GM 2010-12-07 minutes

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Minutes
20:05 Meeting Opened. 20:09 scshunt moves to approve agenda 20:10 No objection, approved. 20:11 MikkelPaulson moved that the Pirate Party support in principle the actions of WikiLeaks, maintaining the reservation that personal information should not be needlessly compromised by leaked information

20:20 voronaam moves to remove "needlessly" from the motion. 20:57 Force vote on amendment passed. 21:01 Vote on amendment 9-32. voronaam's motion fails

21:05 iJeff moved "that the word "needlessly" be struck and "unless necessary to uphold the integrity of the publication" be appended" 21:21 vote on amendment 19-21. iJeff's motion fails

21:22 Discussion on original motion (20:11)

21:24 SteveHenderson moved "that the motion be amended by appending 'However, the Pirate Party also recognises that in the digial age information is impossible to control. Thus, some responsibility falls on the individuals in society to ensure that information leaked contributes to government transparency.'" 21:28 Force vote on amendment. 21:31 Vote on amendment 19-26. SteveHenderson's motion fails.

21:32 Joshua moved to block further calls for amendment on 20:11 21:31 Near unanimous agreement.

21:34 Discussion on original motion (20:11) 21:44 Force vote on amendment passed. 21:50 Original Motion (20:11) called to vote via online / telephone
 * RESULTS: 453 yes, 22 no, 12 abstaining ***

21:57 TravisMcCrea moved that the Pirate Party join in protest in support of Wikileaks and Government Transparency on January 15th along side PPAU and other pirate parties 22:17 Motion called to vote via online / telephone vote
 * RESULTS: 438 yes, 20 no, 17 abstaining ***

22:21 Joshua moved that that the PPCA host a mirror for Wikileaks as described here http://213.251.145.96/mass-mirror.html 23:31 cshen moved that 22:21 be amended to add "if in the opinion of the Federal Council it is financially and legally viable" 23:38 Amendment approved 31-1

23:45 Motion called to vote via held online / telephone
 * RESULTS: 379 yes, 80 no, 19 abstaining ***

23:50 MikkelPaulson moved that the web and telephone voting period be reduced from the customary 7 days to 3 in the interest of expediency. 23:55 Motion approved 31-2

23:57 MEETING ADJOURNED

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