Since its the beginning of a new year (for which, of course, we wish you only the best), we, the Pirates Without Borders Board, also thought it fit to think a little bit about last year as well as the coming one. What was 2014? For us, the board, 2014 was the first year of our two-year term. Elected in March, we did not merely take over leading positions, but a complete relaunch of the organisation. Apart from the fact that the board changed completely, with none of the former members applying again, we also used the general assembly in Munich this year to replace the statutes with a completely …

Well, since sticks have been coming in from all kinds of directions (I thank @Drachenrose, @ws_develop, @frau_semm and @jinx_hh, if i remember correctly), this seems to be one of those rare occasions in which I have to blog. To those of you unaware of the Practice: a blog-relay-stick is a fixed set of questions, that one person answers in a blog and then calls on several persons to do the same. This particular stick (aka, set of questions) has a strong thematic focus on upcoming german elections. However, since some of the advice in the following sentences can be applied universally and also since it always has been part of …