The following committees are currently active. If you would like to volunteer for one, or if you're already on one and I forgot to add your name, please reply to this thread. All mentioned email addresses are @pirateparty.ca.
Policy – Constitutional RefinementThe Party's constitution, while complete and in full force, needs to be monitored and adjusted as we grow and prepare for our first federal election. This committee is devoted to discussing changes and possible solutions to problems that have been identified.
Members: Jason Carr, Shawn Gray, Christopher Hart, Sean Hunt, Travis McCrea, Mikkel PaulsonPolicy – Meeting FrameworkWe conduct general meetings on the 19th of every month, but the procedure used at the meetings is imperfect and needs to be refined to ensure maximum productivity while maintaining the ability of all members are able to contribute. This committee's mandate includes the development of Stenobot, the IRC bot intended to be used to take votes and so forth during our general meetings.
Members: Sean Hunt (chair), ACarne, Joshua Doucet, Mapleson, Mikkel Paulson, taketheleapPublic Relations – Interview/Media Relations (invitation only)When you see an interview on TV or read something in the newspaper, chances are that the interviewee is a member of this committee. They monitor
[email protected] and answer the phone if you dial our toll-free number, 1-877-850-PPCA.
Members: Mike Bleskie (PR director), Jake Daynes (spokesman), Daniel LaSalle, Mikkel PaulsonPublic Relations – Local RelationsThe Pirate Party started at a grassroots level, and it needs to maintain activity there if it is to grow and thrive. This committee encourages and supports the development of local and university networks.
Members: Daniel LaSalle (chair), Mike Bleskie, Mapleson, Mikkel Paulson, Chris Tomalty, trailblazer11Public Relations – Marketing/PromotionsProduces promotional documents, merchandise, and discusses the best ways to distribute it and generally get the word out about the Party and its positions.
Members: Mike Bleskie, Jason Carr, Patrick McFadden, Dain Rautenstrauch, taketheleap, tecywiz121, trailblazer11Technical Management – CaPT ManagementThe Canadian Public Tracker, or CaPT, is an initiative of the Pirate Party to demonstrate that free peer-to-peer file sharing, specifically BitTorrent, can be beneficial to artists. Material can only be submitted with the express permission of the artist and/or label involved. This committee is in charge of verifying artists who reach out to us by emailing
[email protected], promoting the service to other interesting artists, and maintaining its technical foundation.
Members: Mikkel Paulson (chairman), Jason Carr, Daniel LaSalleTechnical Management – Forum Moderation (invitation only)While we expect all members to behave according to the forum rules and treat one another with respect, there are occasionally problems with spam and forum activity that represents the Party in a poor light. This committee is responsible for ensuring that discussion on the forum takes place smoothly and according to the rules.
Members: Mike Bleskie, Jake Daynes, Daniel LaSalle, NuitariTechnical Management – Site Management (invitation only)Monitoring the Party's servers and correcting problems is a never-ending job, and it falls to this committee's members to ensure that the system continues to run smoothly.
Members: Nuitari