Minutes/National Council/2018-09-25

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Start: 20:36 AEST

End: 22:50 AEST

Attendance

• Miles Whiticker
• Alex Jago
• Mark Gibbons
• John August (until 21:23)
• Daniel Oakley
• David Read
• Andrew Downing
• Joe Furi (appointed 21:22)

Apologies

None

Absentees

None

Other Attendees

• Joe Furi (appointed 21:22)

Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes (Alex)

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-09-11

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

• PO Box update
  • Frew and Mark have both been travelling - hopefully actioned next week

• PPI conference delegate callouts (Miles)
  • see also post on the forum: https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/pirate-party-international-general-assembly-2018-call-for-ppau-observers/2362
  • Followup from Miles' liason with PPI over last 18 months
  • We have been invited to attend as observers, Miles will be and would like some more people
  • general agreement that it's not worth rejoining PPI at this time but they may eventually improve and it's good to have a global umbrella group

Discussion items, and motions

• Previous meeting minutes
  • See motion

• NC Vacancies: Joe Furi's application for Deputy Treasurer
  • Consensus eventually reached that Joe might be new to the Party but that's no reason not to give him a chance
  • See motion

• Federal election national campaign organising (Miles)
  • Election committee setup (re-convention)
    • Terms of Reference: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Election_Committee/Terms_of_Reference
  • Preselection will be finished by this coming Friday, so this weekend could work for an initial meeting
  • Committee reconvened with meeting date TBD - see motion

• Wentworth election campaign
  • Nominations close Thursday 27th at midday
  • JohnA wasn't put forward as a preselection candidate for Wentworth, so actually he can't be endorsed in time any more (assuming a reasonable voting period, and also time to sort out paperwork).

• • Fundraising
    • MarkG suggests we'll only need the one fundraiser this time around
    • Delegated to Election Committee

General Business

• Website bios
  • https://pirateparty.org.au/national-council/ to be updated for a few of us

Motions

• MOTION: Accept minutes of previous PPAU National Council meeting of 11 September 2018 as presented.
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 5 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, John August, David Read, Andrew Downing); Abstentions 2 (Mark Gibbons, Daniel Oakley); Nays 0.
  • Motion carried.

MOTION: Appoint Joe Furi as Deputy Treasurer for the remainder of the 2018-2019 National Council term.

• • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 6 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, John August, David Read, Andrew Downing); Abstentions 1 (Daniel Oakley); Nays 0.
  • Motion carried.

MOTION: re-convene the Election Committee, with these Terms of Reference: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Election_Committee/Terms_of_Reference

• • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 7 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Joe Furi, David Read, Andrew Downing, Daniel Oakley); Abstentions: 0; Nays: 0.
  • Motion carried.

MOTION: close the meeting

• • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Ayes: 7 (Miles Whiticker, Alex Jago, Mark Gibbons, Joe Furi, David Read, Andrew Downing, Daniel Oakley); Abstentions: 0; Nays: 0.
  • Motion carried.

Meeting closed.