**Invitation email to the European Pirate Party 18th Council Meeting**

Dear Pirate Parties,

I would hereby like to invite you to the 18th Council meeting, scheduled to take place online on the 23rd of February, from 10:00 (CET) and onwards.

Draft agenda
The draft agenda for the Council meeting can be found here: https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/draft-agenda-for-the-18th-council-meeting

Nominations 
We will elect the board and Code of Conduct Council at this Council meeting. All member parties are welcome to propose candidates on Discourse: https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/nominations-to-the-board-and-code-of-conduct-council-elections-taking-place-at-the-18th-council-meeting. Nominations can also be sent by email to board@european-pirateparty.eu. Deadline for nominations to the Board and the Code of Conduct Council is 2024-01-23. 10:00 (CET).

Proposals for the agenda 
All member parties are welcome to submit proposals/motions to the Council meeting to be added to the agenda. These shall include “Item for the agenda for the 18th Council meeting” in their title, and can be posted in the 18th Council meeting category on Discourse: https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/c/councilmeetings/18th-council-meeting. If you are unable to connect to Discourse, an email sent to board@european-pirateparty.eu will also work. Please bear in mind that proposals to change the statutes need to be submitted no later than January 25th, for the board to be able to send it out to the members in accordance with article 25 in the statutes.

Delegates 
In line with our statutes every member party can send a certain number of official delegates to our Council meetings. These have the rights to speak and vote on behalf of the member party. You can find a list of the number of delegates and votes for each member party here: https://wiki.ppeu.net/doku.php?id=ppeu:members Please bear in mind that to be recognized as a delegate your party need to report them on discourse (or by an email to the board) prior to the meeting. The Discourse thread for this will be can be accessed through the following link : https://discourse.european-pirateparty.eu/t/delegates-for-the-18th-council-meeting/832.

Further information about the Council meeting Additional information regarding the Council meeting will be provided on Discourse. Please keep an eye out for information there as we will post updates there as soon as there's any further information available.

On behalf of the Board,

Florian Roussel, Chairperson