Minutes/National Council/2020-10-01

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National Council meeting 1st October 2020

20:30 Sydney time.

Attendance

• Alex Jago
• Miles Whiticker
• Brandon Selic
• Phillip Richards
• Fred Gerner
• Bryn "mandrke" Busai (DRC)

Minutes

• Daylight Savings about to kick in
  • Council meetings switch to 20:30 AEST
  • (This is 19:30 Brisbane time) (and 09:30 UTC)
  • As of next meeting.

• Also need to send financials to AEC
  • isn't actually anything substantial to report as far as Alex is aware

• Larissa dirty donations submission (Miles)
  • https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/larissa-waters-banning-dirty-donations-bill/2939
  • intention to prevent political donations from a host of industries or representative bodies
  • "Our policy is a bit more laissez-faire"
    • https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Platform#Government_transparency
  • https://pad.pirateparty.org.au/p/larissa_dirty_donations_2020
  • Angle discovered: do the ol' V8 Supercar sponsorship things (on the racing/fire suits)

• Meme remix comp
  • Miles hopes to launch next week

• JohnA reports on #freetheflag
  • radio show, JA made a photographer-subject distinction
  • got some good feedback

• Audit
  • Alex hasn't yet put in for an extension
  • I don't think any reasonable extension would give us enough time to get over the line"
  • people willing to do a phone banking weekend
  • probably juuust allowed by the privacy policy

Motions

• MOTION: approve the minutes of the previous meeting https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2020-09-17
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: AJ, MW, PR, JA, FG
  • Motion carried at 8:37

• MOTION: NC meeting time stays at 20:30 Sydney time regardless of Sydney timezone
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • General agreement

• MOTION: close the meeting
  • Ayes: 5
  • Meeting closed at 21:17