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The 15th Board of PPI, Meeting on Jan. 28th at 14:00 UTC

Ahoy Pirates, The General Assembly was a great success. You can read the minutes here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-01-11 We are pleased to present to you the 15th Board of PPI. People Elected at the PPI General Assembly 2025 Chairperson: Dr. Keith Goldstein (Israel) Vice Chair (1-Year Term): Gregory Engels (Germany) Board Members (2-Year Terms): Bailey Lamon (Canada) Alexander Isavnin (Russia) Mark Anthony van Treuren (Netherlands) Maycow Toledo (Brazil) Thomas Gaul (Germany, elevated after the meeting for 1 year term from Alternate to the Board due to last year’s resignation, will be confirmed at next board meeting) Board Member (1-Year Term): Carlos Polo (Switzerland) Alternate Board Members: Babak Tubis (Germany) Schoresch Davoodi (Germany) …

PPI GA this Saturday Jan 11th Agenda and More

Ahoy Pirates, We are pleased to invite you to the Pirate Parties International General Assembly, January 2025. The meeting will take place on Saturday, January 11th, starting at 12:00 UTC. If needed we will also meet on Sunday, January 12th. Several groups will meet in physical locations, including at the Berlin Pirate office at Pflugstraße 9, but the conference will be entirely online on JITSI: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board with a backup of BBB https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v and a final backup of Mumble. There is no deadline for motions, so feel free to put forward any ideas and/or your candidates at any time. All proposals should be submitted on our Discourse Forum: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/2025-ga-winter/34 There is no deadline for registering delegates …

Pirate Beer on Dec. 28 from 11 am UTC

Ahoy, Pirates! Pirate Beer is schedule for December 28 from 11 am to 4 pm UTC. Pirate Beer is a routine social event with no itinerary, just have fun and meet other Pirates from around the globe. Bring your beverage of choice 🍺 (beer, coffee, or whatever). The event will take place online at Jitsi: https://meet.jit.si/ThePiratesAreEgalitarian We also remind that the PPI GA is happening soon as well.  https://pp-international.net/2024/11/ppi-winter-general-assembly-on-jan-11-2025/ Look forward to seeing you all soon!

PPI Winter General Assembly on Jan. 11, 2025

Ahoy Pirates! The Pirate Parties International (PPI) Winter General Assembly (GA) will take place on January 11th, 2025, starting at noon UTC. If needed we will schedule an extra day on January 12th, but our goal is to finish in one day. The General Meeting will be held online but with physical satellite locations of Pirates who choose to meet up. Please let us know if your party will hold a satellite venue, which we can advertise as a meet up location. New member applications and statute amendments are due by 12th December 2024. Registrations, motions, nominations, and any other business can be presented up to the last minute (but …

Happy 15th Birthday to the Pirate Party of Switzerland!

15 Years of the Pirate Party of Switzerland Fifteen years ago (July 12th, 2009), the Swiss Pirate Party was formed. Initially there were 124 members who came together in Zurich to form the party. They shared a vision of promoting digital rights, transparency, and freedom in an increasingly surveilled world. Today they continue their efforts together with many other Pirate parties around the world. They have (co-)launched numerous initiatives, given a voice to critical issues and created grassroots level changes in Swiss society. They have had success at the ballot box, including electing members to parliament. Learn more about the Swiss Pirates. You can find out more or become a …

Review of June 18 2024 Board Meeting, Pirate Beer on June 29, Next Board Meeting on July 9

We update you all with a short summary of our last board meeting, but before doing so we remind everyone that there will be a Pirate beer coming up on June 29, 2024 at 20:00 Sydney, Australia time, which is 10:00 UTC time. The event will take place in our Jitsi room. Also, the next board meeting is scheduled for July 9, 2024, at 20:00 UTC, also on Jitsi. https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board During the last meeting we got the disappointing results from the recent PPEU elections. The Pirate Party Germany (PPDE) lost its seat, while the Pirate Party Czech Republic (PPCZ) lost two seats. However, the Pirate Party is still represented in …

PPI attends the UN Virtual Worlds Day

PPI attended the inaugural UN Virtual Worlds Day. A big thanks to our representative Carlos Polo and his colleagues at UNOG for attending the event on our behalf. The event was hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The event explored the transformative potential of the metaverse, from immersive VR experiences to discussions on spatial computing. They questioned how virtual technologies can foster international cooperation and sustainable development. Stay tuned for future events and ways to participate in PPI. Feel free to reach out to us if you are interested in participating in our UN activities. We leave you with a few more pictures from the event.

PPI Attends The World Summit on the Information Society

PPI recently attended The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) +20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 from 27 to 31 May 2024. This is a UN summit held in Geneva. The current event marked the summit’s 20th anniversary. The WSIS aims to bridge the digital divide by increasing internet accessibility in developing countries. The event was co-organized by several United Nations organizations including ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. Numerous NGOs spoke, and PPI’s representatives were able to interact with these other NGOs, network, and share ideas. Our PPI UNOG main representative Carlos Polo attended the event on our behalf. Discussions focused on internet communication technologies (ICTs) that can foster development. …

Board Meeting Review, Next Meeting June 18

PPI will hold its next board meeting on June 18th at 14:00 UTC Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Agenda: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/ppiboard/31 On June 19 we will hold the AI working group, also on the same Jitsi channel. Minutes from the last board meeting are available here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2024-05-28 To summarize our last meeting in one sentence, we discussed European elections, Russian elections, an unofficial Pirate beer gathering that took place and plans to organize another Pirate beer soon, PPI technology, finances, social media guidelines and establishing a permanent admin for accounts with a sim card and official email, ECOSOC/UN matters, and unattended board member seats. We hope to see everyone soon at another meeting.

Social Media Guidelines

The following are guidelines for admins who would like to present content on our social media accounts. These guidelines were established by PPI Board Member Bailey Lamon and the SCENE working group. Members who would like to share content with us should simply send an email or message to the board of PPI or a member who has admin access. Social Media Guidelines for PPI Account Admins -We encourage you to post content from Pirate Parties around the world. It doesn’t matter which level, it could be local, national, international, etc. Pirate activity, elections, victories, etc are always worth posting about. -We encourage you to post about PPI meetings, events, …

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