Minutes/National Council/2016-04-13

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Meeting Minutes
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Agenda


Start: 20:35 AEST
End: 22:12 AEST


Attendance

National Council

  • Simon Frew
  • Michael Keating
  • David Crafti
  • Fletcher Boyd
  • Thomas Randle
  • Mark Gibbons

Officers

  • Brendan Molloy

Apologies

  • Daniel Judge
  • Peter Fulton (CAPT-Irrelevant) (may be in near the end)


Minutes

Previous meeting's minutes

  • See motions

Pozible Campaign

  • Thomas had a meeting with the Pozible rep
    • Projects should be at ~70% completion a week before finishing for a good chance of success
    • We should cross reference previous backers against current ones and contact those that haven't contributed
    • Focus on several large ($1k) donations
    • Shoutouts on social media for contributors that have provided handles
  • Simon suggested contacting more NGOs and chasing The Greens again
  • Thomas: We should spend ~$100 on social media for the campaign
    • Mark: We can afford that
    • Keating: Needs a more detailed strategy before voting, suggests CFV
    • Frew: Less twitter
    • Thomas: A mix of of FB/Twitter
  • Frew: Should contact influential followers of @piratepartyau for support
  • Keating: CFV doesn't need to be fine grained with exact amounts for each platform etc
  • Thomas: Good opportunity to use the new social media volunteer
  • David will be used as authorised address for ads with Fletcher as backup


Election

Beureaucracy

  • We have a couple of weeks to get everything in order
  • Voting systems, candidate applications need to be ready
  • Fletcher to set up wiki pages for nomination process and send candidate mailout (Action items)

Fundraising

  • Simon: We need a campaign ready to go when the memberdb one ends, regardless of success
  • Target and timetable yet to be determined
    • Keating: Minimum enough to fund the election, advertising as stretch goals
    • The ad the AEC ran due to a picture change is bonus advertising (Though it did cost $500)
  • David: We need a fundraising campagin that isn't contingent on a target
    • Simon: a $4k campaign is doable easily
  • Simon has called an election committee meeting for 18/4, NC members are asked to attend
    • Was hoping to get states working on their own fund raising but there wasn't enough interest in state based election committees
    • Working out how many states to run in will have to be done as we go, too many moving parts
  • David: How about crowd-funding for each state? The states that manage to make the $2000 + fees get to run a candidate. Stretch goals for advertising and/or second candidates. If we only get enough for one candidate in a state, then it's up to our discretion.
    • Simon: Not enough resources
    • Thomas: Accept nominations then pick the states we can afford (others would have the option of self funding)
    • David is concerned that a large minimum target will result in an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign
    • Simon suggests $4k as an easy target
    • Mark: Direct funding to solid candidates in states that need a higher profile, also needs to be balanced against which states are viable on a state level


Social media team

  • New volunteer Twisty (@drtwiisty1)
  • Been tweeting over the past few days and has read the socmed guidelines
  • What sparked your interest in pirate politics?
    • "twisty_ : MarkG: easy. all the other party policies suck. Too little and no references. PPAU policy largely reflect mine."
  • Anything we should know that's going to bite us on the arse in the future?
    • twisty_ : Fletcher: I'm a farmer. So ... twisty_ : Nothing that springs to mind twisty_ : I'm not superstitious
  • Thomas to setup tweetdeck access (Action item - Done)
  • See motions


Snowden Talk

  • In exchange for some promotion the party gets 10% off tickets, a ticket for David and Frew and two free tickets for each show
    • David and Simon will donate the cost of their tickets to the party
    • Too much regulation to raffle the free tickets but they can be sold/used to incude donations
    • Pozible rewards may be possible but will run into problems if timelines don't match up or goals aren't met
  • Questions need to be submitted beforehand,
    • David to circulate draft pad for questions (Action item)

Party-wide votes

2015 Congress minutes

  • 2015 Congress minutes and financial statement need to be voted on by the party
  • Financial statement ready to go
    • Congress minutes CFV'd

First name change vote

  • Question needs to be drafted
  • 7 day time limit on voting
  • Fletcher to liase with Brendan for the party vote (Action item)

General Business

  • David Craft will be doing an interview with a student on the 14th about the senate electoral reform
  • Mark will attend the AEC briefing (Action item)
  • Simon attended an anti-protect laws public meeting in sydney

Motions

  • CFV MOTION: Approve payment of $500 to Australian Electoral Commission for the registration of party logo.
    • Put by: Daniel Judge
      • Ayes (8): Daniel Judge, Simon Frew, Thomas Randle, Fletcher Boyd, Michael Keating, David Crafti, Peter Fulton, Mark Gibbons
    • Result: Motion carries.
  • CFV MOTION: The National Council approves immediate payment of our outstanding invoice to ThoughtWorks.
    • Put by: Mark Gibbons
      • Ayes (6): Michael Keating, Daniel Judge, Simon Frew, David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons
      • Nays (1): Thomas Randle
    • Result: Motion carries.
  • MOTION: Accept minutes 2016-03-30 as presented
    • Put by: Simon Frew
      • Ayes (4): Simon Frew, Michael Keating, Thomas Randle, Mark Gibbons
      • Abstains (2): David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd
    • Result: Motion carries.
  • MOTION: Appoint David Read to the Social Media Team
    • Put by: Simon Frew
      • Ayes (6): Thomas Randle, Simon Frew, David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons, Michael Keating
    • Result: Motion carries.
  • MOTION: Close meeting
    • Put by: Simon Frew
      • Ayes (5): Fletcher Boyd, Simon Frew, Michael Keating, David Crafti, Thomas Randle
    • Result: Motion carries.

Action Items

Fletcher: 

   * Set up nomination wiki pages
   * Send candidate mailout
   * Liase with Brendan for party votes

David: 

   * Circulate pad for draft Snowden questions (https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/Questions_for_Ed)

Mark: 

   * Attend the AEC 2016 election briefing
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