Victoria 2015-06-11 minutes

Minutes/Summary from Victoria, BC Meeting Meeting Time & Date: June 11th from 7:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Moka House @ 345 Cook St Attendance Numbers: 3 Notable Attendees (candidates, council members, etc): Shawn Gray, Vice-president

=Agenda=


 * 1) Platform & Policy Discussion
 * 2) Materials Development Update
 * 3) Updates from Federal level
 * 4) PPCA Victoria Tasks (due next mtg)
 * 5) Set next meeting date/time

=Minutes=

Overcoming Voter Apathy

 * Pirates must be Approachable & On the Streets
 * Education necessary
 * Make this a focal point, target audience
 * People like emotional/selfish direction
 * They ask "What's in it for me?" more than "How do we all benefit?"
 * Too much screaming from the political parties
 * Feeling of "my vote doesn't make a difference"
 * Some ppl fall for the easy message repeatedly & eventually disengage
 * Many cases, younger voters never engage
 * Focus on these voters specifically
 * Get out the vote campaign
 * We'd like you to vote for us, but so long as you're voting, we're happy
 * 39% of voting pop = majority gov, less than 50% of eligible voters vote
 * Begin a poster campaign to find these lost voters & engage

Consumerist Agenda

 * Need to break through the illusion of trickle down economics
 * Demonstrate the power of Cyclical Economics
 * Must check to ensure right term, google disagrees with this usage.
 * Meant to mean the flow of money in a cycle to all points
 * How do we break this without seeming to be crackpots?

Mergers & Working Together

 * Too many small parties pulling at small votes
 * Too little money in each party to compete properly
 * Reach out to the "fringe" parties
 * Work toward mergers or consolidation of voting block
 * Specifically look at former & current parties that have failed to obtain seats
 * Collect info on who to contact & what was their message

Potential Advertisement Campaign - Liars/Cheats

 * Can be adapted to multiple forms of media (radio, tv, posters, net)
 * "You've elected liars. You've elected cheats. You've elected thieves. Maybe it's time to try electing Pirates?"
 * We are outsiders to parliament, we need to leverage that to our advantage

Potential Advertisement Campaign - Mincome

 * Can be adapted to multiple forms of media (radio, tv, posters, net)
 * A postcard is completed, but may need modification


 * Include QR code that directs to 30-second solution pocket-site
 * Automation
 * Focus on precariousness/scarcity of work, movement toward automation, self-driving cars/automated teller/etc
 * Image of unemployment line
 * "Do you think they have a plan? We do."
 * Corporatization
 * Sports field analogy
 * Oil barons & politicians on the playing field, everyone else in the soup kitchen line
 * "Do you think they have a plan? We do."
 * Pocket site needs a call to action
 * Include links to more resources & indepth info
 * Ted Talks
 * YouTube videos
 * Scientific/Economic Reports

Potential Advertisement Campaign - FPP

 * Can be adapted to multiple forms of media (radio, tv, posters, net)
 * Include QR code that directs to 30-second solution pocket-site
 * 39% of vote = Majority Government
 * Focus on Alternatives to FPP
 * 24% of eligible voters = Majority Government
 * Because 38.6% of eligible voters, didn't vote
 * Focus on getting non-voters to vote
 * Pocket site needs a call to action
 * Include links to more resources & indepth info
 * Ted Talks
 * Mercer Report
 * YouTube Videos
 * Scientific Reports

Other Advert Materials

 * Plain-language Postcards


 * Copyright/Patent Postcards

Updates from Federal level

 * Federal level quiet
 * VPN for donation active?
 * Shawn Gray to clarify & get details
 * Website/server issues
 * May want to host local site somewhat disconnected from Fed Servers as a result
 * Generally agreed good idea
 * More stable, less hands at the controls
 * More flexibility for quicker edits based on local
 * Localization/Decentralization a net benefit to PPCA

=PPCA Victoria Tasks (due next mtg)=


 * Create Materials
 * K.H. to develop posters
 * First Past the Post
 * Mincome
 * Liars/Cheats/Thieves
 * Shawn Gray to update post cards and price printing costs
 * O.B. to Research Current & Former Minor Parties
 * Shawn Gray to develop and launch Victoria Pirates website
 * Shawn Gray to Update Wiki with minutes
 * Shawn Gray to clarify & get details on VPN from Feds

=Next Meeting Date/Time=

Tuesday, June 23rd from 7:30pm - 9:30pm Location: Moka House, 345 Cook St

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