PNC 04/10/2022

Agenda

Old Business

• motion to prohibit caucuses

New Business

• update on Pirate Party Conference
• candidate for First Officer

Attending

Probationary States

• WI

Summary

By-law change to prohibit caucuses tabled indefinitely 3-0-0.

Minutes

Record of the meeting

[9:05pm] yari: okay, it is 9:05 pm eastern time, so I'm going to begin. Calling this meeting of the PNC to order. IDs please
[9:06pm] Wodensday: Anthony Jay, Outreach chair, INPP
[9:06pm] Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Massachusetts, Treasurer
[9:06pm] yari: Rose Klein, PNC Chair
[9:06pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Secretary, Massachusetts
[9:07pm] NomadOfNorad: (Do non-staff also ID themselves?  Or just lurk?)
[9:07pm] pmchi: Mitchel Davilo, Chicagoland/ILPP, Swarmcare Manager
[9:07pm] Wodensday: NomadOfNorad, you ID if you plan to talk.
[9:07pm] pmchi: You ID yourself if you wish to participate
[9:07pm] Wodensday: DOn't have to if you just want to lurk
[9:07pm] NomadOfNorad: David C Hall, Jacksonville, frustrated observer who MIGHT talk
[9:08pm] yari: let's go ahead and begin with reports. Going in the order listed! jokeefe, anything to report?
[9:09pm] jokeefe: Blog software is updated and all databases are backed up. Working on the Crew email issue and updating CiviCRM.
[9:09pm] jokeefe: Nothing else to report.
[9:09pm] yari: thank you jokeefe. Joe, anything to report?
[9:09pm] Joe: Things are due for reports to the fec this week. Very busy week for me last week so I will get the platform to you this week.
[9:10pm] Joe: At least what I have
[9:10pm] Joe: Also, Nomad had questions
[9:10pm] yari: thank you Joe. Please let us know how we can help you with that if needed. Wodensday, anything to report?
[9:10pm] yari: Oh, sorry - Nomad, I'll make sure we get to you in a second
[9:11pm] Wodensday: 1. We finally have a team willing to work on a newsletter! After this meeting I'll compile everything that happened this week and a doc and have us work on it tomorrow
[9:12pm] yari: thank you Wodensday. would you like an email ping about doing so?
[9:12pm] Wodensday: 2. Didn't get to contact Joe about the Proud Libertarian thing unfortunately, will try to move that forward again this week
[9:12pm] Wodensday: Absolutely
[9:13pm] Wodensday: I believe that's all.
[9:13pm] yari: noted and will do. pmchi, anything to report?
[9:13pm] Joe: Sorry for ghosting this week. Had to take some personal time.
[9:13pm] Wodensday: Oh no worries, I was so busy I forgot to reach out
[9:14pm] yari: all good Joe - mental health comes first!
[9:14pm] Jester joined the chat room.
[9:14pm] pmchi: No reports this week from Swarmcare
[9:14pm] Joe: It was taking care of family, but mental health is important too!
[9:15pm] yari: thank you pmchi. That's the end of officer reports. Is there any discussion or debate on the reports as shared?
[9:16pm] Wodensday: None here
[9:16pm] yari: Hearing no discussion or debate, we will move on. Nomad, I want to make sure we get to you while you are still here. Would you like to share your questions now or during new business?
[9:17pm] Joe: 21:07:20 <NomadOfNorad> (Do non-staff also ID themselves?  Or just lurk?)
[9:18pm] Joe: 21:07:43 <NomadOfNorad> David C Hall, Jacksonville, frustrated observer who MIGHT talk
[9:18pm] yari: Hearing nothing from Nomad, let's move to old business
[9:19pm] yari: The item that was tabled last time: a motion to prohibit caucuses.
[9:19pm] yari: Specifically:
[9:19pm] yari: Motion to modify the By-laws to prohibit caucuses, inserted in Article VII: Committees -- Purpose, Membership, and Operations:  "(4) No member of a state party or volunteer for the national party shall affiliate themselves with an organization or substructure that seeks to promote one ideology over others within the United States Pirate Party, promote partisan or tribal behavior between members of an “in” group or “out” group, promote the forwarding
[9:19pm] yari: of a certain group’s goals over the party as whole, or discourage the use of mainline party discussion channels in favor of partisan ones."
[9:20pm] Wodensday: I have to be honest, I have had zero time to work on this or develop it past its issues. If pmchi hasn't either, I may suggest we table this indefinitely until us ex-libertarians can get together and pitch a revised plan.
[9:20pm] Wodensday: But if anyone has put more thought into it, I won't make that motion just yet
[9:21pm] Joe: 2nd to table
[9:21pm] pmchi: Likewise, I haven’t been able to add anything or review much. I think this should be tabled to next week for live discussion
[9:21pm] yari: Okay, I'll take that as a proper motion and second to table
[9:22pm] yari: Please vote aye or nay to table this discussion indefinitely. This means that the discussion will not be put on the agenda until a member requests it be put on the agenda.
[9:22pm] Wodensday: Table or tablle indef?
[9:22pm] Wodensday: Ah
[9:22pm] Wodensday: Aye
[9:22pm] Joe: Aye
[9:23pm] yari: pmchi?
[9:23pm] pmchi: Aye
[9:23pm] Joe: We can have the meeting then put it back on the agenda
[9:23pm] yari: three ayes, zero against. motion passes.
[9:23pm] yari: the motion is tabled indefinitely
[9:23pm] yari: moving on to new business:
[9:24pm] yari: The only item I have for sure on here is the updates on the Pirate Party Conference, which - I'll be honest, I'm not sure there is much to update
[9:24pm] yari: Wodensday and pmchi?
[9:24pm] yari: I just want to make sure that there's a chance for this to be on the agenda each week in case there are major asks
[9:25pm] yari: Since it's an important item
[9:25pm] Wodensday: By next week, I think we should have a blog post, a press release, and emails sent to potential keynote speakers
[9:25pm] yari: agreed.
[9:25pm] Wodensday: But as of this week I don't think we made any major strides forward.
[9:26pm] Wodensday: Unless I'm forgetting something?
[9:26pm] yari: I don't think so.
[9:26pm] yari: Is there any objection to moving on?
[9:26pm] yari: hearing none, I would ask if the members of this board have any items of new business.
[9:27pm] Joe: Not of anything of importance though we did receive qanon mailer in MA this week.