PNC 11/23/2025

The November 23rd, 2025 PNC Meeting was one of the weekly meetings of the Pirate National Committee (PNC). This meeting took place on IRC.

Meeting Minutes

07:06:20 — 17:07:47 T and humaniformrobot_ have joined, rainbowsmash has quit 17:10:56 <humaniformrobot_> IRC is interesting 18:08:52 tjcrowley has joined 18:21:24 <NomadOfNorad> Helllo humaniformrobot_ nice classic-SF reference there. :D 18:24:59 * NomadOfNorad quietly charges some extra atomic-blaster powerpacks just in case they're needed later. 18:27:31 * T slaps someone with a large trout or something i dunno 18:30:17 <T> It's actually quite grounding being in IRC after all these years 18:36:13 rainbowsmash has joined 18:36:22 <humaniformrobot_> outside of the USPP I have never used IRC 18:37:08 <T> I was a sprite-comic kid, so I hung our in the Bob & George IRC and am still friends today with people I met there. 18:37:13 <T> out* 18:40:11 — 18:53:53 pmchi, LightRiderTX and Morgan-TX have joined 18:54:04 <Morgan-TX> Ahoy 18:54:25 <LightRiderTX> Greetings 18:57:24 Wanda_FL has joined 18:57:28 <Wanda_FL> Ahoy 18:57:47 m has joined 18:58:02 <m> texty texty 18:58:16 — 18:58:45 mr_stove has joined, m has quit 18:59:00 <mr_stove> I am back with me Knomb De Plumbee 18:59:14 Morgan-TX has quit 18:59:16 <T> Yep, that good ol IRC quit/join/quit/join/quit/join/quit/... lol 18:59:25 EliMass has joined 18:59:35 <mr_stove> If you are happy and you know it please sign out? 18:59:39 <Wanda_FL> I dunno how folks have so many issues connection on here 18:59:45 <Wanda_FL> I've never had issues 18:59:52 Morgan-TX has joined 19:00:04 <pmchi> Ahoy all! 19:00:15 <T> I had a real bad run for like a year once, probably an ISP issue 19:00:39 <pmchi> It's 9pmET, we can get tonight's meeting underway 19:00:42 <pmchi> IDs please 19:00:47 PoliticalFreedomFighters has joined 19:01:00 <LightRiderTX> Frank Flores, TX 19:01:04 <pmchi> Jolly Mitch, USPP Captain, Chicagoland/ILPP 19:01:06 <Morgan-TX> Morgan Landry, Texas Pirate Party, web admin 19:01:11 <EliMass> Eli McGee. Massachusetts rep 19:01:15 <T> Trevor Hill-Hand, Nevada 19:01:21 <Wanda_FL> Wanda Ward, USPP Lookout, FLPP 19:01:24 <PoliticalFreedomFighters> James, NC 19:01:34 <humaniformrobot_> Lily, Alabama 19:02:12 <pmchi> Thank you everyone 19:02:23 <mr_stove> Mr Stove has home port in OHIO... but I kinda want a pirate ship. A Pirate ship!! Yes a Pirate ship to sail upon the sea 19:03:17 <NomadOfNorad> david haal, florida PP 19:03:46 Morgan-TX has quit 19:04:03 <PoliticalFreedomFighters> so is the meeting cancelled? 19:04:18 <Wanda_FL> No 19:04:25 <pmchi> Round 1 of the PNC Location Tournament is set to finish within the next 12 hours. Some of the choices have been so neck and neck that I genuinely can’t announce anything until we close the polls. That said, we'll all have the location announced within the next three weeks 19:04:40 Morgan-TX has joined 19:04:47 <Wanda_FL> We just reportedly forgot to renew the Public Jitsi meetings so we're staying on IRC today. 19:05:39 <pmchi> Otherwise I have no updates. I recently found out there were some protests near me that I wish I showed face at, so my advice to you all is to keep your finger on the pulse and show face when you can 19:06:19 Morgan-TX has quit 19:06:20 <mr_stove> we could all voice chat after the text chat? 19:06:38 iamv has joined 19:06:42 <pmchi> Absolutely! 19:06:48 — 19:07:25 Morgan-TX has joined, iamv has left, Morgan-TX has quit 19:08:16 <pmchi> Is there anything we wanted to discuss here at an official capacity? 19:09:42 <mr_stove> I think, the Ohio people are gradually talking formally forming 19:09:45 — 19:10:16 Morgan-TX has joined, Morgan-TX has quit 19:10:36 <T> I dunno if it's 'official' but I was hoping to share my flag design for comments 19:10:48 — 19:11:15 Morgan-TX has joined, Morgan-TX has quit 19:11:33 <mr_stove> Might be better a picture in discord?? 19:12:14 <pmchi> Would you like to do that here or move to Discord? 19:12:18 <T> Yeah I'll throw it in #vc-context 19:12:47 <Wanda_FL> I don't believe that channel allows images 19:12:51 <T> Ah, nope, can't do pictures in there lol 19:12:54 <Wanda_FL> I would just post it in General 19:13:12 <pmchi> In that case, as a formality I would ask for a motion to adjourn so we can move to Discord, but I actually do not believe we even reached quorum of PNC voting members… 19:13:38 <Wanda_FL> Motion to adjourn 19:13:44 <mr_stove> I motion to adjorn. 19:13:53 <mr_stove> who is jorn? 19:14:33 <pmchi> Any seconds towards adjourning? (Any seconds from PNC members that is) 19:14:46 <EliMass> Second 19:15:20 <pmchi> And accepted! Thank you guys, we'll call this meeting as an official capacity as of 9:15pmET, and we will move to Discord. Thank you all! 19:15:55 EliMass has left 19:16:04 <LightRiderTX> Adios 19:16:07 — 21:20:01 Cyfun has joined, LightRiderTX has left, mr_stove, Wanda_FL, Cyfun, PoliticalFreedomFighters, humaniformrobot_ and pmchi have quit