GM 2012-07-18 minutes

The General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 20:30 Eastern Time, July 18th, 2012 at ca.pirateirc.net irc channel #canada. The president was in the chair and the secretary was present. Minutes from previous meeting was approved.

Unfinished business: Pirate Party project report. http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/GM_2012-07-18_Reports

Sean Hunt reported the result of the election for VP: "Tellers' report on the election of a Vice-President: Total Votes: 20, Johann Weissgerber: 12, Jesse Gaudet: 7, Patrick Fitzgerald: 1. There were no ballots of any concern; I can paste the exact votes but there were no typos or other irregularities."

JohannWeiss requested to be excused from the duty of being on Political Council. The motion was adopted with 12 ayes and 1 nays.

Sean Hunt moved "that the PC election to elect new members be held with voting from Tuesday, August 7 through Tuesday, August 14." Motion was adopted with 8 ayes, 0 nays.

Sean Hunt moved to appoint Madi Wozni as the candidate for Calgary Centre. Motion was adopted with 12 ayes and 0 nays.

Ric Lim moved that our voting process shall include a random confirmation code that is not seeded from any personal information. That the code be displayed to the voter after each vote. The voting results report would list each vote with the confirmation code to allow verification by members that their vote was recorded correctly. A separate list of voters would also be kept that counts total number of voters. The number of votes on both list should match. And lastly, verification of the integrity of the system shall be conducted by two individuals, from EB and the fund (preferably President and chief of the fund). Verification shall include checking logs for the sites and database. The verifier shall excuse himself and have another member of EB or the Fund take over if there is any remote chance that he/she will be perceived as having a conflict of interest in the subject being voted on.

Sean Hunt moved for Ric Lim's motion to be referred to the IT Committee, to be reported on by the August meeting. Motion was adopted with 7 ayes and 1 nays.

Sean Hunt moved that the Secretary remove all incorrect copies of the Constitution & Bylaws from the Party website and upload a correct copy. Motion was adopted with 12 ayes and 0 nays.

Sean Hunt moved that a standing rule be adopted that the PC and EB shall each present comprehensive quarterly reports to the general meetings in February, May, August, and November. Motion was adopted with 8 ayes and 2 nays.

Sean Hunt moved to extend the deadline for the Fund's report to the next meeting. Motion was adopted with 10 ayes and 0 nays,

Shawn Vulliez moved to give out a voucher for 6 months of complimentary membership to all people who have signed up for membership since the formation of the party once the new Drupal website is completed. The length of the period that the voucher can be claimed in will be at the discretion of the Executive Board. How this event is promoted is at the discretion of the Political Council. The motion was adopted with 9 ayes and 0 nays.

The meeting was adjourned at 00:04 Eastern Time July 19, 2012.