February 29th, 2024 Meeting

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/

Recording: https://youtu.be/X_BYlFQjNFg

Projects/Events

Elections

Tokens created. Ballots sent out.

Calendar:

• March 3rd - Ballots must be returned

Steve will remove handle voting tokens.

Planning for 2024

Nomination papers available for county/state/federal elections.

• List of city/town election contacts added to database - Thanks Steve.
• Contact cities/town to get list of voters
  • Get list of contacts
  • Write email
  • Send it
• Mail members/voters
  • Ask them to organize locally
  • Ask them to campaign/run
  • Ask them to give us their full contact info
• Call potential candidates/supporters
• ?

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Next pirate news on March 3rd.
• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Participants

• jokeefe
• joe
• srevilak

Summary

Reports

• Through our friends at Digital Fourth, Somerville had a meeting to accept the Mayor's surveillance report. Will go to full city council at some point.
• March 5th. Cambridge is having a similar review.
• There are national efforts to roll back Section 702 (Patriot Act). Biden administration wants to renew Patriot act provisions as-is.
• Farmer in PA is suing for the right to sell organic raw milk (PA ordinarily requires a permit for this).

USPP updates

• Liz is trying to get a more sustained effort to revitalize the platform committee
• PPI is willing to let us stay on as an honorary member, rather than giving us observer status.

Election of MAPP officers

• Ballots out. Voting closes on March 3rd.

Planning for 2024

• Jamie will send email to supporters about organizing and running locally.

Pirate News

• Scheduled for this Sunday at 7:30pm