March 1st, 2026 Meeting

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

Recording:

Reports

Decisions/Endorsements

Oil Tanker Statement

       It is with a heavy heart that our government has decided to take action against the crews shipping oil. Just as we are against asset forfeiture, this too is an action that just steals from those sailors who are simply trying to make a living. With zero due process in international waters, Trump has directed our military steal from those who do not align with his political stance. 
      This is not a dissent against our military brothers and sisters, who did the raids. They did so without harming the ships or the people, preforming at a level of excellence we have come to expect from them. Instead, this is a top down action that put both our military personnel and the merchant marine in harms way. They were not transporting illegal goods but life giving warmth in the form of oil. 
      In the end, we are all responsible for the actions of a few. They claim this is to stop tyranny while being tyrannical. They claim this is for justice while holding no due process nor giving those arrested the right to representation. They claim the crews are breaking international law and are part of a shadow fleet, so does that mean the US is the end all be all of international trade? 
      We must not let this distract of from the real issues. We must push back again those who think they are above the law. No one is above the law and we all deserve justice with due process.

United States Pirate Party Issues?

Projects/Events

Pirate Council Elections

Elections should be closed by 2/27/2026. Review results.

2026 Campaigns & Voter Outreach

Leader: Jamie

2026 Campaign Plan

Pirate News

Leader: Joseph

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

Commonwealth Bills to Review

Other bills:

  • An Act relative to unmanned aerial systems (H.3749 / S.2438)
  • An Act relative to protecting Massachusetts residents against federal government surveillance (H.2687)
  • Dignity Not Deportations Act (H.1588 / S.1122)
  • Right to Repair Bills:
  • Decrim Sex Work Bills from https://bswac.org/. Emailed Rikki and Desmond their thoughts on them as they are the most up to date on the issue:
    • An Act to promote the health and safety of people in the sex trade (H.1980)

Here is an etherpad for people to offer suggestions.

Bills We Decided On

Massachusetts House data privacy bills - We urge supports to call and ask for multiple changes.

Endorsed:

  • An Act to provide accountability in the use of biometric recognition technology and comprehensive enforcement (H.96/S.36)
  • Civil Asset Forfeiture reform (H.1953)
  • H.1973. An Act protecting personal security. We support the bill, and its senate counterpart.
  • S.1731. An Act to promote transparency of facial recognition and driver's license photos. Not great, but we'll support it, because it sucks less than the status quo.
  • H.1946/ An Act to implement the recommendations of the special commission on facial recognition technology. We support the warrant requirements, and the bills provisions for transparency and reporting.
  • An Act to study the decriminalization of sex work (H.2467)
  • An Act relative to safe reporting (H.1747)
  • An Act relative to sexual assault by an officer (H.2634)

Federal Bills to Review

  • Kids Online Safety Act (S.1748) - We opposed them.
  • Anti-Section 230 bills - We opposed them

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

Working on a draft document at https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPPRevisedMemberMeetingsArticles

Other To Do

Upcoming Events

  • Mar. 4th, 6-7:30pm, Third ShotSpotter Coalition Potluck, Location TBD
  • Mar. 7th, 1-4pm, ShotSpotter Coalition third canvas
  • Mar. 22nd, 1-2pm, Cambridge/Somerville Pirate Meetup, Zaruma Gold Coffee, 37 Woodbine Street, Somerville, sign up

Participants

  • jamie
  • joe
  • steve

Observers

Summary

Jamie summarizes events in March (see agenda items above).

Jamie put out a "No War With Iran" Statement.

Review of oil tanker statement. Edited and approved.

USPP Issues.

  • Jamie filled out paperwork for the room we planned to book. Submitted paperwork, but haven't heard back from them.
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