Minutes/National Council/2018-04-16

Meeting Minutes

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Start: 20:41 AEST

End: 21:28 AEST

Attendance

Correspondence: Secretary provided a letter to Mark Gibbons for PayPal resolution.
Correspondence: Interview request from student.
Action item: Secretariat to start setting up the Annual National Congress 2018 wiki pages

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JohnA: Proposes media release related to IP and farmers, and also Basic Income in contrast to the Green's push.
- AlexJ: 'Our [basic income] model avoids the usual straw men deployed against BI'.
- JohnA notes he intends to discuss basic income on his radio show.
- JohnA provides some general comments about the context.
- Frew recommends starting a pad for drafting, notes our media mailout list is outdated.
- Links provided to help with drafting/formatting Party press releases.
Brief discussion about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Party opposes the trade deal.
Brief discussion about the latest Dept Communications copyright consultation, no Party member appears to be working on anything yet.

MOTION: Accept minutes from PPAU National Council meeting of 2 April 2018
- Put by: Emily Sievers
- Ayes: 5 (Emily Sievers, Tom Randle, Alex Jago, John August, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 1 (John Jeffery)
  - Motion carries.

MOTION: close meeting
- Put by: Emily Sievers
- Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Miles Whiticker, Emily Sievers, John Jeffery, Alex Jago, John August, Simon Frew); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
  - Motion carries.

MOTION: Reimburse Fletcher Boyd $30 for IT expenses.
- Put by: Tom Randle
- Ayes: 7 (Tom Randle, Peter Lawler, Alex Jago, Emily Sievers, John Jeffery, Simon Frew, Mark Gibbons); Nays: 0 (); Abstains: 0 ()
  - Motion carries.