ICYMI: Updates from the 5/10 Meeting
ICYMI
Arizona – The Arizona Pirate Party are currently holding a t-shirt design contest. All are welcome to submit designs, and submissions will be accepted until 11:59pm on Saturday May 16th. You can find the link to submit designs here.
Bylaws – An update to the bylaws will be voted on during the 5/17 meeting, with a vote to table the amendment until this particular meeting passing 3-2-1, with the one “No” vote coming from Florida, who wished to have the amendment passed ASAP versus next week.
The amendment, pertaining to quorum and updated to reflect the true workings of our meetings, will be the first piece of business voted on during the 5/17 meeting, following IDs and reports.
Committees – A request has been made for platform during last week’s meeting has been reiterated. Platform committee has been asked to articulate our position more accurately and explicitly to voice our concerns over Citizens United and getting money out of politics.
Current debate involves whether this is an extension of “Opening up the Government” or shall be under a new plank, tentatively entitled “Restoring Democratic Integrity.”
Drew Bingaman – Drew appeared on the United States Transhumanist Party’s Virtual Enlightenment Salon yesterday to discuss various topics and promote his campaign. Drew follows Blase Henry who also recently joined to promote his campaign. Of note is that this is not the first time Drew has been a guest on a Virtual Enlightenment Salon.
You can check out the most recent episode with Drew here, and don’t forget to check out Drew’s first appearance as well.
National Bull Moose Party – Members of the National Bull Moose Party joined our meeting last night to observe and ask questions. We want to thank everyone who joined us, including their party’s Chair and Secretary, for what ended up being a bit of a long one (I am undercutting this). If you’re interested in learning more about their party, you can visit their website here.
Pirate National Conference – On June 6th-7th, the United States Pirate Party will be holding our 2026 Pirate National Conference. PNC 2026: […] Hoist the Colours and Spill the Tea (20 Years a Pirate!) will be a hybrid conference, allowing folks to attend in-person in Boston or online via Jitsi. You can sign up for the conference by clicking the link below
SIGN UP FOR THE 2026 CONFERENCE
Vermont – An invitation has been extended to Cris Ericson of Vermont to see if she would like to receive our endorsement. Cris, a longtime activist for marijuana legalization and tax reform, was pointed in our direction by our friends in the Legal Marijuana Now Party and is largely one of the reasons for “Signing Day,” which shall be discussed in greater detail later this week.
As this was an open meeting, there is no YouTube livestream recording. The meeting, in turn, shall have it’s meeting minutes recorded on the Pirate Wiki.