Minutes/National Council/2020-06-09

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NC Meeting June 9th 2020

Start 20:30 AEST

Attendance

Initial email is mostly done
- https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2020
- https://emailpad.pirateparty.org.au/load/2020-congress-initial-announcement
Alex wants to exhort people to put their hands up for NC lest the Party die
Alex asks whether we need to use Eventbrite this year
- Miles: "Might as well"
Alex will be putting the motions that passed the floor last year
Other people may wish to re-put their motions that did not pass last year - that's their prerogative
Alex is willing to present the financial statement in lieu of there being a Treasurer
Miles: we need a big tech working meeting to get everything working fully.
Video from Councillors, look into mechanics to allow other people to address Congress.
- Alex suggests something along the lines of https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/discord-video-chat-capture.76708/
Major agenda item for next time: getting this done.

Best option Alex has found for a new voting system
https://gitlab.inria.fr/belenios/belenios
See motion
- Need to get an install happening
- "Aye and if it sucks we'll vote to use something else" -- Miles

Alex: PPAU should hold a position on it all.
Miles: can base it on our core principles easily
Biggest protests in a while, lots of people and social distancing means more space taken ;)
Satch: The straw that broke the camels back... Alone he wasn't a good man. It highlights a systemic problem in Australia with our own indigenous population. Almost a quarter of our prison population, and ~15% of deaths in custody. It's a dicey situation, perhaps we should hold off making public announcements until we see the outcome? At the same time, I'd like to support something regarding police brutality and the discrepancy in treatment of African-Americans in comparison to Caucasians in the U.S. The toxicology reports show he was out of his mind on Meth and Fentanyl at the time of his arrest. It's not excuse for police brutality.
Brandon: important issue. Remember that we still have a pandemic going on. Stay at home if you're at risk. Protesting is OK, just get tested and isolate afterwards.
JohnA: we have systemic racial injustice both in Australia and the US. That's the core here.
Miles: "protest good, distancing good, covidsafe dumb, racism bad"
Alex: I will turn this into messaging, and also link EFF's Surveillance Self Defense

Brandon: lots of chatter from people who've been doing well (actually have food, rent, medication) under JobKeeper, worried they'll be back below poverty line soon
- PPAU should therefore support #keeptherate (aka #retaintherate)
- Some Labor politicians may need additional pressure
- (right-wing politicians will need infinite pressure)
Alex: when I talk about Basic Income I say "Australia's welfare system needs a 180 attitude change".
Miles: Unemployed Workers Union running excellent campaigns, check them out
Alex: OK, we'll put out some messaging there

MOTION: Approve the previous minutes for April 28th and May 12th as presented, noting that May 12th was inquorate.
- Ayes: 5+2 (BB, AJ, MW, DR, JA, BS, DK).
- Motion carried at 20:47.

MOTION: use Belenios for this year's elections
- Ayes: 5 (AJ, DR, DK, MW, BS).
- Motion carried at 21:28.