European Pirate Party
Thierry Fenasse
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1) TUTORIAL ON VOTEIT
We've organised a tutorial session of the VoteIT platform, where the next Council Meeting will take place, destined for everyone (the board, delegates, and any volunteers).
The tutorial will take place next Sunday the 14th of May at 14.00 h (CEST) at the PPEU channel of the German mumble :
- Server: mumble.piratenpartei-nrw.de
- Port: 64738
We'll have the failsafe of the PIRATA.CAT mumble if by any chance the first one is down:
- Server: veuip.pirata.cat
- Port: 64738
Please try to attend to ensure a smooth running of the Council Meeting or, if this is not possible, to at least send someone else who can get familiar with the platform and transfer that knowledge to the rest.
We recommend that you register to the platform and create your user in advance.
2) VOLUNTEER SEARCH
The board is looking for volunteers who can help out drafting the first version of the Rules of Procedure that we will use in the Council Meeting, and which will be discussed for any ammendments and approved from the 25th-28th of May.
https://ppeu.piratenpad.de/Council-Meeting-2017-RoP-1st-draft
The board is also looking for volunteers to chair the meeting.
Please spread the word among your members and colleagues who might be willing to help.
3) NEW BOARD
The deadline is due and the Board hasn't received any nomination at all for new board members.
Our statutes say:
"(3) All nominations shall be done at least a month prior to the meeting at which the election takes place."
However, it later adds:
"(7) The Council may decide on additional rounds of voting and the admission of new candidates, if a position could not be filled."
The current Board recommends that the Council decides during the Meeting to hold those additional rounds of voting and admission of new members in order to have at least a minimal new board and hence be able to function as an organisation.
It also strongly recommends the Council Members to actively look for candidates to nominate at that time.
4) QUORUM AND COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
We don't need to meet a particular quorum to elect a new board, discuss to postpone the fee payments, or other matters, but we do need a quorum of 2/3 of the "MEMBERS ENTITLED TO VOTE" in order to approve statutes amendments. However, our statutes also say that the members who do not meet their financial commitments will lose all voting and speaking rights within the organs and bodies of the association (although the Council may allow them to delay/relieve their anual contribution). Therefore, the Board proposes to move the Membership Fee discussion to the beginning of the meeting, because this will determine which members can vote and whether we have a quorum or not.
New proposed agenda:
* Opening of the meeting (25th of May)
* Rules of procedure (25th-28th of May)
* Membership fee (29 of May-1st of June)
* Decision on changes of statutes (2nd-9th of June)
* Election of board (10th-12th of June)
* Admission of new members (13th-14th of June)
* Closing of the meeting (15th of June)
5) MEMBER ATTENDANCE TO THE COUNCIL MEETING
At the moment, we have received confirmation of attendance from the members in the list below:
CONFIRMED:
- PPFR (verified delegate)
- PPIS (verified delegates)
- PPCAT (verified delegate)
- PPDE (verified delegates)
- PPIT
- PPCZ
NOT CONFIRMED:
- PPAT
- PPBE
- PPEE
- PPFI
- PPHR -> Domain does not work anymore. Previous board members report it is currently inactive.
- PPGR
- PPLU
- PPNL
- PPNO
- PPPL
- PPRO
- PPSI
- PPES (Pirate Confederation)
- PPSE
- PPCH
- Young Pirates of Europe
- PPJP -> domain does not work anymore and emails are bounced back (but since they an observer member, at least it doesn't count in the quorum)
Please, send a list of your delegates (and a link to you party's official decision) as soon as possible if you plan to attend the meeting.
6) COUNCIL MEETING PUBLICITY
It would be great if you could promote the event by sharing these posts in your social media, specially if you have colleagues in member parties who haven't confirmed their attendance.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1941298699490540/
https://twitter.com/EuropeanPirates/status/859447265030701057
Don't hesitate in writting back to us if you have any inquiry regarding the Council Meeting or any other matter.
Best regards,
Florence D. Thu 19 Oct 2017 7:51AM
Merci Renaud pour le job de mise à disposition d infos. Je suis sans wifi sans ordi avec de la 3g et un Windows phone qui bugue sur loomio alors s il y en a bien une qui ne s informe pas par elle même sur le ppeurop (et sur pleins d autres trucs) c est moi bien plus q hgo. La discussion prend une sale tournure je trouve parcequ elle nous en apprends plusieurs fois plus sur les querelles internes que sur le fond du sujet même si ça m a fait sourire. Je ne sais pas si c est a 52 inscrits loomio que revient la légitimité de décider quoiquecesoit sur la question ou une autre mais si un vote se fait ici je voterais actuellement pour la sortie officielle. Bonne journee. Flo
Vincent Thu 19 Oct 2017 8:56AM
Bonjour Florence,
En effet, un vote sur Loomio serait purement consultatif. De toute façon l'ambigüité est résolue:
Nous ne sommes plus membres, et ce en parfait accord avec les statuts des deux organisations.
Aussi loin que je me souvienne, les instances pirates internationales ont toujours été une pomme de discorde. La meilleure stratégie est celle de @vanecx , qui consiste à recadrer le débat et éliminer les obstacles. Big up, Renaud!
Renaud Van Eeckhout Sat 21 Oct 2017 2:06PM
Outside of this debate around PPEU : Czech national elections end today.
All votes have not been counted yet, but Pirates should have about 9-10% and about 22 members in the Czech Parliament (out of 200 in total).
Next weekend it's the Icelandic elections (since the government collapsed), and the first ones without Birgitta Jónsdóttir. Pirates currently have about 8-10% in the polls.
Renaud Van Eeckhout Sun 29 Oct 2017 3:13PM
It was national elections' day yesterday in Iceland.
Pirates have won 9.2% (6 seats, out of 63), which is much lower than last elections where they had won 14.5% and 10 seats. That makes them the 6th largest party in a very divided parliament.
But still, they are members of the national parliament for the 3d time in a row.
Complete results : http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/elections2017/
HgO Wed 8 Nov 2017 9:33PM
I've sent the following reply to the official invitation to the PPEU's GA :
Dear Thomas,
Thank you for this invitation to the next PPEU's General Assembly.
We discussed about this internally, and it appears that we never paid our membership fees. This means that the PPBe is not officially a member of the PPEU.
We will need to decide whether we want to join again the PPEU or not, probably during our next GA (we haven't decided of a date yet).
Therefore, I'm sorry to say that we won't send a delegate to this GA.
Pirately yours,
Hadrien ~ HgO, PPBe
Thierry Fenasse Wed 8 Nov 2017 9:38PM
That's better then nothing! Thanks
Renaud Van Eeckhout Fri 2 Nov 2018 11:46AM
I forgot to mention, but I think most of you already know it :
the new mayor of Prague is a Pirate : https://torrentfreak.com/the-new-mayor-of-prague-is-a-pirate-181029/ (unless the czech pirates crash in the next months, their current results would mean we will keep a presence in the European Parliament)
In the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, there were national elections, and 2 pirates managed to become elected in the national chamber. We currently have pirates elected at national offices in 3 countries : Iceland, Czech republic and Luxemburg.
Renaud Van Eeckhout Mon 12 Nov 2018 2:58PM
Email received this afternoon at contact@ppbe :
Dear all,
Given that the EU-elections are coming closer very quickly I would like to set up a meeting between pirates active in the Greater Region (Wallonia, German part of Belgium, Lorraine, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Luxembourg).
As you know, we managed to capture two seats in the national elections in Luxembourg and we are currently trying to somehow manage to set-up a competitive list for the 2019 EU elections where we might be lucky enough to capture one out of 6 seats.
To achieve this ambitious goal we might need your help and support, especially targeting Luxembourgers living across your borders (~51.000 ppl). One scenario imaginable would be us providing you with posters in your languages (reduces your budget, increases our common visibility). Yet nothing has yet been decided at this stage, especially as we would like to gather your feedback first.
Given that we have our electoral congress for the EU list on December 15th I would like to invite you to come to Luxembourg on that weekend and/or send a delegation to discuss how we can pragmatically cooperate without too much overhead in order to get the best possible outcome in the EU elections.
We as PPLU would also be ready to help setup and/or maintain local chapters of your respective parties in the border region, as those increase our common visibility. Yet here as well, the initiative needs to come from you, as we don't want to force anything upon you. Both, Marc and myself, are willing to visit those (potential) chapters and lend a hand in order to revive the Pirate activities in the Greater Region and especially in the region bordering Luxembourg.
Who would be in to meet up for a working lunch on Sunday December 16th in Luxembourg-City?
Of course you might also join us informally for the EU-congress on Saturday morning and we could arrange for informal meeting throughout the weekend as well as a cultural program.
Kind regards,
Sven Clement
President & Member of Parliament
Piraten Lëtzebuerg
Ilja Mon 12 Nov 2018 5:11PM
us providing you with posters
reduces your budget
:laughing:
I wouldn't mind tho, I just think it's funny how they say it :laughing:
It would be good for international communication as well! (And maybe share ideas about international coöperation).
Renaud Van Eeckhout · Wed 18 Oct 2017 9:37PM
That last comment of you was completely useless and irritating, @koendv Please stop?
Anyway, now something is clear (unless someone disagrees?) : PPBe is not a member of PPEU at the current time.