EB 2012-04-16 minutes

The regular Executive Board meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 21:39 Eastern Time, April 16, 2012 at irc channel #exec, irc.pirateparty.ca. The president was in the chair and the secretary was present. In attendance were Sean Hunt, Jack Mcleod, Ric Lim, Travis McCrea and Patrick Fitzgerald. The minutes from previous meetings were reviewed and approved.

Sean Hunt moved "that Jake Daynes be appointed to the IT Committee." Motion was adopted without dissent. 5 ayes, 0 nays.

Travis McCrea moved "that Travis McCrea be appointed a member of the IT Committee." Motion was adopted after debate and amendment. 4 ayes, 0 nays.

Sean Hunt moved "The Executive Board formally requests the Political Council to have an email sent to all current VPN subscribers asking about their feelings about the promise to provide VPN access to individuals in countries without access to free internet in light of the Party's limited resources and the difficulty of meeting that promise in a fair manner, and delegates to the PC authority to order such an e-mail". Travis McCrea raised a point of order on the ground that it is a Political Council issue. The chair's ruled that the point of order is not well taken since "The EB has governance over all affairs of the Party that aren't reserved to PC, and this issue is not one of the public interface of the Party, as it is internal, it is not speaking on behalf of the Party, it is not Party policy, and it is not an external communication." The ruling was sustained with 2 ayes and 2 nays. Motion was adopted after debate and amendment with 3 ayes, 0 nays.

Sean Hunt moved "that the President be directed to include stances on the proposed constitutional amendments in the draft report." Motion was adopted with 3 ayes, 0 nays.

Sean Hunt moved "to deliver the report at http://pastie.org/private/ka3zwucqtwkbbw46boi2qq to the next general meeting." Motion was adopted after debates and amendments. 3 ayes and 0 nays.

The meeting adjourned at 00:10 Eastern Time April 17, 2012.