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<span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">Dear Pirates and Privateers!</span></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px">
<span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">From March 12th to 13th the Pirate Parties International (PPI) will hold its 2011 conference in Friedrichshafen, Germany. For this occasion we would like to invite every Pirate and interested person to join us to discuss the international Pirate movement. Over 65 representatives from 13 countries of 4 continents already confirmed their attendance and over 100 more issued a strong interest.</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">In the spirit of maintaining communication and co-operation between Pirate Parties around the world the afternoons of March 12th an 13th are reserved for an Open Space event workshop. Taking into account the grassroots principles of the movement, participants will benefit from the extraordinary possibility to discuss with representatives of Pirate Parties from all over the world in an open and diverse environment. </span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">Open Space Technology is a powerful tool that allows to handle the most complex matters with the ease of a coffee break, and will allow us to take a glance at the future of the Pirate movement, international cooperation and the PPI. We will create a space where you'll work with other pirates to identify and address the most important issues in your work, your organization and your community. Come prepared with your own burning questions and pressing needs; and be ready to address them in a dynamic, high-learning environment!</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">Based on all of your ideas and questions, we will quickly develop a flexible agenda that will lead us through the next one and a half days of intensive discussions. All results are constantly documented and instantly shared with all the other participants. At the end, we will have not only a compiled document that documents the results but also new task groups will have formed that will bring the work forward to our common goals.</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">The time is right, the place is set, now it's your turn to get active!</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">We still have some conference tickets left, but overall space is limited, so go and register now. On March 12th and 13th representatives of Pirate Parties from all over the world will meet in Friedrichshafen and you can join them!</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px"><b>To register for this event, please visit </b></span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px"><a href="http://conference.pp-international.net/" target="_blank"><b>http://conference.pp-international.net/</b></a></span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px"><b>. </b></span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">Registration fee is 50€. In case you have only confirmed your participaten on Facebook, please visit the above site to complete your registration, or we can not hold your booking. </span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">For further information concerning the 2011 PPI conference you can visit </span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px"><a href="http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2011" target="_blank">http://int.piratenpartei.de/PPI_Conference_2011</a></span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px"> or contact the Board at </span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px"><i><a href="mailto:board@pp-international.net" target="_blank">board@pp-international.net</a></i></span><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">.</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">Kind regards,</span></div>
<div style="padding-right:1px"><br></div><div style="padding-right:1px"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:1px">the Board of the PPI</span></div>
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