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.
Pirate PraveenSun 21 Jun 2020 4:21PM
Agree. So we can have Preamble with these sections. Should we put everything in preamble without splitting it to articles or split like below? Preamble, Article 1: Who are we?, Article 2: Why Indian Pirates? Article 3: What is special about us? Article 4: Fix what is broken.
Pirate BadySun 21 Jun 2020 7:45PM
this reminds me of a previous thread https://codema.in/d/hFHxr4Co/the-pirates-constitution. i think we can still take valid points from it. also, i think some of the points in the beginning of the Constitution needs more clarification.
Pirate BadySun 21 Jun 2020 8:12PM
here's a criticism of the Constitution i wrote years ago: https://papers.goblinrefuge.com/u/ambadyanands/m/criticisms-and-suggestions-on-indian-pirates-constitution/
(try this link if the above one doesn't work).
i think it's a good time to discuss them again.
Pirate PraveenTue 30 Jun 2020 9:21PM
Please propose them as individual amendments.
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 |              |
5 of 172 votes cast (2% participation)
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.
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.