PNC 05/15/2022

Agenda

Old Business

• update on Pirate Party Conference
  • https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/pirateconferenceplanning2022
• USPP Chair Dissolution Proposal
• Pirate Newsletter

New Business

Police Reform Plank

https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/Pirate_Platforms

Attending

• Mitch Davilo, IL
• Anthony Jay, IN
• Joe Onoroski, MA
• Oz, KY
• William Dappen, CA (arriving at 9:55pm)

Probationary States

• WI

Non-Voting

• Rose Klein, Chair, CA
• Drew Bingaman, PA
• James O'Keefe, Secretary, MA

Summary

Meeting started at 9:07pm Eastern.

Reports

• Outreach:
  • Will compile weekly articles from our writers and send out
  • Youth Pirates getting organized - 13-24 age range - will post link once they get organized with logo and rules
  • Anthony will attend next IT meeting on Thursday
• Treasury: nothing to report
• Joe attending PPI meeting - NY members participated
• Platform handed off to Mitch
• PA has provisional board and is working on platform. Expect to petition for membership soon, perhaps by conference
• Swarmwise:
  • Platform sent police reform plank
  • Ohio has a website up, may be read
  • Will meet with Florida pirates
  • Meeting with American Solidarity party
• IT - Meeting Thursday. Still having issues with email. Setting up mobile posting.
• KY reaching out to Greens/disenfranchised Democrats. KYPP is posting articles to their site.

Conference Planning

https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/pirateconferenceplanning2022

• Keynote - Anthony and Mitch asked James O to give keynote and he said yes.
• May or may not have a recording of a guest we have been trying to get
• We have a number of things in the works, but could always use more
• Urging people to submit descriptions by Sunday, May 15th

USPP Chair Dissolution Proposal

https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/USPPChairDissolutionProposal

Lively discussion of the proposal.

Police Reform Plank

Meeting ended at pm Eastern.

Minutes

Record of the meeting