<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:32px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176857"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_199417"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_199416"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_199415" size="5">Dear Pirates,</font></i></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177978" dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_187536" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5">Introduction prior to impressions to share. My name is <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_187304" href="http://johndickinson.info/">John Dickinson</a> ( <font size="3"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_188236" href="http://johndickinson.info/">http://JohnDickinson.info</a></font> ) )and also John David Roote, David James Roote, Rene Levesque, William Benjamin Parker, Philip Gerard Levasseur, and a few others </font></i></span><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5">including </font></i></span>pet names, The Pink Panther. Yes, I am an admitted pirate, since the sixties, and was happy, ~yarrh~ to see a group of like minded individually /independantly thinking folk who sounded like they might accept me in their emerging group. I read (reed) and read (red) what was offered. Some missions, goals, rules, opinions, positions and volunteer opportunities held me in yardarms. <br></font></i></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_189198" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5">I volunteered, met with the State group, spent time with activities, publicity oriented engagements, and </font></i></span><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_186857" href="http://www.apojigo.com/SIPP">organized a local group</a></font></i></span>.</font></i> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_188792" size="3"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_187303">(</i></font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_188452" size="3"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_187302"> <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_186860" style="" class="" href="http://www.apojigo.com/SIPP" target="_blank">http://www.apojigo.com/SIPP </a>)</i></font><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177976"><i style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177975"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_177974" size="5">I volunteered at the Pirate Times where I encountered the same talkings one can find on any bulletin board: once there are misunderstandings, tones in bold types and disagreements, the name calling raises its ugliness. Listserves have served their purpose this past half century, so there must be a better way to agree to disagree in public. Maybe express everything in pictures so sarcasm is not lost. I don't know, but I glad for you all with or without your membership. I support PPI, PPBE, PPUK, and PPUA's to do as they did. </font></i></span> <br style="" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176860"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_189197" style="" class="" dir="ltr"> </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176879" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176889"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176931" style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18px;">I remain sincerely yours,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176888" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18px;font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18px;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176878" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18px;font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_179190" style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18px;font-style:italic;">John Dickinson</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176887" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18px;font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18px;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_176886"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425478973625_179120" style="font-family:garamond, 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18px;">=access Since 1991 <br>"Be the change that you want <br>to see in the world." <br>M. K. Gandhi </span><br></div></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 32px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 3:52 PM, Josef Ohlsson Collentine <international@piratpartiet.se> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1189302425"><div dir="ltr">Hi Pirates,<div><br></div><div>there's a lot going on around PPI right now so I just wanted to share a collection of links for anyone that wants to read up on some of the things that has happened in 2015. This is how recent events have played out and been portrayed in articles at Pirate Times. The events have been placed in a logical time-line.</div><div>-----</div><div><br></div><div>PPI can't collect fees after CoA decision <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/ppi-board-cannot-collect-fees/">http://piratetimes.net/ppi-board-cannot-collect-fees/</a></div><div><br></div><div>PPI takes help from PPAU to fix this during an extra-ordinary online GA <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/ppi-board-and-ppau-to-conduct-online-general-assembly/">http://piratetimes.net/ppi-board-and-ppau-to-conduct-online-general-assembly/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Brendan (from PPAU) writes about this being the last chance for PPI to reform <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/this-is-our-last-chance-to-reform-ppi/">http://piratetimes.net/this-is-our-last-chance-to-reform-ppi/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The vote, allowing PPAU to help PPI arrange the extra-ordinary GA, was declared invalid. New voting didn't pass which caused PPI to disband the current work done and create a new version of an extra-ordinary assembly in its place without assistance from PPAU <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/online-ga-back-on-as-parties-leave-ppi-poll/">http://piratetimes.net/online-ga-back-on-as-parties-leave-ppi-poll/</a><br><br>A clarification that PPI does have a functioning bank account and some of the problems associated with this new account mentioned in comments on the article <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/correction-ppi-has-a-bank-account/">http://piratetimes.net/correction-ppi-has-a-bank-account/</a></div><div><br></div><div>PPAU leaves PPI <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/the-australian-pirates-leave-ppi/">http://piratetimes.net/the-australian-pirates-leave-ppi/</a></div><div><br></div><div>PPI board responds on PPAU leaving <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/ppi-board-responds-to-ppau-membership-termination/">http://piratetimes.net/ppi-board-responds-to-ppau-membership-termination/</a></div><div><br></div><div>PPUK leaves PPI <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/ppuk-bids-farewell-to-ppi-guest-post/">http://piratetimes.net/ppuk-bids-farewell-to-ppi-guest-post/</a></div><div><br></div><div>PPBE suspends their membership (very similar to leaving apart from not formally decided yet) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://piratetimes.net/ppbe-suspends-their-ppi-membership/">http://piratetimes.net/ppbe-suspends-their-ppi-membership/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Kindly,</div><div>Josef</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv1189302425gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>International Contact for PPSE</b><br>Contact me for any questions/concerns or if you need to get hold of someone in Piratpartiet or internationally.<div><br><div><i>Other contact:</i></div><div>mail: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:international@piratpartiet.se" target="_blank" href="mailto:international@piratpartiet.se">international@piratpartiet.se</a></div><div>Twitter: @collentine<div>Skype: josef.ohlsson.collentine (only important conversations)</div><div>Cel: +46 73 824 98 49<span> (text me, if urgent)</span><br></div></div></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>Public key: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pgp.surfnet.nl/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9585E800CD039BE3">CD039BE3</a> (only encrypted files, mail is not safe)<span><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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