Please add any announcements or topics that are any other business here.
Can we discuss policy statements about AI, virtual currencies, and other issues that we would like to support at the UN and other global forums?
Do we have any specific causes that we would like to make statements about (e.g. refugee issues, whistleblower campaigns, conflict regions, environmental problems)?
ECOSOC and other forums encourage us to collaborate with other NGOs on organizing events and making statements. Are there any specific NGOs that we would like to collaborate with?
A PPI DAO is something that we have discussed at prior GAs, especially in line with the mandate to establish an E-Democracy system for PPI. We set up the template for the DAO, but several members expressed opposition to the proposal and the project was essentially derailed. Are parties interested in having PPI vote on-chain, and if so would we like to continue with the original idea of using Ethereum or another chain?
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We discussed at the PPI board meeting a radical statute amendment to change the PPI Board structure from a board consisting of 7 board members to a board that would consist of 1 board member from each party. Such a system would eliminate the need to vote for board members. Under such a system we might decide to let the GA decide on General Secretary and Treasurer, in addition to Chair and Vice Chair. All board member positions would be nominations from each party that are automatically accepted. Furthermore, alternate board members would take on a much more central role. We decided that we would discuss this with the GA and if necessary can present a statute amendment for the following GA.
Dear Pirates
We would like to resolve the situation that arose in Slovakia in the pirate movement.
In April 2023, Zuzana Šubová, a well-known anti-corruption fighter and politician, was elected as new chairman of the party. After less than 6 months from the change of leadership, we took part in early elections in October 2023, where we achieved a result of 0.31%. Many new members joined the party- Former police investigator, lawyers, civil servants, teachers and many more. On December 2, 2023 the national forum confirmed Zuzana Šubová as chairman and her team as party leaders. We are preparing for the elections to the European Parliament in 2024.
We want to ask the PPI leadership to reconsider the split of the electoral vote for Slovakia into two halves. The original association formed in 2011 was canceled by the decision of the Ministry of the Interior on June 23, 2021. The Facebook account of the association has been cancelled. We tried to come to an agreement with the members of the original association, but we could not find a common solution to the situation. We are currently taking legal action because they violate Slovak laws. They introduce new members who want to join the pirate movement because they refuse to take down their website, which is often confused with ours. They collect membership fees even though they do not officially have the right to do so.
Based on these facts, we demand the cancellation of the membership of the “old Slovakian pirate party” and the awarding of half of its vote to the Pirate Party - Slovakia as the only real pirate organization in Slovakia.
The members of the “old Slovakian pirate party” can get status of observer member as a person, not as an organization if they show interest to stay in PPI.
Thank you for your understanding
Sincerely
Rudolf Molnar
vice president of Pirate Party-Slovakia
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