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==== Old Business ====
 
==== Old Business ====
 
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2026 Conference Update<br>
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State Party and Candidate Updates<br>
 
==== New Business ====
 
==== New Business ====
 
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Young Pirates Co-Captains Discuss<br>
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Email Addresses for State Parties<br>
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Public Meetings moved to Jitsi from IRC
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
  
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===Old Business===
 
===Old Business===
 
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2026 Conference Update:<br>
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-The third round of the conference will be announced soon, narrowing down the options to four.<br>
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-Future conferences may explore more interactive themes and involve the public in decision-making.<br>
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State Party and Candidate Updates:<br>
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-Darren McKeman from the CA Pirate Party is focusing on a local recall effort in San Francisco rather than the Nancy Pelosi race since she is retiring and too many candidates fielded to stand much of a worthy effort and has therefore called his campaign.<br>
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-Drew Bingamin from the PA Pirates provides an update on his state representative campaign, including efforts to secure funding and finalize campaign registration.<br>
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-Blase Henry from the AZ Pirate Party discusses an in-person meeting with the Arizona Information Freedom Committee to repeal AZ's age verification law and ways to help one another. And an outreach to a candidate for Arizona governor for the No Labels Party nomination, Teri Hourihan.
 
===New Business===
 
===New Business===
 
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Young Pirates Co-Captains Discuss:<br>
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-Jack(PA) and Lily(AL) are introduced as the new co-captains for Young Pirates USA.<br>
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-Captain Jolly Mitch apologizes for a unilateral decision in appointing co-captains for the Young Pirates USA, acknowledging that it should have involved the PNC.<br>
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-He assures the committee that future vacancies will follow standard protocol.<br>
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Email Addresses for State Parties:<br>
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-A proposal was made to have states have dedicated email addresses (e.g., illinois@uspirates.org) to streamline communication.<br>
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-It's been in discussion with IT committee for a while.<br>
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-The proposal was approved.<br>
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Public Meetings moved to Jitsi from IRC:<br>
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-A motion was made to move Public Meetings from IRC to Jitsi, full time.
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  -The vote was unanimous.
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
A livestream of the meeting can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVe0tWBUSk
 
A livestream of the meeting can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVe0tWBUSk

Latest revision as of 15:44, 4 December 2025

PNC Meeting Minutes: November 30th, 2025
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Pirate National CommitteeAll national committees

Attending

Jolly Mitch, Captain (Chicagoland/IL)
Drew Bingaman (PA)
Darren Mckeeman, QuarterMaster (CA)
Blase Henry,Scribe (AZ)
Wanda Ward, Lookout (FL)
Eli McGee, Beancounter (MA)
Morgan Landry, Webadmin (TX)
David Hall (FL)
Zach Fosiac (IL)
James Nguyen (NC/Non-voting)

Agenda

Reports

No committee reports

IT

Ø

Outreach

Ø

Platform

Officers

Ø

Discussion

Old Business

2026 Conference Update
State Party and Candidate Updates

New Business

Young Pirates Co-Captains Discuss
Email Addresses for State Parties
Public Meetings moved to Jitsi from IRC

Summary

Attending

Non-voting

Reports

Old Business

2026 Conference Update:
-The third round of the conference will be announced soon, narrowing down the options to four.
-Future conferences may explore more interactive themes and involve the public in decision-making.
State Party and Candidate Updates:
-Darren McKeman from the CA Pirate Party is focusing on a local recall effort in San Francisco rather than the Nancy Pelosi race since she is retiring and too many candidates fielded to stand much of a worthy effort and has therefore called his campaign.
-Drew Bingamin from the PA Pirates provides an update on his state representative campaign, including efforts to secure funding and finalize campaign registration.
-Blase Henry from the AZ Pirate Party discusses an in-person meeting with the Arizona Information Freedom Committee to repeal AZ's age verification law and ways to help one another. And an outreach to a candidate for Arizona governor for the No Labels Party nomination, Teri Hourihan.

New Business

Young Pirates Co-Captains Discuss:
-Jack(PA) and Lily(AL) are introduced as the new co-captains for Young Pirates USA.
-Captain Jolly Mitch apologizes for a unilateral decision in appointing co-captains for the Young Pirates USA, acknowledging that it should have involved the PNC.
-He assures the committee that future vacancies will follow standard protocol.
Email Addresses for State Parties:
-A proposal was made to have states have dedicated email addresses (e.g., illinois@uspirates.org) to streamline communication.
-It's been in discussion with IT committee for a while.
-The proposal was approved.
Public Meetings moved to Jitsi from IRC:
-A motion was made to move Public Meetings from IRC to Jitsi, full time.

 -The vote was unanimous. 

Transcript

A livestream of the meeting can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVe0tWBUSk