March 1st, 2022 IRC Meeting

Decisions/Endorsements

Ukraine Statement

US Pirate Party adopted the PPI/PPEU statement. Also Pirate Party of Russia statement.

Platform

Planks: https://github.com/masspirates/planks

What we are working on now:

• competition
• crypto/NFT.

Projects

Outreach

Leader: Malt

Next Pirate Moot, Saturday, March 26th at noon?

What topics should we discuss?

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

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

Other To Do

• Application to PPI

Upcoming Events

• Democracy Meeting, Sat., Feb. 12th, 11am-1pm
• EARN IT Act Protest, March
• Pirate Moot, March
• Free the Vaccine Protest, April

Participants

• jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
• Joe (Joseph Onoroski, Lowell)
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
• Malt (sam capradae, worcester)

Observers

• davidd_
• hvxgr
• slerman

Summary

Review of Pirate Moot

• Was cool to meet the fellow from the FSF.

Ukraine Statement

• USPP Adopted the PPI/PPEU statement
• Motion for the MAPP to adopt the PPI/PPEU statement. Motion adopted.

Next pirate moot

• Saturday March 26th at noon.

Pirate News.

• Sunday. Assemble at 7:00. Live at 7:30.
• Vote to decertify St. Vincents hospital nurses union failed. (yay!)

Minutes

 
21:04 <~jokeefe> let’s start
21:04 <~jokeefe> Agenda:
        https://masspirates.org/wiki/March_1st,_2022_IRC_Meeting
21:04 <~jokeefe> ids
21:04 < srevilak> Steve Revilak, Arlington
21:04 <~jokeefe> James O’Keefe, Somerville
21:05 <~jokeefe> ahoy
21:05 < Malt> sam capradae, worcester
21:05 <~jokeefe> anything to add?
21:05 < srevilak> nothing here
21:06 < Malt> nopeski
21:06 < Joe> Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
21:06 <~jokeefe> Review - Pirate Moot
21:08 < Joe> I was so late to it. Sorry
21:08 <~jokeefe> observations?
21:09 < srevilak> It was cool to meet the fellow from the FSF
21:10 <~jokeefe> aye
21:11 <~jokeefe> Decisions/Endorsements
21:11 <~jokeefe> Ukraine Statement
21:11 <~jokeefe> US Pirate Party adopted the PPI/PPEU statement.
21:12 < Malt> great!
21:13 <~jokeefe> Should we?
        https://pp-international.net/2022/02/joint-statement-by-european-pirates-and-pirate-parties-international-on-putins-aggression-against-ukraine/
21:13 < Malt> i think so
21:13 < Joe> Aye
21:15 <~jokeefe> any discussion?
21:15 < srevilak> (reading)
21:16 < srevilak> I'm okay with adopting
21:17 <~jokeefe> all in favor?
21:17 < Malt> aye
21:17 < srevilak> aye
21:17 < Joe> Aye
21:17 <~jokeefe> aye
21:18 <~jokeefe> any objections?
21:18 < srevilak> no objections
21:19 <~jokeefe> motion passes, then
21:19 <~jokeefe> ok if we skip the platform discussion today?
21:19 < Malt> yeah
21:19 < Joe> Sure
21:19 < srevilak> okay here
21:19 <~jokeefe> Projects
21:20 <~jokeefe> Outreach
21:20 <~jokeefe> Would holding the next Pirate Moot on Saturday, March
        26th at noon work?
21:20 < Joe> Sounds good
21:21 < srevilak> sure
21:22 <~jokeefe> Work for you Malt?
21:22 < Malt> itdoes!
21:23 <~jokeefe> The date is set then
21:23 <~jokeefe> Video Newsletter/Podcast
21:24 <~jokeefe> We are set to interview the “Worcester sucks and I love
        it" writer about the nurses strike and the effort to decertify the union
21:24 < Malt> the vote failed
21:25 < srevilak> as in vote to decertify failed?
21:25 <~jokeefe> yay1
21:25 <~jokeefe> yay!
21:25 < Malt> yup!
21:25 < Malt> union won 3-1
21:26 <~jokeefe> Would you send out his name and blog so I can include
        it in the yt description?
21:28 < Malt> yes, i will get to that tonight
21:29 <~jokeefe> thank you
21:29 < srevilak> Bill Shaner?
21:29 < srevilak> https://billshaner.substack.com/
21:31 <~jokeefe> thanks, srevilak
21:31 <~jokeefe> that is all that is on the agenda. anything else
        to discuss?
21:31 < srevilak> Latest post:
        https://billshaner.substack.com/p/goodbye-worcester-magazine
21:32 < Joe> The state of the union is being discussed on discord
21:32 < Joe> We are welcome to join and discuss
21:33 < Joe> I have been on/lurking atm
21:33 < srevilak> Nothing else to discuss here
21:33 <~jokeefe> https://discord.com/invite/GCYUKvNHMB
21:33 <~jokeefe> shall we adjourn, then?
21:34 < srevilak> motion to adjourn
21:34 <~jokeefe> 2nd