Minutes/Policy Development Committee Meeting/2013-02-20

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Meeting Minutes
This document is a record of a meeting. Do not edit this document without contacting the relevant group first.


Agenda

  • Attendance/apologies
  • Possible changes to voice chat procedure
  • Reports from working groups / vote on draft policies
  • Establishment of new working groups
    • Asylum seeker policy
  • Other business

Attendance

  • Sam
  • Mark
  • Rodney
  • Brendan
  • Melanie
  • Ben
  • Andrew
  • David (21:33)

Start time: 20:14 End time: 21:35

Minutes

  • Brendan forced to do the minutes.
  • Future voice chat meetings will be held on Mumble as people do not have G+ accounts
  • Two finalised draft policies
  • Brendan raises concern with two aspects of Drug Policy draft
    • "Drugs which meet these criteria include marijuana, as well as psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin." lacks citations
    • "Small quantities may, as examples, be defined as" lacks citations, remarked "right now it looks like a druggy's wish list."
      • Rodney raised issue with remark "not sure statements like druggy's wishlist are very helpful."
      • "I think it is. I'm talking specifically about the format." -- Brendan
  • Establishment of new working groups
    • Digital Liberties WG
      • Motion passes
    • Asylum Seekers WG
      • Motion passes
      • Meeting at 8pm Monday
  • AndrewD talks about Bill of Rights WG
    • Bill of Rights WG has formed a list of potential rights and criteria for their assessment, met to achieve concensus on those and all WG members have filled out numbers in a MAUT. We have to meet again to reconcile our positions and form an actual policy proposal.
  • Other business
  • Citation guide
    • Motion passes
  • Sam tenders resignation due to time constraints
  • Action item for modifying process
  • Mark Gibbons assumes chair of solar tariff working group
  • Motion for additional meeting passes
  • Meeting closed

Motions

  • Motion: that the PDC will develop a policy set on digital liberties. This will include the development of policies dealing with data retention, net neutrality, and internet censorship. A working group will be formed for this policy set headed by Ben McGinnes that will produce a draft proposal including detailed policy and MAUT tables for the PDC meeting held on 13 March 2013
    • 6 ayes
  • Motion: that the PDC will develop a policy regarding asylum seekers and refugees. The working group will be expected to liaise with relevant organisations for the purposes of gaining an understanding of good policy in this area. A working group will be formed for this policy headed by Brendan Molloy that will attempt to produce a draft proposal to be presented and accepted by the PDC, before the Policy Meeting in April
    • 7 ayes
  • Motion: adopt the Pirate Party Australia Refencing Style for the purposes of writing policy.
    • 6 ayes
  • Motion: that Mark Gibbons assume chairmanship of the solar tariff working group in place of Sam Kearns.
    • 6 ayes
  • Motion: that the PDC convene an additional meeting scheduled for March 13 at 8:30PM to conduct policy review.
    • 6 ayes


Action Items

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