ICYMI: Updates from the 7/12 Meeting
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Arizona – Last Monday, Arizona held their protest of the plan by the Indian Health Services to shut down the only health clinic in Tucson. The protest was later shut down by tribal police, but not before receiving some news coverage. Check that out here!
Bylaws – We have updated our bylaws to allow the Pirate National Committee to conduct our yearly elections with methods beyond Schultze. Officers shall be elected via one of the following methods via silent ballot as selected by the PNC: Instant-runoff, Runoff, Ranked pairs, Schulze, Borda, Approval, Score, or Score Then Automatic Runoff (STAR).
Illinois – The Illinois Pirate Party has updated their meeting schedule, starting August 2nd, to hold meetings during the first and third Sunday of each month. The 2nd Sunday, while unconfirmed, is planned to be the day set aside for the Chicagoland Pirate Party meeting.
In addition, the Davilo for Midlothian Village Board of Trustees campaign shall begin in earnest come August. Currently, the plan will be to appear on the ballot under the designation “Midlothian Pirate Party,” which shall be recognized by the Illinois and Chicagoland Pirate Parties as an organization within their ranks.
Maryland – The Maryland Pirate Party has continued their outreach efforts which has culminated in an uptick in interest for the state chapter. The MDPP is actively campaigning to host the 2027 Pirate National Conference in Baltimore.
North Carolina – The NCPP inquired about candidate endorsement. Per the traditions of the party, state parties are able to endorse state and local candidates without seeking the endorsement of the national party. The NCPP, which is actively seeking more membership and volunteers, recently interviewed a local candidate and was considering endorsement, but wished to not proceed without speaking with the board first.
Pirate National Conference – We are currently discussing possible locations for the 2027 PNC. Right now, the top discussed locations have been Baltimore, MD, Mobile, AL and Milwaukee, WI. It could be one of these three, it could be a dark horse. More discussions to come.
Platform – Per the recommendations of the Platform Committee, our police reform plank has been updated to include bullet points for “Ending cash bail” and “Ending prison slavery.” Further discussions regarding our copyright position have been pushed to next week.
That is all the news from the 7.12 meeting. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we were not able to livestream, however, we did record the meeting and are looking to upload the meeting to YouTube.
Our next meeting is 7.19 and will be open to the public.
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