Lets make it all of it and then I am happy to relinquish control as others step up to the plate.

Roger that :)

Kudos to you @colinsmith! Looking forward to our next meeting. Are we going to bring people that are interested in the Internet Party but not actual members to meeting or just focus on keeping it members only?

I've got at least one person interested in joining up but I'm not sure whether to invite him before he's a member or get him signed up and paid first before bringing him along. Suggestions are appreciated!

The rules we had before is that meetups are open to all. However as we haven't officially started campaigning I think Colin can decide how he would like the meetups run.

Hmmm, something has changed with the Meetup site. It took ages to actual find where to generate a meeting and now it is telling me that it will not post to the group unless there are two other people have rsvp-ed. (How can people rsvp unless it is posted to the group). Strange behavior!
Anyway, can someone check from there end to see if they can actually see the next meeting scheduled for the last Saturday in Feb. (My user name gives me the admin interface not the public one)

For the time being I would like to keep the meet up at a personal level. That does not mean that we can not talk shop if the subject comes up. That way we can bring friends along and they can get to meet the people and get their measure. I feel it is a little harder to berate someone’s post on Loomio for example if you have actually met them. Having met them you would be more likely to give them some slack or have a better understanding why the feel the way they do.
One thing that might be help is that there is one person (Normally a member) at the meeting that -
1. Take notes/very informal minutes on topics (If applicable) – The whole meeting could end up discussing the latest cat videos and personally to me this would not matter, it is the interaction that I think we should foster.
2. If people have certain views or ideas these can/ should be discussed then Said person encourages them to post on Loomio.
3. Said person has the right to veto certain topics of conversation. My thoughts hear are solely around someone trying to steel the meeting to solely push there agenda. That type of activity should be kept to Loomio.
4. Topics of conversation could/should be suggested from above. Apart from the informal minutes any suggestions generated should be taken to Loomio.

In Rugby terms – Loomio is where the game is played and you take your hard knocks there! Meet ups are for the supporters – no tackles or knocks just light hearted name calling the referee.

Excellent plan @colinsmith I will entrust greater Auckland's meetups to your care and later today will set up that meetup page on facebook.

Hey not sure I can make the meet ups as I am a contractor and work crazy hours but will make a contribution here..do we have the same candidates this time round?

Greetings Adele,
The meetups can be scheduled for any time. I am attempting to have a regular schedule of the last Saturday of every month, but that does not mean it would be the only time.
If you know you are going to be free at a particular time and post it here - let’s see who we can pull together for a meeting. I imagine there will be lots more as we approach the election.
As to candidates, it is my understanding that there is currently investigation taking place internally as to who from last time would like to run again. From that point we can start looking to see any one new that might like to take a step into the limelight.

Hi all I have put up a facebook page for Auckland's meetups. In fb search (all caps): INTERNET PARTY - AUCKLAND

Hi @adeleetheridge check out the thread here - https://www.loomio.org/d/1g6sGqHD/electoral-candidates

Currently @daymondgoulderhorobin and myself have put ourselves forward as candidates for the Pakuranga and Botany electorates respectively. There is still plenty of time if you are interested in pursuing a candidacy or wish to nominate somebody else?

@colinsmith, @daymondgoulderhorobin, @colinengland head to Facebook and add Grant to be added to the Auckland group. @grantkeinzley I would suggest making Colin Smith a mod on the group so that he can add people and create Events on the page. I'm going to start adding people that I know to the group.

Just waiting on Colin to confirm friend request so he can be made admin of the Auckland group

Link to page - Auckland Group
Internet Party Supporters
Internet Party 2017

These are all of the current Public Facebook Group pages. Feel free to join up!

There's also a 'Community' Friends of The Internet Party and a hashtag for gatherings of ‪#‎InternetPartyPeople

There's a tonne of party groups in facebook. I know as I am still trying to get the admin rights to some of them. However not all are useful here. Once I've got facebook all sorted (soon) I'll be posting a page with all of those links so people can hook in to the group/s that most fit their bill.

Tks for bringing that one up Jo I didn't know of that one's existence :)

@colinsmith Hey Colin just got a question in from Josh Rich @joshrich asking if the next Ak meetup wll be on the 25th this month. Tks

I have posted on the meetup.com that the next meeting will be on the 25th, current meeting time is 5pm.
The site is showing that I am currently the only one attending, but I am sure that it will change as we get closer to the date and people know there schedules better.

cool on that but I think you'd get better coverage posting in the facebook group "INTERNET PARTY - AUCKLAND" and then I can repost that in our other groups.

Stuff being campaign materials; flags, tee's, fliers, and other stuff from last election.

@fredlook @colinsmith @joshrich @jobooth @martyn
We have some campaign assets, flags, tee's fliers, etc for Auckland's meetups and other regions' meetups when they are ready to launch. We need someone to pick these up and keep them for use at the Ak meetups. Problem is they need to be picked up this weekend as where they are being stored is no longer available to the party. Anyone volunteering to do this please email the exec @chrisyong cy@internet.org.nz to get the details. Thanks

@grantkeinzley I will put my hand up and grab this stuff. I will store it at my place until a permanent place is found for it.

awesome thanks buddy. flick an email to Chris (at the address above) he'll be happy to co-ordinte that with you. From the party; thanks again :) :) :)

Done, now just waiting for a reply and we'll go from there.

Hey @grantkeinzley @fredlook @colinsmith I have the Campaign Asset stuff which I picked up from Chris Yong @chrisyong.

@colinsmith do you want to pick up this stuff Colin or shall I bring it to the next meeting?

What exactly are we talking about when referring to "Stuff".

Ok.
How much space will I require 1mᶟ or a warehouse?

@martyn

@colinsmith all the stuff fits in the back seat of my wifes SUV. If you want I can take a photo of the stuff and send it to your email account.

@grantkeinzley you know those InternetMana tshirts from the last election are what I would call a collectors item. Maybe we should raffle them off to get some funds for the Party?

hey not a bad idea :) keep one for yourself too for the effort you've put in :)

@fredlook can we let @martyn raffle these off on the condition he donates proceeds back to party?

I have somewhere to store those items. Just need a time and place to pick them up.

@colinsmith lets meet on Saturday and organise a pick up time. Have you created a Facebook event on the IP Auckland Facebook Page Colin? Can you add me and the rest of the group please?

@grantkeinzley I'm not good at organizing raffles, my preference would be that somebody else handle that side of things if possible. I'm happy to hold onto them for now and hand them over to @colinsmith if he is able to take them? Do we have a Party Fundraising Person?

no we don't have anyone of fund raising. maybe someone here may like to volunteer for that ???

@grantkeinzley @fredlook I will offer to be the Party Fundraising Person unless somebody with some actual experience puts their hand up for the role in which case I will step down.

What are the rules for fund raising? I need them to be clear and simple to understand so I don't get the Party or myself into trouble.

Thanks @martyn As per rules I'll leave that one for @fredlook

Awesome, I'll leave the suit at home for this one.

I'm planning to Drive up from Tauranga for the weekend.

Do we have a fb event for this?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1271741759582721/

Join this group, we are planning to have it on the 25th of Feb in Auckland

https://www.meetup.com/Supporters-of-the-Internet-Party/events/237306838/

meetup page

I currently have the event posted on
Facebook “Internet Party – Auckland Group”
and
Meetup.com “https://www.meetup.com/Supporters-of-the-Internet-Party/”.
Is there another forum I am Missing?

No but on the Facebook page you can actually create it as an Event which allows you to post all the information and acts as a notification to everybody in the group. People can post whether they are coming or not and anything you post in the Event will be communicated to everybody that has been invited.

When you go to the Facebook group page creating an Event is in the More tab.

I reckon including proposals into meetup threads is not a bad idea so it gets people thinking, but I can always just move it to its own thread easily if it is too messy

Who's confirmed for coming tomorrow?

Colin Smith (Myself) and Martyn Anderson so far and there appears to be at least one other according to Facebook

I'll put future proposals into their own threads, at the time I couldn't post to the education group so i decided to put it in the meeting group to have something to talk about at the meetings if needed.

Housing is definitely one of key reasons why students struggle to get by, the allowance would generally pay for quite a bit of it but there wouldn't be any left for food, utilities etc. Subsidizing housing is something to consider so it doesn't get in the way could work, provided we can budget for it.

Meeting was solid, although it would be helpful to get an executive to come along at some point.

This was moved to its own thread. So far feedback has been promising.