PNC 12/13/20

Agenda

Reports

Outreach

Proposed amendment to USPCA Articles of Incorporation

Thirteenth: We are governed by the seven generally accepted cooperative principles:
1. Voluntary and Open Membership
2. Democratic Member Control
3. Members’ Economic Participation
4. Autonomy and Independence
5. Education, Training, and Information
6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives
7. Concern for Community

Proposed amendments to PNC Bylaws

Article I - add the following:
The term “state” as used in these articles includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.

Article III, section 3, 7
Each delegation shall be treated equally in all matters with an exception in the matter of nominations for President and Vice-President of the United States, wherein each delegation shall have a vote in a national convention weighted by its population in millions rounded up to the next whole million. In the case of the delegation representing a constituency that has a primary election wherein the pirate party has state ballot status, the delegation shall allot its votes to candidates in proportion to the results of the state’s primary.

Article III, section 5, 1.
Officers and Subcommittee Liaisons shall not participate in PNC votes, unless the Officer or Subcommittee Liaison in question is also acting as a State Representative, each recognized state delegation, without regard to delegation size, shall have one vote.

Article V, section 1, 3
Unless expressly stated in the United States Pirate Cooperative Association (USPCA) bylaws, the Pirate National Committee shall be considered the operating board of the United States Pirate Cooperative Association.

Attending

• Bosun: Joseph Klein USPP Chair
• Sayyida: Megan Klein Vice Chair
• jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Secretary, Massachusetts

Non-Voting

• Olivia_: Olivia Kristiann, PPI volunteer
• Yari: Rose Klein, California

Minutes

Record of the meeting