GM 2012-06-20 minutes

The regular General Meeting of the Pirate Party of Canada was called to order at 20:24 Eastern Time, June 20, 2012 at irc.pirateparty.ca, irc channel #canada. The president was in the chair and the secretary was present. Minutes from previous meeting was approved.

The president and the leader gave their reports. http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/GM_2012-06-20_Reports

Sean Hunt moved for the ten rules at the bottom of http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/Rules_of_Order#Suggested_Rules to be used for today's meeting. Motion was adopted after amendment. 15 ayes, 0 nay and 1 abstain.

Sean Hunt moved "that a special committee be formed to study the new Constitution & Bylaws and report recommendations, consisting of at least 6 members appointed by this meeting, and deliver notice of motions at the July GM followed by a full report at the August GM. Motion was adopted after debate and amendment. 14 ayes, 0 nays.

Rintaran was appointed as chair for the special committee to study the new Constitution & Bylaws. JohannWeiss, Wilson, CCitizen, ampersand, haroldgraphene, SilverSlimer, and khoover.

Sean Hunt moved that the Party accept the resignation of the President. The motion was adopted after debates with 6 ayes, 5 nays and 4 abstain.

Shawn Vulliez moved that "that a full financial report, including a statement of financial position, a statement of comprehensive income (aka P&L report), a statement of changes in equity, and a statement of cash flows from the Pirate Party of Canada Fund to be posted publicly in the forums and on the Wiki before July 4th (2-weeks), with a presentation at July's GM to address any concerns or discrepancies. Motion was adopted with 15 ayes and 0 nays.

phillipsjk moved "that we censure Sean Hunt over his handling of the vote on the costittutional ammendments. He has said: 1. He will leave his position if certain results happen. 2. He looked at the results ahead of time. 3. He's not happy with the results." Motion was adopted with 6 ayes, 1 nay and 2 abstain.

gregwadden moved "to receive an update from our projects at the next GM." Motion was adopted with 9 ayes, 0 nays and 1 abstain.

CCitizen provided an update on the status of PPCA projects. http://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php/GM_2012-06-20_Reports

Sean Hunt moved "that this meeting adjourn to Wednesday, July 4 at the same time." The motion was adopted with 6 ayes and 2 nays.

Meeting was adjourned at 00:40 Eastern Time, June 21, 2012.

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