May 24th, 2026 Meeting

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

Recording: https://youtu.be/XlVpFwUrm8A

Decisions/Endorsements

FftF proposed social media legislation

Email asking supporters to review FftF's draft social media legislation has not gone out yet. Request we review it next week.

Table at TBR's Juneteenth celebration

The Black Response will hold their Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19. This year marks their second annual family-friendly Juneteenth event. It runs from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Cambridge Commons in Harvard Square in Cambridge. They asked if we would like a table. Each tabling organization will be provided with one table, one tablecloth, and two chairs. It is a day before the Boxborough Fifers Day.

BSides Boston

BSides Boston will be October 25, 2026 in Somerville. It is a community-organized 1-day hacker conference. Details

The organizers are interested holding a cryptoparty during the social hour from noon to 1:30pm. We talked about doing it last year, but were not able to do so due to other events. Should we commit to running one this year?

Projects/Events

June 6-7th National Party Conference

Conference page: https://uspirates.org/nationalconference/

Sign up page: https://support.uspirates.org/form/register-for-2026-conference

Planning etherpad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/2026USPiratePartyConferencePlanning

We have six registrants so far, of which four requested to speak at it.

Mitch is working on getting a banner beyond the MassPirates banners. We should have literature and buttons as well.

Participants

• Jamie
• Joe
• Steve

Summary

Reports

• Cambridge City Council voted to get rid of shotspotter, 5-2. Kudos to TBR, Camberville Shotspotter Coalition, Digital 4th, and everyone who provided testimony to the Cambridge City Council.
• Conference. Joe asked Drew to do a pre-recorded interview that we can show during the conference.

Decisions and Endoresements

• Will review fight for the future's proposed legislation next week.
• TBR will hold Juneteenth celebration on June 19th. We've been invited to table. Jamie will take them up on their offer.
• BSides Boston will be held on Oct 25th. There's interest in holding a cryptoparty during the social time at lunch.
• Suggestion to organize a larger tabling type of event. Right to repair, etc.

USPP Update

• There was a candidate from VT that wanted help signature gathering. Voted not to endorse, due to lack of alignment on platform issues.
• USPP has decided to record all meetings, even the social ones.

National Party Conference

• Mitch (USPP) is working on getting a banner
• Will have literature and buttons
• "If buying isn't ownership, then piracy isn't theft". Potential bumper sticker
• Speakers/Agenda
  • Setup
  • What the USPP means to me, and what we can do in the next 20 years
  • Discussing logistics of a city council campaign
  • Systems of pirate and anarchist organizations, and leveraging lessons from past organizing
  • Joe's campaign, and plans to run again
  • Jamie - surveillance camera mapping
  • Discussion of candidates for USPP elections
  • Teardown