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