Pp-esittely

Bueraucracy

founding assembly was held in May 2008
we became a registered association in September 2008
we are in the process of collecting 5 000 "supporter cards" in order to be registered as an official party
official parties can set candidates in elections
currently we have about 3 000 supporter cards, starting from september
this means we propably won't get the official party status early enough to participate in the EU election
still, 650 cards per month is not that bad

Activities

we have over 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.
not so active discussion forum
active (but small) local groups in three major cities
demonstrations, statements, petitions, café meetings and hanging around
participating in information society and digital culture events
giving interviews to newspapers/radio/tv (not daily of course, but still...)
- traditional media handles us surprisingly neutrally

Money

we haven't got any (it goes when it comes)
we're going to have a little bit more of it in the near future
- we got permission from the authorities to collect donations publicly
- we're going to set up a youth organization
- it's probably going to get all sorts of financial support
we're not planning to collect membership fees
- we're relying on donations

Our goals in 2009

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

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