April 17th, 2018 IRC Meeting
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Review
Decisions/Endorsements
Projects
Email newsletter
Topics for next newsletter:
- Signup for Boston Pride Parade
- Yearly Conference survey
- 4/21 Mesh Net Meeting
- Call for teachers for MOS cryptoparty
- Pirate News Videos
Video Newsletter
Computer Donations
https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations
Statements In Process
- MA Bill H.3641: An Act relative to electronic tolling - Approved our opposition to it. Past position is to remove the tolls on the Pike since it has long been paid for.
- US S.1241 - Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 - Approved our opposition to S.1241. Need statement (Joe)
Other To Dos
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.
Tech/Outreach
- Review regular IRC meeting day. Poll sent to email list - Sent (jokeefe)
- email Loomio invite to supporters (jokeefe)
- set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds)
- post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak)
- finish setup of myBB (jokeefe)
- install slack alternative (jokeefe)
Upcoming Events
- 4/21, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, Mass Mesh Meeting, Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave Somerville
- 4/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
- April/May, Cambridge Pirate Meetup
- April/May, Democracy/IT meeting. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
- 5/5-6, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
- 5/9, Massachusetts Pirate Party 8th Anniversary
- 5/9, 6:30pm, A Crash Course in Digital Hygiene, Museum of Science
- 5/30, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
- May, Somerville Pirate Meetup
- 6/27, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
Participants
Observers
- ChanServ
Summary
Minutes
[9:01pm] jokeefe: Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_17th,_2018_IRC_Meeting [9:01pm] jokeefe: ids [9:01pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville [9:02pm] igel: william fleurant, arlington [9:02pm] hvxgr: Tom Rodman (Milwaukee) [9:03pm] jokeefe: Any items to add to the agenda? [9:03pm] hvxgr: no [9:04pm] jokeefe: Projects - Email newsletter - Anything to add to it? [9:07pm] jokeefe: ok, Moving on [9:07pm] jokeefe: Video Newsletter [9:08pm] jokeefe: What topic should we discuss at the next one? [9:08pm] Pirate_Joe: Sorry for the delay. [9:09pm] jokeefe: no worries [9:09pm] Pirate_Joe: I have been sick these last few weeks, but o [9:09pm] Pirate_Joe: I am on the mend. [9:10pm] Pirate_Joe: I wanted to do a piece on the dark web and how it's really about encryption and not illegal activity. [9:11pm] Pirate_Joe: The dark web has long been used as a scare tactic to have big brother/biz watch over you but really its just [9:12pm] Pirate_Joe: a way for them to justify themselves in invading your privacy. [9:12pm] jokeefe: Works for me [9:12pm] igel: yeah [9:12pm] jokeefe: When do you want to try recording it? [9:13pm] Pirate_Joe: Sunday, 10am work? [9:13pm] Pirate_Joe: a mention on our crypto party would be a nice wrap up as well. [9:14pm] igel: i recall showing ppl in sales/buyers to use Tor when researching competitors, or whatever.. heh [9:15pm] jokeefe: Even people using Tor need to buy plane tickets [9:15pm] Pirate_Joe: The only down side to the dark web is that its soooooo slow [9:15pm] jokeefe: aye [9:16pm] jokeefe: 10 am works for me. Can do later in the morning if that is better for you Pirate_Joe [9:17pm] Pirate_Joe: Earlier this Sunday is much better for me. I'm booked in the evening. [9:17pm] jokeefe: 10am it is [9:19pm] jokeefe: Any particular points we should cover besides the ones Pirate_Joe mentioned? [9:19pm] Pirate_Joe: Piratecon? [9:20pm] Pirate_Joe: Well, Experian has a smear campaign to cover its breach. [9:21pm] igel: tor is pretty fast now after mozilla funding/outreach for getting relays onboard, check it out [9:21pm] jokeefe: wonderful [9:21pm] igel: i use protonvpn they offer vpn + tor exit .. for $0.00 [9:21pm] igel: android, linux, osx, [9:22pm] igel: i'll keep thinking cap on -- has piratecon a date? month/date? [9:22pm] jokeefe: Will get the email out this week and will have the survey in it. so let’s bring the Piratecon survey [9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: So this will be a fact checking video. We want to offer people as many facts and options as possible so let's add that as well. [9:22pm] igel: ah cool [9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: ty nigel [9:23pm] jokeefe: no, igel, doing a survey to see what people one. one conference, regional conferences, etc. [9:23pm] Pirate_Joe: Eric, igel. autocorrect strikes again. [9:24pm] jokeefe: so, no date yet [9:24pm] Pirate_Joe: k [9:25pm] jokeefe: Computer Donations - I will write something up and include it in the email update [9:26pm] jokeefe: Other To Dos - Will have time to setup a matrix server this week. the client is already up, but isn’t pointing at anything [9:27pm] jokeefe: I sent email to the activists meeting about our 8th birthday [9:28pm] jokeefe: Upcoming Events [9:28pm] jokeefe: 4/21, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, Mass Mesh Meeting, Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Ave Somerville [9:28pm] jokeefe: 4/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville [9:28pm] jokeefe: That is all I have [9:28pm] jokeefe: igel - protonvpn, hmmm… sounds interesting [9:30pm] jokeefe: I have found https://ipredator.se/ to be good. Generally their ssl cert works though [9:30pm] Pirate_Joe: yeah, I want to check it out as well. [9:30pm] jokeefe: for their site [9:30pm] jokeefe: haven’t seen any issues with the vpn [9:32pm] jokeefe: unless there is anything else, shall we adjourn? [9:33pm] Pirate_Joe: I second. [9:33pm] jokeefe: all in favor? [9:33pm] igel: aye [9:33pm] Pirate_Joe: I have a baby on my chest. [9:33pm] Pirate_Joe: aye [9:33pm] igel: heh nice [9:33pm] hvxgr: Any thoughts of migrating off youtube to an alternative. Maybe not now, but long term? [9:34pm] hvxgr: Maybe postpone for another meeting? [9:34pm] jokeefe: I would like to get our videos at least available via bittorrent for a start [9:34pm] Pirate_Joe: Not really, but I would like to mirror to other sites in addition to the tube. [9:34pm] jokeefe: but having multiple venues is always good [9:34pm] Pirate_Joe: I suggest minds for one [9:35pm] jokeefe: BTW: http://www.newsweek.com/republican-tax-plan-donald-trump-cbo-884129 [9:35pm] jokeefe: “A CBO official told Newsweek that its analysis shows a majority of the GDP growth will benefit foreigners, but they don't have an exact number. “ [9:36pm] jokeefe: So much for Trump’s nativist economic populism [9:36pm] Pirate_Joe: would it be Russia for these foreigners whom benefit? [9:36pm] jokeefe: Probably, China, Europe and Japan [9:36pm] jokeefe: Though some Russian oligarchs will benefit [9:37pm] Pirate_Joe: it's very suspect.... [9:37pm] jokeefe: hope your young one is resting, Pirate_Joe [9:37pm] Pirate_Joe: Better than I am, lol. [9:37pm] jokeefe: [9:38pm] jokeefe: Well, the baby resting allows the parents to rest, hopefully. [9:38pm] jokeefe: I’ll put the minutes in the meeting notes
