[Int-koordination] Fwd: [Party Announcements] Party Update: Jan 2016. Pirate Party Australia

[Thomas Gaul <thomas.gaul AT piratenpartei.de>]

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Betreff: [Party Announcements] Party Update: Jan 2016. Pirate Party
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Datum: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:09:05 +1100
Von: Daniel Judge <daniel.judge AT pirateparty.org.au>
An: Party Announcements Subscriber <thomas.gaul AT piratenpartei.de>

Ahoy

Pirate Party Australia has held our first strategy meeting last Wednesday
the 13th of January. It was a successful meeting and we aim to hold another
strategy meeting on Wednesday February 10 to discuss fund raising and
anything else that people think we need to discuss.

We had a good discussion about our relations with other minor Parties and
have a better idea what we should do going forward. We also discussed how
to set up State branches, with the long term aim of participating in State
elections. I will go into further detail below.
Here are the minutes from the strategy meeting:
https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Minutes/Strategy_Meeting/2016-01-13

*State Election Committees*

To get the organisational experience to form State branches we have decided
to form State based election committees. The aim is to get potential
candidates and anyone else keen to help out working towards the Federal
Election this year. It will involve fund raising, campaigning to spread the
word about our general awesomeness and getting materials ready for the
Federal Election. After the election we plan to use the State Election
Committees as the basis of emergent State Councils.
The draft terms of reference for State Election Committees is here:
https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/State_and_Territory_Election_Committee

If you would like to participate in these Committees and maybe enter the
election as a Pirate Party candidate please email the National Council as
soon as possible at: nationalcouncil AT pirateparty.org.au

*Membership Database System*

Late last year we put out a tender for a new membership database system.
The winning submission was from ThoughtWorks, who are providing a massive
discount due to their belief in what we are trying to build. The initial
cost will be $10,500 (including Pozible fees) with a stretch goal of
$21,000 for a membership database system with all of the trimmings. The
completed system will be open source and useful to political Parties and
non-government organisations well beyond our own Party.

We have approached the Alliance for Progress and plan to speak with NGOs
and other minor parties to help raise the funds. We are also launching a
Pozible campaign to assist in raising the money and we will need your help
to contribute directly and to help spread the word on social media. We will
link to the campaign in the next member mailout.

*CS:GO*

We held the Counter Strike: Global Offensive Tournament against
r/CircleJerkAus last Sunday night. Sadly we were defeated, but we helped
raise $609 for the Fred Hollows Foundation and had a good time. We'd like
to thank everyone who donated and participated. Despite not winning the
funds, it also resulted in some good publicity for the party.  You can find
links to more information about the tournament and the video replay in our
discussion forums.

*Treasurers Report*

We've wrapped up an interesting year on the financial front - with
highlights including an epic battle with paypal and a post-election
submission to the AEC. Read all about it here:
https://pirateparty.org.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Financial_report_Congress_2015_Final.pdf

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