GM 2012-07-04 minutes

The General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 20:15 Eastern Time, July 4th, 2012 at irc.pirateparty.ca, irc channel #canada. The president was in the chair and the secretary was late.

The President of the Pirate Party of Canada Fund delivered a report regarding the motion for a full financial report.

Jake Daynes delivered a report regarding the transition to the new website.

By unanimous consent, the order for a report from the Party's projects was extended to the next meeting.

Sean Hunt moved that the Vice-President be assigned the duty to manage the Party's volunteer base, including serving as a coordinator for people seeking volunteers and for volunteers seeking work, and to ensure that volunteer effort is not being wasted.

During debate on the motion, Sean Hunt raised a question of privilege of the assembly in that the Secretary was absent and there was no Secretary pro tem. Sean Hunt was then elected Secretary pro tem.

The motion regarding the duties of the Vice-President was adopted after further debate.

Sean Hunt raised a question of privilege of the assembly in that there was no Vice-President and requested an election of a Vice-President. The chair ruled that the request for an election of a Vice-President was out of order as the constitution did not provide for the election of a Vice-President specifically, and said that individuals could not run for Vice-President but only for President. Sean Hunt appealed the ruling of the chair, and the ruling of the chair was overturned.

The assembly proceeded to the election of a Vice-President. The election was sent for an all-party ballot.

Sean Hunt made a motion that, after debate and amendment, was adopted as a motion that Jake Daynes be directed to install a voting system open only to members of the Party on the Party website; the voting system shall ensure anonymity of votes and that no individual can vote more than once. If the system is ready in time, voting will be opened on Tuesday at 12:00 AM and close the following Tuesday at 11:59; a notice shall be sent out to all members instructing them on the voting system and reminding them that write-in candidates are allowed, and encouraging them to check the forums for discussion of candidates.

Sean Hunt attempted to submit a nomination and the chair said that the meeting was proceeding to other business; Sean Hunt raised a point of order that nominations were in order. The chair ruled that nominations could be brought forward during New Business.

Meeting was adjourned at 23:03 Eastern Time.