PNC 05/08/2022

Agenda

Old Business

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

Attending

Probationary States

• WI

Summary

Meeting started at pm Eastern.

Pirate Newsletter

Meeting ended at pm Eastern.

Minutes

Record of the meeting

[9:06pm] Wodensday52: Calling this meeting to order at 9:05 PM Eastern
[9:06pm] Wodensday52: IDs?
[9:06pm] pmchi: Mitchel Davilo, Chicagoland/ILPP, Swarmcare Manager
[9:06pm] Wodensday52: Anthony Jay, INPP, outreach chair, appointed very temporary chair until a legal one can take over
[9:06pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Massachusetts, Secretary
[9:06pm] Wodensday52: Jester?
[9:06pm] jokeefe: Shmiel - https://wiki.uspirates.org/w/index.php?title=Pirate_National_Committee_(PNC)/Bylaws#Section_2:_State_Eligibility
[9:06pm] Jester: Maya Melody, INPP
[9:07pm] Wodensday52: Excellent!
[9:07pm] Wodensday52: Do we have the agenda handy? I believe we have one major topic of discussiob.
[9:07pm] Joe joined the chat room.
[9:07pm] Shmiel: Shmiel, New York
[9:07pm] Wodensday52: I am not in a position to pull them up. If someone can I’d greatly appreciate that.
[9:07pm] Joe: Ahoy
[9:07pm] jokeefe: Meeting page/agenda - https://wiki.uspirates.org/w/index.php?title=PNC_05/08/2022
[9:07pm] papegaai: Title: PNC 05/08/2022 - United States Pirate Party (at wiki.uspirates.org)
[9:07pm] Wodensday52: Welcome Joe! You are legally allowed to take this meeting off my hands but I can also continue
[9:08pm] Wodensday52: I can do this until 9:30
[9:08pm] Joe: Is Yari unavailable tonight?
[9:08pm] Shmeagle: Hello, I am new year and am interested in how I can be more involved
[9:08pm] Wodensday52: Yes.
[9:09pm] Wodensday52: I’d like to get to some reports if that’s alright with everyone though.
[9:09pm] Joe: Ids
[9:09pm] Shmiel: whats up shmeagle
[9:09pm] Wodensday52: We got IDs
[9:09pm] Wodensday52: I’ve been running the show.
[9:09pm] Wodensday52: Illegally, probably
[9:09pm] Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Treasurer, Massachusetts
[9:09pm] Wodensday52: Thank you Joe.
[9:09pm] Wodensday52: Swarmcare? Pmchi
[9:09pm] Joe: If it's on record than not at all
[9:10pm] Joe: Reports, IT?
[9:10pm] Wodensday52: Okay okay, this is confusing.
[9:10pm] Wodensday52: Joe do you want to do this or should I? Haha
[9:11pm] Wodensday52: (Mitch, please continue with your report if you have one)
[9:11pm] jokeefe: No meeting. Working on crew. Will have a sign up sheet/event up by mid-week
[9:11pm] pmchi: Ohio has created proper social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook) and I believe the website is a WIP. I believe Ohio’s presence at PNC will be sooner rather than later. Pennsylvania will also hopefully be appearing at these meetings weekly soon. I haven’t reached out to Florida to see how they’re holding up yet
[9:11pm] Joe: Ok, Wodensday?
[9:11pm] Wodensday52: Are you calling on me for outreach or something chair related?
[9:12pm] Wodensday52: Thanks for the report pmchi!
[9:12pm] Joe: For outreach but Swarmcare works. I never remember what order
[9:12pm] Wodensday52: Outreach is working on the newsletter, I do not know the exacts, yari is taking a much deserved mental health day
[9:12pm] Wodensday52: Platform? Pmchi/Joe
[9:13pm] Joe: I am behind on platform currently
[9:13pm] Wodensday52: I guess Pmchi haha
[9:14pm] pmchi: I have a new system in place for Platform to better get them from committee to PNC. This week will be the first trial run
[9:14pm] Wodensday52: Awesome! You’re killin it, we really appreciate it.
[9:14pm] pmchi: Hopefully it makes the process more effecient
[9:14pm] Wodensday52: Secretary? Treasury?
[9:14pm] Joe: Nothing to report on Treasury
[9:15pm] jokeefe: Secretary - updating minutes
[9:15pm] Joe: Since the major topic was to discuss Yari's topic, lets open up to the new people here. Welcome smeagle.
[9:15pm] Wodensday52: We do still have to give a PNC report.
[9:16pm] Wodensday52: I can make that quick and simple, though.
[9:16pm] Joe: My mistake
[9:16pm] Wodensday52: No worries!
[9:17pm] Wodensday52: PNC 2022 is going rather well. If any of you are going to do a panel, we definitely need all of those submitted by the 15th. Nothing major, just your ideas. We’re already working with existing panelists to get their times and projects set in stone, I want to throw them up on the website as soon as i van.
[9:18pm] Wodensday52: Keynote speaker stuff hasn’t progressed, I pitched to the committee that one of us should just give a keynote address, hopefully we can have an update on that before next week.
[9:18pm] Wodensday52: Do we have any questions?
[9:19pm] Wodensday52: (If not, are there any objections to moving on?)
[9:19pm] Joe: Is there any submissions for who is running for next year yet?
[9:19pm] Wodensday52: Mitch has officially announced his re-bid for swarmcare.
[9:19pm] Wodensday52: I’m sitting on an announcement based on something.
[9:20pm] Wodensday52: Who wants to openly say they’re going to reprise their roles? I think we do need to do that soon.
[9:21pm] Wodensday52: Joe, ~jokeefe?
[9:21pm] Joe: I am happy to do what is requested or required of me.
[9:22pm] Wodensday52: That’s greatly appreciated, and you do have time. You’re an awesome treasurer though, for the reckrd.
[9:22pm] Joe: If that means being the Treasurer or the Secretary, I will be here to ensure that we keep moving forward.
[9:22pm] Wodensday52: Record*
[9:22pm] Wodensday52: Any other thoughts of this nature?
[9:22pm] jokeefe: So the date for candidate submissions is May 22nd and we need to post the candidates by the 23rd.
[9:22pm] Wodensday52: Yes.
[9:22pm] Joe: Lol, I generally dont but this is important
[9:23pm] Wodensday52: We can speak to that in or out of here so long as it’s done before the 22nd, to my understanding
[9:23pm] Wodensday52: If nobody has any plans, though, we should move on.
[9:23pm] Wodensday52: Objections?
[9:24pm] Joe: None, please feel free to conduct the meeting Woden
[9:24pm] Wodensday52: I will have to hand you the reigns in a moment, but that’ll come in a moment.
[9:24pm] Wodensday52: We are moving on to the proposal to disband the chair position in favor of a rotating model. The rationale and some of the how-to are present in a link on our agenda.
[9:25pm] Wodensday52: We are currently hearing discussion.
[9:25pm] Joe: Motion to table until next week. I would like to discuss this with Yari present.
[9:25pm] Wodensday52: If nobody else has anything though, I do want to know if Jokeefe found out anything on whether or not a chair is legally required.
[9:25pm] pmchi: Second
[9:25pm] Wodensday52: We have a motion on the table and a second.
[9:25pm] Wodensday52: All in favor?
[9:26pm] Shmiel: Argh
[9:26pm] Wodensday52: (You cannot vote)
[9:26pm] Joe: Aye
[9:26pm] Wodensday52: Pmchi, Joe/Jokeefe, Jester
[9:26pm] Jester: Aye
[9:27pm] pmchi: Aye
[9:27pm] Shmiel: my bad. sorry
[9:27pm] Joe: Shmiel, your opinion still matters though
[9:27pm] Wodensday52: It has been properly voted upon that we will table this until next week.
[9:27pm] Wodensday52: No worries shmiel!
[9:27pm] pmchi: All good! We’ve all done it (me, multiple times)
[9:27pm] Wodensday52: Our next item of business is the newsletter. Though, this is similarly a yari item and I have not been as hands on with it as I have been at points.
[9:27pm] Wodensday52: We may want to hear a similar motion.
[9:28pm] jokeefe: The FEC doesn’t appear to require a chair in their registration form - https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/fecfrm1sf.pdf, but I need to check more
[9:28pm] Wodensday52: Thank you Jamie!
[9:28pm] Wodensday52: Thoughts and discussion on the newsletter?
[9:29pm] Wodensday52: If there are none, I do believe that essentially clears off the agenda. We have a half hour left, in the event we want to introduce anything.
[9:30pm] Jester: How is the newsletter planned to be formatted? Is it going to be geared towards those who have more experience with the pirates, or as an introductory lesson of sorts?
[9:30pm] Wodensday52: It’s primarily going to be about inter-party news, so I expect a little bit of both.
[9:30pm] Wodensday52: Awesome question.
[9:31pm] Wodensday52: Anything else?
[9:31pm] Jester: Nothing from me for now
[9:31pm] Joe: We had some new people here. What questions do you have?
[9:31pm] Wodensday52: That’s alright, I’m just thrilled you wanted to come out and be a rep. You’re doing great!
[9:31pm] Wodensday52: That’s an awesome idea Joe
[9:32pm] Shmiel: Thanks Joe. First off, why pirates?
[9:32pm] Wodensday52: As I do have to leave soon-ish, I suppose we could always call serious discussion to a close and we can continue the casual discussion for however long. That’s up to you all though.
[9:33pm] Wodensday52: I can also hand this off to Joe
[9:33pm] Shmeagle: Is there a way to bring the Pirate Party to my state?
[9:33pm] Wodensday52: Absolutely! Which state?
[9:33pm] Jester: Hey, just for clarity's sake, if you want to answer someone's question, please text "I'll answer" so that we know someone is answering.
[9:33pm] Joe: I don't have much to discuss as my last week was particularly busy. If the new people here have no questions then I would be in favor of having an early night.
[9:34pm] Wodensday52: Jester - good idea.
[9:34pm] Wodensday52: Should we close formal business and do casual operations?
[9:34pm] Shmiel: I do have questions if someone is willing to answer.
[9:34pm] Jester: I'll answer Shmiel's unless someone makes an answer before I do
[9:34pm] Shmiel: Thanks
[9:34pm] Wodensday52: That’s a hell of a sentence and probably none of those words are in roberts rules.
[9:34pm] Joe: There is a PPI board meeting this week that I plan to attend
[9:35pm] Wodensday52: Nice!
[9:35pm] Shmeagle: New York
[9:35pm] Wodensday52: Are you in our discord? We have a few NYers
[9:35pm] Wodensday52: We could set you up with them.
[9:35pm] Shmeagle: I have not joined the discord yet, I will be sure to join
[9:35pm] Shmeagle: Are there any ways I can help with being involved in the Party?
[9:35pm] Wodensday52: (I have to leave, Joe will be your chair from now on)
[9:35pm] Wodensday52: Thank you all!
[9:36pm] Joe: Lol, I'm the Treasurer but am happy to moderate.