[pp.int.general] Endorsement of the ACTA Communique from Pirate Parties International (PPI)

[Rodrigo Pereira]

"Pirate Parties International is not a political or authoritative entity."
how the stony clause determines in the preamble.

Sign an political declaration is exercise the political authority.


2010/6/27 Jerry Weyer <jerry.weyer at pp-international.net>

> Hello,
>
> I hereby post the message we sent CoreTX to explain our decision:
>
> We had the discussions about our statutes during the meeting. One point was
> that the statutes don't explicitly prohibit or allow PPI to sign any
> declarations. Concerning the discussion whether or not PPI can make
> political statements we came to the agreement that PPI cannot force members
> to adopt or not any political ideas, but we can act "in the interest and
> goals of our members" (statutes II (1) (a) ). We decided to sign the
> declaration because the dealine was the day after the meeting and we wanted
> to make sure Pirates are mentionned in the document, pursuing to "raise
> awareness and widen the spread of the pirate movement" (statutes II (1) (b)
> ). The fact that we were mentionned in a New York Times article underlines
> that by our action we promoted the pirate movement:
> http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2010/06/23/23idg-petition-acta-threatens-public-interests-21875.html
>
> [---]
>
> We did not act contrary to the statutes, in fact we believe to have acted
> according to the goals of our organization.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Peter <preineke at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi CoreTX,
>>
>> I was wondering myself, whether the PPI Board is authorised to do so. But
>> I couldn't really find a place in the statutes clearly forbidding it.  Can
>> you specify what you are referring to?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On 06/24/2010 02:46 PM, Core TX wrote:
>>
>>> PPI is not allowed to sign this.
>>> Please take a look into the statutes, or expect a impeachment procedure.
>>>
>>
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>>
> Weyer Jerry
> PPI Co-Chairman
>
>
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