What makes the inner-party democracy in the Pirate Party, which distinguishes them from other parties? A collection. If I have forgotten something, I ask for addition in the comments:
grassroots democracy:
a) waiver of delegates system at national party
- To any interested party member as much participation to enable the pirate party waives a Delegates system. Each member of the BPT has such a voice
- problem. Depending on the location of the congress is dominated by some state associations. Absence of a delegate, there are no women's quota. As a result, men dominate the party gatherings. Moreover, an excessively high participation rate or an increase in membership prove in the long run be problematic.
- The solution Party conferences are discussed, which take place simultaneously in different countries and linked by video and audio broadcasts each other, so-called "decentralized party days".
- party members enjoy at the federal and provincial party congresses, but also at board meetings of the provincial and federal associations of a low threshold of speech and right of application. For an application of the Federal Executive, for example, only a certain number of supporters in the wiki need .
c) Liquid feedback
- The tool is used away from the national conventions opinion leaders in the party to grasp the the party executive to serve as a guide. Liquid also serves to compress the feedback confusing debates in the party and to provide actual text work. At the last party congress were many requests from Liquid feedback confirmed by those present.
d) On-line voting tools
- The pirates have developed primarily in the regional associations of numerous systems. About the Pirate Sextant or opinion factories ( MV , Bayern for the federal party in Bingen ). In the state of Hesse are surveys conducted by a website, for each of the members have an invitation via an anonymous e-mail received
- disadvantage. Sometimes not representative (because theoretically be forged, and the confidence of the admin-dependent), sometimes anonymous, sometimes they only allow the Board's initiative
transparency.
a) documents
- The conference, held board meetings are streamed live on the Internet. The stream is subscribed even as a Podcast in iTunes.
- Virtually all the mailing lists of the party are public (except federal and state officers, as well as the arbitration addition, there are a few closed list of organizations, such as election campaigns.)
- Logs of the smallest crew meetings and round tables to extensive Word application and result protocols of parliamentary and party conventions are completely public (eg Brandenburg ).
- are also all the informal meetings, board meetings and party conventions for customers network.
- well as a symbolic act, the Pirate Party of Germany a Wikileaks servers hosted .
b) High standards of transparency, the Candidates:
- The members of the last Federal Executive Board were questioned closely that it almost reminded of interrogations
- all candidates - no matter what positions. -. Presented in detail in the rule an enormous power, often on wiki profile pages, an example
- Often, the tool " Politicalcompass " is used and inserted into profiles, about here.
- have to unify the procedure developed as the Berliner Pirates a question tool for the candidates: http://berlin.piratenpartei.de/piratomat.html
- The disclosure of LQFB-Idendität, and thus the voting history, is expected.
- problem: The transparency requirements are very broad and even the smallest Party items requested. Many pirates these requirements go too far. You feel violated in their data
to remote hillside, flexible and loose structures.
a) The crew concept
- In some federations (NRW, Berlin), the Pirate Party waived at the county, district - and local associations. Instead, it relies on informal "crews". These are usually form the Pirates 5-9 in a rule, a master table. These are connected by a speaker and a speaker's mailing list today. For specific concerns, it is also horizontal working groups, circuits and project groups.
- The concept is to structural rigidities prevent, break down hierarchies and reduce the "hunt" for party posts. ( detail here )
- problem. Lack of skills, chaotic as confusing, partly lack of accountability, internally controversial
- The Pirate Party but maintains a real national office in Berlin, uses them, however, barely. The store is primarily used for meetings of working groups of the Berlin Regional Association. Currently, a virtual office developed, the resulting split in the office working under active party members and is done by those on home PCs.
- Many regulars are present and non-members (often called "pirate" is named). . Membership is more of a voluntary assistance and only votes in Liquid feedback and at national conventions necessary
- also double memberships are pirates
- None of the many assets - whether in the IT, on the Board, in the virtual office, whether in design of the site or in the press work - get money. This is to avoid that can win some members more power, or only for Items apply to earn money (career politicians).
- Disadvantage: As with the Greens this preferred structure, the "activists" in the party, which "afford" this commitment. Professionals - even if they are on the board - are at a disadvantage
a) use of the PiratenPads
- Everyone can register and take notes without barriers to entry text .. No matter whether
- . drawing up a protocol, a summary of a discussion, or writing an application for the Congress, the pirates often use Etherpad. This allows for the simultaneous, collaborative work on texts from the Internet. The Pirate Party has under its own service www.piratenpad.de eingerichetet
- Anyone can sign up without barriers to entry and to help shape the sides of the Pirates Wiki.
- works much like Wikipedia. Here too - as in PiratenPad - write down any. However, the wiki is just for the joint drafting of draft texts and applications is not fast enough. However, it is used for example campaign organization .
- is related to the wiki at: http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Hauptseite
c) Creative work
- posters, web videos, music Internet sites. The pirates make a lot in common
- ReMix tests are also known from existing cultural assets. Known examples: The Poster Remix the CDU election Plate of ex-Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (inniziert of Netzpolitik.org) or campaign spots.
- Central to this collaboration is the Creative Commons license , allowing the Pirates to one another, the use and further processing of their creative work, without forcing demands.
- The financially strong state associations. Campaign financing is preferable to 90 percent of the states of the pirates.
- working groups can be established without any approval from any pirate ( overview here )
- No offices will be paid in the party, the "chaos" inspired by frequent personnel changes
- officials are instead viewed with critical and always stand in the Pirates internal public often under intense criticism. Especially for alleged errors of inaction or controversial decisions of directors.
- application Commission: In most parties in Germany, the national party committees at the request of the Federal Executive determined. A regulated process has not introduced previously, the Pirate Party. At the last national party convention, there was a kind of voluntary application-Commission, which also limited to the sort of applications and the party was no choice recommendation to all individual requests.
chaos and quantity:
The Pirate Party has a strong culture of debate. This should do not differ from other parties. The difference is, however, that, unlike in other parties are not central communication channels and almost all takes place on the web. Wild probably appreciated by 90 percent of the communication of the pirates instead of online. . Surely because traditional media to give the members of the Pirate Party does not platform only exception for off-line communication form the smallest organizational units: the round tables and conferences such as the rare meetings open liquid or open mind (not just pirates). About the regulars formed a seemingly impenetrable maze of channels, enumerate the possible forms here.
The most popular media include:
- Twitter / Identica, Facebook and similar networks Studi-VZ ( Overview ). An extremely short-lived communication, contribute to the long since not all pirates. The party's leader Jens Seipenbusch uses Twitter for example, only sporadically.
- In MyPirates develop a social network pirates, is now on the groups mailing lists
- : it runs over a lot of communication from. The largest is the so-called "active" list be exchanged hundreds of emails every day. However, problems are called "trolls" that are blocked by the anti-censorship stance by the pirates rarely.
- The Pirate Forum
- chat via IRC channels or Instant Messenger
- pirate radio broadcasts, irregular but mostly live. Often, with discussions by the call-in technology. In addition, often live, of party conferences.
- Blogs (overview of key private and offers official blog the Pirate Planet and pirates moon )
- voice chat conferences on Mumble (including servers operated by Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, but used nationwide .). Mumble in board meetings of almost all national associations and the Federal Executive Board will be held. In addition there are regular discussions, such as the so-called "angel thickness.
- telephone conferences. The state of Hesse to operate its own phone conference server .
- Jabba is also an Instant Messenger, which is however currently developed as an open project. The pirates operate . also own Jabber server
- come, plus the three "print" media: The bottle , The letter of marque (Berlin) and the compass . (This is currently an independent association in formation)
- addition, many podcasts are produced by Pirates: The bottles Cast , pirates moon , privateer port (Südpiraten) pirate talks , Pirates Cafe , Klabautercast .
Nievau the debate:
is also noticeable also that - typical for the Internet - often low level of debate. Especially on mailing lists and the forum of the Pirate Party, but in part also on Twitter offended as you like, attacked and denounced. We speak of this phenomenon by trolls. These are people who have the possibility of anonymous, or at least take advantage of alienated communication, either deliberately or inhibitions.
part, it is also targeted at border crossings of new right and neo-Nazis. In the party there is now a marked tendency to "free speech" act out, almost totalitarian. The Netiquette , personal rights of the individual, not even criminal laws are strictly enforced. A moderation either do not exist or is not effectively carried out. This paralyzes the internal debate of the party massive. Many pirates have withdrawn from this mailing lists and forums.
External Communications: Remote, low perception
just enumerated all channels of course really well outside. Nonetheless there are - in contrast to internal communications - including some official canals:
- appearance of the party: http://web.piratenpartei.de/
- appearance of the Federal Executive
- performances of Country parties
As a result, are the social media activities of the party members, the vast decentralized campaign (particularly in the last federal party in 2009 is visible) and also the many unofficial blog probably more effective than the public activities of the Federal Executive.
summary:
In my view, these are the most important elements of internal party democracy. The organizational and communication support and Chaos is also result of the (almost) non-hierarchical swarm intelligence of the party. The tool
Liquid Democracy plays - although it is one of many elements of internal democracy - still a central role. Because this software has the great communication and debates-chaos-volume and the number of communication lines to a final and compact tunable text to national conventions, which also can actually get a majority.
Now you:
Do I still elements password? Is something wrong? Then put it in the comments. Thank you!
In my view, these are the most important elements of internal party democracy. The organizational and communication support and Chaos is also result of the (almost) non-hierarchical swarm intelligence of the party. The tool
Liquid Democracy plays - although it is one of many elements of internal democracy - still a central role. Because this software has the great communication and debates-chaos-volume and the number of communication lines to a final and compact tunable text to national conventions, which also can actually get a majority.
Now you:
Do I still elements password? Is something wrong? Then put it in the comments. Thank you!
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