Pp-esittely

Bureaucracy

• Finland seems very bureaucratic compared to Sweden
• The founding assembly was held in May 2008
• Piraattipuolue became a registered association in September 2008
• We are in the process of collecting 5 000 supporter signatures in order to be registered as an official party
• Official parties can present candidates for elections
• Currently we have about 3 000 signatures. We've been collecting since September
• This means we propably won't be a recognized party early enough to participate in the EU election
  • Still, 650 cards per month is not that bad

Activities

• Piraattipuolue has...
  • ..more than 900 members
  • ..an active IRC community of about 140 people
  • ..an active blog with about 300 visits per day
    • including such guest writers as a Finnish MP, music industry people etc.
  • ..a not-so-active discussion forum
  • ..active (but small) local groups in three major cities
  • ..demonstrations, statements, petitions, café meetings and hanging around
  • ..participated in information society and digital culture events
  • ..given interviews to newspapers/radio/tv on a regular basis (not daily of course, but still...)
• Traditional media handles us surprisingly neutrally

Money

• We haven't got any. (It disappears faster than it comes)
• We're going to have a little bit more of it in the near future
  • we got a license from the authorities to collect donations publicly (yes, you need a license for this in Finland)
  • we're establishing a youth organization
    • ..which probably is going to get all sorts of financial support
• We're not planning to collect membership fees
  • -> we rely on donations

Our goals in 2009

• To collect the rest of the supporter signature cards and get the "registered party" status
• To participate in the EU elections (currently seems unlikely)
• To expand local activity
• To establish a youth organization
• To double/triple/quadruple our membership (or something)
• To be in more contact with other political parties and youth organizations