March 23rd, 2025 Meeting

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

Recording:

Decisions/Endorsements

Events to table at?

• June 13, 2025 Boston Dyke March Table - Cost is $40-60
• June 21, 2025 Boxborough Minutemen Fifers Day Table - Cost is free.

Bills to Review

Jamie needs to update the numbers, add links and email members asking for suggestions.

• Location Shield Act (SD 501/HD2965)
• An Act relative to unregulated face recognition and emerging biometric surveillance technologies (HD2726)
• An Act establishing a moratorium on face recognition and other remote biometric surveillance systems (SD671)
• An Act relative to unmanned aerial systems (HD2542)
• An Act relative to protecting Massachusetts residents against federal government surveillance (HD4038)
• Dignity Not Deportations Act (HD3596/SD1107)
• Civil Asset Forfeiture reform (HD2971)
• Right to Repair (SD 732, HD 397, HD 1300, HD 3779, HD 3617)

Here is an etherpad for people to offer suggestions.

A reconsideration of Member Meeting Articles

We haven't adhered to our Articles of Agreement's Member Meetings section strictly since we have existed, specifically the [ https://masspirates.org/wiki/Articles_of_Agreement#4.2_Form Form] and Time sections. Meetings have met weekly and bi-weekly (our current form) and not twice a year each over six weeks.

Rework them to:

• Have a section on conferences (possible spring/fall, at least one a year)
• Rework the member meetings to be on-line at least once a month
• Set when elections for the pirate council is and that we can elect people at a conference or on-line by secret ballot

Projects/Events

Pirate News

Leader: Joseph

• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

2025 Voter Outreach

• 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