12 Apr 2012 PSP meeting minutes

Parliament Street Pirates, meeting 0

2012-04-12

Agenda

- Confirming the name Parliament Street Pirates for the Auckland University Pirate Party AUSA group - Establishing the activities of the PSP current suggestions: - Set up Facebook/Google administrivia - Organising on on-campus "fake money" campaign - Organising a "parliament street rally" - Organise a fundraiser BBQ in the quad (offered by AUSA) - Possibly organise a party between then smaller political parties - Rum tasting and erudite discussion night - Email policy and newsletter/ facebook event management - Education of students in politcal process /campus policy / IP yada - Budget organisation for party costs and long term events - Information gathering and media activities, advertising - Legal submissions - Offer to speak to RSS and abolishing IP! (or anything else a little edgy which would attract attendence to listen?) - Get Jim Goodman to speak to us (Useful as a pull for CompSci and Soft Eng Students) - Slip "bookmarks" into books about PPNZ - Have social meetings (rum/poker/movie nights etctc) - Ask Student Reps of CompSci papers if they'd like to hold the half funded (by AUSA) class parties, with a pirate party theme..... ;-) We can provide the material for pirate theming. The class/AUSA does the standard food supplies.    - We should put out feelers to heaps of the meetup groups on meetup.com if they're they geeky kind and ask if we can do a little five minute pitch before their next meeting? - Ratifying the constitution of the PSP - Establishing the offices of President, Secretary and Treasurer of PSP    - any other officers    - election process    - returning officer to be delegated ad-hoc - Any other miscellanea

Miscellanea

Horse and Trap The wine and food selection was good but the wifi left much to be desired. Yes I liked their service, but not their network service.

Conclusion: IRC at home/business count as attendence. Better than meatspace

Minutes
Laserface declared the meeting open at 2049

present: Pervach (Tommy Fergusson) laserface (Daniel Bertinshaw) akiwiguy (Zarek Jenkinson) / akiwidroid master5o1 (imbicile) (Jason Schwarzenberger) starfire (Camille Cowley) inkybutton (Noel Zeng) mako (Marcus Michael Yass) late: trotzig mathmo (how was I late? I was at Horse and Trap! Surely that makes me one of the earliest! :-P ) Anonymoose (Seb Andreassen) - lol sorry n00b parents again :/

Motion, that the organisation be called The Parliament Street Pirates Moved: laserface Second: Pervach For: starfire, akiwiguy, imbecile, laserface, pervach Against: none Abstain: mako, inkybutton (abstain =/= failing to mention any vote +/0/-) (Mathmo: as I'm inclined to think it should just be called Auckland Pirates... more generic, and just be a general regional thing) Motion carried.

PSP Exec Elections
Nominations for President laserface nominated Pervach, seconded akiwiguy no further nominations vote for: Pervach, starfire, akiwiguy, inkybutton against: abstain: mathmo, trotzig, anonymoose, trotzig, mako Elected, laserface: Motion carried.

Nominations for Secretary Pervach Nominated akiwiguy Seconded anonymoose Declined by Pervach master5o1 Nominated pervach Seconded laserface Declined by master5o1 mathmo Nominated Pervach Declined by mathmo if any other candidate(s) accepts. All others declined, mathmo accepts by default Vote: For: Pervach, akiwiguy, Anonymoose, laserface, master5o1(?), Starfire, mathmo Against: Abstain: inkybutton, trotzig, mako Elected, Mathmo: Motion carried.

Nominations for Treasurer inkybutton Nominated laserface Seconded starfire Declined by inkybutton starfire Nominated laserface Seconded akiwiguy master5o1 Nominated akiwiguy Mathmo seconds master5o1 declines mako nominated pervach seconded master5o1 starfire: laserface, akiwiguy, master5o1 mako: abstain: Pervach Elected, starfire: Motion carried.

Consistution ammendment: laserface 22:40:24 we add that presence in meetings is over such mediums as whoever presides decides what mediums are relevant to the meeting Seconded by Pervach, thirded by Akiwiguy. Voting movements must have a minimum of 3 in deciding for movement and greater than half of those attending must agree. Where this is not met, decision is rolled to next meeting, where 2/3 of attendants do not protest. moved: laserface second: starfire for: laserface, akiwiguy, starfire against: abstain: mako, mathmo, inkybutton apologies: Pervach

2 Week Submission of Events. These are to be emailed to the president. moved: laserface second: starfire, akiwiguy for: laserface, akiwiguy, starfire, anonymoose against: abstain: trotzig, mako, mathmo, inkybutton apologies: Pervach

Meeting adjourned 23:20