Dear Chairperson, Dear Members of the Board,
Thank you for sending out the invitation and the draft agenda for the 21st Council Meeting.
To ensure absolute legal certainty and compliance with the official Statutes of the European Pirate Party (PPEU) in the run-up to this meeting, I would like to formally submit the following clarifications regarding the terminology and procedures used in the invitation email:
1. Terminology: “Council Members” vs. “Delegates” In the invitation, reference is made to the appointment of “delegates” (Delegates Appointments). Please note that according to Article 14(2) of the current PPEU Statutes, the Council is composed of Council Members appointed by the Ordinary Members. Statutorily, these Council Members hold continuous, ongoing seats as the permanent representatives of their respective national parties until they are officially recalled or replaced by them. They are not ad-hoc delegates elected solely for a single session.
To ensure a seamless verification of voting rights and quorums, we kindly ask the Board to maintain and reference the permanent, up-to-date registry of these statutory Council Members rather than treating the registration as a complete reset for every single meeting.
Thank you very much for your work in preparing this Council Meeting.
Thomas Gaul, PPDE