PNC 09/27/2026

PNC Meeting Minutes: September 27th, 2026

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The September 27th 2026 PNC Meeting was one of the weekly meetings of the Pirate National Committee (PNC).

Agenda

Reports

Financial Report from Treasurer

• Per a vote at the PNC 09/20/2026, McGee has been summoned.

Discussion

Old Business

Approval of Minutes

PNC 09/20/2026

New Business

Interstate Conflict Resolution

• Onoroski requested that the following to be considered

Interstate Conflict Resolution If two or more states have a concern or issue with each other, then first we are to have the captain's of each state set an official meeting and report to the PNC chair. If the captain's of each involved state are unable to reach a resolution, then the issue must be raised to the chair or vice-chair. From there, it is at the discretion of the PNC chair or vice chair to bring the issue to a PNC meeting or send to mediation via the Lookout. If brought to the PNC, it would fall under emergency resolution and thus have to be addressed immediately. If the issue is sent to the Lookout, then both parties will have ample opportunities to resolve the issue on their own or through the mediation process. Both resolution methods will be binding and made public if utilized. 

Minutes

Attending State Representatives

• Arizona - Blaze Henry, USPP Vice Captain
• Florida - Wanda Ward, Swarmcare Manager
• Illinois - Rowan Tipping
• Indiana - Eric Orzechowicz
• Massachusetts - Eli McGee, Treasurer
• Mars Bale, Ohio, Webmaster

Absent States

• Maryland
• Pennsylvania

Non Voting

• Lily Boyt - AL , Scribe
• Ewa Kruzal, AZ
• David Hall - FL
• Daniel Monch - Germany
• Jolly Mitch - IL, Captain
• Joesph Onoroski- MA, Lookout
• James Nguyen - NC
• Liz Gorski - NY

Reports

Arizona

It was a short meeting as there was not much talked about or needing to report this week. The agenda were mostly two things talked: Outreach Efforts: We talked more about increasing Outreach efforts to recruit more people including discussing Phoenix again and tabling at a event late in October called Tucson Strong. Campaign Updates: There was not much to report other than putting up more signs. That's probably where we are going to be for now until things change.

Florida

• they met last week, and elected Seth as secretary
• They voted to officially oppose amendment 3, which effectively eliminates property taxes, on the November ballot.

Illinois

• This past Wednesday, Mitch gathered signatures and is moving along for ballot access for his campaign. He needs less than 50 valid signatures to get on the ballot. He stated a goal of 200 to ensure there is enough.
• His campaign is mostly running on an anti-ALPR / anti-flock campaign

Indiana

• No Report

Massachusetts

• Canceled meeting this week due to personal commitments.

Ohio

• No Report

Platform Committee

• Platform is working on housing reform. Nothing has been sent to PNC for approval yet.

Young Pirates

• Next Young Pirates meeting is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 30th at 8:30PM.

Financial Report

• McGee has finished filing FEC paperwork. Filing should be entirely completed once the snail mail gets to Utah. As of 8/31/26 we have $983.01. No expenditures in all of June, a deposit of $24 in August.

Discussion

Old Business

Approval of Minutes

• Bale moved to approve minutes, Ward seconded.
• Passed by unanimous consent.

New Business

Interstate Conflict Resolution

• Onoroski stated a desire to have an explicit way to deal with conflicts between states
• Mitch stated that sometimes the captain is in conflict with a state, and this may lead to issues.
• Gorski stated that as written it passes a lot of the burden back to the chair, and somewhat nullifies what the position is meant to be doing.

• Bale brought up that similar to the treasurer position, a set of guidelines could be written up and approved instead of a bylaws change.

• Onoroski offered to withdraw this to work on a policy instead of a bylaws change.
• Ward suggested having a bylaws committee
• Mitch suggested having a guidebook to hand to people for the board position.
• Bale suggested that would be good for all board positions, not just lookout.

Coalition Council

• Onoroski asked that an application be made for the role of representative for the coalition council, to be filled at the next meeting. No objections were had.

• Bale moved to adjourn, Ward seconded.
• Passed by unanimous consent.