PNC 05/03/2026

PNC Meeting Minutes: May 3rd, 2026

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Pirate National Committee — All national committees

May 3rd, 2026 PNC Meeting was one of the weekly meetings of the Pirate National Committee (PNC).

Attending

Jolly Mitch, Captain (Chicagoland/IL)
Ty Clifford (WV/Non-voting)
Drew Bingamin (PA)
Blase Henry, Scribe (AZ)
Wanda Ward, Lookout (FL)
Mars, Webadmin (OH)
Lily, YPUSA Co-Captain (AL/Non-voting)
David Hall (FL)
Frank Flores (TX)
Ashley Melody(IN)
Zachary (CO/Non-voting)
Joel(MD) Steen(MD)

Summary

Old Business

Election Committee:

-The annual election committee for this year's conference was established.

YPUSA bylaws change:

-A bylaw change to the YPUSA was passed to align membership requirements with the USPP to prevent non-Americans from voting and participating in official YPUSA business.

New Business

USPP Bylaw change:

-A vetting process for anyone to become a pnc board member was added to the bylaws

-The vote was unanimous.

Banning betting on Politics:

-A proposal was made to the bylaws to ban PNC board members from betting on Politics.

-The proposal was sent to platform committee to work on the proposal further.

Maryland becomes PNC member state:

-Maryland was formally granted representation at the PNC, bringing the total to 10 member states.

-The vote was unanimous.

CA Probationary Status:

-CA lack of attendance and web presence failure were raised.

-A vote was called to send CA to probationary status.

-The vote was near unanimous with one abstention from IN

Meeting Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/live/801I-UHxcoA?si=13jcVD0xKdAxvzXL