Pirate Congress 2023/Motions

= Formal Motions =

FM-1: Application to join Pirate Parties International
Put by: Jay Stephens, on behalf of the Foreign & International Relations Committee

Motion
That Pirate Party Australia apply to join Pirate Parties International (PPI) at PPI's upcoming General Assembly in northern-hemisphere winter.

Rationale
Since passing the motion to leave the PPI (see: https://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/Pirate_Congress_2014/Motions#FM-1:_Conditional_withdrawal_from_Pirate_Parties_International) the following conditions have been met:


 * 1) An online General Assembly is held (this is now routine, and PPAU representatives have attended two recent GAs), and there is ongoing work to improve e-democracy see article XI. Voting, at https://pp-international.net/about-ppi/statutes-of-ppi/#Board)
 * 2) The following statute amendments have been instituted:
 * 3) Remote delegates are given equal ability to participate in the formal aspects of General Assemblies.
 * 4) Transparency and participation has been greatly improved (this started as early as 2016, see MO-4 at https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Conference_2016/Other_proposals, which was adopted).
 * 5) Participation has improved for geographies beyond the core nordic/Central European area, with Bailey Lamon from North America, Florie Marie from France, Alexander Isavin from Russia, and Mauricio Vargas from Spain on the current board until December.
 * 6) The Board has remained relatively stable for at least five years, with far more than 50% of elected board members serving out their term over that period.

In addition, during the last 12 months, outreach by the Foreign and International relations committee has met with a warm response, and we have been explicitly welcomed when participating at the GA.

Finally, the financial commitment for PPI affiliation fees will not exceed 50 Euros per year, given that PPAU will not be placed in a PPI membership tier higher than "Emerging Member", as we collect donations but do not having paying members (see: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=Affiliation_fees#Current_rules_(for_fees_2019_and_later) )

= Policy and Platform Amendment Motions = None (thus far)

= Constitutional Amendment Proposals =