<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div id="magicdomid18" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">Ahoy, </span></div><div id="magicdomid127" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid128" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">As you may know, the European Commission has opened a public consultation on "Civil enforcement of intellectual property rights: public consultation on the efficiency of proceedings and accessibility of measures" [1, 2, 3]</span></div><div id="magicdomid129" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid130" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">While we encourage every pirate to answer to this consultation personally, PPI, as an organisation aimed to support the pirate movement, will submit its own response to the consultation. In order to do this more effectively, it is recommended that PPI lists itself in the European transparency register [4].</span></div><div id="magicdomid131" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid132" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">We, the PPI board, are looking for a volunteer who would be responsible for conducting the following tasks:</span></div><div id="magicdomid133" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* prepare the answers to the questionnaire according to the interest of PPI and PPI's members</span></div><div id="magicdomid134" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* collect feedback on proposed answers</span></div><div id="magicdomid135" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* prepare the registration for the EU transparency register</span></div><div id="magicdomid136" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* report to the board of PPI about progress.</span></div><div id="magicdomid137" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid138" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">Ideally you should be:</span></div><div id="magicdomid139" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* knowledgeable about IPRED and the connected law fields</span></div><div id="magicdomid140" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* knowledgeable about the Pirate Parties position in those fields</span></div><div id="magicdomid141" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">* proficient in writing in the English language.</span></div><div id="magicdomid142" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid143" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">The deadline for submitting the answers is March 30th 2013. We are estimating an work effort that comes with this at about 20 to 40 hours.</span></div><div id="magicdomid144" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid145" class="ace-line" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">Please apply at board (at) <a href="http://pp-international.net">pp-international.net</a> - we would like to pick a candidate in the board meeting January 8th.</span></div><div id="magicdomid38" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid39" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">[1] Consultation website </span><span class=" url" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; "><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2012/intellectual-property-rights_en.htm" style="cursor: pointer !important; ">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2012/intellectual-property-rights_en.htm</a></span></div><div id="magicdomid40" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid41" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">[2] document describing the consultancy process </span><span class=" url" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; "><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/docs/2012/intellectual-property-rights/consultation-document_en.pdf" style="cursor: pointer !important; ">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/docs/2012/intellectual-property-rights/consultation-document_en.pdf</a></span></div><div id="magicdomid42" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid43" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">[3] the question of the questionairy </span><span class=" url" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; "><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/docs/2012/intellectual-property-rights/questionnaire_en.pdf" style="cursor: pointer !important; ">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/docs/2012/intellectual-property-rights/questionnaire_en.pdf</a></span></div><div id="magicdomid44" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid45" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">[4] European Transparency register </span><span class=" url" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; "><a href="http://europa.eu/transparency-register/index_en.htm" style="cursor: pointer !important; ">http://europa.eu/transparency-register/index_en.htm</a></span><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; "> </span></div><div id="magicdomid46" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid47" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></div><div id="magicdomid48" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><span class="" style="cursor: auto; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; ">sincerely yours, </span></div><div id="magicdomid49" class="" style="padding-right: 1px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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