Minutes/National Council/2015-02-11

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Agenda

• Acknowledgement of resignation motion (Brendan)
• Resignation email (Brendan)
• Budget for international infrastructure (Brendan)

Start: 21:01 AEDT End: 21:36 AEDT

Attendance (NC)

• Brendan Molloy
• Simon Frew
• Fletcher Boyd
• Ben McGinnes
• Mark Gibbons
• Daniel Judge
• Michael Keating
• David Campbell (21:08)

Minutes

Note: This NC meeting was called as an extraordinary NC meeting. Being called to address motions arising as a result of recent events surrounding PPI and the planned online General Assembly.

Acknowledgement of resignation motion

• Call For Vote motion sent to National Council via email prior to meeting to resign from PPI
  • Basis for resignation derived from "FM-1: Conditional withdrawal from Pirate Parties International" as passed at last Pirate Party Australia National Congress.
  • CFV Motion carried unanimously by all National Council members via email
  • See motions

Resignation email

• Brendan circulated draft resignation email to meeting
  • some minor grammatical & text changes agreed upon
  • See motions

Budget for international infrastructure

• Proposal to create a discourse instance to support international collaboration
  • $30 per month
  • PPAU will cover this expense
  • See motions

General Business

• Brief rundown of recent (and not so recent events) given by Fletcher and Brendan (and others) as background, primarily for benefit of observers in meeting and bringing everyone up to speed on most recent events.

Motions

• Motion [CFV]: Pirate Party Australia resolves to resign from PPI effective immediately due to the failure of the organisation to meet any single one of the objectives set forth in "FM-1: Conditional withdrawal from Pirate Parties International".
  • Put by: Brendan
  • Ayes: 9 (Brendan Molloy, Mark Gibbons, Simon Frew, Fletcher Boyd, Daniel Judge, Ben McGinnes, Michael Keating, Melanie Thomas, David Campbell); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Accept the resignation letter as written.
  • Put by: Brendan
  • Ayes: 8 (Brendan Molloy, Mark Gibbons, Simon Frew, Fletcher Boyd, Daniel Judge, Ben McGinnes, Michael Keating, David Campbell); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Approve a budget of $30 AUD per month for additional infrastructure needed to support the initial international efforts of PPAU.
  • Put by: Brendan
  • Ayes: 6 (Ben McGinnes, Brendan Molloy, Mark Gibbons, Fletcher Boyd, Michael Keating, Daniel Judge); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: End meeting.
  • Put by: Brendan
  • Ayes: 6 (Daniel Judge, Fletcher Boyd, Brendan Molloy, Ben McGinnes, Mark Gibbons, Michael Keating); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.