{"id":1187,"date":"2012-12-27T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T19:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2012-12-27T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T19:33:33","slug":"captains-log-mailing-party-1230-2pm-jan-meeting-127-2pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/captains-log-mailing-party-1230-2pm-jan-meeting-127-2pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain&#8217;s Log &#8211; Mailing Party, 12\/30, 2pm &#038; Jan. Meeting, 1\/27, 2pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahoy! \u00a0Cap&#8217;n James here.<\/p>\n<p>We tend to do far more communicating on Twitter and Facebook and not nearly enough on this blog, so I have resolved to focus more of my efforts here and less forwarding other things there. \u00a0Since I am still enjoying the holiday, I&#8217;ll keep this log brief.<\/p>\n<p>We have two events coming up in the next month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This Sunday, Dec. 30th, we will be holding a mailing party to reach out to our 76 Pirate voters and many supporters who have shared their contact info with us. \u00a0It will start at 2pm on the 30th and will be at 111 Sunnyside Ave, Arlington, which is just over the\u00a0Somerville\/Arlington line. \u00a0Besides\u00a0stuffing envelopes to keep folks up to date about what&#8217;s been going on in the party and send along a survey to get feedback from folks we will get a chance to talk about the events we want to be at in 2013.\u00a0 There&#8217;s plenty of street parking, and it&#8217;s\u00a0close to the 87\/88 MBTA bus routes. \u00a0We hope you will join us.<\/li>\n<li>On Sunday, Jan. 27th at 2pm, we will have our next in-person meeting at\u00a040 Moulton Park Rd., Framingham, MA 01702.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always, we have weekly IRC meeting at noon on Thursdays. \u00a0Details on the side bar.<\/p>\n<p>2012 was pretty\u00a0phenomenal, and we want 2013 to be even better. \u00a0We are planning to hold at least one Pirate Conference\u00a0(and maybe two) this year as well as participating in the Together Boston electronic music festival in May, Boston Pride Festival in June and the Freedom Rally in September. \u00a0But we won&#8217;t be standing still and are looking at participating in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.securitybsides.com\/w\/page\/12194141\/BSidesBoston\">#BSidesBOS conference<\/a>, possibly organizing a\u00a0CryptoCurrencies Conference and doing something special at PaxEast to name a few things we have our eye on.<\/p>\n<p>The thing about events is they take time and money. \u00a0We have a great group of volunteers (and are looking for more), but we are trying to find some more\u00a0doubloons\u00a0to help us travel into these new realms. \u00a0If you have some cash, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.piryx.com\/donate\/ZeBuHGQi\/Massachusetts-Pirate-Party\/\">please give<\/a> what you can spare. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.piryx.com\/donate\/ZeBuHGQi\/Massachusetts-Pirate-Party\/\">It is easy<\/a>. \u00a0Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Talk with you on the 30th or in the new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahoy! \u00a0Cap&#8217;n James here. 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