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Lower Saxony Pirates in a Turbulent Sea | PirateTimes

Andrew Reitemeyer September 6, 2012 March 6, 2021

Lower Saxony Pirates in a Turbulent Sea September 6, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topics, Tips & Tricks CC BY Pirate Times It took the Pirates of Lower Saxony in Germany three meetings and a lot of pain and anguish to select a list of candidates for their elections to the state parliament, Landtag, due in January 2013. A combination of factors led to a long torturous process to accomplish what most political parties can accomplish in a few hours. See Pirate Times article. Dr. Meinhart Ramaswamy (the leading candidate for the coming elections), in a conversation with the author, identified some of the problems which stem …

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Do the Pirates stand a chance in the US? | PirateTimes

Felicitas Steinhoff September 5, 2012 October 19, 2020

Do the Pirates stand a chance in the US? September 5, 2012 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in North-America, Pirate Party News Brad Hall’s first encounter with the Pirate Party happened when he happened across a post on Boingboing.net regarding the party. Intrigued, Brad decided to ingratiate himself in the US movement, aiming to become an embedded journalist. While supporting the cause, he tried to distance himself from it. He failed and became one of its top US members. Felicitas Steinhoff, whose first encounter with the Pirate Party took place when she attended a meeting of the Pirate Party Massachusetts in Boston this spring, quickly became an involved member of …

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PPEU Conference Barcelona | PirateTimes

Justus Römeth September 1, 2012 October 19, 2020

PPEU Conference Barcelona September 1, 2012 · by Justus Römeth · in Conference On this weekend there will be an international pirate conference in Barcelona. Apart from the final discussion and drafting of statutes for founding of a European Pirate Party there is also a panel planned on broader, more general topics. Pirate Times was able to ask Muriel Rovira Esteva, international coordinator from the Catalonian Pirate Party, a few questions. Pirate Times: Muriel, thank you for your time. After the drafting of the conference text at the last PPI conference in Prague, and the meetings in Aarau and Potsdam the upcoming conference is taking place in Barcelona. What was …

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Overview over the PP NDS convention | PirateTimes

Justus Römeth August 31, 2012 October 19, 2020

Overview over the PP NDS convention August 31, 2012 · by Justus Römeth · in Pirate Party News After the successes the German pirates had in the state elections in Berlin, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein and North-Rhine-Westfalia, it has become a bit quieter, resulting in them dropping back to 6% in recent election polls. A lot hinges therefore on the Pirate Party of Lower Saxony, which will ring in the 2013 election year on January 20th. Later in 2013 we will have elections in Bavaria and for the German Bundestag, the national parliament. A success in Lower Saxony (last polls: 7%) would help tremendously to make 2013 an overall success. On the …

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The CETA IPR-Chapter Controversy | PirateTimes

Paul Wardenga August 29, 2012 October 19, 2020

The CETA IPR-Chapter Controversy August 29, 2012 · by Paul Wardenga · in Pirate Topic When discussing the aftermath of ACTA, another acronym tends to pop up: CETA. CETA stands for ‘Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement’ and it is a bilateral international contract, in the making since 2008, between Canada and the European Union. These types of bilateral agreements, to foster trade and economic ties between the EU and other countries, are a rather typical thing in EU foreign relations. It is also not unprecedented that these trade agreements contain provisions for issues not directly related to their primary goals of reciprocally increasing economic benefits through free trade. A more …

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General elections in the Netherlands | PirateTimes

Anouk Neeteson August 24, 2012 October 19, 2020

General elections in the Netherlands August 24, 2012 · by Anouk Neeteson · in Election You may have missed it, but Holland is slowly but surely being gripped by election fever as election night creeps closer. It is still a while away though, as they’re being held on 12th of September. Yet the electioneering battle has already started, still low key, as the various parties position themselves. The Dutch ‘Piratenpartij’ recently entered the political arena in a multi-party system, meaning it is difficult to get noticed. A recent poll still puts them at 2/150 seats at the house of representatives. With another three weeks before elections take place to get …

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Introduction of the Norwegian Pirate Party | PirateTimes

Anton Nordenfur August 21, 2012 April 23, 2021

Introduction of the Norwegian Pirate Party August 21, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Interview Piratpartiet, the Norwegian Pirate Party, started up this July, after years as an inofficial group. They have already released a political platform, and are getting ready for next year’s national election. The Pirate Times had a sit-down with party spokesman Sturla Ellingvåg. We discussed the challenges so far, the future, and thoughts about broadening their Pirate Party platform. Pirate Times: What are the most important topics for the Norwegian Pirate Party? What do you focus on, and where do you find you are most needed? Sturla Ellingvåg: We only started up this July and for now we …

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PP UK Sysadmin Wins OpenDNS Award | PirateTimes

Anton Nordenfur August 19, 2012 April 23, 2021

PP UK Sysadmin Wins OpenDNS Award August 19, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The OpenDNS SysAdmin Awards were just handed out. The awards are annually given out to: “elite network managers who persevere great challenges, oversee epic rollouts, hack creative work-arounds and manage limited budgets“ all without much appreciation. The winner this year, in the prestigious “Flying Solo” category, is the UK Pirate Party‘s system administrator Steve Wilson. The SysAdmin Awards of 2012 are the sixth annual, and according to OpenDNS this year they received more than triple last year’s entries. Wilson and the other winners in respective categories are receiving custom made awards with built-in …

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The Progress of the PPI Board After 122 Days of Work | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine August 18, 2012 October 19, 2020

The Progress of the PPI Board After 122 Days of Work August 18, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The PPI board has now served one third of their elected time and it is a good time to summarize what they have accomplished. This might also be a good opportunity to give the board praise for accomplished tasks as well as point on things they are still behind on. With two thirds of their time left, the future reports from the board will hopefully indicate further improvements and progress made. The current Board was elected April 15th 2012 at the PPI Conference in Prague. The …

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The Pirate Movement on Facebook and Twitter – August 2012 | PirateTimes

Josef Ohlsson Collentine August 15, 2012 October 19, 2020

The Pirate Movement on Facebook and Twitter – August 2012 August 15, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The pirate movement has a total of 536.794 followers on facebook + twitter today! This is a very impressive number and shows that it is indeed a movement that is here to stay. Important to remember is that it’s not only the number of followers that counts but more importantly the level of interaction and impact the posts might have on followers. This is harder to measure than just focusing on the numbers of followers. Inspired by what Piraten-Statistiken (Pirate’s Statistics) used to do, we will be reporting …