GM 2012-04-18 EB Reports

First and foremost, financial reports. We have received word that the credit card statements arrived from the bank last Friday after quite a bit of waiting. We don't have the financial reports yet, but hopefully they were finished in time for the general meeting. If they were not, we will post them publicly when they become an available.

Once the reports are received, we will be better equipped to evaluate expenditures, and we will proceed to work on developing a funding policy for projects, as directed at the March general meeting. We have, however, made some minor progress. Sean Hunt and Jack McLoed, the President and Vice-President, have been appointed as agents of the Party and given the authority to approve small expenditures.

No significant progress has been made on improving general meetings. Some members are proposing that we use LiquidFeedback, software developed by the Pirate Party of Germany, but no one has yet taken a good look at it.

Movement in the IT Committee has started up. The committee now consists of Jeremy Howell, the IT Director, Patrick Fitzgerald, Scott Elcomb, Travis McCrea, Jake Daynes, and another active member who prefers not to have his name spread around. The Committee has decided to being development on a new Drupal-based website.

Lastly, the Board has considered the proposed constitutional amendments as posted at https://www.pirateparty.ca/forum/index.php?topic=2073.msg11899#msg11899, and has the following recommendations. These recommendations do not necessarily represent the views of the individual members, but of the Board as a whole:


 * 1: The Board recommends that the proposed amendment be divided into two, as the Board recommends the adoption of the first section and against the adoption of the second.
 * 2: The Board recommends the adoption of the proposed amendment.
 * 3: The Board recommends the adoption of the proposed amendment.
 * 4: The Board offers no recommendation on the disposition of the proposed amendment, but recommends that, before it is sent out for a vote, paragraphs three and four be stricken.
 * 1) 5 & #6: The Board recommends that these amendments be sent to a committee for further review so as to ensure that the proposed changes do not create contradicitions or ambiguity.
 * 7: The Board recommends against the adoption of the proposed amendment.
 * 8: The Board recommends against the adoption of the proposed amendment.
 * 9: The Board recommends against the adoption of the proposed amendment.
 * 10: The Board recommends against the adoption of the proposed amendment.
 * 11: The Board has no recommendation.

Executive Board

Pirate Party of Canada