ICYMI: Updates from the 5/24 Meeting
ICYMI
Arizona – Arizona is participating in “A Future Without War” today, tabling and passing our USPP literature. The event ran from 8am-2pmPT. Updates from the event itself should come during the 5.31 meeting.
California – The California Pirate Party has relaunched their website, which you can visit here. California formally remains a probationary state, however, their status should be changed back as soon as the 5.31 meeting, given their chapter’s indiscretions have been resolved.
Florida – The next Florida Pirate Party meeting is scheduled to take place on May 30th at 8pmET.
Illinois – The next Illinois Pirate Party meeting is scheduled to take place June 14th at 7pmCT. Illinois Pirates have also offered to accompany anyone interested in attending the Chicago Hounds vs New England Free Jacks game on Sunday, June 7th, providing an alternative to walking the second Freedom Trail camera walk as is currently planned for the 2026 Conference.
Maryland – Pirates from our Maryland Pirate Party have set out to host a park clean-up event at Paul Revere Park on June 7th at 10amET, providing an alternative to walking the first Freedom Trail camera walk as is currently planned for the 2026 Conference.
Massachusetts – Our 2026 Pirate National Conference: […] Hoist the Colours and Spill the Tea (20 Years a Pirate!) is right around the corner. Taking place in Boston, this conference would not be possible without the help, hardwork and organizational prowess of the Massachusetts Pirate Party. So to Jamie O’Keefe, Joe Onoroski, Steve Revilak, Eli McGee and every single Massachusetts Pirate that played their part in making this a successful conference. Without you all, there wouldn’t be a 20th year of the Pirate Party, let alone a well-planned 20th anniversary celebration Conference.
We thank you all so very much for the work you do.
Nevada – Early voting has begun for the Sparks City Council race! Voting will conclude following our conference. We are incredibly proud of the campaign Hunter Rand has ran, and we are excited to watch it play out. You’re a rockstar, Hunter. Thanks for running the quintessential Pirate campaign; a true exemplar of an honest campaign that we as Pirates hope to run every single time.
Pennsylvania – Drew Bingaman recently joined us as guest on Talk the Plank! to promote his campaign. That episode can be found here!
Pirate National Committee Board – As is done yearly, a new board will be elected during the conference. The following are the candidates for this year’s election:
- Captain – “Jolly” Mitchel Davilo (I), Eli McGee
- Vice Captain – Blase Henry, Vermin Supreme
- Scribe – Blase Henry (I), Lily Boyt, Wanda Ward
- Treasurer – Darren McKeeman (I), Eli McGee
- Lookout – AJ Porter, Joseph Onoroski, Joel Lightfoot
- Auditor – Eli McGee (I), Mars Bale, Joel Lightfoot
- Swarmcare Manager – Wanda Ward, Eli McGee
- Webmaster – Mars Bale (I), Eli McGee
- PR Director – Blase Henry, Lily Boyt, Rowan Tipping
An (I) indicates an incumbent running for re-election. Should a candidate be elected, they will be removed from consideration from other positions. Results will come following the conclusion of the 2026 Conference. There will be no regular meeting on June 7th.
Pirate National Conference – Less than two weeks out until the 2026 Pirate National Conference: Piratey McPirateface, of the House of Supreme, Heir to the Crown of the United States of America, Held By His Father Vermin Supreme, and Sole Heir to the Kingdom of Libertalia, By the Grace of God, King of Castile, of León, of Aragon, of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Dalmatia, of Croatia, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Mallorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, of Córdoba, of Corsica, of Murcia, of Jaén, of the Algarves, of Algeciras, of the Canary Islands, of the East and West Indies, of the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea; Archduke of Austria; Duke of Burgundy, of Brabant, of Milan, of Athens and Neopatria; Count of Habsburg, of Flanders, of Tyrol, of Barcelona, of Roussillon, and of Cerdanya; Marquess of Oristano and Count of Goceano, Duke of Sealand, Mayor of Des Moines, Mr. Florida 1999, Reborn, Runs for Something to Spill This Tea and Hoist the Colours Over the Stolen Pirate National Conference of 2024, aka Hoist the Colours and Spill the Tea
20 Years a Pirate!
takes place. If you haven’t signed up yet, you’re not too late. You can do so here.
Signing Day – A brainchild of the Legal Marijuana Now Party, the first ever Signing Day took place on May 23rd. The premise is simple: independent and minor party candidates are seeking volunteers for petition circulation. 70% of U.S. voters say they want a “third party” (read “something else”). So let’s give them a day that lets folks introduce people to candidates, causes and everything that might need help gaining signatures.
We want to thank the LMNP for their efforts in organizing the first Signing Day. Not for a lack of trying, the United States Pirate Party did have members go out seeking petitions, but came away empty on the photographic side of things. Not only do we appreciate our friends in the Legal Marijuana Now Party for launching this project, but for carrying out the project with proof of concept.
Next year, whether it remains the fourth Saturday of May or otherwise, we will be sure to better promote Signing Day and work to work together with fellow minor parties and independent candidates to ensure a successful Signing Day for everyone involved.
These are the updates! Despite the actual meeting being cancelled due to the holiday, we would never pass up the opportunity to post an ICYMI for all Pirate related news.
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