March 16th, 2023 Meeting

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://ca.meet.coop/mas-ub4-8ox-vtj.

Recording: https://youtu.be/oVCCCd-JVXA

Projects

Planning for 2023 Local Elections

• https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2023LocalElections

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

• Boston Pride
• June 3rd, Trans Resistance March
• Red Umbrella Summer Event?

Participants

• Joe
• jokeefe
• srevilak

Summary

Position on cash

• Someone reached out to jokeefe, asking if we had a position on cash
• srevilak likes using cash. Less data collection, and doesn't impose fees on merchant.
• Joe supports using cash, as a small business owner.
• jokeefe likes the anonymity.
• srevilak cites a guardian article that talked about embarassing venmo payments.
• should consider having a plank about cash.

USPP issues

• Last meeting mostly covered losing the KY PP, and what we could do to prevent this in the future.

Local elections

• jokeefe contacted some of the Somerville pirates. Hoping to start process in April or May
• We'll use the Lowell Conference as an opportunity to reach out to potential candidates
• Steve is busy with local elections in Arlington, supporting Select Board candidate Len Diggins.

Topics for Pirate News

• Jamie discusses a company that used publish guitar tabulature. They were bought by a private equity firm, and now the content is paywalled.
• MBTA communities, and AG's memo stating intentions to enforce the law.

Trans resistance march

• May be an opportunity for privacy and security training.