Minutes/National Council/2016-09-21

Meeting Minutes This document is a record of a meeting. Do not edit this document without contacting the relevant group first.

Agenda

• Previous meeting minutes
  • https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2016-08-24
  • https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2016-09-07
• Constitution CFV (Fletcher)
• Pirate Party Pirate Fundraiser (Frew)
• Pirate Bureau (Frew)
• New Approvals Process (Frew)
• 2016 Candidate returns due 20 Oct (Rundll) (David as well)
• UQ Pirate Club
• General Business
  • PAX update? (David)

Start: 20:34 AEST End: 22:42 AEST

Attendance

• Michael Keating
• Andrew Downing
• Fletcher Boyd
• Emily Seivers
• Peter Fulton
• David Crafti
• Thomas Randle
• Simon Frew
• Mark Gibbons
• David Read (Social Media Officer)
• Miles Whiticker (Social Media Team member)
• Jordan O'Keefe (Member)

Minutes

Previous meeting minutes

• See motions

Constituion CFV

• Supplied documents:
  • Changes in raw form: https://github.com/ppau/documents/commits/Congress_2016
  • Final document in raw form: https://github.com/ppau/documents/blob/Congress_2016/constitution.tex
• See motions

Pirate Party Pirate Fundraiser

• Tickets are now on sale and David Read has created some graphical promotions
• David Read suggests using existing pirate merch as prizes during the fundraiser.
  • More details: https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/PPAU_SocMed_Guide
• Ticket pack suggestions include stickers, chocolate coins and chests

Pirate Bureau

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/The_Pirate_Bureau
• ToR lists things the committee isn't responsible for in order to prevent confusion with other items
• See motions
  • Michael Keating has expressed particular excitement for this motion

New Approvals Process

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Approvals_Process_Draft
• Flickr is explicitly mentioned because the process has been written with Flickr features in mind.
• Proposal amended to include that auth lines need to be included on every side of physical material that has content
• See motions

2016 financial returns

Note: Michael Keating wishes the presence of a rabbit loose in Simon Frews room to be included in the minutes.

• The party needs to assist candidates in submitting their financial returns to the AEC since an agent was not appointed
• David Crafti needs financial information from the treasury in order to submit the yearly financial return for the party
• David Crafti to assist candidates with returns, see motions for release of contact info

VU Pirate Club

• Jordan is starting the process to form a Pirate club at Victoria University and requests formal approval as a method of increasing signups
• See motions

General Business

PAX

• David Campbell and David Crafti are enforcers this year
• No update on the panel yet

Rum

• Miles has been investigating branded rum
• More investigation is required but the party does not have the funds for any significant startup costs
• David Crafti has a family connection that may be able to assist on the licensing side

Motions

• MOTION: Accept the minutes for 2016-08-24 and 2016-09-07 as written
  • Put by: Fletcher Boyd
  • Ayes: 9 (Michael Keating, Andrew Downing, Fletcher Boyd, Emily Seivers, Peter Fulton, David Crafti, Thomas Randle, Simon Frew, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Confirm that the supplied changes to the party constitution and final generated document are an accurate reflection of the outcomes of the 2016 National Congress
  • Put by: Fletcher Boyd
  • Ayes: 8 (Fletcher Boyd, Emily Seivers, Andrew Downing, Michael Keating, Peter Fulton, Simon Frew, Thomas Randle, David Crafti); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Adopt the terms of reference for The Pirate Bureau as presented
  • Put by: Simon Frew
  • Ayes: 8 (Fletcher Boyd, Thomas Randle, Mark Gibbons, Simon Frew, Peter Fulton, Andrew Downing, Emily Seivers, Michael Keating); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Adopt the approvals process as amended
  • Put by: Simon Frew
  • Ayes: 8 (David Crafti, Simon Frew, Mark Gibbons, Andrew Downing, Michael Keating, Fletcher Boyd, Emily Seivers, Peter Fulton); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 1 (Thomas Randle)
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Provide David Crafti with personal contact information for all 2016 election candidates for the purposes of reports
  • Put by: Fletcher Boyd
  • Ayes: 6 (Michael Keating, David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd, Simon Frew, Andrew Downing, Emily Seivers); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Endorse the formation of a Pirate Party Australia club at Victoria University
  • Put by: Thomas Randle
  • Ayes: 7 (Simon Frew, Thomas Randle, David Crafti, Fletcher Boyd, Andrew Downing, Peter Fulton, Michael Keating); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Close meeting
  • Put by: Simon Frew
  • Ayes: 6 (Thomas Randle, Simon Frew, Peter Fulton, Andrew Downing, Fletcher Boyd, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.