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Pirate National Committee Meeting - May 2nd 2012 Location: PirateIRC Network (irc.pirateirc.net #pnc) https://webchat.pirateirc.net/?nick=&channels=pnc
Chair: TravisMcCrea
Vice Chair: kusanagi
Secretary: QuazarGuy
==Agenda:==
- Call to Order
- Roll Call (Sign In - 5 Minutes)
- State - Representative
- Florida
- Georgia
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Washington
- Florida
- At-Large (Observers not represented - Votes Averaged)
- Observers (Represented - No Voting Rights)
- State - Representative
- Discussion Points (30 Minutes)
- Oversight of Committees
- How much oversight should the PNC have over these committees/workgroups?
- Benefits of Oversight
- PNC is able to disburse monies to the committees
- Committees to not have their own legal structure (PAC)
- Since they are supposed to be collaborative bodies amongst the states, it is still the states decision
- The PNC can reign in unruly individuals or abusers
- Disadvantages of Oversight
- Less freedom for the IT committee
- PNC may prevent some speech such as hosting Wikileaks mirrors
- Vote to bring IT committee back under oversight of PNC
- Naming
- Can & should we even call ourselves the PNC?
- Pirate Parties America PAC
- Pirate Party PAC
- United States Pirate Party
- Pirate Party of the United States
- Pirate Party //Only use the US when speaking nationally
- Redirection & de-emphasis of national activity
- Alternative involvement for Pirates without state parties
- Policy - Clarifying law and developing bylaws
- Promotions - New State Party Development & design work
- Press - Collaboration between state parties for blog work, press releases, and media interaction
- IT - Working on the national and international infrastructure
- Alternative involvement for Pirates without state parties
- Color and logo - http://www.iPir.at/votingtbd
- Orange Vs. Purple
- Promotion of http://iPir.at/newstateguide
- Oversight of Committees
- Moderated Discussion (20 minutes)
- If conversation exceeds this time, it will be moved to the SAB list or the next meeting.
- Adjourn