[pp.int.general] General news: PPDE more than 20k members

[Mozart]

Hi Justus,

Your last paragraph is actually a very good idea. It might be  
worthwhile pursing it on a monthly basis.

Regards,
Mozart
(PPAU)

On 14/01/2012, at 4:44 AM, Justus Römeth wrote:

> @ Josef:
>
> Well, I am just an ordinary member. Our international coordinators  
> are Gregory Engels, Thomas Gaul, as well as  Silke Suck for the US (1)
>
> The election to Schleswig Holstein's Landtag are on May 6th. Just  
> check the PPI wiki for upcoming election dates involving pirate  
> parties, at least for Germany that one is fairly reliable. (2)
>
> @Andrew: Well, PPI is set up for the single parties to coordinate,  
> PWB for single pirates (for bigger parties like PPDE such a  
> distinction makes sense). So far the PWB list is only for the  
> coordination of their organization though, and it's not active at  
> all. They help to organize Piraten-Streaming for example to cover  
> Pirate events involving PPDE and other parties in central Europe,  
> but are basically just a formalization of contacts for the different  
> chapters and regular meeting groups around Lake Constance open for  
> all pirates worldwide, though.
>
> I think a regular international newsletter would make sense. No idea  
> how often it should come out (either monthly, bi-weekly or weekly me  
> thinks), and it is probably too much to ask the board to do, so  
> maybe setting up a volunteering press corps, similair to what  
> Flaschenpost is doing for PPDE, may be a good idea. I am in the  
> middle of my thesis atm however, so I don't want to commit to  
> anything before I am done with that and know how my life will  
> continue after uni. In general I could imagine being at least part  
> of such an organization, though...
> There used to be Pirate Party Radio, a podcast that talked about  
> news within the English speaking pirate parties, but the others were  
> unfortunately rather absent.
>
> Kind regards
> -J
>
> 1=http://www.piratenpartei.de/navigation/partei/piratenparteien-weltweit/kontakt
> 2=http://int.piratenpartei.de/Main_Page
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Andrew Norton <ktetch at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
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> On 1/13/2012 5:47 AM, Justus Römeth wrote:
> > Hello Pirates
> > Just wanted to let you know that as of this morning PPDE has more  
> than
> > 20 000 members. More information in German can be found in the
> > Wiki: http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Mitglieder#Mitglieder_nach_Landesverband
> >
> > We have the election of the state/province parliament in the  
> Bundesland
> > of Schleswig-Holstein (North of Hamburg) coming up and aim at 8%,  
> polls
> > see us at 6 at the moment. After the success we have had in Berlin  
> this
> > would be a tremendous success, considering SH is quite a rural  
> place.
> > Many commentators have seen the success we had in Berlin as due to  
> the
> > specific circumstances of Berlin being a city full of young,  
> somewhat
> > innovative people, so success in Schleswig-Holstein would be a big  
> sign
> > of the further appeal we have to ordinary voters outside of big  
> cities.
> >
> > I think it's a good idea to discuss what is going on in the  
> different
> > pirate parties from time to time. If you think this should not be  
> part
> > of the PPI list, maybe we can move it to the pirates without borders
> > list, even though I fear not as many people read that one.
>
> I'd never even heard of it.
>
> In fact, the discussion of what's going on was EXACTLY what this list
> was set up to do. Sometimes people tend to forget that media is not
> limited to one country, but watches the world, and so we can be
> questioned about events that are pirate related, but happening
> elsewhere. If we don't know about them ahead of time, then we're
> thinking off the cuff or admitting 'we don't know', and that just
> doesn't look good.
>
> It's also something I've been pushing the PPI to do as well, pushing a
> brief precis of meeting topics and actions in here once a week "this  
> was
> discussed with this result".
>
> Andrew
>
> >
> > Cheers and ahoi!
> > Justus Römeth
> >
> >
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> - --
> Andrew Norton
> http://ktetch.blogspot.com
> Tel: +1(352)6-KTETCH [+1-352-658-3824]
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