April 12th, 2026 Meeting
Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/
Recording:
Reports
Decisions/Endorsements
An Act relative to protecting access to applied behavior analysis services in schools
JoeO mentioned An Act relative to protecting access to applied behavior analysis services in schools which he urged us to support.
Actions to oppose S.2581
The Mass. House amended S.2581, to add an Internet account ban for anyone younger than 14 and to require 14-15 year olds to get their parents to allow them to get an account. Some hackable age verification software will likely be required which will mean that anyone older than 16 will need to prove they are over sixteen, with all the privacy implications of that. The bill text is in Amendment H.5366.
Let's brainstorm actions we can take to oppose this bill.
United States Pirate Party Issues?
Projects/Events
June 6th National Party Conference
Pirate News
Leader: Joseph
- Pirate news recording scheduled for every other Sunday, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed
2027 Campaigns & Voter Outreach
Leader: Jamie
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
