[pp.int.general] USPP Status

[Ryan Moffitt]

It's the nature of American politics, really. Decentralized local units work
more efficiently. It's actually been a blessing for us to disband the
restrictive central structure. The party has been more active, and we
already have several projects underway to make this party more successful.

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 15:21, Brad Hall <brad.hall at pirate-party.us> wrote:

> Good day.
>
> I have been receiving a few queries from Pirates from around the world who
> have been asking about the recent situation involving the United States
> Pirate Party (USPP). Until a week or so ago, I was the Administrator of the
> USPP. Right now, I'm working with the various state parties in trying to
> figure out the new structure of the USPP.
>
> The organization known as the United States Pirate Party has been
> dissolved. However, this does not mean there is no longer a Pirate Party
> presence in the United States. As of right now there are two Pirate Parties
> that have official third party status, those are the Massachusetts Pirate
> Party and the Florida Pirate Party. There are several other such parties
> forming in Washington, Oregon, Oklahoma, and elsewhere.
>
> There are two parts to this dissolution.
>
> 1. We dissolved the corporation known as the USPP. We were registered as a
> corporation in Arizona. For our purposes, we realized that having the USPP
> listed as a corporation isn't really what we needed. (This actually still
> needs to be done, I haven't filed the paperwork yet)
>
> 2. We dissolved the central organization known as the USPP, as that too,
> didn't suit our needs. Instead of having a central USPP control the various
> state parties that exist (such as the Florida Pirate Party, Massachusetts
> Pirate Party, etc), it would be better to let the state parties control
> their own political destiny. In effect, the various state parties are in
> control of the Pirate Party. It is possible that they may chose a
> "spokesperson" to be the voice of the party as a whole. We are still
> discussing this.
>
> Each state party will, of course, have its own website, but we planned on
> using the main USPP site to be like a central location to find information
> related to the Pirate Party in the United States. We're still in the
> planning stages on how this "new" USPP will work. But we have been talking
> about having a forum where people from different states can meet and form
> their own state pirate party chapter. Most pirates are separated by many
> miles, even within the same state. Each state also has its own laws
> concerning how third parties are formed, we planned on having this
> information easily accessible on the site as well for each state.
>
> But rest assured, as long as there is one person here that calls themselves
> a Pirate, there will always be a Pirate Party presence in the United
> States.
>
> This is kind of the way political parties in the US are run anyway. There
> is no singular "Democratic Party" there's the "Florida Democratic Party" and
> the "Georgia Democratic Party" etc. They come together every four years for
> something like the Democratic National Committee where they decide who will
> run for President.
>
> Does this help?
>
> Brad Hall
> --
> Former Administrator, United States Pirate Party
> Vice-Chairman, Florida Pirate Party
>
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Ryan Moffitt
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