Minutes/National Council/2021-03-04

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PPAU National Council meeting; 4th March 2021. Scheduled start: 8:30pm Sydney time

Agenda

• Previous minutes
• Email response to Australian Patriots Alliance (John)
• New Press Release Content Guide
• PPI Membership discussions/review
• Electoral Reform livestream

Attendance

• Alex Jago - Party Secretary
• Brandon Selic - Dep. Pres
• Fredrik 'Fred' Gerner - Councillor
• John August - Treasurer
• Miles Whiticker - Party President
• Bryn "mandrke" Busai - Dispute Resolution

Discussion

Previous Minutes

• https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-02-18
• see motions

"Patriots Alliance" response

• the RWNJs think we're one of them
• John has drafted a pushback email
• willing to send in a personal or party capacity
• Miles favours no-reply-and-track approach
• Alex: "we're not their friends and we should tell them to bugger off"
• mixed opinions as to whether response sendable on part of the party
• John to revise existing draft and send it in the next few days

Press Release Content Guide

• Miles flagging a TODO: revised PR guide.
• Adding a section to the existing guide:
  • PRs should be short: 4 paragraphs
  • Everything needs to tie back to the Party, positions, spokespeople, or friendly people
  • Quotability: "give Journalists the lines we want them to say"
  • ensure spokespeople for each PR

PPI things

• Thanks to Gabe for preparing report with options analysis
• no binding decision made as of yet

Electoral Reform livestream

• Alex and Pip are very keen
• Miles proposes that Pip take the "interviewer" role, that Alex take the "policy" role and that Brandon provides a candidate's perspective
• TODO: make it happen (sometime after the 15th, says Brandon)

AEC things

• on track to miss
• call lists: Brandon, John

General Biz

• PDC meeting happened, went well
• Alex and Miles went to see the Esports people, they're not interested in taking our money

Motions

• MOTION: John to send email to so-called "Patriots Alliance", on behalf of the Party, telling them to politely bugger off
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 4 (BS, FG, JA, AJ); Nays: 1 (MW)
  • Motion carried.

• MOTION: approve the previous minutes as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-02-18
  • Put by: Alex Jago
  • Ayes: 5 (JA, FG, MW. AJ, BS)
  • Motion carried.

• MOTION: close the meeting
  • Put by: Miles Whiticker
  • Motion carried unanimously; meeting closed at 21:11 AEDT.