December 19th, 2024 Meeting

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

Recording: https://youtu.be/iZ5OMaOjrV0

Projects/Events

Winter Conference

Our Winter Conference is scheduled for Sunday, January 19th. It will be at the ROOTED Armory Café, Somerville.

• Cost is $200/4 hr minus cost of any food purchased - https://artsatthearmory.org/venue-rental/public-events/.
• The MBTA Green line a 7 minute walk, Red line a 20 minute walk, MBTA bus close by, free parking on site
• Wheelchair accessible. Seats 52. Has tables, wifi and a projector. Bathroom connected to cafe

To do:

• Create registration page
• Create speaker registration page
• Update conference page
• Post conference update
• Sign contract for ROOTED Armory Café and pay deposit
• Email supporters
• Mail voters
  • Letter - https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterLetter
• Design flyer - 12/20/2024
• Share flyer design with supporters & Arts at the Armory
• Choose speakers
• Set schedule
• Setup/test livestream

Planning Pad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterConference

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Video quality of Jitsi has started to suffer. Would be good to find a better streaming/recording alternative.
• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Voter Outreach 2024

• Letters to city election committee/town clerk asking for pirate voters/election dates
• Follow ups as necessary
• Snail Mail supporters in December to tell them about:
  • Conference
  • Call for officer nominees
  • Municipal elections
  • Other events/efforts
  • Donate/join our mailing list

2025 Local Campaigns

Need a leader for this effort.

Actions:

• Outreach to volunteers:
  • Ask them to organize locally
  • Ask them to campaign/run
  • Ask them to give us their full contact info
  • Call potential candidates/supporters
• Videos:
  • Selecting campaign
  • Planning campaign
  • Get on the ballot
  • Fundraising
  • Voter Id
  • GOTV

Participants

• Jamie, Somerville
• Steve, Arlington
• Eli, Leomnister
• Joe, Lowell

Summary

No USPP updates to report.

Conference Updates. Jamie would like to send a letter out between christmas and new years.

Programming ideas:

• Approach a few groups for a panel discussion on privacy.
• FOIA/public records
• Lightning talk
• Vermin Supreme

Jamie and Steve will do a site visit, to see what their audio system provides, and how to get an audio output.

Jamie will contact BABF folks about renting air purifiers.

Steve to locate conference code of conduct.