January 9th, 2014 IRC Meeting

Agenda

1. Upcoming Events
   1. Senate Proposed Fast Track Trade bill (for TPP/TAFTA), Have blog post. Need to send email.
   2. 1/13, Honor the Memory of Aaron Swartz; Demand Carmen Ortiz's Job
   3. 1/17-20, Arisia, Boston (Cryptoparty & Campaign Training) - Schedule set
   4. 1/18 Boston Common Smoke Out/Vape Up!
   5. 1/23, Medway Pirates Meeting. twitter youtube
   6. 1/25, Issue Meeting
   7. 1/25, 7pm, Activists Ball
   8. Feb., Hear there are plans for coordinated effort to get Congress to rein in the NSA
   9. Feb., Cryptoparty
   10. 2/9, Somerville Pirate Party meeting. https://twitter.com/villepirates
   11. 2/17 (Monday), Snowden, Manning & other whistleblowers Airport Protest
   12. March Cryptoparty
   13. 3/21 (Saturday), Pirate Party Fundraiser, Democracy Center, Harvard Sq., Cambridge
2. 2014 Conference
   1. Location?
   2. Date - poll?
   3. Need info on it at Fundraiser so we can sell tickets
3. Support Outreach & Fundraising
   1. Nation Builder - Try 14 day trial
   2. Phone banking
   3. Fundraiser Tasks
4. 2014 Campaign
   1. Media List
   2. Mapping
   3. Voter registration app

Participants

• jokeefe (James O'Keefe, Somerville)
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
• Bluestreak (Lucia Fiero, Medway)
• shep (Marc Shepard, Somerville)
• Igel (William Fleurant, Arlington MA)
• yellowhat
• ANONinMass

Observers:

• zby
• ageis
• davidd

Summary

• TPP up for fast track. Who can we work with to organize opposition?
• In Feb, we have whistleblower demonstration on 2/17
• Will approach ACLU about doing another cryptoparty.
• Fundraiser on 3/21. No costumes, but we need to find musicians.
• Will do a poll for date of the 2014 Pirate Conference.

Meeting Minutes

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