September 25th, 2014 IRC Meeting
From Mass Pirate Wiki
Review
- Update on candidate status, campaign strategies
- Boston Software Freedom Day
- Citizens Rising
Decisions/Events Status
- Sep. 26th. DMC in-person meeting. 4pm?
- Fluff Fest/Freedom not Fear/Flyering
- Sep. 26-29, Freedom Not Fear wiki
- Need a blog post
- Sep. 27th. Jobs NOT Jails Coalition Meeting: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Freedom House 5 Crawford Street, Dorchester, MA 02121
- Oct. 4, 9am-6pm, MIT Maker Faire Lucia and Jason doing set up.
- cryptoparty table idea posted. Who will present? And what?
- Wikileaks 8th Birthday Party, 10/4. Suggested: Celebrate during and after Maker faire
Participants
- jokeefe (James O'Keefe, Somerville)
- srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
- Bluelustreak (Lucia Fiero))
- noe (Noelani Kamelamela, Somerville)
- ANONinMASS
- kendra
Observers
- davidd
- Pharyngeal
Events Summary
- Sep. 26th. DMC in-person meeting. 4pm?
- Sep. 26-29, Freedom Not Fear wiki
- Sep. 27th. Jobs NOT Jails Coalition Meeting: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Freedom House 5 Crawford Street, Dorchester, MA 02121
- Oct. 4, 9am-6pm, MIT Maker Faire
- Oct. 4, Wikileaks birthday/BRICnic
- Nov. 5, Million Mask March
- May 6, 2015, International Day against DRM.
Summary
Campaign status updates. Noe campaigning at fluff fest on Saturday. Fluff fest runs from 3-7pm. Campain meeting Sunday morning at 10am. For Joe, have some pins designed, but no events planned.
Software Freedom Day Cryptoparty went reasonably well. Steve did packet sniffing; Noe did PGP and Mailvelope; Kendra did Jitsi. Around 35 people attending.
Citizens Rising. Kresge was about 50-75% full! Pretty good crowd and all of the civic-minded groups were there in force. Unfortunately, no new contacts from the event.
Oct 4th. We agree to focus our efforts on Maker Faire, and postpone bricnic. We'll have a wikileaks party after Maker Faire, perhaps at ASGARD in Cambridge. srevilak will set up civicrm event for Asgard wikileaks party.
Million mask march. Potential event for 11/5/2014.
Minutes
21:00 < jokeefe> Agenda -
https://masspirates.org/wiki/September_25th,_2014_IRC_Meeting
21:00 < jokeefe> ids - James O'Keefe, Somerville
21:00 < Bluelustreak> Lucia Fiero
21:01 < noe> Noelani Kamelamela, Somerville
21:01 < srevilak> Steve Revilak, Somerville, MA
21:03 < jokeefe> Update on candidate status, campaign strategies
21:03 < Bluelustreak> After you Noe
21:03 < noe> Candidate: still alive!
21:03 < jokeefe> yay!
21:03 < Bluelustreak> Breathing is good.
21:03 < ANONinMASS> ahoy
21:04 < jokeefe> busy Saturday at Fluff Fest, campaign meeting on Sunday
21:04 < noe> Erm, I am going on vacation from 10/1-10/8, but will do
some stuff including a campaign meeting at 10am my place on Sunday.
21:04 < jokeefe> ahoy ANONinMASS
21:04 < Bluelustreak> Ahoy!
21:04 < noe> ahoy!
21:04 < noe> jokeefe: we should decide on a time for Saturday?
21:04 < jokeefe> aye
21:04 < Bluelustreak> Well, we will tell ppl about you at MIT
21:05 < srevilak> noe: jokeefe I believe fluff fest starts at 3pm.
Maybe campaign at 4pm?
21:05 < srevilak> Or 3pm :)
21:05 < jokeefe> 3-7pm
21:07 < jokeefe> I am game for when you want noe/srevilak, will need to
drive kid at 5pm for a bit
21:07 < jokeefe> can talk offline
21:07 < jokeefe> What is the update with Joe, Bluelustreak
21:07 < Bluelustreak> FB PM, VM Email... nuthin
21:08 < noe> (If you need to drive, earlier is better, so we can say
3-4:30?)
21:08 < Bluelustreak> I have a lovely pin designed for him but no events
planned. There is a fair this Sat
21:08 < srevilak> noe: 3-4:30 works for me
21:08 < Bluelustreak> But I have forsworn working this weekend
21:09 < jokeefe> thanks for the update, Bluelustreak
21:09 < Bluelustreak> He went to the forum
21:09 < Bluelustreak> But has not reported to me how it went. I was
unable to go :-(
21:09 < jokeefe> good he could go
21:09 < Bluelustreak> He could just make a video in his room and that
would be something.
21:10 < noe> True!
21:10 < noe> Ahoy
21:10 < Kendra> hi
21:10 < jokeefe> ahoy Kendra
21:10 < Bluelustreak> He was pretty disappointed that I couldn't make it.
21:10 < jokeefe> Quick update on Boston Software Freedom Day / Citizens
Rising?
21:10 < Bluelustreak> Ahoy!
21:10 < srevilak> jokeefe: we had a nice 90-minute segment
21:10 < srevilak> I demonstrated packet sniffing
21:11 < srevilak> Noe did PGP and Mailvelope
21:11 < srevilak> Kendra did Jitsi
21:11 < Bluelustreak> Thank you both.
21:11 < srevilak> About 35 people attending
21:11 < srevilak> I wore MAPP T-shirt; Will introduced Noe as a pirate
candidate
21:12 < Kendra> seems like there are more people coming out tothings
21:12 < Bluelustreak> Excellent
21:12 < jokeefe> cool! good reaction?
21:12 < srevilak> jokeefe: I think so. Noe, Kendra - how would you
rate it?
21:13 < noe> I think so! I re-met a few people. I'd give it a B, but
only because the space was a bit small for the number of people attending
21:13 < Kendra> Good turn out and a more broad audience, more women
and peopel of color.
21:13 < jokeefe> very cool
21:13 < noe> Some people got weirded out by the close quarters and had
to either leave or take breaks.
21:13 < ANONinMASS> I'm available to help where ever you need me on
Saturday
21:14 < jokeefe> thank you
21:14 < Bluelustreak> Yay! Thanks Bry!
21:14 < Bluelustreak> Facebook a good way to coordinate? Or by text?
21:15 < Bluelustreak> for you, ANONinMASS
21:15 < ANONinMASS> Text me. I do not have FB messenger on my phone..
21:15 < jokeefe> going to jump to 10/4 planning
21:15 < noe> Citizens Rising: I think Kresge was about 50-75% full!
So, a pretty good crowd and all of the civic-minded groups were there
in force.
21:15 < jokeefe> We have the table at the MIT Mini Maker Faire
21:15 < jokeefe> thank you, noe.
21:16 < jokeefe> how was the crowd reaction?
21:17 < srevilak> jokeefe: crowd seemed receptive to the speakers
21:17 < noe> Generally, I felt the speakers were preaching to the choir!
I did make some connections and hand out my card, but I haven't had any
pings back yet.
21:17 < srevilak> noe: agreed, there was a certain amount of preaching
to choir
21:17 < jokeefe> did you get any names we can look up?
21:18 < srevilak> No names, but one good quote
21:18 < noe> For our own signal boosting: nope.
21:18 < srevilak> "I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get
to do the nominating". Boss Tweed
21:19 < jokeefe> especially if only one candidate gets nominated
21:19 < jokeefe> any other observations?
21:19 < Bluelustreak> Check y'all's texts for Bryan's number.
21:19 < Bluelustreak> Anyone approach Lessig?
21:19 < noe> But there are groups doing interesting things that we
probably know about: NH Rebellion, PassMassAmendment, etc...
21:20 < noe> I did not get a chance to approach Larry. :(
21:20 < Kendra> Tooo mnany people around him to get close .
21:20 < Bluelustreak> I wish I could have been there.
21:20 < Bluelustreak> Cuz I'm pushy.
21:20 < Bluelustreak> I am not giving up on this idea I have of getting
him to speak at PC2015
21:21 < Bluelustreak> Reformulating
21:21 < jokeefe> ++
21:21 < Bluelustreak> Kendra question?
21:21 < Bluelustreak> When are you here until?
21:21 < Kendra> wednesday
21:22 < srevilak> Bluelustreak: you might try contacting
info@rootstrikers.org
21:22 < Bluelustreak> OK call me later.
21:22 < noe> Also, on the subject of groups: 15 Now New England will need
to canvas for the vote in November for 10th Suffolk's ballot initiative.
21:22 < Bluelustreak> OK I will look into that!
21:22 < Bluelustreak> Could you rephrase that Noe?
21:23 < jokeefe> thanks, noe
21:23 < Bluelustreak> You need who to do what now?
21:23 < srevilak> noe: can we do some canvassing on Saturday (or
incorporate that into campaigning?)
21:23 < noe> We don't need to do anything, but if you know people who
live in that district, feel free to poke them and spread the word.
21:24 < srevilak> we should discuss plans for 10/4 - Bricnic & Maker Faire
21:24 < jokeefe> lets talk offline, srevilak / noe
21:24 < noe> We can mention it! I do endorse 15 Now, even though they
were unsuccessful in our area, and we can talk about it.
21:24 < jokeefe> agreed
21:24 < noe> BRICnic!
21:25 < jokeefe> 10/4 - we have the maker faire from 9-6pm
21:25 < noe> Big thank yous to both Jason and Lucia.
21:25 < Bluelustreak> Jason and I will be doing set up
21:25 < srevilak> sounds like first question is division of labor
21:25 < jokeefe> need people who can teach security/tech privacy
21:26 < Bluelustreak> I have my unused Tor updated presentation
21:26 < srevilak> jokeefe: I can do Maker faire (and forego bricnic)
21:26 < jokeefe> yay!
21:26 < Bluelustreak> I should make slides
21:26 < jokeefe> that is the thing. I don't know if we can cover both.
21:26 < Bluelustreak> Well the thing about Bricnic is...
21:26 < jokeefe> ANONinMASS, what do you think?
21:26 < srevilak> maker faire is just tabling, correct?
21:27 < Bluelustreak> Jamie and I were talking with Alex today and we
all feel that it's not coming together.
21:27 < jokeefe> aye, but we gotta show people so it is a handson
cryptoparty
21:27 < Bluelustreak> No there is way more to Maker Faire
21:27 < Kendra> make buttons
21:27 < srevilak> jokeefe: in terms of reaching new people, Maker Faire
may be a better opportunity
21:27 < ANONinMASS> I can help with whatever you need captain
21:27 < jokeefe> agreed
21:27 < Bluelustreak> We could also have a cryptoparty how-to
21:28 < srevilak> Bluelustreak: maker faire is a table, yes?
21:28 < Bluelustreak> FYI our spot is outside
21:28 < Bluelustreak> in the quad
21:28 < noe> It sounds like people want to refocus and concentrate on
maker faire
21:28 < noe> I think that is not a bad idea.
21:28 < noe> (as i will be out of state)
21:28 < jokeefe> what about having a wikileaks birthday after maker
faire and then put effort into the million mask march on 11/5?
21:28 < Bluelustreak> They provide us with one table and a tent
21:28 < Bluelustreak> two chairs. We will bring another table and
more charis
21:29 < Kendra> just do buttons and flyers
21:29 < srevilak> jokeefe: I think wikileaks after Maker faire sounds
more manageable
21:29 < noe> agreed
21:29 < Bluelustreak> They said I could give out cupcakes if they are
stor bought and I have the store's liabilty waiver
21:29 < srevilak> If we focus on Maker faire, I can commit to a 9-6p
AMA about cryptography
21:29 < Bluelustreak> I will call Whole Foods
21:30 < Bluelustreak> AMA?
21:30 < srevilak> Bluelustreak: AMA = ask me anything
21:30 < jokeefe> sounds like a plan. where to have the birthday party?
21:31 < Bluelustreak> Asguard
21:31 < Bluelustreak> Agard
21:31 < Bluelustreak> it's so cool in there.
21:31 < jokeefe> ooooh, haven't been there.
21:31 < Bluelustreak> That's not too far is it?
21:32 < jokeefe> not far.
21:32 < Bluelustreak> Walking distance, I am sure.
21:32 < noe> Asgard in Central Square?
21:32 < jokeefe> yes
21:32 < Bluelustreak> Closer to MIT end but yeah
21:32 < noe> Its near Tosci's
21:32 < Bluelustreak> ASGARD
21:32 < Bluelustreak> spelling counts
21:33 < Bluelustreak>
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asgard-Irish-Pub-Restaurant/182749148419838
21:33 < noe> so, have we decided that we will focus on maker faire?
21:34 < noe> or should we vote on that?
21:34 < noe> Bye Bye BRICnic?
21:34 < Bluelustreak> Motion to focus on maker faire
21:34 < jokeefe> Any objections to postponing the bricnic?
21:34 < Bluelustreak> DMC update just came in...
21:35 < Bluelustreak> When you are ready.
21:35 < noe> I second the motion.
21:35 < jokeefe> all in favor of postponing the bricnic?
21:36 < Bluelustreak> aye
21:36 < ANONinMASS> aye
21:36 < srevilak> jokeefe: agree to postpone bricnic
21:36 < jokeefe> aye
21:36 < noe> aye!
21:36 < jokeefe> any opposed?
21:36 < Bluelustreak> Thanks for shifting gears so easily, Bry!
21:37 < jokeefe> abstentions?
21:37 < Bluelustreak> May I update y'all about DMC?
21:37 < jokeefe> ok moving on
21:37 < Bluelustreak> Suren just messaged me.
21:38 < Bluelustreak> There is no meeting tomorrow.
21:38 < jokeefe> thanks for the update
21:38 < Bluelustreak> Moving E5 was super time-consuming so DMC is
on hold.
21:38 < Kendra> aye to postpone
21:38 < Bluelustreak> So one less thing on our docket each week, for now.
21:38 < jokeefe> wikileaks birthday - motion to have at asgard - here
is the menu http://www.classicirish.com/asgard-menu.php
21:39 < Bluelustreak> 2nd
21:39 < Bluelustreak> :-D
21:39 < Bluelustreak> It's like a castle inside.
21:40 < jokeefe> srevilak, could use civicrm to take reservations, yes?
21:40 < noe> all in favor of having wikileaks birthday at asgard?
21:41 < ANONinMASS> aye
21:41 < jokeefe> aye
21:41 < srevilak> aye
21:41 < noe> aye
21:41 < Kendra> aye
21:41 < srevilak> jokeefe: yes, we could set up a civicrm event
21:41 < jokeefe> any opposed?
21:41 < jokeefe> or abstentions?
21:41 < jokeefe> motion passes
21:42 < srevilak> jokeefe: will work on civicrm event this weekend
21:42 < srevilak> jokeefe: also, check your @riseup.net email for status
on PirateCon 2015 survey
21:43 < jokeefe> I will get the post out about Fluff fest tonight,
probably, and an email about 10/4 events Monday morning
21:43 < jokeefe> thanks, srevilak, will do so.
21:43 < Kendra> gotta go, nite all
21:43 < jokeefe> noe, will finish updates to flyer design
21:43 < jokeefe> tonight
21:44 < noe> jokeefe: you are awesome
21:44 < srevilak> jokeefe: time permitting, can give a brief civi demo
on Sun. If appropriate
21:44 < jokeefe> Think we covered everything on the agenda.
21:44 < jokeefe> ANONinMASS, have you heard any plans for the 11/5
million mask march?
21:44 < Bluelustreak> Thank you so much!
21:44 < jokeefe> that would be fine, srevilak, we can talk Sat. too.
21:45 < jokeefe> missed one thing
21:45 < jokeefe> Would anyone be able to go to the Sep. 27th. Jobs NOT
Jails Coalition Meeting?
21:45 < ANONinMASS> I have not, I headed last years in Boston, and will
most likely take the reigns for the event again. I will talk to some of
the Anons in the community here and see what they are doing. I know some
are going to DC
21:46 < noe> What time is that meeting again?
21:46 < Bluelustreak> I will help you Bry.
21:46 < jokeefe> thanks, ANONinMASS. Would like to support and get the
word out
21:46 < jokeefe> Sunday?
21:46 < Bluelustreak> Let's stay in touch.
21:47 < ANONinMASS> I would love to help where ever you need me
21:47 < jokeefe> thank you. When I see you on Sat., I can show you
about email filters. :-)
21:47 < Bluelustreak> ++
21:48 < Bluelustreak> So gald you came tonight Bry
21:48 < Bluelustreak> glad, too
21:48 < ANONinMASS> Me too, sorry about not being around lately.!
21:48 < Bluelustreak> Life happens
21:48 < jokeefe> no worries, life gets hectic
21:49 < jokeefe> thanks for attending
21:49 < ANONinMASS> no prob!!
21:49 < srevilak> jokeefe: I'm 50/50 for being able to attend JNJ
coalition meeting. Depends on whether I'm meeting with Suren that morning
(to talk Drupal)
21:50 < jokeefe> ok, thanks
21:50 < noe> I really want to go, but my schedule is crazy.
21:51 < Bluelustreak> I can't
21:51 < jokeefe> In other news: Bluelustreak and I met with some other
folks who are focusing on creating a coalition to craft legislation
to deal with police profiling, surveillance, war toys and the like.
Good meeting. Looking to find others who are willing to help.
21:51 < Bluelustreak> Comprimise
21:51 < Bluelustreak> Yes, lovely to see Alex as always
21:52 < Bluelustreak> I like Ben very much was already following him on
Twitter... apparently
21:52 < jokeefe> We will be meeting weekly. Will keep folks updated.
Hope to have legislation we can propose and support in the next month
or so.
21:52 < Bluelustreak> We need a constituional atty
21:53 < Bluelustreak> I spoke to my mother, a retired criminal and family
law atty
21:53 < jokeefe> yes, if you know of a lawyer who is willing to help
craft the bill's/ordinance's language, that would help
21:53 < Bluelustreak> She also suggested we troll the Berkman center
21:53 < noe> should we troll the ACLU?
21:53 < noe> i know there is a Mass office, but I don't know where
21:53 < Bluelustreak> Who wants to go trolling the next open house
with me?
21:54 < Bluelustreak> Noe? Berkman center?
21:54 < jokeefe> we know them and others are reaching out to them.
21:54 < Bluelustreak> Also, Kit might be able to suggest someone
21:54 < noe> would do, as long as i'm in state
21:54 < Bluelustreak> I will email him
21:54 < Bluelustreak> I will check the schedule fer the next one.
21:55 < Bluelustreak> I understand you need a vacation. thats cool
21:55 < Bluelustreak> James was gone for weeks!
21:55 < srevilak> if we're finished, I motion to adjourn
21:55 < Bluelustreak> Real life is important too!
21:55 < jokeefe> any other updates?
21:55 < noe> i second
21:55 < Bluelustreak> I figure out how to edit buttons!
21:55 < jokeefe> but but we still have 5 minutes ;-)
21:56 < Bluelustreak> All by myself!
21:56 < jokeefe> yay!
21:56 < noe> all in favor?
21:56 < jokeefe> you go!
21:56 < jokeefe> noe 2nds
21:56 < Kendra> aye
21:56 < noe> aye
21:56 < Bluelustreak> I will never give out another issue button that
does not have our contact info on it somewhere
21:56 < jokeefe> aye
21:56 < Bluelustreak> feh
21:56 < Bluelustreak> Absatin
21:56 < Bluelustreak> (kidding)
21:56 < jokeefe> folks can still talk
21:57 < jokeefe> gonna need something to keep me up while I write stuff.
21:57 < Bluelustreak> Check your texts!
21:57 < Kendra> nite
21:57 < Bluelustreak> I sent y'all Bryan's # for Sat
21:57 < noe> i'm heading to bed. nite all!
21:57 < jokeefe> okley dokley
21:57 < Bluelustreak> in case you don't have it
21:57 < jokeefe> nigh noe
21:57 < jokeefe> thanks, Bluelustreak
21:57 < Bluelustreak> What are you writing? Mebbe I can help
21:58 < jokeefe> emails, blog post about Sat., updates to Noe's flyer
21:58 * srevilak will post transcript
