September 1st, 2013 General Meeting

1. Events
   1. Art of the Schmooze, 9/3
   2. Berkman Institute Open House, 9/9
   3. Freedom Rally, September 14 & 15 - Need organizers, announcement for volunteers
   4. Constitution Day Speakout, September 17, Boston
   5. Boston Software Freedom Day, Sat., Sept. 21st, 9:30am - 5:30pm
   6. CryptoParty, Sat., Sept. 28th, ?
   7. Digital Media Conference, Cambridge, Oct. 25-27
   8. LibrePlanet Free Software Meeting, Weds Nov 6th, evening, Jamie speaking on the "Dangers of the Surveillance State
   9. Scorpion Bowl, Holyoke, Nov. 9
   10. LibrePlanet Free Software Meeting, Weds Dec 4th, evening, Steve speaking
2. Campaign Tasks http://piratenpad.de/SKwdoMqk26
   1. College Coordinators (black_van)
   2. Research what qualifies as an acceptable signature and other ballot access requirements
   3. Research DB & Community Site (Gregg)
   4. Get a list of the colleges in Mass. and what their requirements are to start a Pirate group (Kendra/William)
   5. Identify dates and requirements for 2014 Town & 2013 City elections
   6. Divide Mass. into 27 districts (Jason/John/William)
   7. Setup voter reg app (John)
   8. Min materials for College Groups
   9. Make How to Party videos
   10. Develop draft platform / planks
   11. Media strategy
   12. Start College Swarms
   13. Revise platform / planks
   14. Make How to Campaign videos
   15. Create candidate recruitment web site that:
       1. lists where we currently have candidates
       2. allows someone to search for their district:
          1. register as a candidate. Registration must include:
             1. how many people have agreed to support a Pirate & how many Pirates are in their district
             2. their contact info
             3. that they agree to whatever minimum requirements we set
             4. drops them into a "how to run" page that they can bookmark
             5. sends them an email thanking them, and telling them where on the site to go to start planning their campaign
          2. register to support a candidate
       3. Recruit candidates
       4. Train candidates
3. Post-convention tasks
4. Endorsements

Participants

• jokeefe
• Igel
• Kendra
• srevilak

Observers:

• davidd
• Shidash
• oneirosFade

Meeting Minutes

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