{"id":4167,"date":"2015-11-11T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2015-11-09T22:10:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T03:10:10","slug":"voting-on-military-weapons-for-local-cops-bill-at-mondays-irc-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/11\/voting-on-military-weapons-for-local-cops-bill-at-mondays-irc-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting on Military Weapons for Local Cops Bill at Monday&#8217;s IRC Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Besides our usual administrative status reports, at <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/wiki\/November_9th,_2015_IRC_Meeting\" target=\"_blank\">Monday&#8217;s IRC meeting<\/a> we will be discussing and voting on whether to endorse\u00a0<a class=\"extern\" href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/189\/House\/H2169\">H.2169<\/a><span> \u2013 An Act assuring municipal control of military equipment procurement by local law enforcement. \u00a0It shouldn&#8217;t be<\/span>\u00a0controversial when it comes to Pirate principals.<\/p>\n<p>We have a <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/12\/state-house-bills-whats-your-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\">number of bills to consider<\/a>, so we will be going over a couple every week until we are done. \u00a0If you have any bills you think we should choose to endorse or oppose, please add them as a comment.<\/p>\n<p>To join the IRC meeting from 9pm to 10pm tonight:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/webchat.pirateirc.net\/\">https:\/\/webchat.pirateirc.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fill out the web form with the Nickname of your choice and enter #masspirates in the Channel box next to it, then click the Connect button<\/li>\n<li>Start typing and reading<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can also find a list of IRC servers at <a href=\"http:\/\/pirateirc.net\/servers\" target=\"_blank\">Pirate IRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also have two campaign meetings upcoming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/event\/register?id=13&amp;reset=1\">Nov. 15th<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/event\/register?id=14&amp;reset=1\">Dec. 6th<\/a>. \u00a0We would appreciate it if you registered so we know how large to make the reservations. \u00a0<span>Both meetings will be at the\u00a0<\/span><span>Pizzeria Regina, 353 Cambridge St, Allston (Boston), just off the Pike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we will be tabling at the <a class=\"extern\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonanarchistbookfair.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Anarchist Bookfair<\/a>, Nov. 21 &amp; 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