Minutes/National Council/2018-02-19

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Start: 20:38 AEDT (09:38 UTC)

End: 22:28 AEDT (11:28 UTC)

Attendance

• Peter Lawler
• Emily Sievers
• Tom Randle
• Mark Gibbons
• Simon Frew
• Alex Jago
• John August (from 21:39 AEDT 10:39 UTC)

Apologies

• Miles Whiticker

Absentees

• John Jeffery

Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes (Tom)

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-02-05
• Original minutes didn't include CFV
• Discussion took place as to whether there was a quorum on the CFV or not
• Tom's current interpretation is that the Absolute two-thirds vote majority is those that make up the current quorum for the meeting or motion in progress.
• Mark suggested this is how it is always been done
• Emily stated this was her interpretation
• Simon mentioned nobody had ever challenged this interpretation
• Consensus was that the CFV met requirements to be accepted
• Cleanup https://pirateparty.org.au/w/index.php?title=Minutes%2FNational_Council%2F2018-01-29&type=revision&diff=11613&oldid=11593
• Tom cleaned up some abstains and Alex arriving late and only voting on the close meeting

Governance (Tom)

• Tom expects meeting procedures to follow convention
• Commenced work on NC Standing Orders https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/2018-nc-standing-orders
• Expects to put it forward at next NC meeting in two weeks time

Batman by-election (Tom)

• We didn't have a candidate nominate for the Batman by-election.
• We received offers of volunteers to assist any candidate nominees.
• Alex to write to the offers of volunteer time to thank them.

Socmed campaign (Tom)

• Tom announced that the previously approved Facebook campaign had been set up.

General Business

• Tom advocated for noting a review on copyright censorship and a PR (press release) on data breach laws.
  • Simon mentioned our PR list is ineffective because it is out of date.
  • Mark mentioned that any PR is still content for our own site.
  • Tom would email around a Pad for PR
• John August mentioned he wrote the NSW Humanist submission a the Religious Freedom Inquiry but he was unsure if PPAU had.
  • Peter noted that Australian Pastafarians also put in a submission, that it may mention Pirates but he was unsure
  • Tom commented that submissions would be made public sometime in March.

Motions

• MOTION: Accept the meeting minutes of 2018-02-05 as written.
  • Put by: Tom Randle
    • Ayes: 5 (Emily Sievers, Peter Lawler, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 1 (Tom Randle)
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: Accept the meeting minutes of 2018-01-29 as amended.
  • Put by Tom Randle
    • Ayes: 5 (Tom Randle, Emily Sievers, Peter Lawler, Simon Frew, Mark Gibbons; Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 1 (Alex Jago)
  • Motion carries.

• MOTION: close meeting
  • Put by: Emily Sievers
    • Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Peter Lawler, Emily Sievers, John August, Mark Gibbons, Alex Jago, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
    • Motion carries.