Please add any motions that are not statute amendments here. These can be added at any time.
Revocation of Cedric Levieux’s membership on the Council of the CoA
Based on the events in Spring of 2023, when Cedric Levieux (a CoA Council member) unilaterally revoked administrator and moderator privileges to this very platform, our Discourse server, I, on behalf of the PPCZ delegation, propose that Cedric’s conduct in this matter be investigated by the CoA according to section XIa. of our Statutes.
For the motion to pass, a one fifth of the voting power needs to vote on this motion. I believe that the unilateral act of sabotage of PPI’s systems is something that needs to have its consequences. All the board members are well informed about this case and can be consulted on the matter. Also, the votes for the investigation to start needn’t only be cast at the GA. I hereby call on all PPI members’ international coordinators to write to the PPI board and tell us their decision in this matter.
Motion: Does your party agree to initiate the revocation of a PPI officer Cedric Levieux by calling upon the Court of Arbitration to investigate the case of unilateral stripping all other Discourse admins of their rights in Spring 2023?
Summary of events:
- mid April 2023: Cedric Levieux removes all administrator and moderator rights from everyone at the PPI Discourse server
- 11.5.2023: Stefan Thöni, the Discourse chief admin, informs the board and suspends the Discourse until issue is resolved
- Issue resolved at the Board meeting on 24.5.2023 and Stefan immediately restores Discourse.
- At the same Board meeting, Cedric is asked to explain his actions. At least in my opinion, he gives a lot of poor excuses and absolutely no reason that would in any way justify his actions.
For the reasons above I see no other way but to initiate the Revocation proceedings leading to CoA’s investigation and potential removal of Cedric Levieux from his office (on the CoA, ironically). Thank you for your time and support for this motion. I’m available for any questions at michal.gill@pirati.cz.
At the end, allow me to clarify that we’re only submitting a motion to the CoA, whether they should investigate and act on the evidence. We’re just allowing for the incident to be properly investigated, which, to me, is a no-brainer.
Mike Gill, PPCZ
PS: The PPCZ votes YES on this motion.
PPS: Picture: Log from the Discourse server admins’ removal by Cedric (Farlistener) and the actions taken afterwards by Stafan (Exception) to stop this.
Do I have a voting power and if yes, where could I put my vote? Best Mia 
The voting plugin is not active, and we will have to confirm delegates to enable it. I think Discourse is intended for a discussion where representatives can indicate their opinions. The person who filed the motion will have to confirm if they received enough votes.
This is not how it works. It’s a question to the Ordinary Members, not to the alternate members of the board.
The question of the voting power of ordinary/alternate members is obviously still something, that has to be discussed and then applied, respectively also to be remembered by the Chair and the Board members.
Hi, Mike, Cedric, can you explain in few words? I don’t understand the motive why he did it.
Thank you.
Rudolf PPSK
Hello, it’s complicated, very complicated… and difficult to explain in a few words, but very simplistic and therefore probably inaccurate: I am the cause, he is the consequence… laught
“We need humour, more humour, always humour, and Democracy is saved”.
« il nous faut de l’humour, encore de l’humour, toujours de l’humour, et la Démocratie est sauvée »
Since we’ll be electing a new CoA today, this motion is probably mute at this point. As much as I’d like to see some repercussion for Cedric’s behaviour in the spring, it would be just a waste of everyone’s time to go ahead with this. I suggest we move this motion after the election of new officers and in case Cedric tries to run again, only then we go through with it. If not, I’d be withdrawing the motion.