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 ==== Minutes ====
 **Meeting 17 of the PPEU council 24.11.2024, 09:30 CET/08:30 UTC**
 Meeting is in hybrid form, taking place in Prague and online\\
 Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgiLKqO0aYY\\
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 **Participants:**
 C: Florian Roussel\\
 VC: Marek Barbuš\\
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 YPE Samuel Enenkl\\
 **Guests:**
 Mattias Bjärnemalm, Pirate Parties Network Officer\\
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 . Decisions and discussions\\
 a. Budget 2025\\
-b. Board Proposal on the structuration of the organization administration and associated recruitement\\
+b. Board Proposal on the structure of the organization administration and associated recruitment\\
-c. Board call for the collective rebuilding of the European Pirate Party : welcoming declarations of needs, projects and plans from Members and individual pirates\\
+c. Board call for the collective rebuilding of the European Pirate Party: welcoming declarations of needs, projects and plans from Members and individual pirates\\
 d. PPGR motion submission against the ongoing Palestinian genocide by the Israeli regime\\
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 Since the board meeting, PPGR have paid their fees, so the income is greater than it was during that meeting.\\
-We spent our emergency funds for the first time, on the following - PLEASE CHECK - :
+We spent our emergency funds for the first time, on the following:\\
-. Funding elements related to a workshop to develop a future vision for the PPEU
+- Funding elements related to a workshop to develop a future vision for the PPEU\\
-    A journey to Germany for negotiations about managing IT sources
+- Mission to Germany for negotiations about managing IT resources\\
-    No questions were received from the participants.\\
+No questions were received from the participants.\\
 **2.b Applications for 18th Council Meeting**
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 The candidates presented themselves to the meeting.\\
-Candidates: \\
+Candidates:\\
-    Babak Tubis https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/candidacy-babak-tubis/785\\
-    Björn Levi Gunnarsson https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/candidacy-bjorn-levi-gunnarsson/783\\
+- Babak Tubis https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/candidacy-babak-tubis/785\\
+- Björn Levi Gunnarsson https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/candidacy-bjorn-levi-gunnarsson/783\\
 **3.c Questions to the candidates**
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 Thanasis:\\
-    I would like to know what the candidate's take is on\\
+I would like to know what the candidate's take is on:\\
-    - The far right threat\\
+ - The far right threat\\
-    - The Israel-Palestinian conflict\\
+ - The Israel-Palestinian conflict\\
-    - The use of western weapons in Ukraine for fighting Russia\\
+ - The use of western weapons in Ukraine for fighting Russia\\
-Babak: About the Israel-Palestinian conflct. The way both sides are dealing with this war is not apprpriate. There was a solution in the past before Arafat died. To find a new, peaceful solution is a task of it's own, but it has to be peaceful or it won't last. I don't care who's the attacker. They are both wrong.
+Babak: About the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The way both sides are dealing with this war is not appropriate. There was a solution in the past before Arafat died. To find a new, peaceful solution is a task of it's own, but it has to be peaceful or it won't last. I don't care who's the attacker. They are both wrong.\\
-About the Ukraine-Russian conflict. Use of western weapons. Countries have a contract with each other. The aggression came from Russia. Russia must withdraw and go back to following the contract that all countries have agreed to follow.
+About the Ukraine-Russian conflict. Use of western weapons. Countries have a contract with each other. The aggression came from Russia. Russia must withdraw and go back to following the contract that all countries have agreed to follow.\\
-About the far right threat: There are real reasons why people have to move, but guns at the borders are not a sustainable solution. We have to work together globally. I might have an opinion, but I have people who have a better knowledge than me. I will always ask them for information and then check if that's appropriate and see if there's a way to create a world for the people who come after us.
+About the far right threat: There are real reasons why people have to move, but guns at the borders are not a sustainable solution. We have to work together globally. I might have an opinion, but I have people who have a better knowledge than me. I will always ask them for information and then check if that's appropriate and see if there's a way to create a world for the people who come after us.\\
-Björn: Iceland is a small country with no weapons and can't really be a part of this process.
+Björn: Iceland is a small country with no weapons and can't really be a part of this process. Russia is an aggressive state and should answer to that in every possible way.\\
-         Russia is an aggressive state and should answer to that in every possible way.
+Israel-Palestine: There is a genocide happening: the response to the Hamas attack is in no way proportional to what is required in International law.\\
-Israel-Palestine: There is a genocide happening: the response to the Hamas attack is in no way proportional to what is required in International law.
-Alessandro: Do you feel that you are representing the whole movement or that you are a servant of the movement?
+Alessandro: Do you feel that you are representing your respective pirate party or that you are a servant of the whole movement?\\
-Babak: If I'm talking as a member of the PPEU board, then I always have to check and talk about the standpoint of the PPEU
+Babak: If I'm talking as a member of the PPEU board, then I always have to check and talk about the standpoint of the PPEU\\
-Björn: I consider myself as a servant in my role as a board member
+Björn: I consider myself as a servant in my role as a board member\\
-Exile: Do you have any contacts with International pirates organizations such as PPI or PPNGO? - note - check the names of the organizations
+Exile: Do you have any contacts with International pirates organizations such as PPI or other NGOs?
 Babak: nothing\\
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 https://wiki.ppeu.net/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ppeu:2025_tentative-budget.pdf\\
-The increase in emergency expenses is to ensure adequate room for addressing emergencies related to council meetings. \\
+The increase in emergency expenses is to ensure adequate room for addressing emergencies related to council meetings.\
 Lukas: The budget is mostly composed of the member fees. Do you plan to also run a fundraising campaign considering we are currently spending more than we are getting?\\
-Alessandro: We tried to open an OpenCollective account with Florian last year, but there were issues with it. It wasn't just beaurocracy. We could do this, but we have never succeeded. We also have to consider the political implications of a fundraising campaign. The council can give the board a political vision where this can help us raise funds.\\
+Alessandro: We tried to open an OpenCollective account with Florian last year, but there were issues with it. It wasn't just bureaucracy. We could do this, but we have never succeeded. We also have to consider the political implications of a fundraising campaign. The council can give the board a political vision where this can help us raise funds.\\
-Mikulas: We could raise the fees, but I'm not in a position to recommend anything because I am not the chair anymore. \\
+Mikuláš: We could raise the fees, but I'm not in a position to recommend anything because I am not the chair anymore. \\
 Marek: Can we ask the MEPs to help fund us?\\
-Mikulas: There are rules controlling this. You can not use the money from the parliament to fund your party. [ party] has successfully raised enough funds to keep 7 staff members\\
+Mikuláš: There are rules controlling this. You can not use the money from the parliament to fund your party. [ party] has successfully raised enough funds to keep 7 staff members\\
 Lukas: Currently we have €10,000 on our account and we are spending €3,000. I agree with Alessandro, that we should try to find options that consider the political implications. We have heard several ideas, but this is not the right place for an extended discussion.
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 https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/17th-council-meeting-2025-budget-vote/798\\
 Tentative budget vote:\\
-    For: 18 \\
-    Against: 0\\
-    Abstain: 0\\
-    The tentative budget was approved
-A merging of points 4b and 4c was proposed.
+- In favour: 18\\
-The proposal was approved and points 4b and 4c were merged into 4b.
+- Against: 0\\
+- Abstain: 0\\
+The tentative budget was approved\\
+A merging of points 4b and 4c was proposed.\\
+The proposal was approved and points 4b and 4c were merged into 4b.\\
-**4.b Board Proposal on the structuring of the organization administration and associated recruitement, and the collective rebuilding of the European Pirate Party : welcoming declarations of needs, projects and plans from Members and individual pirates**
+**4.b Board Proposal on the structuring of the organization administration and associated recruitment, and the collective rebuilding of the European Pirate Party : welcoming declarations of needs, projects and plans from Members and individual pirates**
 Florian explained the motions, starting from the latest: there is a soft consensus that PPEU needs to be more open and so we need more persons in. A new tentative structure could help us to achieve future goals.\\
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 Marco: It is my understanding that the topic will be put up and the proposal will be submitted to the next council meeting too.\\
-Mikulas: This time 'round it is a discussion point. We do not have a formal motion to vote on.\\
+Mikuláš: This time 'round it is a discussion point. We do not have a formal motion to vote on.\\
 Exile: As we are going through a brainstorm. Instead of nominating delegates for each council meeting, we should have standing delegates between council meetings who can work on proposals.\\
 Marco: there is a thing that I consider quite pressing that would require collaboration . That is the AI topoic. The EU AI act is quite tame on this point. There is a lot of stuff that is not consistent with AI, such as consumer protections, but I'm not sure that this is the right place for it because it can also be done through collaboration between individual pirates.\\
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 Lukas: Is there a platform where people can gather to discussed topics, such as discourse, or is there a plan to set up something like that?\\
-Alessandro: It is great that we are doing it asynchronously online. The only moment that I saw a great effort materialize was in Strassbourg. We were there for 2 days. We were able to produce something. This process is even more important and even more challenging because it isn't a political proposal. We should delegate tasks because if we have a schedule we will get it done. I agree 100% with Florian that we need to rebuild our movement, but we can't just talk about it, we need to do. We must imagine what we want to see and then work on it.'\\
+Alessandro: It is great that we are doing it asynchronously online. The only moment that I saw a great effort materialize was in Strasbourg. We were there for 2 days. We were able to produce something. This process is even more important and even more challenging because it isn't a political proposal. We should delegate tasks because if we have a schedule we will get it done. I agree 100% with Florian that we need to rebuild our movement, but we can't just talk about it, we need to do. We must imagine what we want to see and then work on it.\\
-Florian: It will be introduced online on Discourse and in a form.
+Florian: It will be introduced online on Discourse and in a form.\\
 **4.d PPGR motion submission against the ongoing Palestinian genocide by the Israeli regime**
-Thanasis: As the pirate party of Greece, we strongly believe that the PPEU has refrained for too long to take a political stance on the conflict in Gaza and the west bank, and on the expansion of Israel. The conflict between Istrael and Iran was supported by the US . It is better to be late than sorry.\\
+Thanasis: As the pirate party of Greece, we strongly believe that the PPEU has refrained for too long to take a political stance on the conflict in Gaza and the west bank, and on the expansion of Israel. The conflict between Israel and Iran was supported by the US. It is better to be late than sorry.\\
 Firstly, we should take a stance to provide food and support to the victims of this conflict.\\
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 We oppose the systemic violence in Gaza\\
 We confirm our commitment to international law\\
-We denounce the threat to the sovreignty of all \\
+We denounce the threat to the sovereignty of all\\
 We should discuss options for pursuing a peaceful resolution and since there are time constraints to council meetings, the board should propose a dedicated council meeting to discuss this topic.\\
-Philip: personally, I don't see anything objectional, but I wonder why this should be done att the collaborative level, rather than by each local party. This just seems like we are removing the option for national parties to do it on their own. What is the rationale?\\
+Philip: personally, I don't see anything objections, but I wonder why this should be done at the collaborative level, rather than by each local party. This just seems like we are removing the option for national parties to do it on their own. What is the rationale?\\
 Mikuláš: I think it is procedurally admissible, but it is something that should be decided by the council on a case-by-case basis\\
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 Marco: Yes\\
-Alessandro: The working group should go beyond wording. We shouldn't be afraid to talk about divisive topics, there are plenty of them. However, the thing is we can do 2 things - either we avoid divisive topics or we respect each other and we address divisive topics in a constructive way. If you ask if we appropve or not, my answer is not, not because we disagree, but because it has not been thought through. Behind council votes there were committees and groups working on the topic. We can not avoid the complexities by over-simplifying. I'm against all deaths - Palestinian, Ukrainian, Israeli, it's a massacre out there. \\
+Alessandro: The working group should go beyond wording. We shouldn't be afraid to talk about divisive topics, there are plenty of them. However, the thing is we can do 2 things - either we avoid divisive topics or we respect each other and we address divisive topics in a constructive way. If you ask if we approve or not, my answer is not, not because we disagree, but because it has not been thought through. Behind council votes there were committees and groups working on the topic. We can not avoid the complexities by over-simplifying. I'm against all deaths - Palestinian, Ukrainian, Israeli, it's a massacre out there. \\
-Thanasis: I wanted to propose what Marco and Alessandro want to do, but we did not have a lot of time to put together a motion. The previous one also had some problematic wording. We will probably need to submit motions earlier. Just to let everyone know: the pirate party of turkey suddenly emerged out of nowhere and we tried to reach out to them, Tunisia, Catalonia, etc. to create a Pirate Party of the mediterranean group. The Pirate Party of turkey disappeared. The pirate party of Israel never reached out to us. We only received responses from PPFR and PPIT, so we didn't proceed. For this reason, we believed that the Pirate Party of Israel didn't exist. Perhaps our idea can be reformed with the pirate party of israel if they really exist, I don't know. \\
+Thanasis: I wanted to propose what Marco and Alessandro want to do, but we did not have a lot of time to put together a motion. The previous one also had some problematic wording. We will probably need to submit motions earlier. Just to let everyone know: the pirate party of turkey suddenly emerged out of nowhere and we tried to reach out to them, Tunisia, Catalonia, etc. to create a Pirate Party of the mediterranean group. The Pirate Party of turkey disappeared. The pirate party of Israel never reached out to us. We only received responses from PPFR and Pirates from Italy, so we didn't proceed. For this reason, we believed that the Pirate Party of Israel didn't exist. Perhaps our idea can be reformed with the pirate party of Israel if they really exist, I don't know. \\
 Mikuláš: Do I understand that it is acceptable for you that we proceed with postponing the vote on the motion, and discussing a working group on it?\\
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 https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/17th-council-meeting-ppgr-resolution-course-of-action-ppgr-proposal-vote/803
-For: 4\\
+In favour: 4\\
-Against: 5
+Against: 5\\
-Abstain: 7
+Abstain: 7\\
 As there must be a simple majority, this proposal has been rejected.\\
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 **6.a1 Endorsement of the Stop Destroying Videogames ECI**
-https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/17th-council-meeting-agenda-point-6a1-any-other-business-endorsement-of-the-stop-destroying-videogames-eci/786
+https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/17th-council-meeting-agenda-point-6a1-any-other-business-endorsement-of-the-stop-destroying-videogames-eci/786\\
-This is the link of the ECI as well: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci
+This is the link of the ECI as well: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci\\
 Mikuláš: Does the council want to have an indicatory vote?\\
 Lukas: this should be a no-brainer. The German pirates have already supported them and so should the PPEU.\\
-Raman:  I would like to ask about the viability of the citizen's initiative. How will it look in practice? Is there a time-limit? Should old games be supported indefinitely? How will it be viable for the creators? \\
+Raman: I would like to ask about the viability of the citizen's initiative. How will it look in practice? Is there a time-limit? Should old games be supported indefinitely? How will it be viable for the creators? \\
 Florian: The initiative will provide a proposition for how this will be resolved. It is too soon to know what the legislation will look like at this point. The current step is to get it above the threshold.\\
 Marco: The ECI proposals must be quite generic because they are not laws in themselves. They are initiatives. If the threshold is reached, the European commission must present it to the parliament or strike it down. Either way, there will be a public discussion on the matter. The details would therefore be a later matter.\\
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 An indicatory poll was conducted in Jitsi:\\
-    The European Pirate Party Board should support the European Citizens initiative called Stop Destroying Videogames\\
+The European Pirate Party Board should support the European Citizens initiative called Stop Destroying Videogames\\
-    Yes: 9\\
+- Yes: 9\\
-    No: 0\\
+- No: 0\\
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 Meeting closed at:  13:36 CET\\
-Next council meeting: CET\\
+Next council meeting: scheduled for Feb. 2025\\