GM 2012-08-15 minutes

The General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 20:49 Eastern Time, August 15th, 2012 at ca.pirateirc.net irc channel #canada. The president was in the chair and the secretary was absent.

Sean Hunt moved "that the voting results in the PC election be presented to the meeting." The motion was adopted with 10 ayes, 0 nays.

Jake Daynes reported on the results of the Political Council by-election at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhE-u9VaEIfOdGQxS2c2cVV2SWtfMnpqVjM5XzRoS3c#gid=0

XFace moved "to issue some sort of official policy/enforcement/recognition of #canada-riffraff being the only official PPCA channel for the purpose of   low-key discussion during meetings." The motion was defeated (less than half of quorum)

Sean Hunt moved "to amend the rule regarding quarterly reports so that quarterly reports are due in January, April, July, and October." The motion was adopted with 10 ayes, 0 nays.

darknyan moved "for the creation of a youth wing." The motion was defeated with 4 ayes, 6 nays.

Sean Hunt moved "to discharge from the IT Committee the motion regarding the voting system." Motion was adopted with 8 ayes, 0 nays.

Sean Hunt moved to substitute a motion to adopt the following resolutions "Resolved, that the ballot voting process shall associate to each vote a random confirmation code that is not seeded from any personal information. Resolved, that abstention shall be a listed option on all ballots.  Resolved, that the confirmation code will be displayed to the voter after they cast their vote.  Resolved, that when voting results are published, they shall list each vote with the confirmation code to allow verification by members that their vote was     recorded correctly.  Resolved, that a list shall be kept of which members have voted, but this list shall not be published.  Resolved, that the number of voters on both lists should match.  Resolved, that verification of the integrity of the system, including checking logs for the site and database, shall be conducted by two individuals after each     all-party ballot.  Resolved, that no verifier shall have a perceived conflict of interest on the subject being voted on. Resolved, that the EB and the Fund shall each nominate one verifier, and if possible, the verifiers shall be the presidents of the Party and the Fund. Resolved, that if there is any issue with the voting system or results, the nature of the issue shall be brought to and decided by a general meeting before the results are published or presented to that meeting." The motion was adopted with 8 ayes, 0 nays.

The meeting was adjourned at 22:40 Eastern Time August 15, 2012.

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