PNC 07/19/2026

PNC Meeting Minutes: July 19th, 2026

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Pirate National Committee — All national committees

The July 19th 2026 PNC Meeting was one of the weekly meetings of the Pirate National Committee (PNC).

Agenda

Reminders

• August 2nd was set as a deadline for Texas being potentially having status changed again.
• A deadline of August 9th was set for submitting a location for the 2027 conference with a subsequent September 6th deadline for the PNC to decide a location.

Minutes

Attending State Representatives

• Arizona - Blase Henry, Vice Captain
• Florida - Wanda Ward, Swarmcare Manager
• Indiana - Ashley Melody
• Maryland - Joel Lightfoot, Bean Counter
• Massachusetts - Joseph Onoroski, Lookout
• Ohio - Mars Bale, Webmaster

Absent States

• Pennsylvania
• Illinois
• Texas

Attending Non-Voting

• Lily Boyt - AL, Scribe
• David Hall - FL
• Ewa Kruzel - AZ
• Jolly Mitch - IL, Captain
• James Nguyen - NC
• Elliot Smith - ME
• Daren Mckeeman - CA
• Micheal Veloff - OH

Reports

State Parties

Arizona

• Adopted the last bylaws changes passed by the PNC.
• Adopted a "no comment" policy on AI.
• Intend to add a position against cash bail to their state platform.
• Intend to host game nights.
• Now operating a VPS for internal IT.

Florida

• Next meeting Saturday August 1st to consider ratification of the last update to the PNC bylaws.

Illinois

• Midlothian Pirate Party Facebook page launched.
• Rowan will be unable to serve as representative for the next meeting or two.

Maryland

• An in-person meeting was planned with 5 people ready to attend, but had to be canceled.

New Business

Endorsement of Micheal Veloff

A candidate for Ohio's 5th congressional district with libertarian party ballot access. Seeking endorsement from the PNC.

Some Stated Policies

• cashless bail for non-violent offenses, with a potential nominal rate for property crimes. For violent crimes, most should not receive bail.
• Believes nobody should die in prison.

Motion: Ward moves to endorse Veloff. Lightfoot seconds.

State	Vote
Arizona	Abstain
Florida	Aye
Indiana	Aye
Maryland	Aye
Massachusetts	Aye
Ohio	Aye

Motion passed 5-0 with 1 abstention.

Meeting Recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjbkm9027F8