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