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REMINDER: PPI SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOMORROW!

Hello Pirates! Just a reminder that TOMORROW, Saturday, May 30th we will be holding our online Spring General Assembly! WOOOOOOO!! You can find a copy of the agenda, as well as proposed statute amendments and motions on Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net/c/online-ga-may-2020/19 The GA will take place in the Pirate Party of Norway’s Zoom room, which we will open at 10:00am CEST: https://zoom.us/j/9303627084. We will begin the GA at 11:00am CEST. If you have not yet registered, please do so by filling out the following form which doubles as a Needs Assessment Survey: https://lime.ppi.rocks/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=667442. You also may register when you join us on Zoom, however we encourage you to do it beforehand so …

PPI Public Statement on the COVID-19 Crisis

Pirate Parties International wishes for all of its members, non-members and citizens of the world to remain safe and healthy. We present this statement as one of both hope and concern for everyone to get through the current COVID-19 crisis. In these months we face a dire situation on our planet. Around the world, while a dangerous pandemic continues to spread, many people are losing their lives while others are increasingly required to stay indoors with very limited if any physical social interaction. This isolation takes a toll on all of us, on how we function on a day to day basis, as well as on our mental health and …

Announcement: Spring General Assembly 2020!

Greetings Pirates, A few months have passed since our General Assembly in December. The PPI board, along with the Pirate community at large, have been working hard.  In addition to ongoing projects, regular online meetings and social events, we have increased activities and communication with our members through the launch of 4 standing committees. We are examining the ways that we can provide practical support to our members and the public to further grow and strengthen our vibrant international community. While we are making progress, there is still a lot of work to do. Hence, there are a few things we would like to talk to you about! It is …

Invitation to the Standing Committee on External Networking Engagement (SCENE)

Dear Pirates, It is time to launch yet another standing committee! We happily invite you to the first meeting of the Standing Committee on External Networking Engagement, also known as SCENE.  When: Monday, April 20th, 2020 at 20:20 CEST [yes, really at 20:20, just to switch things up ;)] Where: https://zoom.us/j/513729528 As the name suggests, the focus of this standing committee is public relations and networking. This includes things like best practices when dealing with the press as well as the work we do within our own press teams. It includes campaigning and what that looks like during elections and throughout the time in between elections. It also includes networking …

Standing Committee on Universal Liason on Party Labour (SCULL) – Graphics and Design Teams

Dear Pirates, We hereby invite you to the second meeting of the Standing Committee on Universal Liason on Party Labour, also known as the SCULL Committee. When: Sunday, March.29th, 2020 at 21:00 CET Where: https://zoom.us/j/599022949 As per our introduction of this standing committee in January, 2020: “We initiate the SCULL meetings this year with the goal to foster cooperation among PPI’s members. This Standing Committee aims to extend the direct communications not only between the international coordinators of the Pirate Parties, but also among those, who is helping to run them – the IT, the Graphics and Design teams, those who handle the Membership registers, and so on.” You may …

Think Twice 4 Conference COVID-19 considerations

Dear Friends,  The WHO have called the new COVID-19 illness, which is currently spreading, a global pandemia. As a result countries are taking drastic measures, limiting international travel and big gatherings. Yet the virus spread seems to closely follow an exponential curve, meaning that we all need to take precautions to slow down the infection rate, in order to protect the people in higher risk groups. The situation of international travel bans and country lockdowns is changing rapidly every day. Czech Republic is, as of today (12.03.2020), not on lockdown, so currently the events like the Think Twice conference are not banned. But we need to evaluate the possible scenarios …

The Prague Think Twice Conference, April 24-26

The title of this year’s Think Twice Conference is Ante Portas (near future technologies and their implications). Below you will find information about speaking at the event, as well as basic information about attending the conference. Think Twice is an international conference organized by Pirate Parties International, Pirate Party of Czechia and MEP Markéta Gregorová of parliamentary group Greens/ EFA. There will be no admission fee for this year’s Think Twice Conference. However, people can support the conference with voluntary donations. The event is entirely non-profit. Registration will take place on site. The conference will offer space for up to 200 participants to meet over the course of two days …

Invitation to the first Meeting of SCURVY

Invitation to the first Meeting of the Pirate Parties International Standing Committee on Usual Requisitions of Various Yields (SCURVY) We would like to invite you to the first meeting of PPI‘s SCURVY to be conducted online, Sunday February 9, 2020 from 19:00 – 21:00 CET in Zoom – Meeting ID 930 362 7084  https://zoom.us/j/9303627084 Who should attend: international coordinators, finance officers.  We initiate the SCURVY meetings this year with the goal to foster cooperation among PPI’s members. This standing committee aims to extend direct communications not only between international coordinators of Pirate Parties, but also between actual subject matter experts. The upcoming SCURVY session will focus primarily on finance topics: …

Pirate Statement on Homelessness for the United Nations

The following statement was made by Pirate Parties International headquarters (PPI HQ) for the Commission for Social Development (CSocD58) conference [1] on “affordable housing and social protection systems for all to address homelessness”. This year is special for the CSocD, which is celebrating 75 years. PPI’s statement now appears on the UN website. https://undocs.org/E/CN.5/2020/NGO/44E_CN.5_2020_NGO_44_E Pirate Parties International (PPI) concludes in this paper that technology-based tools such as internet crowd sourcing of information and low threshold access to resource information better targets help where it’s needed. In areas where housing cannot be provided, PPI proposes structured and open use of apps, websites and manned computer labs to help homeless locate resources, …

Invitation to the first Meeting of the Pirate Parties International Standing Committee on Universal Liaison on Party Labor (SCULL)

Invitation to the first Meeting of the Pirate Parties International Standing Committee on Universal Liaison on Party Labor (SCULL) We like to invite you to the first meeting of PPI‘s SCULL to be conducted online, Monday Januar 20 2020 20:00 – 22:00 CET in Zoom – Meeting ID 322 832 033 Password: 082251 https://zoom.us/j/322832033?pwd=Z1JXaUVpYVkzZ0VXOE5TeVZEeVJKUT09 who should attend: International Coordinators, IT officers. We initiate the SCULL meetings this year with the goal to foster cooperation among PPI’s members. This Standing Committee aims to extend the direct communications not only between the international coordinators of the Pirate Parties, but also among those, who is helping to run them – the IT, the …

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