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

[Justus Römeth]

Great work, also that you could get @Doctorow to hold a speech!

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Lola Voronina <
lola.voronina at pp-international.net> wrote:

> 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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