Pirate Party of Canada Forum

Currently, we have a number of standing committees, most of which don't do a whole lot. They are created for a specific purpose, which may or may not be of particular importance at the time.

Therefore, I suggest we consider striking some select committees instead. They are temporary committees used in Parliament that are given a particular subject to investigate in detail, after which they report their findings back to Parliament to be voted on. I think some of the standing committees we have started, like the Constitutional Refinement and Platform Information committees, are of limited scope and time-sensitive, and would have been better created as select committees.

Thoughts?

Agreed.  Task, or purpose, based committees seems logical and significantly more organized.

Well, perhaps organization is the wrong term.  Less clutter.  Separate wheat from the chaff.

Or my personal favourite, a higher signal to noise ration.  :-)

I would like to express interest in joining the committee on the establishment of youth and university groups as set out in the agenda.  I have been meaning to get involved, and as I am entering Carleton next year in a policy program (Public Affairs and Policy Management with an option for specialization in IT & Communications Policy, which I imagine might be useful) this seems like the perfect time.

Sounds good. The committee won't be created until after the meeting on the 19th (assuming the motion passes), after which you'll be able to sign up over here (https://www.pirateparty.ca/forum/index.php?topic=11.0).

Because I completely just posted in the wrong tab...  Impressive.