal press release, dont want to vulture the issue)
• "The whole situation is so tragic, I think brief statements already made are sufficient." - Roderick
• The issue has gotten some mainstram traction, largely due to the proportionality issue
• #PDFTribute

Pharma review

• http://pharmapatentsreview.govspace.gov.au/
• Written submissions to the review panel are due by 5pm on 21 January 2013.
• Due to time and expertise constraints a statement on the need for more refrom may be better than a full detailed submission

FOI hilarity

• Brendan currently running 4 FOI requests
  • Classifcation database/RC documentation (nearing completion)
  • Documents relating to data retention proposals (re meetings in 2009 between AGD and communications industry)
    • see http://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/documents_relating_to_data_reten#incoming-129
    • AGD missed deadline and had to request extension from OAIC
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
    • see http://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/trans_pacific_partnership_agreem#outgoing-112
    • likely to give over only public info
  • Intellectual property legislation changes as a result of trade agreements/treaties
    • see http://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/intellectual_property_legislatio#incoming-132
    • they have to ask foreign nations of they can provide docs

Action Items

• None