ICYMI: Updates from the 10/11 Meeting

ICYMI

Arizona – The AZPP had a few updates, coming directly from AZ Capt. Blase Henry:

• Sons of Liberty livestream: I was personally a guest on the most recent Sons of Liberty livestream where we talked about many things such as the Pirate Party, my campaign(which we will get to in a moment), among many other things. You can watch livestream here.

• Outreach & Committee Updates: The only thing to report is to work on the vps and come back to its progress in the next two weeks.

• Write-In Campaign dead and suspended: This is the biggest piece of news this week and for those who haven’t seen the announcement, the write in campaign is dead and suspended. The short of it is that I found out I made a neglectful mistake a while back that made me disqualified as a write in candidate. Meaning any write in votes for me will not count because in arizona you need to fully registered and meet all the check boxes. I neglectfully missed one and will not be counted. It’s a shock and a whirlwind to handle but we must accept the reality now and move forward for next time.

• October 17th No Kings Day tabling: No Kings Day is here again and coming on October 17th and we plan to table there this time. No Kings Day is a special protest against the current administration and representing the Pirate Party there is paramount. As it is a wonderful opportunity for plenty more outreach and to recruit more pirates to our crew. We will provide more details by the next meeting.

• Plunder Hunger Food Drive & Toy Drive: We talked about the plans for holidays of hosting Plunder Hinger again for Thanksgiving and a Toy Drive for Christmas. We would like to host such drives for the benefit and betterment of our communities. We would need to ask local businesses if they would be interested in having any of our drive boxes there. Something we would have to do our due diligence on.

Florida – No updates.

Illinois – Signature collection was a success; the amount nearly tripled. Collections will continue for the Midlothian, IL Village Board of Trustees election, and the filing will take place in November. Less than 100 signatures are needed for this race.

Indiana – No updates at this time.

 IT Committee – No updates at this time.

Maryland – No rep present, no updates at this time.

Massachusetts – No rep present, no updates at this time.

Ohio – No updates at this time.

Pennsylvania – No rep present, no updates at this time.

Platform Committee – The platform committee is currently working on a Housing and Transit plank, which will be presented to the PNC in the coming weeks.

Press Committee – the next Press Committee meeting is currently slated for 11/04/26. The current plan is to discuss the best time for meetings going forward, the Pirate social media strategy and creating accessible, printable media (posters, pamphlets, flyers, etc.)

Outreach Committee – No updates at this time.

 Stop Killing the Internet – the USPP voted to endorse the “Stop Killing the Internet” campaign. Check that out here.

Talk the Plank! – Attempts to revive the podcast, which last hosted an episode in late July, have been happening behind the scenes. New guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

Vetting Committee – Vetting committee will soon meet to discuss candidates for the vacant Lookout position.

Young Pirates USA – No updates at this time.

That’s it! You can watch the last meeting here.