Minutes/National Council/2016-01-06

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Agenda

• Previous meeting's minutes
  • https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-12-09
• CS:GO Tourney (Frew)
• Member Database/Thoughtworks (Brendan)
• Treasurers Report (Mark)
• Strategy Meeting (Frew)
• Programming Team (Frew)
• General Business

Start: 20:43 AEST
End: 22:01 AEST

Attendance

National Council

• Simon Frew
• Fletcher Boyd
• Daniel Judge
• Mark Gibbons
• Michael Keating
• Peter Fulton
• David Crafti

Apologies

• Thomas Randle

Minutes

Previous meeting's minutes

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2015-12-09
  • See Motions

CS:GO Tourney

• Proposed date is Sunday Jan 17, 8:30pm.
• Shall promote further on social media
• Aiming for teams of 8
  • Team size on night though will be based on whoever has the smaller team
• We raised $609
  • if we lose the money goes to Fred Hollows foundation
• server details are in this thread: https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/counter-strike-global-offensive-fundraiser/619/
  • also the place for people to sign up to the team
• the comp has been picked up by a few gaming places, Good Game's online channel talked about it etc.
  • also pirate times article: http://piratetimes.net/pirate-party-australia-raises-funds-playing-counterstrike/

Member Database/Thoughtworks

• We may need to eventually crowdfund the money
• Also have the draft mail for AfP together and can mail it out tonight
  • suggested we hit up some other NGOs etc as well
• stretch goals of building the system into a strong competitor with CiviCRM and NationBuilder should make it easy to crack $10k.
• try to get parties on board in the next 7 days or so.
  • engage in dialogue
• First try get some buy in from other groups, then pozible if needed since pozible fees are significant
  • need about $11500 to make $10000.
  • need to actually plan the incentive scheme, add images and ensure the wording is good

Treasurers Report

• the Treasurer's report has been updated from the Congress version with the figures reconciled against those we used in the electoral returns.
  • NC to give feedback, then submit to membership
  • then DanielJ can set up vote to membership using oyster after NC signs off etc

Xero

• MarkG recommends possibly ceasing Xero (due to ongoing monthly expenses)
  • debate over this, notably reverting back to spreadsheets is a risk as it resides for most part with a single person again, but functionally spreadsheets could possibly do the job
    • (a they are a less decentralised solution organisationally, which is something we've been trying to get away, xero is more scalable)
  • possibility to qualify for non profit discount
    • MarkG will follow up with Xero for discount

Strategy Meeting

• Frew has started writing discuss topics for the strategy meeting, explaining what we will be discussing in greater detail, will do a reminder email and include CS:GO stuff
  • http://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/strategymeetingdiscusstopics
• once the discuss topics are created and we have links for them, then we should do another party wide email that includes info on the meeting as well as general new year update too .
  • For this one we escalate it to the full mailer
  • DanielJ will audit the bounce emails before doing so though.

Programming Team

• Marty Chrzaszcz has put his hand up as Programming Team leader
  • various discussions in email and irc on this
  • may also attempt to resurrect the polly project
  • See Motions

General Business

• Fletcher was cold called by https://www.cvent.com/ and we've got a demo set up for next Wednesday.
  • They want to show off their event management tools
• Etsy store is mostly set up, MarkG just needs to add in some more images etc
  • will send it around when when he has got the pics done

Motions

• MOTION: Accept the minutes for 2015-12-09 as written.
  • Put by: Fletcher
    • Ayes: 6 (Frew, DanielJ, MarkG, Fletcher, CAPT-Irrelevant, Keating_); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
  • Result: Motion carries.

• MOTION: Accept Marty Chrzaszcz as Programming Team leader
  • • Put by: Fletcher
    • Ayes: 6 (Frew, Fletcher, MarkG, DanielJ, CAPT-Irrelevant, Keating_); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
  • Result: Motion carries.

• CFV MOTION: The National Council gives permission for Brendan Molloy to execute the ThoughtWorks Statement of Work contract—with or without amendment—based upon his good judgment at the conclusion of any relevant meetings with ThoughtWorks representatives.
  • • Aye: Daniel, David, Simon, Fletcher, Michael, Mark Nay: Thomas Abstain: Peter
  • Result: Motion carries.

• MOTION: Close meeting.
  • • Put by: Frew
    • *** Ayes: 6 (Frew, Fletcher, DanielJ, CAPT-Irrelevant, Keating_, MarkG); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
  • Result: Motion carries.