[pp.int.general] Invitation to the Pirate Parties International

[Lola Voronina]

Fellow Pirates,

We would like to invite you to the 2012 Pirate Parties International
conference which will be held on April 14th and 15th in Prague, Czech
Republic.

During this conference, the General Assembly - the highest body of the PPI
-  will decide upon the admittance of new members to the PPI, elect a new
board and discuss and vote on amendments to the PPI statutes. In addition
there will be an open space and a parallel session for Pirate Party
Europe/EU discussions.
Speeches will be given by Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Pirate Party Member
of the European Parliament and Laurence Vandewalle, policy advisor on
telecommunications and free culture from the Greens/EFA Group in the
European Parliament. Saturday's program will be closed with a keynote
address by Cory Doctorow, blogger, journalist and well known
anti-copying-monopoly fighter.
The preliminary timetable can be found at the end of this message.

Each PPI member can register up to 6 persons as official delegates (PPI
Statutes IX.4), but all Pirates and interested persons are very welcome to
join as guests.

*To register for the conference, please visit
**http://ppiga.pirati.cz*<http://ppiga.pirati.cz/>
*.*

The participation fee is 25€ (35€ after April 1st). As the PPI collects no
membership fees, the organizing committee relies on participation fees and
donations to organize the event. We ask every participant to transfer the
participation fee as soon as possible. You can use either a bank account
transfer to CZ6020100000002700074034, a paypal transfer to* *
paypal at ceskapiratskastrana.cz or you can pay with Bitcoins (to do so, check
the apropriate box in the registration form and then follow instructions).
Don't forget to add a note stating your name and that it is a participation
fee. In exceptional cases where the participation fee is an insurmountable
obstacle to participate in the conference, interested persons can contact
the board at *board at pp-international.net* and we will try to find a sponsor
so that you may participate in the conference.

The official sessions of the General Assembly will be streamed. Remote
participation will be possible. Detailed instructions will be sent to you
as soon as possible. Remote participants should also register at the
aforementioned location but do not have to pay the participation fee.

Each member is permitted to submit amendments to the PPI statutes. To
submit your proposals please use this form:
http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2012/Proposals or send an e-mail
to the board at *board at pp-international.net*. The deadline for submitting
proposals is March 16th 2011, 23:59  CET.

The General Assembly will also elect a new board of the PPI. Candidates
shall submit their application on
http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2012/Board_candidatures or
e-mail their application *to board at pp-international.net*.

If you are not yet a member of PPI but want to join you can apply for
membership following the procedure described on this page:
http://int.piratenpartei.de/Membership_application

If you need an official invitation for visa purposes, addressed personally
to you, please e-mail your contact details and necessary information as
soon as possible to the Board at *board at pp-international.net*. We will then
send to you (or to the Czech consulate if this is required in your country)
a formal invitation.

For further information concerning the 2012 PPI conference you can visit
http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2012 or contact the Board at *
board at pp-international.net*.

Kind regards,

the Board of the PPI

==
Preliminary timetable:

*Friday April 13th*

19.00 - Social event

*Saturday April 14th*

08.30 - Registration
09.00 - Opening of the conference
10.00 - Ordinary and observer membership applications
11.30 - Start of Open Space Day 1 (all day parallel to
speeches/keynotes/sessions)
12.00 - Speech by Amelia Andersdotter
12.30 - Lunch
14:00 - Speech by Laurence Vandewalle
15.00 - Pirate Party Europe/EU session
16.00 - Keynote addressed by Cory Doctorow
16.30 - Pirate Party Europe/EU session & Open Space Day 1 (cont.)
18.00 - End of Day 1
20.00 - Social event

*Sunday April 15th*

08.30 - Start of Day 2
09.00 - Reports by the Board of the PPI
10.00 - Elections

   - Board elections (Co-chairmen, CAO, Treasurer, board members)


   - Court of Arbitration elections


   - Lay auditors elections

12.30 - Lunch
14:30 - Motions and statutes amendments
14:30 - Start of Open Space Day 2 (parallel to motions and statute
amendments)
17:00 - Closing keynote
18.00 - End of Day 2

The detailed timetable can be found here:
http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2012/timetable

Best regards,
Lola Voronina,
Chief Administrative Officer, Pirate Parties International
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