User:Cptkiwi

Welcome to the wiki page of Cptkiwi
Greetings and welcome to my wiki page. Have fun reading, if you have any questions then you can contact me at: terryj@pirateparty.org.nz mailto:terryj@pirateparty.org.nz email or secretary@pirateparty.org.nz mailto:secretary@pirateparty.org.nz email

About Me
My real name is Terry Jones (Yep, same as the creator as Monty Python), and I reside in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty. Have been here for five years. Prior to the Mount I lived in the UK, as that is where I am originally from. Born and bred in Liverpool (UK). I have two children, a son and daughter. I am a teacher by profession. Prior to teaching I have run my own successful I.T businesses both here in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. My interests are sharing of information and knowledge, as well as securing personal information using encryption and maintaining private browsing.



Role within the Pirate Party
I am the current Secretary of the Pirate Party and some of my responsibilities are:


 * Management of, all applicable internal documents and data including:
 * The legal basis of the Party, (i.e. the Constitution, Charter when we become IncSoc)
 * official authoritative documents specifying internal workings of the Party, (i.e. rules of procedure, code of conduct etc.)
 * official records of decisions according to these workings, (i.e. minutes, resolutions and internal election results)
 * Membership and other formal relationships between the Party as an institution (to read "legal body" once we become one) and other natural or non-natural persons, (i.e. confidentiality agreements, affiliations and Electoral Commission correspondence - including provision of CRM),
 * excluding mere financial relationships;
 * other Party data which is by its nature highly secret (i.e. skeleton keys)
 * excluding informal or political communications;
 * provision of infrastructure for hosting these documents,
 * provision of all required foundation level website infrastructure,
 * the conducting of internal elections,
 * legal counsel and correspondence on behalf of the Party.

The Kopimism Story
Prior to the Pirate Party I was heavily involved in Kopimism. I am the founder and 'leader' of the New Zealand Missionary Church of Kopimism, commonly known as the 'file sharing religion'. I have been active on the international front, being interviewed by major news outlets to spread the kopimism message. The New Zealand brand of the church had over 8,000 active members at its peak.

The Missionary Church of Kopimism (in Swedish Missionerande Kopimistsamfundet), founded by philosophy student Isak Gerson, is a congregation of file sharers who believe that copying information is a sacred virtue. The Church, based in Sweden, with branches across the globe, has been officially recognized by the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency ("kammarkollegiet") as a religious community, after three application attempts.

The church have denied any connection between the Church and filesharing site The Pirate Bay.

Kopimism made simple:


 * All knowledge to all;
 * The pursuit of knowledge is sacred;
 * The circulation of knowledge is sacred;
 * The act of copying is sacred.

According to the Kopimist constitution:


 * Copying of information is ethically right;
 * Dissemination of information is ethically right;
 * Copymixing is a sacred kind of copying, moreso than the perfect, digital copying, because it expands and enhances the existing wealth of information;
 * Copying or remixing information communicated by another person is seen as an act of respect and a strong expression of acceptance and Kopimistic faith;
 * The Internet is holy (Not generally accepted by churches run by the Maesters);
 * Code is law.

On January 5, 2012, Kopimism was accepted by Sweden as a legitimate religion.

I was given the honorable rank of 'The Most Honorable Operator' (MHop) for The New Zealand Missionary Church of Kopimism in October 2012. One of only 4 in the world at the time.