PNC 11/07/21

Agenda

Discussion

Old Business

• A proposal that the PNC amend the bylaws to create the office Director of Public Relations. The officer elected to this position would have the following responsibilities:
  • To administrate and manage social media accounts alongside the chair and vice chair;
  • To advise the PNC on its image and reputation;
  • To orchestrate public opportunities/appearances for officers, candidates, and other hard-working pirates;
  • To serve as the public face of the USPP whenever other relevant Pirates cannot appear;
  • To readily communicate with the public, the press, and other organizations.

Attending

• Joseph Onoroski, Treasurer, Massachusetts
• William Dappen, California
• Joseph Klein, Wisconsin
• Mitch Davilo, Illinois
• Anthony Jay, Indiana

Non-Voting

• Rose Klein, Chair
• James O'Keefe, Secretary

Summary

Reports

IT

Nothing new to report. Continuing with existing work.

Platform

Platform working on a position on Abortion. Will present position at this meeting.

Outreach

Lessons learned from the PATRIOT Act protest/live streams:

Likes

• Panel setup is good (though other options can still be explored)
• Frequent social media posting is good
• Our attempt to reach out to other organizations was a good idea, let's reuse it
• It was good to put faces to our party
• We had a fallback plan and executed it

Lessons Learned

• At some points, we were too casual to have serious or insightful discussions. We should try to become a bit more professionally political (doesn't mean we have to lose our style)
• We did not give ourselves enough time. We should be mindful of that, and when doing projects under a time constraint, we should scale effectively.
• To that point, we should use our time to come up with more of a plan
• We should ensure that our streaming setup is more resistant to technical difficulties, and that there is no single point of failure if something goes wrong.
• We stretched ourselves very thin. We should try to delegate more effectively so we can carry the weight of our ambitions.
• We should establish more of a central goal from the get-go. We should also communicate better in the planning stages so that we all have the same idea in our heads.
• Keep the 10% rule in mind

Swarmcare

Have not heard back from Alaska or Rhode Island.

Reached out to the Chilean Pirates to talk about doing a join event for Pan American Day (April 15th).

Old Business

Discussion of Director of Public Relations by-law proposal. Discussion of structuring it as a by-law proposal. Anthony Jay withdrew it and will rewrite it as a By-law amendment.

New Business

Joseph Onoroski suggested coming up with a flyer design for the starter pack and he offered to pay for a print run of 1000. Decided to request Outreach Committee come up with a flyer design and we will go from there in terms of purchasing.

Discussion of what should be in an Abortion statement:

• We are pro-choice and believe that abortion is a decision best left up to a woman and her doctor;
• Suggestion to include positions in favor of birth control and health care;
• General thought that this statement should be submitted to the PNC in a written form.

Meeting adjourned at 9:54pm EST.

Minutes

Record of the meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG2C1_LaDkI