User:Mozart

Deputy Secretary & Press Officer

Bachelor of Laws student, Bachelor of Music graduate.

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[mailto:mozart.palmer@pirateparty.org.au Email]

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Withdrawal from PPI information

 * http://olbrychtpalmer.net/2013/01/10/ppi-painful-problematic-incompetence/
 * Receive statement from Travis McCrea (chief administrative officer) after April 2013 Kazan conference.
 * Receive statement from Arturo Martinez (former CoA member) ASAP.
 * PPAU protest --- http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2013-March/013811.html
 * Engels' reply --- http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2013-March/013831.html
 * My reply --- http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2013-March/013833.html

Policy Amendments

 * Look at lessening or removing the differentiation between computer-related crimes and other crimes.
 * Take into account scalability and ease is much higher for computer crimes.
 * Perhaps assess on impact, rather than ease.
 * Ease of computer-related crime is responsible for differentiation.
 * High penalties are used as a disincentive rather than aiming to achieve justice.

Motion
To amend the Constitution of Pirate Party Australia to replace all variations of the Party's name with "Pirate Party Australia" or "the Party" where appropriate, and to amend Article 1 (Name and Principles and Constitution) to the following:


 * 1 Name, Principles and Constitution


 * The name of the party will be "Pirate Party Australia", also known as "the Pirate Party". Pirate Party Australia may be referred to as "PPAU" internally. From hereinafter in this document, Pirate Party Australia shall be referred to as either "Pirate Party Australia" or "the Party". The principles and objects of Pirate Party Australia are stated in Part I, and are fundamental to the purpose of the party. All party documents, members and policies are subject and subordinate to this constitution.

All instances of "the Pirate Party Australia" shall be replaced with "Pirate Party Australia" and all instances of "the PPAU" or "PPAU" with "the Party" or "Party", depending on grammatical context.

Background
There has been some confusion among members and the public over our name. We are regularly referenced as the "Australian Pirate Party," "PPA," "the Pirate Party of Australia," "APP," "AUPP" and any number of variations. It would be good to clear this up constitutionally, bringing our naming regulations in line with with current practice and our name and abbreviation which have been registered with the AEC. Consistency, guaranteed by this constitutional amendment, would reduce confusion and also improve the grammatical structure of our constitution.

Motion
To amend Part 1 (Principles and Objects of the Party) of the Constitution of Pirate Party Australia to remove improper capitalisation so that it reads:


 * The basic tenets of this movement are free culture, civil liberty and intellectual rights reform.

As opposed to the current text which reads:


 * The basic tenets of this movement are Free Culture, Civil Liberty and Intellectual Rights Reform.

Background
A political party should be a professional organisation. The closer to perfection our documents are, the more professional we as a party will appear. Grammatical conventions should be adhered to, particularly in fundamental documents such as the Party Constitution.