February 6th, 2014 IRC Meeting

1. New Business
   1. Delivering Payment to Democracy Center, to reserve space for 3/21 fundraiser
   2. Endorsement of HR 3982 bill on Net Neutrality. article bill
2. Events To Plan
   1. 2/9, Cryptoparty, Northeastern Law School, Dockser Hall, Room 230 and the Moot Court Room. Planning/Logistics notes.
   2. 2/10, 6:30-8pm, Trans Pacific Partnership - Secrets Revealed (Sierra Club), Somerville Public Library
   3. 2/11, The Day we Fight Back, Call in to Congress about NSA surveillance
   4. 2/17 (Monday), Snowden, Manning & other whistleblowers Airport Protest
   5. March Cryptoparty
   6. 3/15, St. Patrick's Day March
   7. 3/21, Fundraiser
3. Whistleblower Protest
   1. When - 2/17, 1-3pm, Logan Airport, Terminal E
   2. Logistics
      1. Press Release - srevilak
      2. Media List - jokeefe
      3. Flier design https://piratenpad.de/bpXgvjgG1N
      4. Signs - js0000
4. Support Outreach & Fundraising
   1. Bitpay
   2. Phone banking - Sun. 2/23 2-4pm, Arlington
   3. Pirate Party Fundraiser - Sat. 3/21, Democracy Center, Harvard Sq., Cambridge
      1. Artists
      2. Logistics
5. Blog Posts
   1. Airport Protest
   2. Phone bank
   3. Fundraiser
6. 2014 Campaign
   1. Candidate Page - version up at http://masspirates.org/blog/candidates-wanted/
   2. Media List
   3. Mapping
   4. Voter registration app
   5. Training Video Status
   6. Set dates/locations for trainings - Feb, Mar
7. 2014 Conference
   1. Location?
   2. Date - poll not sent. Perhaps September?
   3. Need info on it at Fundraiser so we can sell tickets
8. Upcoming Event List
   1. 2/8, Boston Security Conference, Cambridge
   2. 2/9, Cryptoparty, Northeastern University
   3. 2/9, Somerville Pirate Party meeting. https://twitter.com/villepirates
   4. 2/11, The Day we Fight Back, Call in to Congress about NSA surveillance
   5. 2/17 (Monday), Snowden, Manning & other whistleblowers Airport Protest
   6. 2/23 2-4pm. Phone banking/fundraising.
   7. March Cryptoparty
   8. 3/16 (Sunday) Veterans for Peace Parade [1]
   9. 3/21 (Saturday), Pirate Party Fundraiser, Democracy Center, Harvard Sq., Cambridge
   10. 4/26, noon, Jobs Not Jails: Rally to End Mass Incarceration and Fund Job Creation, Boston Common

Participants

• Bluestreak (Lucia Fiero, Medway, MA)
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
• davidd
• jokeefe (James O'Keefe, Somerville, MA)
• Kendra (Kendra Moyer, Arlington, MA)
• barefeetbee

Observers:

• ageis
• Igel
• zby]

Summary

Democracy center. Jamie will print checks this weekend. Steve will deliver check to democracy center.

HR 3982. Okay as a stopgap measure, but doesn't go far enough. See http://masspirates.org/blog/2014/01/14/pirate-party-calls-for-network-neutrality-in-response-to-court-ruling/ for earlier position on net neutrality.

Whistleblower protest. srevilak to have press release by Sunday. jokeefe and js0000 working on signs, flyer copy. Will ask AnonInMASS for assistance with flyer design.