GM 2013-05-15 minutes

The regular General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 21:15 Eastern Time, May 15, 2013 at ca.pirateirc.net irc channel #canada. The President was in the chair. Craig Nobbs raised a point of order that the "new" members that Travis approved without the proper formalities are not members and are not entitled to vote or be counted towards theq quorum. The President overruled the point of order. oXPIRATE moved to: amend the motion on the floor to say "The collection of the Elections Canada EC 20036-C form begin January of year when it is due, with    party leadership initiating the collection and mailing in of forms" Motion was approved after discussion and amendment with 9 ayes and 0 nays Travis McCrea moved to: Create an exploratory committee regarding moving general meetings to an asynchronous platform, this committee will include a person chosen by the head of IT, a member chosen by the EB, and a    member chosen by the PC. This committee will report findings back each month to the general council. Motion was approved after amendment with 8 ayes, 2 nays Craig Nobbs moved: To revoke the power given to the Leader of the Pirate Party of Canada by the Political Council, allowing him to give free membership to whomever he chosses, without a vote, as required by the Constitution, without oversight, because membership can only be revoked with reason, and because the power given is over reaching, too broad, and excessive. Motion was not voted on as the meeting lost quorum. The meeting was adjourned at 00:01 Eastern Time. May 16th 2013.

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