PPI GA 2012 Invitation

We would like to invite you to the 2012 Pirate Parties International conference which will be held on April 14th and 15th in Prague, Czech Republic.

During this conference, the General Assembly - the highest body of the PPI - will decide upon the admittance of new members to the PPI, elect a new board and discuss and vote on amendments to the PPI statutes. In addition there will be an open space and a parallel session for Pirate Party Europe/EU discussions.
Speeches will be given by Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Pirate Party's Member of the European Parliament, and Laurence Vandewalle, Policy advisor on telecommunications and free culture from Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. Saturday's program will be closed with a keynote address by Cory Doctorow, blogger, journalist and well known anti-copying-monopoly fighter.
The preliminary timetable can be found at the end of this message.

Each PPI member can register up to 6 persons as official delegates (PPI Statutes IX.4), but all Pirates and interested persons are very welcome to join as guests.

To register for the conference, please visit https://ppiga.pirati.cz.

The participation fee is 25€ (35€ after April 1st). As the PPI collects no membership fees, the organizing committee relies on participation fees and donations to organize the event. We ask every participant to transfer the participation fee as soon as possible. You can use either a bank account transfer to CZ6020100000002700074034, a paypal transfer to paypal@ceskapiratskastrana.cz or you can pay with Bitcoins (to do so, check the apropriate box in the registration form and then follow the instructions). Don't forget to add a note stating your name and that it is a participation fee. In exceptional cases where the participation fee is an insurmountable obstacle to participate in the conference, interested persons can contact the board at board@pp-international.net and we will try to find a sponsor so that you may participate in the conference.

The official sessions of the General Assembly will be streamed. Remote participation will be possible. Detailed instructions will be sent to you as soon as possible. Remote participants should also register at the aforementioned location but do not have to pay the participation fee.

Each member is permitted to submit amendments to the PPI statutes. To submit your proposals please use this form or send an e-mail to the board. The deadline for submitting proposals is March 16th 2011, 23:59 CET.

The General Assembly will also elect a new board of the PPI. Candidates shall submit their application on the wiki or e-mail their application to the board.

If you are not yet a member of PPI but want to join you can apply for membership following the procedure described on this page.

If you need an official invitation for visa purposes, addressed personally to you, please e-mail your contact details and necessary information as soon as possible to the board. We will then send to you (or to the Czech consulate if this is required in your country) a formal invitation.

For further information concerning the 2012 PPI conference you can visit this page or contact the board.

Kind regards,

the board of the PPI

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Preliminary timetable:

Friday April 13th
19.00 - Social event

Saturday April 14th
08.30 - Registration
09.00 - Opening of the conference
10.00 - Ordinary and observer membership applications
11.30 - Start of Open Space Day 1 (all day parallel to speeches/keynotes/sessions)
12.00 - Speech by Amelia Andersdotter
12.30 - Lunch
14:00 - Speech by Laurence Vandewalle
15.00 - Pirate Party Europe/EU session
16.00 - Keynote address by Cory Doctorow
16.30 - Pirate Party Europe/EU session & Open Space Day 1 (cont.)
18.00 - End of Day 1
20.00 - Social event

Sunday April 15th
08.30 - Start of Day 2
09.00 - Reports by the Board of the PPI
10.00 - Elections
* Board elections (Co-chairmen, CAO, Treasurer, board members)
* Court of Arbitration elections
* Lay auditors elections
12.30 - Lunch
14:00 keynote by Fabio Reinhardt (Berlin pirates)
14:30 - Motions and statutes amendments
14:30 - Start of Open Space Day 2 (parallel to motions and statute amendments)
17:00 - Closing keynote by Rick Falkvinge
18.00 - End of Day 2

The detailed timetable can be found here.

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Bank account for transferring participation fees:
CZ6020100000002700074034

Fio banka, a.s., V Celnici 1028/10, Praha 1
BIC code/SWIFT is: FIOBCZPPXXX