<div class="" id="magicdomid15"><span class="author-p-119">Before the Viena </span><span class="author-p-1063">conference in 2007</span><span class="author-p-119">, PPI was nothing but a mailinglist.</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">Andrew Norton (United States) was appointed as coordinator</span><span class="author-p-117"> of the PPI collective in </span><span class="author-p-119">September </span><span class="author-p-117">200</span><span class="author-p-119">8.</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">He </span><span class="author-p-1063">had to </span><span class="author-p-119">step down in </span><span class="author-p-1063">A</span><span class="author-p-119">ugust 2009 due to the high workload </span><span class="author-p-117">and</span><span class="author-p-119"> resulting health issues.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid16"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid17"><span class="author-p-119">He passed the function over to the "coreteam" wh</span><span class="author-p-1063">ich</span><span class="author-p-119"> since then lead Pirate</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">Parties International.</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">Patrick M</span><span class="author-p-117">ä</span><span class="author-p-119">chler & Samir Allioui lead this team of hard-working pirate volunteers</span><span class="author-p-1063"> as co-presidents</span><span class="author-p-119">.</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">So far, at lot of success has been booked.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid18"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid19"><span class="author-p-117">What happened since we found</span><span class="author-p-1063">ed</span><span class="author-p-117"> the coreteam?</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid20"><span class="author-p-117">1. We kept the infrastructure of PPI intact and expanded it</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid21"><span class="author-p-117">2. We </span><span class="author-p-119">officially found</span><span class="author-p-1063">ed</span><span class="author-p-119"> PPI in Brussels</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid22"><span class="author-p-119">3. We register</span><span class="author-p-117">e</span><span class="author-p-119">d a bank</span><span class="author-p-117"> </span><span class="author-p-119">account</span><span class="author-p-117"> for PPI</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid23"><span class="author-p-119">4.</span><span class="author-p-117"> We</span><span class="author-p-116"> are in the process</span><span class="author-p-117"> of establishing a </span><span class="author-p-119">more </span><span class="author-p-117">democrati</span><span class="author-p-1063">c</span><span class="author-p-117"> PPI</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid24"><span class="author-p-119">5</span><span class="author-p-117">. </span><span class="author-p-119">We have set</span><span class="author-p-116"> </span><span class="author-p-119">up several </span><span class="author-p-117">t</span><span class="author-p-119">askforces </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid25"><span class="author-p-119">6</span><span class="author-p-117">.</span><span class="author-p-119"> We have improved the communication between several parties</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid26">
<span class="author-p-119">7</span><span class="author-p-117">.</span><span class="author-p-119"> We introduced more than a dozen new pirate parties to the world</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid27"><span class="author-p-119">8</span><span class="author-p-117">.</span><span class="author-p-119"> We provided moral support and proof of international support during elections</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid28"><span class="author-p-119">9</span><span class="author-p-117">.</span><span class="author-p-119"> We distributed infrastructur</span><span class="author-p-1063">e</span><span class="author-p-119"> facilities to new pirate parties</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid29"><span class="author-p-119">10</span><span class="author-p-117">. We represented PPI at </span><span class="author-p-119">several</span><span class="author-p-117"> events</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid30">
<span class="author-p-117">11. We managed to establish an open book management</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid31"><span class="author-p-117">12. We </span><span class="author-p-119">have laid down the foundation for a strong corporate identity </span><span class="author-p-1063">every Pirate can</span><span class="author-p-119"> identify with</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid32"><span class="author-p-119">13. We shared and distributed information to and from NGOs</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid33"><span class="author-p-119">14.</span><span class="author-p-117"> We're in the process of stabilising the IT infrastructure</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid34"><span class="author-p-119">15.</span><span class="author-p-117"> We answered </span><span class="author-p-119">thousands</span><span class="author-p-117"> of inquiries and requests, by parties and individuals</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid35"><span class="author-p-119">etc. etc. etc.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid36"><span class="author-p-119"> </span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid37">
<span class="author-p-1063">Yesterday </span><span class="author-p-119">however, Patrick</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">M</span><span class="author-p-117">ä</span><span class="author-p-119">chl</span><span class="author-p-117">e</span><span class="author-p-119">r stepp</span><span class="author-p-1063">ed</span><span class="author-p-119"> down as </span><span class="author-p-117">PPI</span><span class="author-p-119"> interim Co-President</span><span class="author-p-1063"> </span><span class="author-p-119">in favour of Jerry</span><span class="author-p-1063"> Weyer</span><span class="author-p-119"> who was elected, unanimously, by the Coreteam.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid38"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid39"><span class="author-p-1063">Jerry
Weyer is co-founder and Vice-President of the Pirate Party of
Luxembourg. "I joined the PPI Coreteam because it's only by working
together on an international level that the Pirate movement can
advance. My short-term goal is to help organizing the PPI conference
and </span><span class="author-p-119">lay down a foundation for a </span><span class="author-p-1063">more </span><span class="author-p-119">democrati</span><span class="author-p-1063">c
PPI. If I get the opportunity to continue my work after the conference,
my long-term goal is to make of the PPI the umbrella organisation for
every Pirate-related association, capable of providing help and
guidance for its members from the creation process to national
elections. I will invest a lot of time and effort into increasing the
international cooperation between Pirate parties and I am confident
that my background in European law and the fact that I speak four
languages will help intensify the relations between national parties
and the PPI. I want to thank Patrick for his enthusiastic work and I am
looking forward to be part of a motivated team with the aim of
spreading the Pirate agenda all over the world." Jerry will be the PPI
interim Co-President until the PPI conference in April.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid40"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid41"><span class="author-p-1063">In preparation for the conference our taskforces still need motivated Pirates. </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid42"><span class="author-p-1063">The
statutes taskforce is dealing with drafting a set of statutes for PPI
that will be voted on at the conference. If you are interested in
helping out, please drop a mail to <a href="mailto:statutes-tf@pp-international.net">statutes-tf (at) pp-international.net</a> or join the group at <a href="http://mypirates.net">mypirates.net</a>.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid43">
<span class="author-p-1063">The
conference taskforce is responsible for setting up and running the
conference. It is in charge of all administrative and infrastructural
tasks concerning the conference. If you are interested in helping out,
please drop a mail to <a href="mailto:conf-tf@pp-international.net">conf-tf (at) pp-international.net</a>.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid44"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid45"><span class="author-p-1063">The entire coreteam </span><span class="author-p-116">is very grateful to </span><span class="author-p-1063">Patrick for his dedicated work and wishes him good luck in his</span><span class="author-p-119"> future endeavours!</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid46"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid47"><span class="author-p-119">Jerry and Samir.<br><br>***********<br><br>The PPI Presidents can be contacted via <a href="mailto:co-presidents@pp-international.net">co-presidents@pp-international.net</a> or respectively at <a href="mailto:Jerry.Weyer@pp-international.net">Jerry.Weyer@pp-international.net</a> and <a href="mailto:Samir.Allioui@pp-international.net">Samir.Allioui@pp-international.net</a>.<br>
<br>The PPI coreteam meetings take place every Monday evening and are open for everyone to participate. The PPI coreteam agenda accepts items from all pirates, just mail us at <a href="mailto:coreteam@pp-international.net">coreteam@pp-international.net</a> if you want something to be discussed at the meeting.<br>
<br>The coreteam meetings take place on Internet Relay Chat. To attend you might use:<br><br>Web: Try <a href="http://mibbit.com">mibbit.com</a> or an altenative of your choice.<br>Mac OSX, Windows & Linux: Try <a href="http://xchat.org">xchat.org</a><br>
<br>Server : <a href="http://irc.piratpartiet.se">irc.piratpartiet.se</a><br>Channel: #ppi-coreteam<br><br>Meeting minutes are published weekly on the PPI wiki. Due to the high workload of the coreteam, the minutes can sometimes be published with a slight delay, but you can help us out on lowering the workload: <a href="http://int.piratenpartei.de/">http://int.piratenpartei.de/</a><br>
<br>You might also consider a financial donation to support PPI:<br><a href="http://int.piratenpartei.de/Coreteam#Bank_account">http://int.piratenpartei.de/Coreteam#Bank_account</a><br><br></span></div>