18 July 2013 EC meeting minutes

The Pirate Party of New Zealand | Meeting Minutes

 * Meeting Date: 18th July 2013
 * Location: IRC #ppnzboard
 * Start Time: 1900hrs
 * Attendees: CptKiwi, Kirkt, Mathmo, Akiaki, Kiwipesco, Strypey, Pervach
 * Apologies: None
 * Meeting started at 19:00.

1. Presidents Report
membership/applications operational. For this to happen it was agreed that we need to get CiviCRM working. It was noted that Alex Fulton managed the hosting/website and that he should be taken off the project. A vote was cast and a unanimous decision was reached to remove him from the project. – President to action.
 * President indicated that high on his agenda for coming term is getting the online
 * Second point from the president was to have a presence at the GCSB bill protests.

2. Treasurers Report
18th July 2013). All board members were happy with the accounts. No further information to report.
 * The treasurer provided a full statement to the board members. Our current balance is $592.04 (as of

3. Secretary’s Report
was discussed that this needed to be changed to either the secretary’s home address or a new PO Box in Tauranga. A vote was cast which was in favor for setting up a new PO Box in Tauranga. Motion passed, to be actioned by secretary. 23/07/203 (Update) It has now been decided to use the secretary’s home address in a bid to save money. No action now needed on the PO Box.
 * No incoming or outgoing communication.
 * Secretary indicated the difficulty collecting mail from the PO Box in Hamilton as he lives in Tauranga. It

4. Communications Manager report
platform for the party, creating harmony in the forums and organizing press releases. Comms Manager agreed he would contact his predecessor (Max Coyle).
 * Comms Manager informed us of what he has been doing the last few weeks. Setting up the Loomio

5. Goals for the pursing term
discussed at the next meeting):
 * The following goals were established during the meeting (timeframe for reporting on these goals will be
 * Online memberships/applications to be fully operational
 * Advertise memberships, which will.....
 * Increase our member base to 500 members.
 * Gain official party status
 * More advertising in the public and media exposure.

6. Any other business

 * Officer roles and responsibilities to be discussed via voice chat | Skype was suggested.
 * The meeting was closed at 20:23


 * Next meeting will be on Thursday August 1st at 7pm
 * Location: IRC in rom #ppnzboard