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
[9:16pm] Sayyida: who else? haha nice to meet you designanddraft
[9:17pm] designanddraft:
[9:18pm] Sayyida: Same Elisa with deedra?
[9:18pm] Pirate_Joe: So with the rest of this meeting, let us set to the agenda for the next meeting, which will be for Elisa.  I don't want to put you on the spot this meeting but I do want to know why you would be a good candidate to represent us.r
[9:19pm] Sayyida: Sorry I remember someone working with her at one point from out of state
[9:19pm] designanddraft: the project of president will bring the ppl, as long as ppl covering now and a temp tresurer
[9:19pm] Bosun: Does she have an online biography?
[9:19pm] Pirate_Joe: Sayyida & Bosun, did you set up the bank account?
[9:19pm] Bosun: Not yet.
[9:20pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, ive been dead all week and we have not had time. we plan on doing it by saturday
[9:20pm] Sayyida: it has been compleatly my fault
[9:20pm] Sayyida: we have 10 min
[9:20pm] designanddraft: no worries
[9:20pm] Sayyida: designanddraft, if you will introduce yourself 
[9:21pm] Pirate_Joe: The mass chapter has understood that you have had health issues, no worries Sayyida
[9:21pm] Bosun: Not really - I have not dragged her down the street during banking hours.
[9:21pm] designanddraft: facebook.com/designanddraft
[9:21pm] Bosun: I take half of the blame.
[9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: You said Saturday, correct?
[9:23pm] Sayyida: BY Saturday Pirate_Joe
[9:23pm] Pirate_Joe: Please keep us all in the loop, all I ask.
[9:23pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, will do 
[9:24pm] designanddraft: amalgamated is the bank that worked with b4, i saw a marker on the map for north chi town but did not investigate further
[9:24pm] Sayyida: designanddraft, do they have other major branches?
[9:25pm] jokeefe: is there a vote for the dates?
[9:25pm] Sayyida: first can we vote for extended time?
[9:25pm] designanddraft: nyc used with occupy
[9:26pm] Pirate_Joe: There was not, jokeefe.
[9:26pm] Sayyida: 4 min left
[9:26pm] designanddraft: to rephase the question, is an election neccessary if their r only enough folks to cover what is now?
[9:27pm] Pirate_Joe: Motion to set dates; 10/7 for noms and 10/14 for the new election
[9:27pm] Sayyida: second
[9:27pm] OGPAF: aye
[9:27pm] Pirate_Joe: All in favor
[9:27pm] Sayyida: aye
[9:27pm] Bosun: aye
[9:27pm] OGPAF: aye
[9:27pm] Pirate_Joe: aye
[9:27pm] jokeefe: aye
[9:27pm] Pirate_Joe: Against?
[9:28pm] Bosun: I ask that I be appointed acting treasurer until the election - that will make the bank transaction easier.
[9:28pm] Pirate_Joe: motion passes
[9:28pm] Sayyida: 2 min left
[9:28pm] Pirate_Joe: Motion to extend the time by 10 minutes to finish our meeting
[9:28pm] Sayyida: are we going to allow extra time?
[9:28pm] Sayyida: second
[9:28pm] Pirate_Joe: All in favor?
[9:28pm] designanddraft: would everyone b ok doing what they r now until there r more ppl, then have a board election?
[9:28pm] OGPAF: aye
[9:29pm] Pirate_Joe: aye
[9:29pm] Sayyida: aye
[9:29pm] OGPAF: yes
[9:29pm] Bosun: aye
[9:29pm] Sayyida: designanddraft, yes from me at least
[9:29pm] Pirate_Joe: yes designanddraft, however not everyone seemed to be informed that there was an election
[9:30pm] jokeefe: aye
[9:30pm] Pirate_Joe: motion passes
[9:30pm] Sayyida: ten min allocated
[9:30pm] Pirate_Joe: In the next month, I plan on actively working on a better communication tools to be in touch with active members of the states
[9:31pm] OGPAF: @pirate_joe please loop me in - I've got good tools
[9:31pm] Sayyida: now for the temp treasurer
[9:31pm] Pirate_Joe: So that when we have motions required by the states or have news, we have a way to do so.
[9:31pm] Pirate_Joe: It was my understanding that I was going to be the temp treasurer until one was elected.
[9:31pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, designanddraft if Bosun and I are to open the account we need to clarify who the temp treasurer will be so we can open the account
[9:32pm] Sayyida: second clarify the bank
[9:32pm] Sayyida: I thought we were going to us PNC, but if we are going to use the bank in chicago, we need to clarify that
[9:33pm] Bosun: Ok then why can't you open the account?
[9:33pm] Pirate_Joe: I will concede the title of treasurer if it means this gets done.  Already put up a meager amount for it, just want to make sure this happens sooner than later.
[9:33pm] Sayyida: It will happen this week, I will make sure of it
[9:34pm] Pirate_Joe: Lets make it offical
[9:34pm] designanddraft: does that mean there r two treasures to share tasks, thats good, whatever bank makes it convenient to use
[9:34pm] Bosun: We need a formal resolution. -  I promise not to abscond. With our 60 dollars.
[9:34pm] OGPAF: Hahaha - I love this!
[9:34pm] Pirate_Joe: Motion to make Bosun the temp treasurer until the election
[9:34pm] Sayyida: second
[9:34pm] designanddraft: aye
[9:35pm] Pirate_Joe: All in favor
[9:35pm] Pirate_Joe: aye
[9:35pm] OGPAF: aye
[9:35pm] Sayyida: aye
[9:35pm] jokeefe: aye
[9:35pm] Bosun: No, I think the SEC would have a fit with two treasurer,
[9:35pm] Bosun: aye
[9:35pm] Pirate_Joe: Against?
[9:35pm] Sayyida: 5 min
[9:36pm] Bosun: Move to adjourn
[9:36pm] Pirate_Joe: That is all I currently have, I yield the floor to you Sayyida
[9:36pm] Sayyida: Pirate_Joe, thank you for your help
[9:36pm] jokeefe: we can have an assistant treasurer
[9:36pm] Bosun: Yes.
[9:36pm] Sayyida: motion for temp treasurer to be Joe Klein passes
[9:36pm] Bosun: Or vice treas - whatever.
[9:37pm] Pirate_Joe: Same thing, but no need
[9:37pm] designanddraft: form 1 documentation?