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AI Working Group Review

The AI Working Group convened for its 3rd meeting immediately after the social media working group. We had a lot of new faces who brought different ideas about the types of AI activities that we should engage. We began with updates on building the Ollama AI and a Python server. Since the main leaders of those projects were not present, we will need to have another meeting to discuss these projects in more detail.  We devoted time to establishing task assignments. We discussed leveraging the open-source Scrum Board software. Participants provided ideas on other AI platforms, such as Mistral. We also discussed using existent AI models and some of our …

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Social Media Working Group Review

On April 17th PPI held a double working group event of the SCENE (social media) and AI groups. We present a brief overview of the social media working group here. We also announce that since the participants were so excited about the progress that we scheduled the next working group to take place in just one week: 25th April 18:00 UTC, again on our Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board The social media group discussed was chaired by Bailey Lamon. We assessed the current state of PPI’s social media accounts and devised a strategy to open new accounts, give access to people to make posts, and discussed ways of making content and posting routinely. …

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Pirates at the UNHQ Partnership Forum in NY

On January 30, 2024 PPI’s representatives Ohad Shem Tov and Ohad Bar Siman Tov attended the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The forum addressed the critical theme of “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, and innovative solutions.” https://ecosoc.un.org/en/events/2024/ecosoc-partnership-forum The 2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum placed a special emphasis on the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG2 (Zero Hunger), SDG13 (Climate Action), SDG16 (Peace and Justice), and SDG17 (Partnership for the Goals). The forum aimed to exchange new ideas to advance the 2030 Agenda. …

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Alexei Navalny Condolence Statement from Pirate Party of Russia

The following is a translation of the statement from the Pirate Party of Russia about Alexei Navalny. For those of you who can read Russian, you can find the original post here: https://pirate-party.ru/smert-navalnogo/ Russian pirates participated with Alexei Navalny at the Internet Freedom Conference on December 7, 2019. You can find a video of his speech at that conference here: https://youtu.be/3L6YvHxRKL8?si=zSCm6wvfnBmaH3OI 1125 days in jail I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise. Anna Akhmatova* Back in November 2018, the Congress of the Pirate Party of Russia, a direct …

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Passing of our dear friend and comrade from the Netherlands, Danny Werner

Dear Pirates, By now I am sure you have all heard about the passing of our dear friend and comrade from the Netherlands, Danny Werner: https://piratenpartij.nl/in-memoriam-danny-werner/ A lot of us knew Danny through the international Pirate movement, including many PPI and PPEU events/projects. He was a hard working and passionate Pirate and just an overall amazing human, and we will miss him greatly. This Friday, February 9th at 20:30 UTC/21:30 CET there will be an online celebration of life for Danny in this Jitsi room: https://piraten.link/todanny Everyone is invited. The event is simple, just show up ready to celebrate Danny, bring your funny stories and happy memories to share if you like. …

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2024 UNOG Participation

We are thrilled to share that Pirate Parties International has once again secured ground passes, allowing our representatives to participate at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland (UNOG). We also have a team on the ground at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and will be sharing a separate blog about their activities soon. Furthermore, we are working now on getting a team together to participate at the UN Office in Vienna (UNOV). Our volunteer team is making an impact by attending events, making statements, and networking with other NGOs, International Organizations, and nation-states. We are standing up for Pirate values on this global platform. We are particularly …

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Next Board Meeting Tuesday, Feb 13th at 14:00 UTC and United Nations Working Group Meeting

Ahoy Pirates, PPI’s next board meeting will take place on JTuesday, Feb 13th at 14:00 UTC. Everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting will take place on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board We also announce that we will have a UN Working Group Meeting (AKA SCUBA). This meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 8th at 20:00 UTC. We will also old the meeting in our PPI Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Minutes from the last meeting are here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2024-01-23 The following is a summary. We discuss the following: Issues related to UN ground passes and participation discussed. Bailey Lamon reported on PP Canada. Sebastian Krone inquired about data processing contracts for Discourse. Joseph from USPP …

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Announcing The Next PPI Board Meeting January 23rd at 09:00 UTC

The Next PPI Board Meeting will take place on January 23rd at 09:00 UTC. The following is a summary of the January 7th PPI Board Meeting. Announcing The Next PPI Board Meeting The next board meeting will take place on January 23rd at 09:00 UTC. Everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting will take place on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Please add items for the agenda on our Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/ppiboard/31 Summary of Jan 7th PPI Board Meeting The first meeting of the 14th Board, the 319th board meeting of PPI, took place at 21:00 UTC on 7th January. The board welcomed newly elected chair Gregory Engels, newly elected vice chair Keith Goldstein, …

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Jan. 7th 2024 PPI Board Meeting Will Be At 21:00 UTC, Review of General Assembly

Ahoy Pirates, PPI’s first board meeting of the new board will take place on Jan. 7th, 2024 at 21:00 UTC. This board meeting will represent exactly 2 years since the last board was elected and the transition from one board to the next. Everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting will take place on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board If anyone wants an item on the agenda, you can add it to our Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/ppiboard/31 The 2023 Winter GA is over. The minutes of the meeting are available here: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2023-12-09 The following is a summary of the main points from the meeting: • Florie’s Resignation: Florie announced her resignation as chair of PPI. …

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Aaron Swartz Day Event from Australia, UK, and USA pirates

INTERNET’S OWN BOY The following post is copied from the Massachusetts Pirate Party: https://masspirates.org/blog/2023/11/06/tue-wed-pirate-parties-screen-internets-own-boy/. They want to let the PPI community know about these great events. Aaron Swartz, born on November 8th, 1986, was an activist dedicated to an open Internet, freedom and transparency. He was hounded by the US government for sharing JSTOR research articles that we largely paid for, but that a small number of corporations have locked up in for-profit journals. He spent the fortune he received from the sale of Reddit on his legal defense. Living with depression and facing 50 years in prison and $1 million in fines, he took his own life. He died …

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