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
• Ethen (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 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

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

Motion passes to consider plank.

James suggested we should cover:

• ending civil asset forfeiture;
• require warrants for all surveillance since we believe in a right to privacy;
• gather statistics to determine racial and other bias as well as determine what are effective method.

Anthony suggested adopting as is and request that platform update with suggestions. Additional discussion of what approach we should take.

Motion to have next week's meeting over Jitsi - vote was 5-0-0.

Motion to table discussion of the plank to next week - no objections.

Meeting ended at pm Eastern.

Minutes

Record of the meeting