Minutes/National Council/2018-10-09

National Council Meeting 9th October 2018

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Start: 20:54 AEDT

End: 22:49 AEDT

Attendance

• Alex Jago
• David Read
• Andrew Downing
• Joe Furi
• Mark Gibbons
• Miles Whiticker
• John August
• John Wilson (appointed Deputy Secretary at 21:20 AEDT)

Apologies

• None

Absentees

• Daniel Oakley

Other Attendees

• John Wilson (appointed Deputy Secretary at 21:20 AEDT)
• JonDgar (alias)

Minutes

Previous Meeting Minutes (Alex)

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-09-25

Correspondence, reports, and action items (Secretariat)

• Website bios
  • NC
    • Thanks twisty!
    • TODO: Joe, Daniel, John W
  • Candidates
    • TODO: get a "hey we have candidates now" PR out
    • https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/candidates-pr-2018-10-10
    • bunch of things in 2016's PR that we don't have yet:
      • crowdfunding campaign
      • public candidate bios
      • campaign theme

• PO Box update [MarkG]
  • Still todo, hopefully next week!

Discussion items, and motions

• Previous meeting minutes
  • See motion

• National Council and other vacancies
  • John Wilson has expressed interest
  • (Nomination details forwarded over email)
  • see motion

• Election prep discussion
  • We have a bit over $10K on hand total
  • Need $18K for candidate fees
  • and at least another $5K for advertising and materiel, really more like $20K to be effective
  • JohnW and Miles believe the unions will be a viable funding source
  • On a more tangible note, all of the corflutes we have left over from last time should be reusable
  • need new flyers though

• Aboriginal/Islander invite
  • JohnW has "an invitation to extend to the National Executive and PPAU Members. The invitation is from the Elders in Council. The invitation is to attend the :Little Ship Club here at the One Mile Dunwich Nth Stradbroke Is. The purpose is to meet with tribal elders to introduce and then forge an ongoing relationship for policy development"
  • See motion

General Business

• Ahmad Naser would like to join the Bureau and the Press Team
  • Press team is currently empty
  • Probably don't want just one new person being the only one on Press Team
  • Bureau is fine though
  • See Motion

Motions

• MOTION: Accept minutes of previous PPAU National Council meeting of 25 September 2018 as presented.
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 7 (John August, Mark Gibbons, Alex Jago, Miles Whiticker, David Read, Andrew Downing, Joe Furi); Nays 0; Abstains 0.
  • Motion carried.

• MOTION: Appoint John Wilson as Deputy Secretary for the remainder of the 2018-2019 National Council term.
  • Put by: John August
  • Ayes: 7 (David Read, Joe Furi, Andrew Downing, Alex Jago, John August, Mark Gibbons, Miles Whiticker); Nays 0; Abstains 0
  • Motion carried.

• MOTION: John Wilson to co-ordinate a meeting between PPAU NC and Indigenous elders
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 8 (David Read, Joe Furi, John August, John Wilson, Miles Whiticker, Andrew Downing, Alex Jaho, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstains 0
  • Motion carried.

• MOTION: appoint Ahmad Naser to the Pirate Bureau Steering Committee
  • Put by: John August
  • Ayes 6 (John August, Joe Furi, David Read, Alex Jago, Andrew Downing, Mark Gibbons); Nays 0; Abstains 0
  • Motion Carried

• MOTION: Close the meeting
  • Put by: John August
  • Ayes: 4 (John August, Joe Furi, David Read, Alex Jago); Nays 0; Abstains 0
  • Motion carried (due to inactivity)