Minutes/National Council/2017-11-29

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


Start: 8:47 PM AEDT

End: 10:52 PM AEDT

Attendance

  • Simon Gnieslaw
  • Tom Randle
  • Emily Sievers
  • John Jeffery
  • Mark Gibbons
  • Simon Frew
  • Alex Jago
  • Miles Whiticker (From 10:05PM)

Apologies

  • Miles: may be late

Absentees

  • John August

Other Attendees

Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes (Tom)

ENC vote completed (Tom)

  • ENC vote has now finished, it passed
  • 32% of the ~1000 eligible full members voted
  • CAP-0: Constitution – carried 98.34% in favour
  • Motion needed to cover the expenses of changing the constitution with Fair Trading NSW

VIC State Co-ordinator (Simon G)

  • Simon G expresses an interest in become the Victorian State Coordinator
    • Mentions he has free time and ideas he wishes to explore as the year starts to wind down.
  • Mixed support and discussion for the proposal from other National Council members.
  • Tom says that he will vote against appointing more co-ordinators at this point.
  • No motion is put.

NSW State Co-ordinator (Simon G)

  • Simon G expresses a view there should be a NSW Co-ordinator appointed as well
    • There are potential opportunities to work with other groups.
    • Frew says that he will help manage those with other local members in Sydney, forward anything to the National Council.

Alliance Working Group (Simon G)

  • Simon G reports:
  • General discussion about Party focus, including our own existing strategy and internal improvements which most of those present suggest should come first before external alliances.

Name Change (Simon G)

  • Simon G raised the previous Party Name Change debate.
  • General discussion from other National Council members that the debate has finished and that there is no proposal to change the Party name.

Reports to NC on PPI (Miles)

  • Miles gives a report to NC on PPI General Assembly 2017
    • https://pirate-parties.net/2017/10/announcement-ppi-general-assembly-2017/
    • PPI had hybrid online + in-person, in-person being in Geneva, Switzerland. About 6 attendees to Miles' knowledge. About 30 remote participants.
    • Kim Dotcom's Internet Party (NZ) was voted in as a member of PPI
    • Previous NZ Pirate Party appear to be defunct
    • PPI recognition award passed 60%
    • Minutes: http://wiki.pp-international.net/PPI_Conference_2017/Minutes
      • We are in a better position than them financially based on their treasurer report
      • Heard that they have lingering issues with their membership database
      • During opening discussion, there were some suggestion to be primarily about helping get new Pirate Parties started
      • Popular suggestion to get a centralised wiki of platforms of different pirate parties around the world
      • Working Groups discussion
      • Did not like the procedural structure in participating, our hybrid in-person/online system is more advanced and efficient.
      • Disappointed that they didn't approach us for advice on how to run it given that we originally suggested it
    • Miles did some live tweeting
    • In conclusion: very encouraging to see them get their GA online, and Miles offers to work with them to help bring meeting processes close to ours
    • Pirates are running the "Think Twice Conference" in Jerusalem. Good to suggest it to anyone who might be visiting.

Report to NC on Qld State Elections 2017 (Miles)

  • Miles gives a report on the Qld State Elections:
    • Labor projected to win on a slim margin
    • One Nation fell well short of expected, might get 1 seat. Still around ~14% vote state-wide.
    • Greens currently at 9.7%, and possibly will get a seat in Maiwar.
  • Alex hopes that Greens get a seat to keep the balance of power from the ALP
  • Miles: "fantastic energy and enthusiasm, huge volunteer networks", "were actually door knocking and doing events, they had the volunteer numbers"
    • Miles: Compared to ALP who mainly used advertising and cold calling
    • Summary: Protest vote is strong, Greens are energised and growing, growing call for alternative minor/third party options, and interest from moderates for alternative options too.
    • Alex wants to do a report on unregistered parties who run candidates anyway

General Business

  • Funding for SE Queensland/Brisbane Ads (Miles)
    • Miles would like some funding from the national budget
    • To be used to get over the line for State Registration
    • Target one of the 3 east coast capitals
    • Tom: Please prepare a proposal
    • Simon G: "I was very impressed with the amount of return we got from Twitter/Facebook in the membership drive. I think that it's worth allocating a small monthly budget towards this to get our everyday Facebook posts/tweets more noticed. Even some reddit advertising would be good"
    • Frew: "I'm not opposed to advertising, but it needs a lot of thought"
    • Tom has ethical issues about giving party money to Facebook. Nobody has complained yet.
    • Miles: Unfortunately, it's effective.
    • Mark gives update on Funds: We're good. Funds are incoming from new members, so the Facebook ads pay for themselves in that way.

Motions

  • MOTION: Accept the minutes from NC meeting from 15 November 2017
    • Put by: Emily Sievers
      • Ayes: 6 (Tom Randle, Simon Gnieslaw, Emily Sievers, Simon Frew, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0; Abstains: 1 (John Jeffery)
      • Motion carries.
  • MOTION: Approve $50 payment to Fair Trading NSW for update of Constitution form.
    • Put by: Tom Randle
      • Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Simon Frew, Simon Gnieslaw, Alex Jago, Emily Sievers, John Jeffery, Mark Gibbons; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0
      • Motion carries.
  • MOTION: close meeting
    • Put by: Emily Sievers
      • Ayes: 8 (Miles Whiticker, Simon Gnieslaw, Mark Gibbons, John Jeffery, Emily Sievers, Simon Frew, Alex Jago, Tom Randle); Nays: 0; Abstains: 0
      • Motion carries.
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