Minutes/National Council/2018-07-31

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Start: 22:11 AEST

End: 23:45 AEST

Attendance

• Miles Whiticker
• Alex Jago
• Mark Gibbons
• Daniel Oakley
• Andrew Downing
• John August (from 23:12)

Apologies

None

Absentees

None

Other Attendees

• Bryn Busai (DRC)
• Fletcher Boyd (DRC/IT/IEWG; former NC)
• Ben McGinnes (former NC)

Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes (Secretariat)

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-07-17

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

• Reason Party proposal for Federal Election strategy / Minor Party Alliance (Miles)
  • Miles has been in contact with their Qld state coordinator
    • proposal that we avoid competing directly and cross-endorse

• Open pre-selection tonight for the NC by-elections (Miles)
  • See Motions

Discussion items, and motions

• Volunteers for event organising (Miles)
  • Bryn and JohnA to collaborate on a Sydney cryptoparty (JohnA provides the location, Bryn the knowledge)
• Alex to make sure all current NC are set up properly on Discourse
• Dan and Mark to update the NC directory on the wiki

General Business

• Date of next meeting
  • Agreed to be 14th August

Motions

• MOTION: Accept minutes of previous PPAU National Council meeting of 17 July 2018 as presented.
  • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Ayes: 5 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing), Abstain 0, Nays 0
    • Motion passes.

• MOTION: Call for candidates from 1/8/18 until 8/8/18 for the following party position by-elections: NC Deputy Secretary, NC Deputy Treasurer, NC Councillor, Policy Development Officer
  • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Ayes: 5 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing),, Abstain 0, Nays 0
    • Motion passes.

• MOTION: Direct IEWG to run the votes arising from the 2018 National Congress, with voting for the Policy votes to commence on 2018-08-04 and conclude 7 days later; and voting for the Position by-elections to commence on 2018-08-12 and conclude 7 days later.
  • Ayes: 6 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing, John August), Abstain 0, Nays 0
    • Motion passes.

• MOTION: Close the meeting.
  • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Ayes: 6 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley, Andrew Downing, John August), Abstain 0, Nays 0
    • Motion passes.

Meeting closed.

Discussion

Due to lack of quorum, the meeting started two hours late.

• Discussion opened prior to meeting start on relationships with other minor parties
  • joint tickets to be seriously considered
  • post-election merger to be seriously considered