Minutes/National Council/2018-05-14

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Start: 20:44 AEST

End: 21:50 AEST

Attendance

• Tom Randle
• Peter Lawler
• Alex Jago
• John Jeffery
• Simon Frew
• Mark Gibbons
• John August
• Emily Sievers
• Miles Whiticker

Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes (Tom)

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-04-16

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

• Action item: Secretariat to start setting up the Annual National Congress 2018 wiki pages

Discussion items, and motions

General Business

• JohnA had discussions with MarkG on the idea of hosting a discussion day on UBI in Sydney.
  • Humanist House in Chippendale is a possible venue.
• Tom reminds everyone to keep working on the Strategic plan 2017.
• Tom provides a quick membership update:
  • full 719
  • permanentResident 7
  • supporter 22
  • internationalSupporter 4
  • Tom: "There are 1568 accepted member records, only 719 of those are current. The other 849 expired and did not renew."
• AlexJ reports the PDC has finalised two policies on Patents and Electoral Reform.
• Tom: congress announcement will be done after a CFV / venue confirmation.

Motions

• MOTION: Accept minutes from PPAU National Council meeting of 30 April 2018
  • Put by: John Jeffery
  • Ayes: 5 (Peter Lawler, John Jeffery, John August, Tom Randle, Simon Frew), Abstain 2 (Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons), Nays 0
    • Motion carries.

• MOTION: close meeting
  • Put by: John Jeffery
  • Ayes: 6 (Tom Randle, John Jeffery, Simon Frew, John August, Peter Lawler, Miles Whiticker), Abstain, Nays
    • Motion carries.