<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hash: SHA1<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-does-the-council-of-eu-hate-freedom">http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-does-the-council-of-eu-hate-freedom</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">As the negotiations of the conciliation committee on the Telecoms<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Package unfold, the Council of the European Union came up with a new,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">alarming proposal. Member States offered to replace the notorious<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"amendment 138" [1], an essential safeguard for citizen's freedom, with<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a dangerous "knock-off" [2]. But the new version is not only<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">neutralizing citizens' protections adopted twice by 88% of the European<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Parliament; it reduces legal protections for online activites in an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">attempt to implement what looks like an open door to a repressive nightmare.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">For the Council, the right to a due process, which is crucial to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">preserve justice in a democracy, could be limited "in order to assure<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">national security, defence, public security, and the prevention,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">investigation, detection, and prosecution of criminal offences. ".<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Restricting Internet access without a prior ruling by the judicial<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">authorities in order to prevent and detect crime? Is this the Council's<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">vision for the future of European societies? It sounds for them that the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">right to a fair trial shoud only be an option...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">More than ever, the European Parliament must remain firm in its<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">commitment to protecting the freedoms of EU citizens.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Here is the full text of the Council's unacceptable proposition :<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Proposition for Article 1.3.a of the Framework directive.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> "Measures taken by Member States regarding end-users' access to or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">use of services and applications through electronic communication<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">networks shall respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">persons, including in relation to privacy, freedom of expression and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">access to information and due process and the right to effective<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">judicial protection in compliance with the general principles of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Community law. Any such measures shall in particular respect the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">principle of a fair and impartial procedure, including the right to be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">heard.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> This paragraph is without prejudice to the competence of a Member<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">State to determine in line with its own constitutional order and with<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fundamental rights appropriate procedural safeguards assuring due<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">process. This may include requirements of a judicial decision<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">authorising the measures to be taken and may take account of the need to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">adopt urgent measures in order to assure national security, defence,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">public security, and the prevention, investigation, detection, and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">prosecution of criminal offences."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">1. Amendment 138 is located in article 8.4 of the Framework directive<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2. ... which would be placed in article 1.3<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- --<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- --- La Quadrature du Net --- <a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/">http://www.laquadrature.net</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/">http://enigmail.mozdev.org/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">iEYEARECAAYFAkrMwqkACgkQ1eTOPM/5+wuM1ACeNkY2Szho2wQ+WzekcewOJ6gk<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">uzMAni1aRxs7eOID9voM8vqbDvc4tVUH<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">=tgm/<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">On Oct 13, 2009, at 8:46 AM, cwicket wrote:</span></blockquote></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Usually I do not promote any other organization through this ML, and I am not a fervent supporter of La Quadrature. But I do respect their work and I admit that they have done very useful job until now.<br><br>So I would urge you to answer their call, to contact your MEP today before 11:00 am for those who can.<br><br>Further info right here :<br><a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-does-the-council-of-eu-hate-freedom">http://www.laquadrature.net/en/telecoms-package-does-the-council-of-eu-hate-freedom</a><br>and here http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/URGENT_action_save_am138_against_horrible_compromise<br><br>Le 12/10/09 12:00, pp.international.general-request@lists.pirateweb.net a écrit :<br><blockquote type="cite">Send pp.international.general mailing list submissions to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pp.international.general-request@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pp.international.general-owner@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">than "Re: Contents of pp.international.general digest..."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Today's Topics:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> 1. Current Progress of the Coreteam (Patrick M?chler)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message: 1<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:07:51 +0200<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Patrick M?chler <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><patrick.maechler@pp-international.net><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: [pp.int.general] Current Progress of the Coreteam<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: Pirate Parties International -- General Talk<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Message-ID:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b52726010910110807w514ba5d7y12323dc36277aa82@mail.gmail.com><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dear Pirates<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">This is a digest of the coreteam meeting minutes of the past weeks. We<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">eventually came to the conclusion that from now on we would make send<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">out digests presenting the progress and important decisions by the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">coreteam in an informal way, while still providing those who are<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">interested in all nuts and bolts with the formal meeting protocoll<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(they are also necessary for us as well).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Since the last publication, there have been 4 coreteam meetings and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">there is one addendum to make to the one from September 3rd: Namely<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that voting is carried out among coreteam members and that Moira<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Br?llisauer's role is that of an advisor.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On September 7th we continued the work on the PPI logo design<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(including legal issues) and general introductions for PPI press kits.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Laurent Le Besnerais aka cwicket was appointed as new head of the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">techteam. We are constantly looking for helping hands. If you are<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">interested in helping out in the techteam, please contact him by<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Laurent.LeBesnerais@pp-international.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The goal of the translation team is it to have at least one person in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">every language available. If you are interested in helping out the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">translation team, please contact Enrique.Errea@pp-international.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">There were also changes within the coreteam. Nicolas Sahlqvist was<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">appointed as treasurer<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">( nicolas.sahlqvist@pp-international.net ), Ralph Hinterleitner<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">stepped down as CAO for personal reasons. Will Tovey (<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">will.tovey@pp-international.net ) from PP-UK took that position.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Currently we are looking for a coreteam member to take over Thilo<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Schumann's position, who unfortunately cannot afford enough spare time<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for leading the GFX/FILM + Grassroots& Socialmedia team<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We agreed upon a more explicit responsibility allocation between<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">coreteam members. It can be seen at<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Coreteam_Responsibilites<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">PPI will also support the forming PPs in Serbia, Slovakia<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Also we'd like to mention that a PP in Luxembourgh was founded on 4th<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">October (currently about 150 people)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">In other news there is an ongoing discussion about the telecom package<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that is discussed at EU level. We'd like to ask all EU-based PPs to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">inform themselves about the issue and to take action.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Last but not least we agreed upon a PPI signet which can be found here:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://int.piratenpartei.de/Image:PPI-signet.png<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Currently we're in the process of setting up a statute draft and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fixing the conference in November (coretx and valio), redoing the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">website (cwicket& techteam), improving the processes within the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">coreteam (Duke).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The formal protocols can be acquired at<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://int.piratenpartei.de/Category:PPI_Coreteam_Minutes<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Note: This is an ad interim wiki, that will be soon migrated to the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pp-international.net domain<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with pirately Greetings<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Samir and Patrick<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">------------------------------<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pp.international.general mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">End of pp.international.general Digest, Vol 32, Issue 28<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">********************************************************<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><br>____________________________________________________<br>Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br>pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>