[pp.int.general] Press release PPI Conference results

[PPI Info]

Hello,

We prepared a press release about the results of the PPI Conference this
weekend in Brussels. You can find the english version of the press release
at the end of this message and on the PPI website:
http://www.pp-international.net/node/471 .

Greetings,

Pirate Parties International board

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22 Pirate Parties from all over the world officially founded the Pirate
Parties International

This weekend from April 16th to 18th, delegates of Pirate Parties from 22
countries created the Pirate Parties International (PPI). The aim of this
international organization of Pirate Parties is to help establish, to
support and promote, and to maintain communication and cooperation between
Pirate Parties around the world.

Even though nature was sending rough waters by means of volcanic ashes,
closed airspace and the train strike in France, it wasn't an obstacle for
Pirates from 18 countries to find a safe harbor in Brussels. "As the Pirate
movement is growing and getting momentum, it was the next logical step to
found an international organization to coordinate the efforts of the Pirate
Parties to cooperate on an international level" says PPI Co-Chairman Gregory
Engels.

After a tour of the European Parliament and a speech of Swedish Pirate MEP
Christian Engström on Friday April 16th, 32 delegates from 18 countries
gathered in Brussels to discuss the statutes of the PPI. An easy way to
follow the conference had been arranged for those who were cut out of
Brussels completely, as all Pirates worldwide could follow the sessions over
a video stream and take part in the group discussions over chat. Shortly
after 22h00 on Saturday April 17th the delegates and remote participants
accepted the statutes of the Pirate Parties International.

On Sunday April 18th, the conference closed with the election of the new
board. The two Co-Chairmen of the PPI will be Gregory Engels from Germany
and Jerry Weyer from Luxembourg. Nicolas Sahlqvist from Sweden was elected
Treasurer and Joachim Mönch from Germany is the new Chief Administrative
Officer of the PPI. The board is completed with Bogomil "Bogo" Shopov from
Bulgaria, Jakub Michalek from the Czech Republic and Aleksander Blagojevic
from Serbia.

"The first objective is to improve the internal communication of the PPI"
says Co-Chairman Jerry Weyer. "We will also continue to establish taskforces
for current common topics of the Pirate Parties, like ACTA or INDECT. And of
course we will improve the structure of the PPI, for example by creating the
headquarters that will serve as administrative entity or by inviting
everyone to propose amendments to the statutes."

For more information, contact the board via board (at)
pp-international.netor visit http://www.pp-international.net
. <http://www.pp-international.net/>

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Founding members of the PPI are the Pirate Parties from:
Australia <http://www.pirateparty.org.au/>
Austria <http://www.piratenpartei.at/>
Belgium <http://pirateparty.be/>
Brazil <http://www.partidopirata.org/>
Bulgaria <http://piratskapartia.bg/>
Czech Republic <http://www.ceskapiratskastrana.cz/>
Denmark <http://www.piratpartiet.dk/>
Finland <http://www.piraattipuolue.fi/>
France <http://www.partipirate.org/>
Germany <http://piratenpartei.de/>
Ireland <http://www.piratepartyireland.com/>
Italy <http://www.partito-pirata.it/>
Kazakhstan <http://pirateparty.kz/>
Luxembourg <http://www.piratepartei.lu/>
The Netherlands <http://piratenpartij.nl/>
Portugal <http://partidopiratapt.eu/>
Romania <http://www.partidulpiratilor.ro/>
Russian Federation <http://pirateparty.ru/>
Serbia <http://piratskapartija.com/>
Spain <http://www.partidopirata.es/>
Switzerland <http://www.piraten-partei.ch/>
United Kingdom <http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/>

A PDF version of the statutes of the Pirate Parties International can be
found here:
http://int.piratenpartei.de/images/a/a6/Statutes_of_the_Pirate_Parties_International.pdf

The board would like to thank Swedish Pirate Party MEP Christian Engström,
his assistant Henrik Alexandersson together with Mattias Bjärnemalm (Amelia
Andersdotter - Lisbon MEP assistant) who helped us arranging the European
Parliament visitors tour with the Swedish EP visitors group (Olaf Pries,
Nina Rautelin and Elina Kaartinen). This ensured that most of the travel
costs were covered and thereby ensured that most Pirate Parties could
participate. We also like to thank Jurgen Rateau, Monica and Gilles from
Pirate Party Belgium for their hard work with the conference location and
social activities in Brussels.
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