GM 2012-05-16 minutes

The regular General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 20:32 Eastern Time, May 16, 2012 at irc.pirateparty.ca, irc channel #canada. The president was in the chair and the secretary was present. Minutes from previous meeting was approved.

Reports were given by President Sean Hunt, Leader Shawn Vulliez, and IT committee member Jake Daynes.

Sean Hunt gave notice on motion "for amendments to the constitution to merge the Political Council and Executive Board, including possibly merging all their powers together or providing for a specific sub-body with powers, and to amend the manner in which the are elected to accommodate this merger".

Patrick Fitzgerald moved for adoption of the following special rule of order: "Non-members shall normally be permitted to speak at meetings, including in debate. That permission may be withdrawn or reinstated for any non-member individually or for all as a group with a majority vote on an undebatable motion to do so. This motion is a question of the privilege of the assembly. The motion cannot be renewed or the opposite motion made after it is adopted unless it presents a fundamentally different question or the parliamentary situation has changed." The motion was adopted with 11 ayes and 0 nays.

Jack Mcleod moved to appoint Travis McCrea as the candidate for Vancouver Centre. The motion was adopted with 11 ayes and 0 nays.

Johann Weiss moved to amend the special rule of order defining the IT Committee by inserting "by the Executive Board" after "The IT Director will be elected". The motion was adopted with 10 ayes and 0 nays.

Johann Weiss moved to close the polls for the constitutional amendment votes in 7 days. The motion was adopted with 10 ayes and 0 nays. (polls will close at 11:32 pm EDT next Wednesday).

Jack Mcleod moved "to present interim results (tis not an election of sorts)." Motion was withdrawn with 8 ayes and 0 nays. 8 ayes and 1 nays

XFaCE moved "to suspend the rules and include the earlier withdrawn motion in the minutes." The motion was adopted with 8 ayes, 0 nays and 2 abstain.

Meeting was adjourned at 00:14 Eastern Time, May 16, 2012.

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