January 3rd, 2017 IRC Meeting

Projects

Campaign Workshops

jokeefe & srevilak are running down some possible workshops:

• Holyoke
• Boston

Fundraising & Conference

Will send out a survey to pick the final date in email this week. See last meetings discussion for possible date options.

Projects On Hold For the Moment

Both of these could be topics for future hackathons.

Upcoming Events

1. 1/21, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington
2. 1/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty
3. 1/?, ?, e5 cryptoparty
4. 3/24, 3-5pm, Annoying Legislators for Freedom: A talk with Alex Marthews, National Director of Restore the 4th, Encuentro 5, 9A Hamilton Place, Boston
5. 4/15, BSides Boston Conference, Harvard University - Science Center, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Call for Papers is open.

Participants

• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
• G (G, Lowell)
• jokeefe_ (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
• servobunny (Chris)

Observers

• david
• igel
• papegaai

Summary

E5 Cryptoparty. Around 22 attending, which isn't bad for a weeknight between Christmas and New Years. One of the attendees provided some suggestions, re: how to organize future cryptoparties. We'll discuss on the cryptoparty list.

CCTV mapping tip. Open street map does a nice rendering when you provide camera direction.

MAAPL fight foreclosure campaign. Somerville event with MAAPL had ~ 10 people who were going to try to contest their foreclosure. Several filed affidavits.