Pirates Without Borders

Dear Pirates, Pirates without Borders would like to invite you to the ordinary Pirate Assembly in Prague on Saturday 28th February. The venue is the Head Quarter of the Czech Pirate Party. The address is: Řehořova 19 Praha 3 – Žižkov 13000 We will start with the assembly at 1PM CET. Please send any motions to board@pirates-without-borders.org until February 13, 2015 at the latest. Follow the link to see the Agenda. The definite agenda will be published on February 14, 2015 and sent by e-mail. Further details, including leisure programme, will also be sent by e-mail. We plan to have the following programm for the PA Weekend: Friday, Febraury 27th …

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 …

The preiliminary schedule for the International Orga Weekend in Frankfurt is out! also available in German Saturday, 29th November 09:00 Accreditation and Construction Arrival and registration of visitors. Who has not been paid, paid the entry fee. Those who stay on site, can check into their rooms. Construction by all under the direction of Moira, accreditation by Sebastian Schwarzweller 11:00 Typesetting with LaTeX (Workshop) General introduction to the application of the typesetting software LaTeX. Thanks to the new online tool „ShareLatex“ there’s no need for a hassling instalation anymore. LaTeX is suitable for documentation, minutes, statutes, etc. Presented by Stefan Thöni 12:30 Lunch together at the youth hostel 14:00 Grassroots …

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 …

All members of the board were present; the board thus had a quorum. Data as given by the treasurer showed that PWB currently have 214,00 € cash and 1803,66€ on the account. The number of members is 112. President Sebastian Schwarzweller reported that he is still looking for a location for an International Orga Day, which turned out harder than expected due to high demands the PWB have on the location. The board discussed which requirements are obligatory, and Moira offered her help in the search. In addition to that, the President will participate in the PPI board meeting in London the first weekend in July.  Treasurer Pat Mächler reported …

The board had a quorum to make decisions, with President Sebastian Schwarzweller and Treasurer Pat Mächler present. Administration Moira Brülisauer was excused. The PWB currently have 214.-€ cash and 1’357.16€ on their account, and about 110-120 members. Current work of the President is the organization of an International Orga Day, which is likely to take place in July – precise dates will be published as organization continues. In addition, he is writing some texts for the PWB page. Current work of the Treasurer is ordering the account of the PWB and taking care of various IT issues in cooperation with Wolfgang. Current work of the Administration is organizing the new …

Present on the board meeting on May 4th were Moira Brülisauer and Pat Mächler, with Sebastian Schwarzweller missing – the board still had a quorum. The PWB had gained two new members. Some IT problems had been noticed by the board and were commissioned to Wolfgang, who solved them immediately. The PWB mail address was tested and can now be used. The Postfinance bank account will soon be ready; Sebastian has signed the documents on the Easter holidays and Pat is going to send them back to the bank on Monday. Moira is responsible for moving data from the Wiki to Redmine, which is mostly done, but the Wiki will …