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PPEU Conference in Warsaw on 07/27/2013 - 07/28/2013

Chairperson	Jens Stomber, Sebastian Krone
Rules of Procedures	Martina Pöser
Secretary 1	Andreas Czák (PP-AT)
Secretary 2	Patryk Kopaczynski (PP-AT) from day 1 17:30h
Vote tabular	Radek Pietron (PP-PL)
Responsible for the minutes	Jens Stomber

Delegate participants

(10 delegations in total) <embed .:delegates></embed>

Non-Delegate participants

(6 in total)
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Ressources

Protocol

Live transscript

Pre-conference documents

Resulting documents

Results / Votes

B. PP-EU Statutes final discussions and voting

1.Voting weights in Council:
- Vote: Voting weights in Council should be based on “EGP” model (based on election sucess).
  - Voting result: Approved (8Y/1N/1A) ¹⁾
2.Ordinary Members, rights of members from non-EU countries “Associates”:
- Vote: All members of PPEU may vote in the Council on every matter.
  - Voting result: Approved (6Y/3N/1A)
3.Court of Arbitration:
- Vote: COA should not be included in the current version of statutes.
  - Voting result: Approved (8Y/0N/2A)
4.Majorities (Change of Statutes, 2/3 of valid votes in the council):
- Vote: Regarding Quorum in Council Conventions: We dont want an attendance quorum, but if necessary by (Belgian) law, we choose the lowest possible one.
  - Voting result: Approved (9Y/0N/1A)
5.Majorities, splitting of votes:
- Vote: No splitting of votes in PPEU council, ever!
  - Voting result: Approved (5Y/4N/1A)
6.Majorities (Change of Statutes, 2/3 of valid votes in the council):
- Vote: Statutes Changes and Manifesto Changes (and membership fee reduction ) require 2/3 of the votes cast in the council and 2/3 of the attending members (double majority).
  - Voting result: Approved (8Y/1N/1A)
7.Board details: number of officers, election and proposal details:
- Vote: The Board consists of one Chairperson, two Vice-chairpersons, one Treasurer, and up to five Board members.
  - Voting result: Approved (8Y/0N/2A)
8.Council details: number of persons, scope:
- Vote:
  - The council elects Board-Members.
  - Ordinary members propose candidates for the Board.
  - Only the Council decides about fundamental positions.
  - Council meetings: at least once a year, more often if necessary, online meetings of Board and Council are of course possible!
  - Voting result: Approved (9Y/0N/1A)
9.Membership fee:
- Vote: Membership fee for PPEU membership is 300€ / year, plus adapted fees set by the council, multiplication by voting weight.Donations and/or other means should be part of the income side to cover the budget.
  - Voting result: Approved (7Y/3N/0A)

Final result: Purpose of the organisation is to represent the European Pirate movement towards the European institutions and to work in the interest of its members by, amongst other things:
- Facilitating coordination and cooperation between its members.
- Assisting its members to promote the Pirate movement in Europe.
- Taking as its principles the Pirate manifesto, as will be annexed to the statutes.
- Functioning as a link between European Pirate Parties and Pirate MEPs.
- Encouraging and support its members in organizing events focused on European topics.
10. Ratification by each party
- Vote: Take this full finished purpose proposal to be ratified by each party.
  - Voting result: Approved (10Y/0N/1A)
11. Consequences for future conferences
- Vote: At future conferences only allow parties that have validated this purpose to participate in the decision making regarding the creation of a PPEU
  - Voting result: Approved (7Y/0N/4A)

D. PP-EU or PP-Europe?

12. Requirements for ordinary membership (based in a member-state of the EU vs. based in a state within europe).
- Vote: Keep the rules of who can be an ordinary member like it was decided in Barcelona.
  - Voting result: Approved (05Y/01N/05A)

I. How to Proceed

13. Discuss the next conference and define an agenda
- Discuss the next official PPEU statutes conference and define an agenda
  - Radek Pietron (PP-PL): PP-PL will organise the next PPEU statutes conference around July, 27th-28th 2013 in Poland.
14. Core Statutes Group
- Vote: The members of the Core Statutes Group shall be picked by Martina and presented through the mailing list by the end of April.
  - Voting result: Approved (08Y/00N/01A)

J. Miscellaneous

15. Mattias Bjärnemalm (PP-SE) presents recent results from his negotiations with the EUDemocrats.
- EUDemocrats joint political program
- EUDemocrats joint political program

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Y = Yes, N = No, A = Abstention