GM 2015-02-18 minutes

The regular General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada came to order at 20:53 Eastern time, February 18, 2014 at ca.pirateirc.net irc channel #canada. The Secretary (phillipsjk) acted as the chair.

The first issue of discussion was Political Council nominations listed here.

phillipsjk MOVED "that we hold an all-party vote for the nominated contestants." SECONDED by psema4 CARRIED (Aye: 10 Nay: 0 Abstain: 0)

phillipsjk reported that:"we may be in trouble with our credit card processor. last month there were numerous $1 credit card testing transactions. Apparently we have not reversed those charges yet. Hopefully if we do that soon we won't get hit by charge-back fees."

vulliez MOVED: "to give the PC the power of the GM any month that quorum is not reached until after the next federal election. Inaction is the biggest problem in this party, and quorum is the culprit" SECONDED by mordecai WITHDRAWN/AMENDED

It was agreed that meeting attendance was a problem, but that the motion as worded would require a constitutional amendment. It was also mentioned that our current quorum requirements (10 people) were already dangerously low. Forum-based meetings taking about a week were suggested.

RLim asked: "(is) there anything that GM approval is required that could paralyze the party if not dealt with rightaway?" The answer was that for most things, the GM is allowed to defer to the Political Council and Executive Board.

phillipsjk MOVED: "to give the PC the power to call all-party votes any month that quorum is not reached during the GM; until after the next federal election." SECONDED by mordecai CARRIED (Aye: 10 Nay: 0 Abstain: 0)

phillipsjk MOVED: "Send first batch of policies proposed by the PC to an all-party vote." SECOND implied by RLim CARRIED (Aye: 6 Nay: 1 Abstain: 3)

phillipsjk MOVED to adjourn. (SECONDED by mordecai) CARRIED (Aye: 7 Nay: 0 Abstain: 3)

The meeting adjourned at 22:08 Eastern time.