Minutes/National Council/2021-03-18

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National Council Meeting 2021-03-18

Quorum reached at 20:40 Sydney time.

Agenda

Previous Minutes
- https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-03-04
AEC audit part N+1
stockholm pirates anual meeting chat..
progtech drinks/meetup, Melbs 25/3
Patriot's Alliance cont.

Today was the extended deadline
Options:
- ignore it and get forcibly deregistered
- ask for another month
- voluntary dereg
Alex, Miles: "another month isn't going to make a difference"
Parduss: "falling on our sword doesn't get us anywhere"
Miles: "remember, being deregistered is not necessarily a barrier to contesting"
John: "We should deregister with a plan to come back"
Alex is pretty burnt out, the concept of a reset is... appealing
Motion to deregister... for now.

Fred attended the Stockholm Pirates' branch AGM
They were interested in FriendlyJordies and the Juice Media
Fred regrets the meeting end time of 3AM local
Met a PPSE vice president
"What struck me was the way they have organised in local chapters"
Had discussions on that topic, they strongly recommend reading 'Swarmwise' (Falkvinge's book)
They too are working on a membership management system...
- Alex: "I don't know if ours will be any good for them but they're more than welcome to take it and run with it"
"Surprisingly little discussion of COVID. [The Swedes] have a different approach as you may know."

MOTION: approve the previous minutes as at https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/National_Council/2021-03-04
- Put By: Alex Jago
- Ayes 5 (MW, PR, AJ, JA, FG); Abstain 1 (Dave Kennedy)
- Motion carried at 20:44

MOTION: seek voluntary deregistration (with the intention of seeking re-registration later).
- Put by: Alex Jago
- Motion carried unanimously at 21:00