April 27th, 2023 Meeting
Meeting to be held via video conference: https://ca.meet.coop/mas-ub4-8ox-vtj.
Recording: no recording due to technical difficulties on two video platforms.
Reports
Decisions/Endorsements
Pro-Cash Plank
Make suggestions for plank text at https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/CashPlank
United States Pirate Party Issues?
Review National Privacy Bills to Support
Projects
Local Outreach
Upcoming events:
- June 3rd, Trans Resistance March and Festival
- June 17th, 12:30pm, Boxborough Fifers Day, Flerra Meadows, 400 Stow Road, Boxborough, MA. Setup starts at 7am.
May 13th Conference Planning
Planning for 2023 Local Elections
Video Newsletter/Podcast
Leader: Joseph
- Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed
Other To Do
- Application to PPI
Upcoming Events
- May 13th, noon-2pm, Spring Conference, 3 Foundry Industrial Street, Lowell, MA 01852
- June 3rd, Trans Resistance March and Festival
- June 17th, 12:30pm, Boxborough Fifers Day, Flerra Meadows, 400 Stow Road, Boxborough, MA. Setup starts at 7am.
- Red Umbrella Summer Event?
Participants
- Joseph Onoroski
- Micky Metts
- James O'Keefe
Observers
Summary
James will send out email blast and sign up for June events.
We have ~$2000 in the bank and received a question from OCPF. Joe contacted them and will resolve their reporting concern.
We had technical difficulties and moved to Jitsi.
Tentative Cash Plank:
Cash is the first P2P service
People have used cash for over twenty five hundred years. While cash is created by governments, it exists as an anonymous form of personal exchange around the world. Unlike many cryptocurrencies, which use vast amounts of electricity often generated from dirty power plants, the use cost of cash is trivial. Other digital payment systems, such as Paypal or Venmo, are centralized, charge a fee and are not anonymous. Cash is a true peer-to-peer form of exchange and we oppose businesses requiring payment using digital means. We urge everyone to support local businesses by cutting out financial intermediaries, such as credit cards, and the predatory cut they take, and to instead use cash.
Will include it in the email blast for final edits.
Micky will participate in the May 7th Pirate News. James will send email with details.
