Pirate Times

File:Logo PirateTimes 001.svg

The International Pirates' News Service

We're looking for people that want to be part of our team and write articles for the newsletter. Join us!

The Pirate Times is the official news source for the PPI. It launched as a WordPress blog at piratetimes.net on August 13 at 00:00 UTC. The main goal is to spread Pirate Party related news over the national borders.

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Topics we write about

1. Pirate Topics (Global PP related news) - should form 35% of content
2. Pirate Party News (Election Results, changes in Pirate Parties + EU parliament) - should form 30% of content
3. Interviews (Party Introductions, Pirate Introductions) - should form 20% of content
4. Tips & tricks (Organizational tips) - should form 15% of content

Target group Our target group are pirates and people interestend in pirate politics around the globe. We want to reach people interested in international politics and on how these develop. Also we want to be a source of information for pirate parties without their own newsletter.

Joining the team The team can be joined by signing up to our mailing list. Each new team member will be sent an introductory email after signing up that tells them how to proceed. Everyone who signs up will be contacted by the team leader, who will be available for questions and support.

1. publish articles
2. proof read them
3. protocols
4. Administrative meeting minutes
5. A style guide on the content of articles
6. A style guide on the content of articles for guest authors
7. A step by step guide on publishing articles
8. A guide for proof reading
9. A guide to using the Flaschenpost photo gallery
10. Team member introductions

The following were the candidates for the Pirate Times logo. The deadline was Aug 2nd at 19.00 GMT. The winner was #1.

• Proposals
• Proposal #001 by Dominic Guhl, Germany (winner)

  Proposal #001 by Dominic Guhl, Germany (winner)

• Proposal #002 by Ferdinand, Catalunya

  Proposal #002 by Ferdinand, Catalunya

• Proposal #003 by Pat Maechler, Switzerland

  Proposal #003 by Pat Maechler, Switzerland

• Proposal #004 by Benjamin Dobeck, Germany

  Proposal #004 by Benjamin Dobeck, Germany

• Proposal #005 by Josef Ohlsson Collentine

  Proposal #005 by Josef Ohlsson Collentine

• Proposal #006 by Josef Ohlsson Collentine

  Proposal #006 by Josef Ohlsson Collentine

• Proposal #007 by Loïc Grobol

  Proposal #007 by Loïc Grobol

• Proposal #008 & #009 by Bogdan Roz, Poland

  Proposal #008 & #009 by Bogdan Roz, Poland

• Proposal #010 modified version by Josef Ohlsson Collentine

  Proposal #010 modified version by Josef Ohlsson Collentine

• Proposal #011 by Walter Herdin - PP-AT

  Proposal #011 by Walter Herdin - PP-AT

Some mashups of the official logo:

• Mashups
• Compact version by Koen De Voegt

  Compact version by Koen De Voegt

• More on Pirate Times by Koen De Voegt (preview broken, file is OK)

  More on Pirate Times by Koen De Voegt (preview broken, file is OK)

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  More on Pirate Times (bitmap) by Koen De Voegt