Constitution Ammedment: Add a Preamble
Add a preamble explaining who we are, what our purpose and what makes us different. I would suggest adding the first two slides which are 'Why Indian Pirates?' and 'Fix what's broken' to the preamble. Preamble would give a proper context upon which the constitution could be read. Let's discuss the above questions and add them to our constitution.
Constitution amendment: Add a preamble
proposal by Pirate Praveen Closed Tue 7 Jul 2020 9:00PM
We are going with the amendment suggested by @Syam G Krishnan but open to better wordings in future.
Create a Preamble and add,
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Who are we?
We are a small group of individuals engaging in political activities with the aim of becoming a political party some day*.
Why Indian Pirates? Fix What is Broken. (Move existing sections under this).
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What is special about us?
We are not a family controlled party, we are also not a cadre party, everyone has a voice, every decisions we make is public (transparency), our funding source is public.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 2 | 40 | 1 | | |
| Abstain | 3 | 60 | 2 |   | |
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 167 | 97 |                |
Pirate Bady
Sun 5 Jul 2020 8:01PM
I feel like the language could be made more formalized and unambiguous. But I don't want to block this because we can always discuss it later and keep making it better.
AkshayTue 7 Jul 2020 4:03AM
I've no idea how to form a political party.
Syam G KrishnanTue 7 Jul 2020 8:11AM
prefer to go with we are a group of people
also, language can be improved later as @Pirate Bady mentioned
Pirate PraveenWed 8 Jul 2020 1:35AM
@Pirate Bady we will go with these for now, please suggest better wordings. @Syam G Krishnan I think that change can be made. @Akshay the prerequisite is at least 100 people in a state, so we are quite a long way from that. Once we have that we may have to adjust our constitution to match the requirements of Election Commission of India. Once 100 people sign a resolution to form a party with a constitution compliant with Election Commission's requirements, we become a registered political party.
Construction amendment: Add to preamble, what is special about us
proposal by Pirate Praveen Closed Wed 15 Jul 2020 1:00PM
We can include this change in the constitution
We need systematic change in political parties, not just different people following the same system. If only the party is really transparent and accountable to its members, it can really uphold its values. To make that possible, dissent and not discipline is the cornerstone of our group. Once you become a member you cannot be expelled from the group for indiscipline, a common tactic used by all parties to suppress dissent.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 5 | 100 | 3 | | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 167 | 97 |  |
Constitution amendment: Add to Article 4: Organization goals
proposal by Pirate Praveen Closed Wed 15 Jul 2020 1:01PM
We can include this change in the constitution
Add section 3 as,
Register as a political party when we have at least 100 members in a state. Once we have that we may have to adjust our constitution to match the requirements of Election Commission of India. Once 100 people sign a resolution to form a party with a constitution compliant with Election Commission's requirements, we become a registered political party.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 3 | 100 | 2 | | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 169 | 98 |  |
Eddie Ningombam
Thu 9 Jul 2020 1:52PM
We need to find a radical way to organise ourselves as an alternative way to fulfil the hopes and aspirations of 21st century fellow beings. I know we don't like to be just another traditional and conventional cadre based political party or party of any sort for that matter. However, if we fail to find some radical ways to organised ourselves and grow then our is also going to be just another lost cause- disparate, stagnant and just 'that' phase in our life sort of thing.
Pirate PraveenThu 9 Jul 2020 6:50PM
@Eddie there are many aspects to it. I usually compare our freedom struggle or abolition of slavery or many other struggles which took many generations to succeed. Do you think the generations who died without seeing the result they wanted wasted their lives? Some changes can take many generations and I don't think it is any waste of effort if we are not successful in our generation. Also it is a big cultural change to conceive an organization without a leader. What we are asking people is inherently very difficult to do, so we have to understand if we are not growing as fast as we'd like to. We also need to give confidence to the people who are already in touch with to take initiatives and build things. How many among us are actually taking this seriously? How many among us are speaking to new people about our politics and ideas? If more people don't take ownership of growing the group, we cannot grow.
Abraham Raji ·Sat 20 Jun 2020 3:23PM
Here's something we discussed while planning the changes to be made to the website
Who are we?
We are a small group of individuals engaging in political activities with the aim of becoming a political party some day*.
What is special about us?
We are not a family controlled party, we are also not a cadre party, everyone has a voice, every decisions we make is public (transparency), our funding source is public.