From PPI
Preliminary Agenda
Accredited delegates: http://wiki.pp-international.net/Online_GA_2015/Delegates
Attending Delegates
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
- Ric Lim
Catalunya (.5)
- Muriel Rovira Esteva (Muriel_PPCAT) (voting weight 0.5)
Croatia
Czech Republic
- Alexandr Mansurov
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
- Jonna Purojärvi| Lash- | Voter
France
- Éric Billès
- Chemseddine BEN JEMAA (vice voter)
[11:43] (Channel) yadlajoie: yadlajoie PP-FR -> power of attorney -> Chems PP-TU up to 14h15
Germany
- Gregory Engels (primary voter)
- Sebastian Krone
- Jens Stomber
- Thomas Gaul (vice voter)
Greece
- Antonios Motakis (tvelocity)
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
- Aram Gurekian (Aram_PP-IT)
Japan
Kasachstan
- Marat Mulkulbaev
Latvia
Luxemburg
Morocco
The Netherlands
- Thijs Markus Ikke (primary voter)
- David van Deijk (davidd4)
New Zealand
- Andrew Reitemeyer Kiwi (primary voter)
- Ben Vidulich (vice voter)
- Andrew McPherson
- Daniel Schwalm
Norway (norway is alfabettically not in the right spot)
- Raymond Johansen (RayJoha)
- Tale H. Østrådal dypvannsfisk (primary voter)
- Anders Kleppe PPI board
Poland
- Tomasz Słowiński (Tomasz)
Portugal
Romania
Russia
- Nikolay Voronov (primary voter)
- Vitaliy Karelin
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
- Stefan Thöni
- Denis Simonet
Tunisia
- Chemseddine BEN JEMAA (primary voter)
- Slim Amamou (secondary voter)
- Jalel Tounsi (tertiary voter)
Turkey
Ukraine
Observer Members
Pirates Without Borders
- Pat Mächler
Berlin
Best Party Iceland
Bavaria, DE
Florida, USA
Hesse, DE
Lower Saxony
YP:*DE
YP:*SE
PP:*SE
Tirol, AT
PP Aargau, CH
- Kilian Brogli (not officialy the part of observers PP, i stayed only until 13 o'clock)
Opening of the meeting
Meeting opened at 10:04 CEST by Stathis
Standing Rules of Procedure: http://wiki.pp-international.net/Rules_of_procedure
Election of Chair(s), Appointment of Minutes taker and Votes Tabulators
- Appointed Chair: Stathis Leidaditis (PPGR)
- Appointed vice-chair: Vojtech Pikal (PPCZ)
- Minute Taker: Jens Stomber (PP-DE)
- 41 full Members
- 16 accredited full members present
- The quorum is established (1/3rd of Ordinary Members)
- Tabulator of votes: Ben Vidulich (PP-NZ)
RoP
- Vote:
- Yes: RU, IT, DE, CZ, CH, NZ, GR, NO, FR, TN = (10)
- No: = (0)
- Abstain: NL, CAT(0.5) = (1.5)
- Motion passed. RoP changed to RP-1.
setting the Agenda
- Procedural Motion:
- PPNL: Change the order in which the motions will be processed. Move MO-11 before MO-1
- Rationale: MO-11 if passed would move MO-1 to MO-7 to a negotiation track outside the GA, and therefor would no longer require MO-1 to MO-7 to be discussed today. Therefor it would make sense to discuss it beforehand.
- for reference MO-11 "Motion: We call on the General Assembly to defer any policy motion to a proper treaty negotiation track."
- Rationale * Given that an General Assembly has no time to give these subjects an adequate amount of attention or oversight.
- Given that a treaty negotiation type of track allows all member parties to influence the substance adequately.
- MO-1 to MO-7 would be affected.
- Vote on procedural motion:
- Yes: IT, TN, DE, CZ, CH, NL, NZ, FI, NO, CAT(0.5), CA, GR = (11.5)
- No: = (0)
- Abstain:RU, FR = (2)
- Procedural Motion passed
- 11:10
- Approval of the (changed) agenda:
- Yes: RU, IT, TN, DE, CZ, CH, NL, NZ, FI, NO, KZ, CAT(0.5), CA, GR, FR, = (14.5)
- No: = (0)
- Abstain: = (0)
- Agenda accepted
Motions regarding the affiliation fee
- [11:43:54] (Kanal) yadlajoie: yadlajoie PP-FR -> power of attorney -> Chems PP-TU up to 14h15
Chems PP-TU is a Delegate for PP-FR / PP-TU is proxy for PP-FR
AF-2a Addendum PP-NL
- 1: Parties with less then 500 Members and Observing Members are paying fees on a voluntarily basis at their own discretion. :No member shall contribute more then 20% of all PPI's due fees.
- 2: The rule is put in place that no funds of the PPI should be used for travel, food or hotel expences by the boardmembers of PPI. Exceptions can only be made after the approval of 2/3 of the paying member parties, consulted beforehand.
- Vote to amend statements of AF-2a to AF-2 (subsidiary vote, 12:30h):
- Yes: NL = (1)
- No: IT, CH, CZ, DE = (4)
- Abstain: NZ, FI, RU, KZ, GR, CA = (6)
- Amendment failed.
AF-1
- The fee is calculated as follows: the actual HDI of a country is taken as a exponent to 500 to get the basis fee. This basis fee is multiplied with following factors: for each elected pirate on national level times two, for each elected member of a regional parliament times 1/5, and for each elected member on a local level times 1/10. This multiplied values are then added to the basis value.
- (*) For the calculation it is non discriminatory if the pirate is holding a mandate in the executive or legislative brunch.
- The fees are in Euro
- Budget proposal from the PPI Paris GA:
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ArWSm6bFghpEdDhDT1pTeWgzY0lRMFA1Vl9oT0Z1NlE&gid=0
AF-2
- Acording of art. XVI of PPI Statutes[1], General Assembly determines the calculation of :Affiliation Fees as follows:
- The actual HDI[2] of a country is taken as an exponent to 50 to get the basis fee in €.
- This basis fee is multiplied by following factors:
- for each elected pirate on national level times two,
- for each elected member of a regional parliament times 1/5,
- and for each elected member on a local level times 1/10.
- This multiplied values are then added to the basis fee.
- For the calculation it is non-discriminatory if a pirate is holding a mandate in the executive or legislative branch.
- Affiliation fee shall not excess 1% of the member's annual income for the previous financial year.
- Observer membership is not associated with any costs.
- No member shall contribute more then 20% of all PPI's due fees.
- The first fees are due the next financial year. This calculation of Affiliation Fees is valid for following years unless decided otherwise.
- General Assembly furthermore (according to art. X(h) of PPI Statutes[3]) decides that:
- PPI will display all the details of all the transactions, as previously decided on 1st General Assembly meeting.[4]
- PPI is obliged to publish all the bank statements of all the accounts online [5]
- Until these transparency requirements are fullfilled, members are not obliged to pay their membership fees for that year
- [1] http://wiki.pp-international.net/Statutes#XVI._Affiliation_Fees
- [2] http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi
- [3] "[The functions of the General Assembly are] h) to accept internal regulations for the Pirate Parties International (...)" http://wiki.pp-international.net/Statutes#X._Functions_of_the_General_Assembly
- [4] http://wiki.pp-international.net/Decisons_of_GA#Transparency
- [5] Personal details of natural persons can be censored prior to publication online
AF-3
- The fee is calculated as follows: the actual HDI of a country is taken as an exponent to 500 to get the basis fee. This basis fee is multiplied with following factors: for each elected(*) pirate on national level times two, for each elected member of a regional parliament times 1/5th, and for each elected member on a local level times 1/35th. This multiplied values are then added to the basis value. Parties with less then 500 Members and Observing Members are paying fees on a voluntarily basis at their own discretion. No member shall contribute more then 50% of all PPI's due fees.
- (*) For the calculation it is non discriminatory if the pirate is holding a mandate in the executive or legislative brunch.
- The fees are in Euro, the members are "paying members"
- Voting according to RoP Art 6.3 (approval voting between AF-1, AF-2, AF-3, 12:42):
- Only counting "YES"
- AF-1: DE, CH = (2)
- AF-2: NL, CZ, IT, GR, RU, TN(2)*, CH = (8)
- AF-3: DE, CH, KZ, TN(2)* = (5)
- Abstain: NZ, FI, CA = (3)
- Repaired at 13:35 according to the voting power of TN.
- Voting on the winner of the approval voting which is motion AF-2 (12:48):
- Voting:
- Yes: IT, TN(2)*, RU, CH, GR, CZ, DE, KZ, NO = (10)
- No: NL, NZ, FI, CA = (4)
- Abstain: = (0)
- Repaired at 13:36 according to the voting power of TN.
- Motion AF-2 has passed (10/14 = 71% ≥ 2/3)
- 12:52:Procedual motion to suspend the meeting for 30 Minutes (12:53).
- Yes: CH, NZ = (2)
- No: = (2)
- Abstain: = (0)
- Reconvene at 13:25 CEST !!!
- Session reconvening at 13:27
- Procedual motion to asses the quorum.
- Yes: RU, DE, CZ, CH, NL, NZ, FI, NO, GR = (9)
- No: = (0)
- Abstain: = (0)
- Procedural motion to asses the quorum has passed (13:32).
- Assesment of quorum according to represented members (not by voting weight): (13:52)
- Present / represented: RU, IT, TN, DE, CZ, CH, NL, NZ, FI, NO, KZ, GR, FR, PL, CAT = (15)
- Not represented: CA = (1)
Formal motions
- (13:55)
MO-11 Policy in treaty negotiation
- We call on the General Assembly to defer any policy motion to a proper treaty negotiation track.
- Rationale=
- Given that an General Assembly has no time to give these subjects an adequate amount of attention or oversight.
- Given that a treaty negotiation type of track allows all member parties to influence the substance adequately.
- Procedural motion: Close the speakers list (14:07) RoP 7 .3.d)
- motion has passed with no objections (14:07).
- Voting on MO-11:
- Yes: NL, NZ, FI, CAT(.5), GR, IT, TN, FR = (7.5)
- No: DE, KZ, RU, NO, CH = (5)
- Abstain: CZ, PL = (2)
- Motion has passed. As a result MO-1, MO-1b, MO-2, MO-3, MO-4, MO-5, MO-6, MO-6b, MO-7 have been deferred.
MO-1 Access to medicine
MO-1b counter-motion from PP-CZ
MO-2 Copyright
MO-3 Net Neutrality
MO-4 Basic Income
MO-5 Privacy
MO-6 No to TTIP
MO-6b counter-motion from PP-CZ
MO-7 Transparency of the Public Sector
- http://wiki.pp-international.net/Online_GA_2015/Motions#MO-7_Transparency_of_the_Public_Sector
- suspended
MO-8 Standing Committees
- The Assembly of the Members of Pirate Parties International
- - regard the statutes of Pirate Parties International,
- - consider the exchange of experience among PPI Members among of top priorities for the PPI,
- - striving to create more opportunities for Member involvement into PPI day to day business,
- - whereas we must develop our common operating capacity,
- - wishing to expand the organisational oversight over PPI,
- decides the following:
- The Board is given the duty to take the necessary steps in order to establish a standing committee infrastructure within PPI.
- At least, the following committees are to be established:
- standing committee on public and press relations, elections and campaigning.
- standing committee on new parties
- standing committee on INGO relations
- standing committee on PPI budget, oversight, transparency, finances and fund raising,
- standing committee on common political program.
- Each ordinary member of PPI may have at least one seat in all of the standing committees. This includes one standing member and up to two deputies. The Board of PPI should take committee recommendations into consideration, when making decisions.
- Each standing committee should convene two to four times per calender year on a regular basis.
- Every standing committee should have a support of a PPI board member who is responsible for it.
- All committees will have at least one meeting prior to the Warsaw conference 2015.
- (changed "should" by "may" have at least one seat by PP-DE on suggestion of PP-RU)
- (changed "finances and fund raising" added to the PPI Budget committee by PP-DE on suggestion of PP-CZ)
- (standing committee on common political program - added by PP-DE on suggestion of PP-CZ)
- (added "elections and campaigning" to the " public and press relations" committee by PP-DE, on suggestion of PP-CZ)
- (Add "All committees will have at least one meeting prior to the Warsaw conference 2015." to the motion by PP-DE on request of PP-NL)
- Procedural motion to end the agenda item (without voting the motion).
- Yes: CZ, FI = (2)
- No: DE, NL, NZ, PL, IT, TN, FR, NO, CH, PL = (10)
- Abstain: RU, GR = (2)
- Procedural motion did not pass. MO-8 will be voted in this session.
- Voting on MO-8 (as amended):
- Yes: CAT(.5), DE, IT, RU, NL, NO, TN, CH, FR,, PL = (9.5)
- No: = (0)
- Abstain: CZ, NZ, GR, FI = (4)
- Motion MO-8 has passed.
MO-9 Individual ‘Global Pirate Membership’ from supporters
- http://wiki.pp-international.net/Online_GA_2015/Motions#MO-9_Individual_.E2.80.98Global_Pirate_Membership.E2.80.99_from_supporters
- The PPI General Assembly should consider the inclusion of individuals and individual organizations as supporter members of PPI.
- Individual ‘Global Pirate Membership’ from supporters. PPI should cultivate a global identity amongst Pirate supporters by soliciting individual membership fees equivalent to €10 per year. Member Parties are encouraged to solicit PPI supporter membership during their own regular campaigns.
- In case of a positive indication by the oGA, PP-DE would prepare a Statutes Amendment Proposal to incorporate such individual supporter membership to be tabled at the Warsaw GA in July 2015.
- (PP-DE adopts the suggestion of PP-CAT to change "Member Parties should solicit PPI supporter membership" to "Member Parties are encouraged to solicit PPI supporter membership")
- (PP-CAT: Remove "Member Parties should solicit PPI supporter membership during their own regular campaigns." altogether or change it by "Member Parties are encouraged to solicit PPI supporter membership during their own regular campaigns.")
- (PP-DE: For clarification Individual "Global Pirate Membership' is a working title. It might even be regulated outside the statutes and named totally otherwise. It is about the general idea).
- Voting on MO-9 (as amended):
- Yes: NO, DE, KZ, CAT(0.5), PL, IT, CH = (6.5)
- No: CZ, NL, TN, FR, NZ = (5)
- Abstain: RU, FI, GR = (3)
- Motion MO-9 has passed.
MO-10 Implementation of online eDemocracy system
- http://wiki.pp-international.net/Online_GA_2015/Motions#MO-10_Implementation_of_online_eDemocracy_system
- The PPI General Assembly should commit to the implementation of an online eDemocracy system with the powers of a GA, as stated in the Statutes, XI.4 (http://wiki.pp-international.net/Statutes#XI._Voting).
- The Board is given the duty to take the necessary steps in order to implement that system before 30.06.2015.
- Voting on MO-10:
- Yes: PL, IT, NZ, PL, CZ, NL, NO, DE, TN, GR = (10)
- No: CH = (1)
- Abstain: RU, FI, FR = (3)
- Motion MO-10 has passed.
Closing of the meeting (15:56 CEST)
References
- Session PAD
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