GA + BBQ 19th May 2018 (from old date 22th of April)
At the piratelab, we were talking about organizing a GA in April (22nd of April would be a good idea, need to ask for availability). We would organize it in de Markten (like the New Year's brunch) in Brussels.
It is important however to have a clear agenda and process: the GA is not meant to endlessly amend stuff or to get stuff through where not enough emotional consensus exists, but rather to confirm legitimacy over the path we are following.
Of course, this does not mean that the more informal discussions during the GA can not help us forward.
We sometimes used difficult processes to determine agenda, .... Maybe most important is to install a 'freeze period' for the themes of at least 2 weeks before the GA (in case e.g points are too contesting).
Points that could be ripe: new website, removing everything from the statutes that everybody agrees does not make sense anymore, a simple repartition of money for the elections if there is no better one.
Josse Mon 2 Apr 2018 7:39AM
I still wanted to leave it open in order to formulate things correctly.
Josse Mon 2 Apr 2018 9:34AM
I will make a separate Loomio topic.
HgO Sat 7 Apr 2018 7:46AM
We should improve the wiki page for the GA, because in the newsletter we say "all details are on the wiki page" which is... empty.
Could someone do that ? :) We can use the last GA or the brunch as templates :
* https://wiki.pirateparty.be/Pirate_Assembly_Fall_2016
* https://wiki.pirateparty.be/Pirate_Party/Event/21_01_2018
There is also a general template for GAs (but it is a bit outdated...) : https://wiki.pirateparty.be/Events/GA:Template
HgO Mon 9 Apr 2018 3:05PM
Ok I copy / pasted the content of the newsletter that concerned the GA on the wiki page... People motivated can do the French and Dutch version, I think I did more than my part...
Thierry Fenasse Sat 19 May 2018 9:47AM
I see soo few interactions here on Loomio or on the Wiki page ... does this event will occure?
I do not even see the event on the fb group page (but I'm not connected because I do not use fb, maybe I'm missing something?)
I ask because I'm sick and I would stay warm at home but @patrickinstalle asked me to dispaly the bank account balance for the formal GA part of this GA/BBQ event of tonight.
Renaud Van Eeckhout Sat 19 May 2018 10:38AM
Well, the event was not cancelled so I guess it's still happening. But I don't know anyone from Liège or BW who will attend.
I don't see any FB event either (on the FB group and/or the page) :confused:
I suppose we can have the information on the bank account balance some other time if not tonight?
Josse Sat 19 May 2018 11:16AM
Hm, the event was made on fb. https://www.facebook.com/events/1624168090985333/
I think Patrick updated the financials on his website. The most important thing is to see that money is available for people who want to participate in the coming elections.
Thierry Fenasse Sat 19 May 2018 12:48PM
I sent you by mail the most « important » screen captures about bank balance.
I hope there will be some reported notes, pads or wiki page update if something formal is discussed, voted and or decided.
And by the way when you say « I think Patrick updated the financials on his website. » you seems to forget that it is not his website. As the latest backup treasurer he keeps maintaining that pirates finances wiki and duties where former financial involved folks like Stef K. or Toon V. had access but stoped contributing on the work.
Thierry Fenasse Tue 22 May 2018 8:25PM
How was the GA BBQ? Any thing interresting did pops out of the GA part?
HgO · Sun 1 Apr 2018 7:13PM
@josse I noticed that you don't talk about the allocation of the electoral budget (for the crews running for the elections) on the wiki page of the event. Did you forget to do it, or did you change your mind? '