Minutes/National Council/2018-11-20

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National Council Meeting 20th November 2018

Start: 20:47 AEDT Finish: 22:10 AEDT

Attendance

• Joe Furi
• Miles Whiticker
• Andrew Downing (chair)
• John Wilson
• David Read
• John August (from 21:50)
• Mark Gibbons (from 22:03)

Apologies

• Alex Jago

Absentees

• Daniel Oakley

Observers

• Uwe Schafer

Previous Minutes

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2018-11-06

Correspondence, Reports, Action Items

• Quandamooka meeting
  • Invite stands, likely date in December

• Website bios
• Daniel Oakley to update
• John Wilson to update
• Joe Furi to update

• Victoria Senate #2: AlexJ has been in contact with Shannon Smith in Vic, all good
  • Shannon Smith is confirmed as the nominated #2 Victorian Senate Candidate.

• Formalise Daniel Cox membership on the PDC (Miles)
  • Motion was put over email.
  • This meeting recognises and formalises that motion.
  • See motions
  • Email set up required

• Report back from election meeting on Saturday (Miles)
  • Most of the Candidates attended
  • Miles to reach out to Shannon re: election strategy
  • Pooling resources
  • Assistance with page moderation

General Business

• A Candidate's Meeting was set up up to engage live with the National Council.
  • People were there, engagement occurred, generally positive.
    • NB that Kate Bowman may need to withdraw
  • Need a good, pro-privacy way to easily connect candidates/organisers and party members
• Nomination for Press Officer (JW)
  • Uwe Schafer (prospective Officer) asked to submit application to NC

Motions

• MOTION: accept the minutes of the previous meeting on 6th November 2018 as presented.
  • Put by: John Wilson
  • Ayes 5 (Joe Furi, Miles Whiticker, Andrew Downing, John Wilson, David Read); Nays: 0; Abstains 0.
  • Motion carried at 20:52.

• MOTION (email): formalise Daniel Cox's membership of the PDC
  • Put by: Andrew Downing
  • Motion carried unanimously over email prior to the meeting.