PNC 09/09/19

Agenda

Motion 2 - Add new officers to by-laws

Original (from https://wiki.pirate-party.us/Pirate_National_Committee_(PNC)/Bylaws#ARTICLE_IV:_Officers)

ARTICLE IV: Officers Section 1: Positions

The PNC shall be facilitated by the following Officers:

The Captain or Chairperson, who shall manage all administration and operations of the PNC, act as the chairperson and spokesperson of the Party, and facilitate PNC meetings. The First Officer or Vice-Chair, who shall assist the Captain in managing the administration and operations of the PNC, and conduct business on behalf of the Captain or the Quartermaster in the event that the Captain is absent or incapacitated. The Quartermaster or Secretary and Treasurer, who shall keep records of the minutes and logs for meetings, tally votes, and maintain a database of the members who compose the PNC as set forth in Art. III §1.

Updated:

ARTICLE IV: Officers Section 1: Positions

The PNC shall be facilitated by the following officers:

• The Captain or Chair, who shall manage all administration and operations of the PNC, act as the chairperson and primary spokesperson of the party, and facilitate PNC meetings.
• The First Officer or Vice-Chair, who shall assist the Captain in managing the administration and operations of the PNC, and act as secondary spokesperson of the party. The First Officer will conduct business on behalf of the Captain or the Quartermaster in the event that either is absent or incapacitated.
• The Quartermaster or Treasurer, who shall manage all accounts of funds and the recording and reporting those funds to members, governmental campaign finance agencies and the general public.
• The Scribe or Secretary, who shall keep records of the minutes and logs for meetings, tally votes, and maintain a database of the members who compose the PNC as set forth in Art. III §1.
• The Lookout or State Moderator, who shall ensure that disputes between states have an impartial party who will help produce a resolution. This person will also work with each state party to develop and enforce a Pirate Code of Conduct.
• The Beancounter or Auditor, who shall ensure that national party funds, or such funds disbursed to state parties, were used appropriately.
• The Swarmcare Manager, who shall welcome new activists and state parties into the swarm and continually measure the overall health of it. A typical task would be to call new activists just to make them feel welcome, and tell them when the next events — social as well as operational — take place.
• The Webadmin or Director of the On-line, who shall coordinate volunteers to maintain the on-line infrastructure of the party, such as its websites, blogs and wikis.

The PNC shall elect assistants to all officers, except Captain and First Officer, as well as additional spokespeople, as are deemed necessary.

Motion 3 - Set date for new elections

9/23 is the proposed date.

Minutes

Record of the meeting

 


[9:01pm] Sayyida: its time, roll please
[9:01pm] Sayyida: Megan Klein Chair WI
[9:01pm] Pirate_Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Vice-chair, MA
[9:01pm] OGPAF: Johann Drolshagen, Webmaster, California
[9:01pm] Bosun: Your 57 seconds late.
[9:01pm] jokeefe: hi
[9:01pm] Bosun: Joseph Klein. Wisconsin
[9:01pm] Sayyida left the chat room. (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
[9:02pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Massachusetts
[9:02pm] Bosun: No ...
[9:03pm] Sayyida joined the chat room.
[9:03pm] designanddraft: elisa miller, midwest, Missouri
[9:03pm] jokeefe: Agenda at https://wiki.pirate-party.us/PNC_09/09/19
[9:03pm] papegaai: Title: PNC 09/09/19 - United States Pirate Party (at wiki.pirate-party.us)
[9:03pm] Sayyida: Sorry about that, no idea what happened
[9:03pm] Bosun: Sayyida looks to be having a technical problem.
[9:04pm] Sayyida: yikes it looks like its going to happen again
[9:05pm] Sayyida: ok has everyone given IDs?
[9:05pm] Pirate_Joe: Aye
[9:05pm] Bosun: Hotspot your phone if you need to.
[9:05pm] Sayyida: ok so lets start the agenda. thank you jokeefe for it
[9:06pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, any commentarty? I am sorry ive been out, I have been sick
[9:07pm] Pirate_Joe: No worries, we are looking to discuss and amend the by-laws by adding addition members to the crews
[9:07pm] Pirate_Joe: This will have to be a vote by all states, since it's to change the council
[9:07pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, understood. everything we worked on looks good
[9:07pm] Bosun: I move we approve the text as written.
[9:08pm] jokeefe: 2nd
[9:08pm] Pirate_Joe: All in favor?
[9:08pm] Sayyida: aye
[9:08pm] jokeefe: aye
[9:08pm] Bosun: aye
[9:08pm] Pirate_Joe: Abstain
[9:08pm] OGPAF: aye
[9:08pm] designanddraft: aye
[9:09pm] Pirate_Joe: Against?
[9:09pm] Pirate_Joe: The Ayes have it.
[9:09pm] Sayyida: excellent
[9:09pm] Pirate_Joe: That done, we need to set a new election for the new positions
[9:10pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, the floor is yours
[9:11pm] Pirate_Joe: So we all understand that we need more members on this council to fill all the positions of this council.  I propose that we hold the elections 1 month from now and actively campaign each state to get more involved with this election
[9:12pm] Sayyida: sounds fair to me
[9:12pm] Pirate_Joe: The purpose is to not only have each state more involved, but to continue to drive us forward for the common good.
[9:12pm] jokeefe: when are nominations due?
[9:12pm] Sayyida: would monday october 7th be a good day
[9:13pm] Pirate_Joe: Any objections to setting the date as October 14th? Pushes the timeframe to over 1 month
[9:13pm] Sayyida: works for me
[9:13pm] Pirate_Joe: Make the nominations due by the 7th?
[9:13pm] Pirate_Joe: 10/7?
[9:13pm] Bosun: That is. probably better
[9:13pm] Pirate_Joe: Pushing the election that far back does have one challenge
[9:14pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, how so?
[9:14pm] Bosun: We need a treasurer.
[9:14pm] Pirate_Joe: We have among us a potential presidential candidate whom we should take seriously.
[9:15pm] OGPAF: I don't know if this is assumed, or not; but, I will throw my name in the hat to continue.
[9:15pm] Pirate_Joe: Any delay to pushing out a campaign would just make that campaign that much more difficult.
[9:15pm] Sayyida: i see
[9:15pm] Bosun: Who is this candidate?
[9:16pm] designanddraft: hi
[9:16pm] OGPAF: Elisa
[9:16pm] Sayyida: Its  Elisa milller