PNC 8/1/12

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--- 08/1/2012 21:00h EDT ---

IRC: irc.pirateirc.net

Room: #pnc

Wiki: http://www.pirate-party.us/wiki/PNC_8/1/12

Minutes

Record of the meeting

1 - ATTENDEES

1.1 - Members of the PNC

• participating:
  • jarod GA
  • Joseph T. Klein/megan cochran, Wisconsin
  • Zacqary Adam Green/Lindsay-Anne Brunner, NY
  • Erik Zoltan, Massachusetts
  • Jeff Talada, WA
  • Kyle DeVore, Oregon

• excused:

• unexcused:
  • FL
  • CA

• probation;
  • OK, third missed meeting

1.2 - At Large Members of the PNC

• Sacha, MI
• Itspara, MY
• Alex Kollar, PA
• Caleblangeslag, MN

2 - PROCEEDINGS

• Meeting opened at: 9:05 pm EDT by Travis McCrea
• Meeting closed at: 11:09pm EDT by Travis McCrea
• Meeting chaired by 
• Secretary for this meeting is 
• Quorum is established: Members 6 out of 8 present
• Logging Enabled: Yes

3 - Review of previous minutes

• http://www.pirate-party.us/wiki/PNC_7/25/12

4 - REPORTS

4.1 - Short report of the board members 

Massachusetts

• pushing our liquid feedback site forward
  • request for testers
  • making a how-to video and install instructions
• looking for a new treasurer
• Pirate lunch on August 8th
• Pirate picnic this weekend - the 4th or 5th
• will attend the Freedom Rally in September
• Mass has a ballot question for medical marijuana and MAPP has a pro-legalization policy
  • big opportunity to attract members

Washington

• no report

Oregon

• going to launch a FB Page so that way we have more exposure
  • currently only have a group

Georgia

• no report

Florida

• absent

New York

• no report

California

• absent

Wisconsin

• working on having a face to face meeting with other registered members besides those who started the web page
• looking to have local meeting in Riverwest Millwaukee for a presentation at a co-op

4.2 - Short Report From Committees

IT Committee

• caleblangeslag is the guy to go to for wiki access
• need a legal entity to hold assets so we can get googleapps and DNS access from yawnbox
  • secretary will get yawnbox in contact with Travis
  • create ownership policy
    • maybe include http://www.teampass.net/about/

PNC Charter Committee

• motion to change the PNC Charter Committee into the PNC Bylaws Committee
  • move to append the words "with  a restricted mandate to come up with a barebones document and suggest a process for adding bylaws to it." to QuazarGuy's motion
    • 5 for, at-large (1) for
  • 5 for, at-large (.5) for

5 - Agenda Items

Items unvotable due to lack of members who've ratified the constitution

• Proposed Amendment
• Asynchronous Meetings

- AOB -

Minnesota

• trying to contact stephenb tomorrow, as well as some of the folks in the Rochester area, to hopefully get started on the MNPP
• getting a website together before the next PNC meeting

Michigan

• website looks much better thanks to Deamon and he has been a great help in getting things started
• have a twitter, g+, facebook group and page and some info on each
• been talking to AGPPP and they are sending us some free goodies
• focusing on building membership right now and we're going to discuss the constitution/by laws/organization soon

• motion to adjourn
  • 2 for

• Next meeting: 8/7/12 at 9:00pm EDT
• Meeting closed: 11:09pm EDT