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** Captain James participated in the Together Boston copyright debate and 1st Officer Lauren & Jeanne tabled at the Together Boston Get Together; | ** Captain James participated in the Together Boston copyright debate and 1st Officer Lauren & Jeanne tabled at the Together Boston Get Together; | ||
** we held our first Free Film Fest of Public Domain and open videos; | ** we held our first Free Film Fest of Public Domain and open videos; | ||
* In June | * In June: | ||
** 12 Pirates marched in the Boston Pride Parade and we had a table at the Festival, drawing lots of attention with our costumes and Pirate Ship; | |||
** we organized a Liquid Feedback hackathon; | |||
* In July, 1st Officer Lauren tabled at Hope 9 in New York with the Bradley Manning Support Network, raising around $7500 for Bradley's defense fund; | * In July, 1st Officer Lauren tabled at Hope 9 in New York with the Bradley Manning Support Network, raising around $7500 for Bradley's defense fund; | ||
* In July & August, we mobilized supporters to oppose CISPA and helped to stop it; | * In July & August, we mobilized supporters to oppose CISPA and helped to stop it; | ||
* In September | * In September: | ||
* In October, we helped organize and had members participate in the first Boston CryptoParty, where we educated the public on security software and counter-surveillance techniques. | ** we took some Pirates from Germany to dinner; | ||
* In November, we posted the GOP's generally sensible copyright reform proposal that they yanked, and got over 12,000 hits, mostly from Reddit; | ** were at Freedom Rally for the 3rd year. Nine Pirates helped at the Freedom Rally table, which is eight more than were there in 2011; | ||
* In October: | |||
** we hosted an event with Gregory Engels, Co-Chair of the Pirate Parties International | |||
** we helped organize and had members participate in the first Boston CryptoParty, where we educated the public on security software and counter-surveillance techniques. | |||
* In November: | |||
** we took a stand on the three ballot questions, including for the Medical Marijuana and Right of Repair, both of which won overwhelmingly; | |||
** we posted the GOP's generally sensible copyright reform proposal that they yanked, and got over 12,000 hits, mostly from Reddit; | |||
* In December: | * In December: | ||
** 1st Officer Lauren appeared on the Two Hotheads Show to talk about the Free Barrett Brown effort; | ** 1st Officer Lauren appeared on the Two Hotheads Show to talk about the Free Barrett Brown effort; | ||
** Captain James and 1st Officer Lauren appeared on the Two Hotheads Show about the Pirate Party; | ** Captain James and 1st Officer Lauren appeared on the Two Hotheads Show about the Pirate Party; | ||
** we sent out our 2nd member mailing to 160+ members and supporters. | ** we sent out our 2nd member mailing to 160+ members and supporters. | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 27 January 2013
2012 was a fantastic year for the Pirate Party in Massachusetts:
- In January, we joined the Internet strike against SOPA & PIPA and helped to kill these bills;
- In February, we sent out our first member mailing to 22 members;
- In March, we held the first Pirate Party conference in the US and got US media coverage. We posted videos of a number of the talks;
- In April, we defined ourselves as the Party of Open: Government, Culture & Innovation;
- In May:
- Captain James participated in the Together Boston copyright debate and 1st Officer Lauren & Jeanne tabled at the Together Boston Get Together;
- we held our first Free Film Fest of Public Domain and open videos;
- In June:
- 12 Pirates marched in the Boston Pride Parade and we had a table at the Festival, drawing lots of attention with our costumes and Pirate Ship;
- we organized a Liquid Feedback hackathon;
- In July, 1st Officer Lauren tabled at Hope 9 in New York with the Bradley Manning Support Network, raising around $7500 for Bradley's defense fund;
- In July & August, we mobilized supporters to oppose CISPA and helped to stop it;
- In September:
- we took some Pirates from Germany to dinner;
- were at Freedom Rally for the 3rd year. Nine Pirates helped at the Freedom Rally table, which is eight more than were there in 2011;
- In October:
- we hosted an event with Gregory Engels, Co-Chair of the Pirate Parties International
- we helped organize and had members participate in the first Boston CryptoParty, where we educated the public on security software and counter-surveillance techniques.
- In November:
- we took a stand on the three ballot questions, including for the Medical Marijuana and Right of Repair, both of which won overwhelmingly;
- we posted the GOP's generally sensible copyright reform proposal that they yanked, and got over 12,000 hits, mostly from Reddit;
- In December:
- 1st Officer Lauren appeared on the Two Hotheads Show to talk about the Free Barrett Brown effort;
- Captain James and 1st Officer Lauren appeared on the Two Hotheads Show about the Pirate Party;
- we sent out our 2nd member mailing to 160+ members and supporters.
