Pp-esittely
Bueraucracy
- 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