PC 2012-03-01 minutes

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The regular meeting of the Political Council was called to order at 9:44 PM EST on March 1, 2012 in #council on irc://irc.pirateparty.ca. The Leader was in the chair.

Sean moved "that a committee of at least 5 members, appointed by the Leader, be formed to organize protests on March 24 and in particular to determine the subject matter of the protests, to advertise them, and to request approval of funding from the Executive Board. The committee shall advertise its meetings to the public and allow anyone to participate in discussion. The committee shall prepare a report on the protests and deliver the report no later than April 12." The motion was adopted after debate.

Sean moved "that the following be adopted as a special rule of order of the Council:

The Social Media Committee shall be a standing committee of the Council. The committee is responsible for managing the Party's social media accounts and postings to them, and its members may speak for the Party in such postings.The committee shall maintain the Party's rules with regards to conduct on social media and may amend them subject to the decisions of the Council and the general membership. Members may be added or removed from the Committee by either the Committee itself or by the Council. An appointment or removal made by the Council may not be reversed by the Committee, except as otherwise specified by the Council. The chair shall be appointed by the Council.

and that Shawn Vulliez be appointed chair of the Committee, with Jake Daynes, Steve Henderson, and Jesse Anderson as members with the Committee having the power to remove those members." The motion was adopted after debate.

Johann moved that "a Constitution Improvement committee be setup to investigate possible amendments to our constitution. Johann will head the board with both Shawn and Jake as members. They may appoint any members as they see fit. The committee will report back to the Political Council in one months time." The motion was adopted after debate.

Johann moved that "an Election Strategy committee be setup to investigate possible strategies for future elections. Travis will head the board with both Shawn and Jake as members. They may appoint any members as they see fit. The committee will report back to the Political Council in one months time" The motion was adopted after debate.

Shawn moved to "Support the idea of some kind of mail service, and forward our discussion on to IT to see what they feel would be the best, most effective use of our resources." The motion was adopted after debate.

The meeting adjourned at 00:38 AM on March 2, 2012