PPI Minutes 2025-12-09

Agenda PPI BOARD MEETING

--- 09.12.2025 20:00 UTC/21:00 CET ---

Audio recording: https://owncloud.ag-technik.de/s/WRBYQpm777q85PZ

Video: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board

Pad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/ppi-board-meeting-2025-12-09-g26l055

1 - ATTENDEES

1.1 - Members of the PPI board

Chairperson - Keith L. Goldstein / PP-IL
Vice-Chairperson - Gregory Engels / PP-DE
Board Member - Bailey Lamon / PP-CA
General Secretary - Alexander Isavnin / PP-RU
Treasurer- Sebastian Krone / PP-DE
Board Member - Maycow Toledo / PP-BR
Board Member - Mark Anthony / PP-NL
Board Member - Carlos Polo / PP-CH
Board Member - Thomas Gaul / PP-DE

Alternate Board member - Babak Tubis, PP-DE / PP-DE
Alternate Board member - Schoresch Davoodi / PP-DE
Alternate Board member - Stefan Dekkers / PP-NL

participating: Sebastian Krone, Babak Tubis, Bailey Lamon, Gregory Engels, Alexander Isavnin, Schoresch Davoodi

excused: Thomas Gaul, Keith

unexcused:

Quorum: given

1.2 - Others

• Guests:

participating: Mia, PirateOnAir, Numero6, Mattias Bjärnemalm

2 - PROCEEDINGS

RoP: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Board/Rules_of_Procedure

Meeting opened at 20:13 UTC by Gregory

Meeting chaired by Gregory

Secretary for this meeting is all

Quorum established with 7 out of 9 board members present.

Streaming started: ? https://piratesonair.net/live-stream/

Recording started: 20:13

Postal votes: none

Votes delegated (§5 Votes (5. 3.) ROP):

Notes on meeting process: ?

3 - APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion
Do we approve the minutes? https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-11-18
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Yes : Bailey,Babak, ,Alexander, Schoresch, Gregogry, Bastian
No :
Abstain :
Result: Minutes are approved.

4 - REPORTS

4.1 - Short reports of the board members

Board

• Keith Goldstein:

not present

• Gregory Engels:

I am busy with the preparation of the local elections in my City, which will be in 3 weeks

• Bailey Lamon:

Attended Pirate Beer

• Alexander Isavnin:

Observing Internet Governance on the UN level, moving on with PPRU activities, attended Pirate Beer

• Sebastian Krone:

I monitored the PPI technology as I do every day.

All patches are up to date. All systems are running smoothly.

I have not yet received a reply from Carlos and Schoresch as to where I should send the password for their mailbox at pp-international.

I am working on organizing the general meeting.

I'm dealing with my heart attack a little and therefore can't work 24/7.

• Maycow Toledo:

not present

• Carlos Polo

not present

• Thomas Gaul

not present, excused

Alternates:

• Babak Tubis

nothing to report - some activities in regard to preparation of the GA - I think we will be attending the GA with at least four members of PPDE, at least two from the german board and Schoresch.

• Schoresch Davoodi

-/-

• Stefan Dekkers

not present

5.1 - Proposals

• TT5 Collaboration with PPEU

Motion
TT5 Coorganization with PPEU, topic of conference (AI and governance?), location (Vienna?), date (Fall?), call for papers?, speakers?
Please revise accordingly.
Yes :
No :
Abstain :
Result:

• Topic: AI and Fundamental Rights

hybrid or not. preference for in person, with online audience and streaming, so the audience can be online but the speakers should be on location.

fees for speakers, budget. We need to brainstorm how to get the money.

some speakers can ask their institutions for funding. It would be great to have a crowdfunding on the PPEU website. Can we apply for something? Perhaps we can borrow a place. It may be

https://pp-international.net/events/think-twice-conferences/

Bastian - we need all of this, we need the committee to organize, etc. But we are already still burned from the TT conference in Istanbul - we need to be careful, we need someone in charge and we need to minimize financial risk and distribute responsibilities.

We are all in agreement that the main topic is AI and Govenance.

Motion
Task Keith as a project lead to organize TT5 with the topic "AI and Governance"
Task Keith as a project lead to organize TT5 with the topic "AI and Governance"
Yes : Bastian, Alexander, Schoresch, Gregory, Bailey, Babak
No :
Abstain :
Result: motion passed.

Draft call for papers: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/tt5-cfp-dy8l0s0

5.2 Winter GA 10.01.2025

• Agenda etc.

We have the following spreadsheet of elections: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dVei_OLF1XdWKIEJ4wGSxRz0611S6As8i4TRLooePQU/edit?usp=sharing

Last election there were 4 board members for 2 years and 1 for 1 year. This means we should have an election of 3 board members for 2 years and vice chair.

Alternates there is no limit.

For copy/paste of the agenda: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_General_Assembly_JAN_2025

5.2 Membership issues

• europe beyond division e.V. Formerly: Young Pirates of Germany

https://beyonddivision.eu/ https://beyonddivision.eu/wer-wir-sind/vorstand/ https://beyonddivision.eu/2021/11/bmv/ dissolving assembly

seems to be dissolved

https://owncloud.ag-technik.de/s/5P7okMkjSrzDcqs

Proposal: refer it to the COA for a decision

Gregory: If they are dissolved, their PPI membership automatically ceases to exist, nothing to do but to update it in the roster.

5.3 - Working Groups Update

• GA Working Group Team

5.3 Economic Update

• Treasurer Report:

Bank accounts 3,364.76 CHF / -11.99 EUR (will amend it later)

PayPal 380.21 EUR

It is very difficult to open a Bitcoin account for an association. I have contacted four banks so far, without success. But I'm not giving up.

5.4 ECOSOC/UN

• WSIS GA

https://indico.un.org/event/1020284/

5.5 PPI HQ update

• The office is set up and running.

https://ppi.works/

As you know, we have taken over the “Glaesernes Mobil” from PPDE to make it available to the Pirate movement.

Perhaps you have a few suggestions for the new design in purple and orange.

https://ppi.works/en/the-glass-mobile/

• We are preparing for the general meeting, have secured a hotel block, and are looking for a venue. It is necessary to have a list of visitors in Potsdam.

If we are only a small group, we can use our local office (room for max. 16 people).

We are also looking for helpers.

6 AOB - Any other business

• On physical attendance of PPI GA

Babak: Should the people going to Potsdam register anywhere?

Bastian: there is an event on Eventbrite, it will be communicated shortly.

• On usage of PPI mailinglists by PPEU

Mab - PPEU has been using the Mailing system of the PPI, will stop by the end of the year, thanks to PPI and Bastian for the support

Gregory: you are welcome, you may continue to use our infrastructure as long as you need

• Who of the board members are planning to go to the GA in Potsdam?

Gregory, Bailey is not sure, Thomas, Mia,

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• Meeting Closed: 20:48 UTC by Gregory