November 7th, 2013 IRC Meeting

Agenda

Upcoming Events

Who will be at:

1. Nov. 9th, Sat., Scorpion Bowl, Positronic Design, 903 Dwight St, Holyoke,
2. Nov 17th In-Person Meeting, 2-5pm, Regina Pizzeria, 353 Cambridge St, Allston, MA (see above)
3. Nov 23rd Cryptoparty

Arbitrator Election

Kendra has graciously offered to be our Arbitrator (see Article 9 of Articles of Agreement). No others have offered, but have been notified by mail. Elect or announce again and then hold election?

Fundraising

We have a fundraiser scheduled for 12/28 and will send out a fundraising email. Besides calling folks, what other fundraising ideas can folks suggest?

Issues/Platform Discussion

Our next In-Person Meeting will be 2-5pm. Sunday Nov. 17th, at Regina Pizzeria, 353 Cambridge St, Allston, MA. We're going to try a different format: instead of discussing planning and logistics, this meeting will be a social event where we talk about issues, politics, and our party platform.

During tonight's IRC meeting, we'd like to develop a short list of topics to talk about on the 17th.

For example, our core platform centers around four points: Open Government, Open Innovation, Open Culture, and People First. We could have a discussion that elaborates on these points, talk about how some of today's big issues can be framed in terms of these four points, or talk about issues that don't fall neatly into the core platform.

Of course, that's just an example. We can elaborate more tonight.

jokeefe suggests going through http://www.piratenpartei.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/parteiprogramm-englisch.pdf, and seeing what we can adopt as-is. See also:

• UK Pirate Party manifesto: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/media/uploads/Manifesto2012.pdf.
• http://uspirates.org/values-and-name/

Nov. 23rd CryptoParty

Also: we have a cryptoparty on Nov. 23rd. We should spend a few minutes discussing topics and presenters.

Participants

• jokeefe (James O'Keefe, Somerville)
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
• js0000 (john saylor waltham)
• Kendra (Kendra Moyer, Arlington)
• Igel (William Fleurant, Arlington)
• Bluestreak (Lucia Fiero Medway)
• shep

Observers:

• davidd
• zby

Meeting Minutes

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[9:01pm] jokeefe: Agenda at http://masspirates.org/wiki/November_7th,_2013_IRC_Meeting [9:02pm] jokeefe: hi Kendra [9:03pm] Igel: ahoy [9:07pm] jokeefe: Upcoming Events - just checking to see who will be there [9:09pm] srevilak: I'll be at (2), (3). Won't be able to make (1) [9:10pm] jokeefe: thanks [9:12pm] Igel: ill swing thru for (2), [9:13pm] Kendra: I can make 1 and 2. Might be going out of town for a bit, not sure about 3. [9:13pm] jokeefe: thanks [9:13pm] Igel: sorry i missed out last one jokeefe, howd it go? [9:14pm] jokeefe: it went well. good attendance and question. good reception [9:15pm] Bluestreak joined the chat room. [9:15pm] Bluestreak: Super sorry [9:15pm] Bluestreak: Lucia Fiero Medway [9:15pm] jokeefe: hi bluestreak [9:15pm] Bluestreak: Had to pick up Sam and shw wasn't ready and waiting to go. [9:16pm] jokeefe: forgot to ids, James O'Keefe, Somerville [9:16pm] Igel: hi Bluestreaku [9:16pm] Kendra: Kendra Moyer, Arlington [9:16pm] Igel: William Fleurant, Arlington [9:17pm] srevilak: Steve Revilak, Arlington [9:18pm] Bluestreak: Did I miss anything? [9:19pm] js0000: john saylor waltham [9:19pm] jokeefe: Just went over events - Next up - Arbitrator Election - Kendra offered to be our Arbitrator [9:20pm] Bluestreak: Is that the term we are going to use? [9:20pm] Igel: hey steve I wound up helping berkman center with a lot of stuff for wednesday -- they were able to exceed beyond olsr's capabilities with cjdns... so yeah, that went well. [9:21pm] Bluestreak: Can we stay on the agenda? [9:21pm] jokeefe: that is the term in the Articles of Agreement [9:21pm] Bluestreak: I was looking for that... Um link? [9:22pm] jokeefe: http://masspirates.org/wiki/Articles_of_Agreement [9:22pm] Bluestreak: Thanks! [9:22pm] Bluestreak: srevilak, if I may ask why is my Mac asking me to enter my OpenPGP certificate passphrase? [9:23pm] Bluestreak: NVM [9:23pm] srevilak: because your mac thinks your (a) signing, or (b) decrypting a PGP message [9:24pm] Bluestreak: Well I am not ... may I talk to you after the meeting? [9:24pm] Bluestreak: Back to the agenda [9:24pm] Bluestreak: I move to nominate Kendra Moyer to the position of Arbitrator. [9:25pm] shep joined the chat room. [9:25pm] js0000: i second [9:27pm] jokeefe: discussion? [9:27pm] jokeefe: hi shep [9:27pm] shep: r