View source for March 4th, 2020 IRC Meeting

== Review ==

=== Presidential Primary ===

== Decisions/Endorsements ==

== Projects ==

Goals for Q1 2020:
* Organize meetups
* Organize Fundraiser
* Organize candidate trainings
* Revise platform

=== Regional Meetings/Events ===

Leader: jokeefe

Lowell Meetup 3/21

* Boston (jokeefe) - E5 is open on Saturdays. Picking a Saturday.
* Worcester (Malt)
* Boston Pride Festival
** table booked. 
** Need to purchase insurance
** Need volunteer sign up form
** Tie to an activity, mapping the CCTV cameras in Boston or along the Pride parade route?

=== Video Newsletter/Podcast ===

Leader: Joseph

* Next pirate news recording scheduled for Sunday, 6pm unless changed
* Video recording for Dutch Pirate Party 10th anniversary set for Sunday, 4pm, Mr Crêpe, 51 Davis Sq, Somerville

=== Computer Donations ===

* srevilak/jokeefe working on sign up form.
* Joe Location still being worked on.

=== Bills ===

Right to Repair
* out of committee
* next email will urge supporters to call their state senator/rep. and urge them to support it
* see if people willing to setup meeting with reps.

Facial Recognition and other bills still in committee.

=== Platform Discussion ===

Moved to [[2020 Platform Discussion]]

=== Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) ===

Next meeting will be 3/8, 2-4pm, Mr Crêpe, 51 Davis Sq, Somerville. Topics are:

* find discussion/voting system;
* update CCTV cameras to include older cameras outside North America we didn't include;
* write an app to record the location/ownership of CCTV cameras;
* set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds);
* post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak).

== Tabled Projects ==

=== National Party ===

=== Boston Sex Worker Petition ===

=== FOSS Tutorials ===

Worcester farm group is interested in having some FOSS tutorials.  Perhaps:
* how to do basic labels in GIMP, 
* work through a few sample spreadsheets related to seed cost and 
* similarly applicable real-world situations, depending on the needs of the group

Basically how to do graph design & product management with open source tools. Malt will put together a one paragraph description of what we need and we can mail it out to ask pirates to help.

== Upcoming Events ==

* 3/8, 2pm-4pm, '''Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting''', Mr Crêpe, 51 Davis Sq, Somerville
* 3/10, 7-9pm, ''Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting'', Encuentro 5, Boston
* 3/17, 7-9pm, ''Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting'', Democracy Center, Cambridge
* 3/21, 10am-2pm, '''Lowell Meetup''', Lowell Public Library
* 3/24, 7-9pm, ''Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting''
* 4/7, 7-9pm, ''Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting'', Culture House, Harvard Square
* Spring 2020, ?, '''Boston Meetup'''
* Spring 2020, ?, '''Worcester Meetup'''
* Spring 2020, ?, '''Springfield Meetup'''
* 4/29, 7-9pm, ''Boston Cryptoparty'', Encuentro 5, Boston

== Participants ==

* Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
* Malt: sam capradae, worcester
* jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville


=== Observers ===

* davidd
* ChanServ
* hvxgr
* Deffy

== Summary ==


== Minutes ==

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