January 24th, 2017 IRC Meeting
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Review
Endorsements
Projects
Local Surveillance Ordinances
Cryptoparties
Campaign Workshops
Starting Local Chapters
MAAPL Fight Foreclosure Campaign
Fundraising & Conference
Projects On Hold For the Moment
Both of these could be topics for future hackathons.
CCTV Camera Map
Together Boston Meshnet
Upcoming Events
- 1/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty
See: 2017 calendar
Participants
- jokeefe
- G
- BrianShaw
- Castaway_
- moses
Observers
- davidd
- igel
- sankey
- Techrev
Summary
Minutes
[9:03pm] jokeefe: Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/January_24th,_2017_IRC_Meeting [9:03pm] papegaai: Title: January 24th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) [9:03pm] jokeefe: ids [9:03pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville [9:03pm] jokeefe: anyone want to add anything to the agenda? [9:04pm] G: bo sir nothing i can think of [9:05pm] BrianShaw: (thinking) [9:05pm] G: "planning for the inevitable breakdown of society" ? [9:05pm] jokeefe: heh [9:05pm] jokeefe: sure [9:05pm] BrianShaw: planning to be the ones who rebuild it? [9:05pm] G: yes! [9:06pm] jokeefe: BTW: if you haven’t filled out the questionnaire for PirateCon 2017, please do [9:06pm] jokeefe: https://masspirates.org/crew/forms/piratecon-2017-questionnaire [9:06pm] papegaai: Title: Piratecon 2017 Questionnaire | Mass Pirates Crew (at masspirates.org) [9:06pm] G: yep i got mine in! [9:06pm] jokeefe: If you think of anything more to add to the agenda, just speak up [9:06pm] BrianShaw: I'll come back to that later [9:06pm] jokeefe: we end at 10pm, though [9:06pm] BrianShaw: fake news? [9:07pm] BrianShaw: or - how to ensure information is trustworthy? [9:07pm] jokeefe: its all fake [9:07pm] G: trust nothing [9:07pm] G: [9:07pm] jokeefe: Review [9:07pm] jokeefe: sure we can talk fake news later [9:07pm] jokeefe: we had the Democracy/IT Meeting on Saturday [9:07pm] jokeefe: three people attended [9:08pm] jokeefe: we talked a lot about finding a better way for people to communicate and self organize [9:08pm] jokeefe: steps are: [9:08pm] jokeefe: 1. put out a call with our requirements for suggestions for tools to use and other advice [9:09pm] jokeefe: 2. take the suggestions and setup three or so options [9:09pm] jokeefe: 3. let people play with the options [9:09pm] jokeefe: 4. go with the one that works [9:10pm] G: erm... technology options? like programs? [9:10pm] jokeefe: discussion was about message boards vs tools like slack, but one person suggested that reddit code is open source so that might work better [9:10pm] jokeefe: yes [9:10pm] G: i'm embarssaingly lowtech [9:10pm] jokeefe: no worries, that is one of the requirements [9:10pm] BrianShaw: as are a lot of the people we want voting for us [9:10pm] jokeefe: aye [9:11pm] jokeefe: and we need ways that people can plug in easily and find pirates in their area and self organize [9:12pm] jokeefe: email isn’t cutting it, at least the way we are using it [9:12pm] G: we'll need this to get that senate seat [9:12pm] jokeefe: or 40 [9:12pm] jokeefe: or were you thinking Federal? [9:12pm] G: Warren. lol [9:12pm] G: i might have started a fire on our FB page [9:12pm] jokeefe: 9 house reps are a good target as well [9:12pm] G: [9:13pm] jokeefe: oh? [9:13pm] G: i shared one link suggesting Warren's seat was up [9:13pm] jokeefe: ah, yeah heard that poll. haven’t looked at the cross tabs yet [9:13pm] G: some people were very..... excited about it [9:14pm] jokeefe: well we have local offices they can run for. much easier. [9:14pm] G: yep, much more realistically [9:14pm] G: [9:15pm] jokeefe: we set the date for the next one for 2/18. it is up at https://masspirates.org/wiki/2017_Event_Calendar [9:15pm] papegaai: Title: 2017 Event Calendar - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) [9:16pm] jokeefe: Endorsements - any suggestions we should consider, or skip? [9:16pm] Castaway_ joined the chat room. [9:16pm] jokeefe: ahoy Castaway_ [9:16pm] jokeefe: ids appreciated [9:16pm] Castaway_: Ahoy! [9:16pm] jokeefe: Agenda - https://masspirates.org/wiki/January_24th,_2017_IRC_Meeting [9:16pm] G: Garret Kirkland, Lowell [9:16pm] papegaai: Title: January 24th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) [9:16pm] jokeefe: on Endorsements [9:18pm] jokeefe: moving on then to Projects [9:18pm] jokeefe: Local Surveillance Ordinances - Somerville: picking a date to meet with the city [9:19pm] jokeefe: Cryptoparties - lots see https://masspirates.org/wiki/2017_Event_Calendar, looking for more people to teach [9:19pm] jokeefe: if you are in Somerville tomorrow, there is one [9:20pm] G: i just leave everything open for the NSA to cgrab [9:20pm] G: basically if they have to break in, they gonna break stuff [9:20pm] G: so just leave it open for them [9:20pm] jokeefe: mostly passive surveillance on their part [9:21pm] G: my mouth so big there's no point pretending to hide things [9:21pm] Castaway_: Thanks for the agenda link. It's a great agenda! [9:21pm] Castaway_: Do I have to register my id? Sorry it's off topic. [9:21pm] G: nope, if you wanna tell us who you are you are welcome to (optional) [9:21pm] G: I'm Garret Kirkland, from Lowell [9:22pm] Castaway_: I'm Andrew Sullivan, from Vermont [9:22pm] jokeefe: you don’t Castaway_ [9:22pm] jokeefe: cool [9:22pm] Castaway_: OK, thanks! [9:22pm] jokeefe: welcome [9:22pm] G: ahoy! [9:22pm] Castaway_: Ahoy! [9:23pm] jokeefe: Talked with a journalist about setting up a cryptoparty for journalists and doing a FOIA training [9:23pm] BrianShaw: back to what you were saying, is the Cryptoparty all set for tomorrow or are you still looking for people? [9:23pm] jokeefe: tomorrow is fine [9:23pm] BrianShaw: I have a conflict but want tobe sure. Great [9:23pm] jokeefe: mostly looking for people for future events [9:23pm] jokeefe: especially for one in Rhode Island [9:24pm] G: Rhode Island, MA? [9:24pm] Castaway_: Does the national party have specific guidelines for local surveillance ordinances? Do the Mass Pirates? [9:24pm] G: they should just be part of our Commonwealth anyways [9:25pm] jokeefe: Providence , G [9:25pm] Castaway_: I tried to reach out to the administrator of the Vermont Pirate Party FB page, and I mentioned the possibility of organizing a a crypto party in Vermont. [9:25pm] jokeefe: we have a mailing list https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptoparty_masspirates.org/ [9:25pm] papegaai: Title: Cryptoparty_masspirates.org Info Page (at lists.mayfirst.org) [9:25pm] jokeefe: cool, Castaway_ [9:25pm] jokeefe: Don’t think the national party has specific guidelines for local surveillance ordinances [9:25pm] Castaway_: Thanks! I'll try to sign up for the mailing list [9:27pm] jokeefe: masspirates are working with Restore the 4th on some ordinances locally [9:28pm] BrianShaw: it's worth asking national about the surveillance ordinances. Bring in the ACLU and police groups and such [9:28pm] Castaway_: The Vermont Progressive Party's Platform actually addresses the idea of rights to privacy in digital media; I have wondered if Pirates in Vermont could caucus with the Vermont Progressive Party [9:28pm] jokeefe: up to you [9:29pm] jokeefe: Campaign Workshops - next one is 2/25, 11:00am-2:30pm, Campaign Workshop, Holyoke Public Library Community Room, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke [9:30pm] Castaway_: I'm getting ahead of myself, because the Vermont Pirate Party appears to be technically dormant according to the US Pirate Party website [9:30pm] jokeefe: sadly, yes. [9:30pm] Castaway_: Yes, it's technically dormant? [9:31pm] jokeefe: it isn’t active to the best of my knowledge, but I haven’t looked at the FB/twitter accounts [9:31pm] jokeefe: twitter account might be more active [9:31pm] BrianShaw: well Bernie Sanders has raised a nice anti-corruption banner with a national campaign to boot [9:32pm] BrianShaw: he doesn't have an answer for big government skeptics though [9:32pm] G: we can def help check into that for you and reach out to our USPP peoples [9:32pm] Castaway_: Yeah, it's technically dormant; I'll look for a Twitter account, but I think there is just a FB page [9:32pm] jokeefe: https://twitter.com/piratepartyvt [9:32pm] papegaai: Title: Pirate Party ⓋT (@PiratePartyVT) | Twitter (at twitter.com) [9:32pm] Castaway_: That would be awesome [9:32pm] jokeefe: vtpirateparty looks much less active [9:33pm] Castaway_: OK, thanks. Who knew? I never saw that on the FB page! [9:33pm] jokeefe: glad to help [9:33pm] jokeefe: MassAlliance invited us to their trainings. They are rather more involved than ours, but we cover similar area. they are more workshops, but are free. [9:34pm] moses joined the chat room. [9:34pm] jokeefe: ahoy moses [9:34pm] jokeefe: Agenda - https://masspirates.org/wiki/January_24th,_2017_IRC_Meeting [9:34pm] papegaai: Title: January 24th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) [9:34pm] jokeefe: on campaign workshops [9:34pm] Castaway_: There's a group called Right and Democracy that is active in Vermont and New Hampshire; they are independent of Bernie, but they advocate a lot of the issues fromhis campaign [9:34pm] Castaway_: Ahoy! [9:34pm] moses: ahoy [9:35pm] jokeefe: good for them [9:35pm] G: oh bernie..... bernie bernie bernie..... [9:35pm] G: [9:35pm] Castaway_: They endorse candidates, and they could endorse Pirate-Progressives [9:35pm] G: is there a website? [9:36pm] jokeefe: March is going to be pretty busy, so I don’t know if we will have our own training, depends on when I hear back from the Salem folks [9:36pm] Castaway_: Bernie should not have endorsed HRC, but what can you do? [9:36pm] moses: He had to our he'd look like a sore loser [9:36pm] G: pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft [9:36pm] jokeefe: April is possible for another campaign training [9:36pm] G: i cna't even go there [9:37pm] jokeefe: back to Pirate stuff … [9:37pm] G: Pirates! [9:37pm] Castaway_: Pirates! [9:37pm] Castaway_: Arggh! [9:37pm] jokeefe: We also have this talk: 3/24, 3-5pm, Annoying Legislators for Freedom: A talk with Alex Marthews, National Director of Restore the 4th, Encuentro 5, 9A Hamilton Place, Boston [9:38pm] BrianShaw: nice [9:38pm] G: are we gonna annoy legislators? [9:38pm] jokeefe: for freedom [9:38pm] moses: or be them [9:39pm] jokeefe: that too [9:39pm] moses: that's quite clever [9:39pm] jokeefe: this is focusing on how the legislature works, or doesn’t [9:39pm] BrianShaw: if they dont know we're unhappy they can't act on it [9:39pm] jokeefe: BrianShaw, while we are on the topic, any campaigning questions? [9:40pm] BrianShaw: Not really. I'm not in a good place to run for office this year, but am debating it longer term [9:40pm] jokeefe: ok [9:40pm] G: I told Captain that you wanted to run for .... i think it was Governor? [9:40pm] jokeefe: [9:40pm] BrianShaw: Secretary [9:41pm] jokeefe: oh, Galvin. get in line [9:41pm] BrianShaw: the guy who does all of the open data for the state, and can't screw up women's healthcare much even if he wants to [9:41pm] jokeefe: lol [9:41pm] jokeefe: also elections and some corporate regulation [9:41pm] G: solid tactical move, there [9:42pm] jokeefe: our objective for 2018 is to run more candidates for the legislature than the GOP. yes, we aim high [9:42pm] jokeefe: Starting Local Chapters - any update G? [9:43pm] G: i have not reached anyone else yet. i started to call down that list but i only hit like a quarter of it [9:43pm] Castaway_: Do you have a directory of all the popularly elected offices in the Commonwealth? [9:43pm] G: then i been pulling 12 hour days every day [9:43pm] G: but no i haven't been able to reach anyone else [9:43pm] jokeefe: sorry, G. thanks for the calls [9:43pm] G: ha no worry. i'm actually on the clock right now [9:43pm] G: [9:43pm] Castaway_: Greenfield and Northhampton would be good places for local chapters in MA [9:44pm] jokeefe: Castaway_ all the elected offices, 1 sec [9:44pm] Castaway_: Northampton [9:45pm] jokeefe: doesn’t include city/town: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/Candidates-Guide-generic.pdf [9:45pm] Castaway_: Woods Hole in Falmouth, too [9:45pm] moses: woooo [9:45pm] jokeefe: aye [9:45pm] BrianShaw: why those places? [9:45pm] moses: meee [9:45pm] Castaway_: Full of radicals [9:45pm] G: that's a loaded word [9:46pm] G: what kinda radicals? [9:46pm] G: [9:46pm] Castaway_: Swashbuckling [9:46pm] jokeefe: city usually has a mayor and 5-15 city councilors, and school committee [9:46pm] Castaway_: That looks like a good list [9:46pm] BrianShaw: maybe target more conservative parts of the state? Places that hate corruption but aren't satisfied with the big-government solutions we normally see from progressives? [9:46pm] jokeefe: town has select board (3 or 5), town moderator, school committee, some other offices and for ~31 towns elected town meeting [9:47pm] jokeefe: happy to BrianShaw, but we go where we can convince Pirates to run [9:47pm] BrianShaw: true [9:48pm] jokeefe: MAAPL Fight Foreclosure Campaign - organizing anti-foreclosure workshops for Feb., have a list, calling it [9:48pm] G: hell i'd be happy to convince my damn friends in lowell to get up off their asses [9:48pm] Castaway_: Has a Libertarian party run any candidates in recent years? [9:49pm] jokeefe: I think so. Prez. and some statewide offices [9:49pm] G: sure. my pals are libertarians. they run people [9:49pm] jokeefe: Some county/legislative offices too [9:49pm] jokeefe: don’t keep track of them that much [9:49pm] G: nah me neither. well not closely [9:49pm] jokeefe: too much to do [9:49pm] Castaway_: All libertarians are Pirates, whether or not they know it. [9:50pm] Castaway_: From the website, your anti-foreclosure actions look awesome [9:50pm] jokeefe: Fundraising & Conference - survey is up at https://masspirates.org/crew/forms/piratecon-2017-questionnaire [9:50pm] papegaai: Title: Piratecon 2017 Questionnaire | Mass Pirates Crew (at masspirates.org) [9:50pm] jokeefe: getting people to fill it out [9:51pm] jokeefe: so we can pick a date and make reservation. sometime in April [9:51pm] G: i filled mine out! all about that Article 14 baby [9:51pm] G: [9:51pm] jokeefe: thank you [9:52pm] BrianShaw: can you send more info about foreclosures when you have a chance? It's been a potent issue here in Lynn [9:52pm] BrianShaw: sorry back to business [9:53pm] jokeefe: sure, BrianShaw. MAAPL = mass alliance agains predatory lending [9:53pm] G: http://maapl.info/ [9:53pm] papegaai: Title: MAAPL – The Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending | A coalition of local and state-wide organizations working together to reverse the foreclosure crisis. (at maapl.info) [9:54pm] jokeefe: we are helping them organize clinics where people get help to challenge their foreclosure. if you wanted to help organize a clinic in Lynn, that would be great [9:54pm] jokeefe: thanks G [9:54pm] jokeefe: so that’s all I have. [9:54pm] jokeefe: I believe G wanted to talk about planning for the inevitable breakdown of society and BrianShaw wanted to talk about filtering fake news [9:54pm] BrianShaw: I'll look into it [9:55pm] BrianShaw: that will take more than 5 mins sadly [9:55pm] jokeefe: well, I can stay on longer since it is more discussion [9:55pm] jokeefe: or brainstorming [9:56pm] BrianShaw: I may have to drop off at least part of the time. Any more agenda items? [9:56pm] Castaway_: I was curious about fund-raising and crowd-funding [9:57pm] jokeefe: that is all the agenda I have, BrianShaw [9:58pm] BrianShaw: ok. Campaign funding or cause funding? [9:58pm] jokeefe: Castaway_ anything in particular about fund-raising and crowd-funding? [9:58pm] G: i got nothing. i'm multitasking my jobby job right now [9:59pm] Castaway_: Yeah, I'm interested in the idea of crowdfunding directly for candidates with non-profit 501c4's like Rights and Democracy [10:00pm] BrianShaw: what are the regulatory requirements on those? disclosure of donors and what have you [10:00pm] jokeefe: I thought VT’s campaign finance laws were fairly strict [10:00pm] Castaway_: I'm also interested in the idea of teaming up with non-profit 501c3's on digital civil liberties issues and cryptoparties [10:01pm] Castaway_: Well, Rights and Democracy can endorse candidates and lobby for legislation. [10:01pm] G: Is RT4 a 501c3? [10:01pm] G: Jamie [10:01pm] jokeefe: usually, a campaign can spend on activities that aren’t just campaign activities, but 501c3/4 are more limited [10:01pm] jokeefe: I think 501c4 [10:02pm] jokeefe: would need to check [10:02pm] Castaway_: I think, in some ways, Rights and Democracy is a political arm of a 501c3 called the Vermont Workers Center, which raises awareness of workers rights, but can't endorse candidates [10:03pm] jokeefe: Restore the Fourth, Inc. is a 501(c)4 nonprofit social welfare corporation. This means that your donation is not tax-deductible. https://restorethe4th.com/donate-now/ [10:03pm] papegaai: Title: Donate Now! Restore The Fourth (at restorethe4th.com) [10:03pm] jokeefe: We are a 527 but report to the massachusetts office of campaign and political finance [10:04pm] Castaway_: I would think that a lot can be done to raise awareness of Pirate issues by nonprofit 501c3's like the Peace and Justice Centers that have been set up in cities all over the country [10:05pm] G: let's get em [10:05pm] BrianShaw: agreed. Especially through cohosted events or what have you [10:05pm] Castaway_: OK, so, as a 527, you are a party, and donations are not tax-deductible, aren't you? [10:05pm] jokeefe: correct [10:05pm] BrianShaw: (Also, I've decided the fake news stuff is better discussed at an event I'm going to tomorrow. https://www.meetup.com/citizen-futures/events/236100597/ ) [10:05pm] papegaai: Title: Truth, Fact, and the Future of Journalism (Co-hosted with StoryCode) - Citizen Futures (Boston, MA) | Meetup (at www.meetup.com) [10:06pm] Castaway_: Now, are you a 527, and the US Pirate Party is a separate 527? [10:06pm] jokeefe: most of the time, we are donating our time as volunteers so there isn’t a contribution to worry about and public libraries are free [10:06pm] Castaway_: papegaai, that sounds like a cool Meetup! [10:06pm] papegaai: Castaway_: Error: "that" is not a valid command. [10:06pm] jokeefe: cool, BrianShaw [10:06pm] G: freakin chat bots, man [10:07pm] BrianShaw: we found Trump's 5 million illegals. Dammit, Cleverbot [10:07pm] G: illegals? no we reject that term [10:07pm] G: [10:07pm] G: how unlibertarian... "illegals" [10:07pm] BrianShaw: so what is Alexa? Undocumented? [10:08pm] Castaway_: undocumented workers [10:08pm] BrianShaw: lol [10:08pm] jokeefe: Alexa is capital with an audio feed [10:09pm] jokeefe: thanks for the event, BrianShaw. wish I could go to it [10:09pm] Castaway_: Me, too [10:09pm] BrianShaw: np. It's a fairly new meetup, this is their second event [10:10pm] G: which meetup? i missed somethign [10:10pm] BrianShaw: and I realize immigration is complicated we just handle it rather badly as a country [10:10pm] BrianShaw: https://www.meetup.com/citizen-futures/events/236100597/ [10:10pm] papegaai: Title: Truth, Fact, and the Future of Journalism (Co-hosted with StoryCode) - Citizen Futures (Boston, MA) | Meetup (at www.meetup.com) [10:10pm] jokeefe: will have to add them to my list [10:11pm] G: oh Faraone [10:11pm] G: we know him [10:11pm] jokeefe: yes [10:11pm] G: or maybe heard of him in passing once [10:13pm] G: and taht is the tie in to the fake news [10:13pm] Castaway_: I bet this peace and justice center is just waiting to be informed by Pirates: http://www.walkerctr.org/mission [10:13pm] papegaai: Title: Mission | The Walker Center, Auburndale, Massachusetts (at www.walkerctr.org) [10:15pm] Castaway_: All news is fake news unless you seek out contrarian views. [10:15pm] G: if you are looking for contrarians, you came to the right place [10:15pm] G: [10:15pm] Castaway_: Ha! [10:15pm] BrianShaw: what's the situation with the Walker Center? Are we hosting an event there? [10:16pm] Castaway_: I think you ought to host one. [10:16pm] G: but hey i gotta be getting moving along, i'll leave you all to it? or do we want a formal motion to adjourn or whatever? [10:16pm] BrianShaw: pirates being formal [10:16pm] G: *shrugs* i dunno man. i just troll here [10:16pm] jokeefe: night G [10:16pm] BrianShaw: goodnight [10:16pm] G: night! [10:16pm] G left the chat room. (Quit: Web client closed) [10:17pm] Castaway_: Goodnight [10:17pm] jokeefe: we aren’t having an event at the Walker Center at this time [10:18pm] Castaway_: I didn't mean to confuse anyone. I just wanted to suggest a venue. [10:19pm] Castaway_: There's a peace and justice center in Burlington, VT, too. [10:19pm] jokeefe: cool [10:19pm] BrianShaw: certain kinds of events could work. They sound like a larger venue [10:20pm] Castaway_: I bet they would be open to the civil liberties issues that Pirates advocate [10:20pm] jokeefe: there is a national meeting at #uspp tomorrow night - https://blog.pirate-party.us/national-meeting-125-9pm-10pm-est/, Castaway_ [10:21pm] Castaway_: I'd like to drop in on that if I can. [10:21pm] Castaway_: Thanks for telling me. [10:21pm] BrianShaw: I have to head out now. Goodnight! [10:21pm] Castaway_: Can I log into it through https://webchat.pirateirc.net/ ? [10:21pm] papegaai: Title: PirateIRC Webchat (Iris) (at webchat.pirateirc.net) [10:21pm] Castaway_: Goodnight! [10:21pm] BrianShaw left the chat room. [10:22pm] jokeefe: please do, Castaway_ [10:22pm] jokeefe: yes https://webchat.pirateirc.net/ [10:22pm] papegaai: Title: PirateIRC Webchat (Iris) (at webchat.pirateirc.net) [10:23pm] Castaway_: OK, thanks. For some reason, I was not able to log into the USPP IRC tonight. Do they have one every Tuesday on a server in London? [10:24pm] jokeefe: they did have informal meetings on Tuesdays, haven’t seen it happen reliably though there are a bunch of people on at any time [10:24pm] Castaway_: Before I head out, I'll paste another link to a peace and justice center in MA that I bet would like to host a Mass Pirates Event: http://traprock.org/ [10:25pm] papegaai: Title: Traprock Center for Peace & Justice (at traprock.org) [10:25pm] Castaway_: Oh, that's good to know. Maybe I did log in, but no one was writing anything. [10:25pm] Castaway_: That nonprofit is in Greenfield, MA [10:26pm] jokeefe: yeah, I remember traprock from when I was in the Green Party [10:26pm] jokeefe: thanks for the reminder [10:27pm] Castaway_: Maybe they are only interested in the Green Party, but I hope not. OK, well, thanks again. I'll try to catch the national IRC tomorrow night! [10:28pm] jokeefe: thanks for joining us [10:28pm] Castaway_: Thank you. [10:28pm] jokeefe: have a wonderful night [10:28pm] Castaway_: OK, goodnight [10:28pm] jokeefe: sleep is rapidly approaching [10:28pm] jokeefe: thanks