[pp.int.general] GA: Membership Requests

[Maja Asanovic]

Who is the representative of "Internet Party of Serbia" on GA?

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 4:08 PM, carlo von lynX <lynX at pirate.my.buttharp.org
> wrote:

> Hello, just went through the applications for membership.
>
>
> 1. I have some worries regarding the request from the
>     "Democratic Pirates of Australia":
>
> According to the statutes of this organisation...
>     - the board consists of only 3 people and has the power to overrule
>       any party decision with a 2/3 majority (art. 1B 2)
>     - the president can do everything the board would be able to do
>       *alone* if the board "ceases to function" (whatever that means)
>       (art. 1B 4)
>     - the president runs the assemblies
>     - the policy committee has to "coordinate" with the president
>       (what if the president ignores them?)
>     - the party member has only duties
>     - two articles indicate that the president alone has the power
>       to expel any party member.
>     - there is no internal justice system.
>
> For me one or two of these points are enough not to consider
> this a democratic organisation. If I look at the statutes more
> closely I may find more criticalities.
>
> 2. Pirate Party of NRW
>
> I don't need to look up the statutes as German laws impose
> internal democracy and justice on any national or regional
> political party.
>
> 3. "Internet Party of Serbia"
>
>     - the board has the power to impede changes to the statutes by the
> assembly (art. 41)
>     - the board of only three people meets only every 4 months and is
> elected for 4 years (art. 29, 31)
>     - the vice president has to do everything the president tells him to
> do, so factually the president can do whatever they like for 4 months
> straight.
>     - the president also decides who organises the assembly (possibly
> themselves) (art. 22)
>     - error: 51% is NOT a simple majority (art. 21 and elsewhere)
>     - there is no internal justice system.
>
> Same considerations as for (1).
>
> 4. Pirate Party of New York
>
> Possibly lucky for them (excuse me making fun of myself at this
> point), I was not able to access the statutes. They are protected
> by a surveillance+javascript-enforcement shield (Google Drive).
> What about using the wiki's file upload facility?
>
>
> Hope this is useful to everyone. Thanks for your attention.
>
>
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