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March for science.  We were asked to endorse.  Motion to endorse passes.
March for science.  We were asked to endorse.  Motion to endorse passes.


We need to round out our set of policies, particularly where it comes to social issues.


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Revision as of 20:44, 21 March 2017

Review

Decisions/Endorsements

March for Science

The March for Science is April 22nd. Mass. locations are: Amherst, Boston, Falmouth, Pittsfield, Woods Hole and Worcester. Should we endorse and get people out to it?

Projects

Planks

Previous work in this area: https://github.com/masspirates/planks

Conference

Topics so far:

  • Fact Checking Real News vs. Fake News Using the CRAAP Method
  • The need for the voice of the people; The need for democracy
  • How storytelling and narrative can help raise awareness to issues around privacy, transparency, and overall civil rights in a digital age
  • The power of community around technology, music, and art
  • Ranked Choice Voting -- what it is, why it is important, and how the statewide educational campaign is progressing
  • badmirror.tv - a personalized video broadcasting system that connects viewers with their local and global communities
  • Using the lessons learned from Occupy to build a web-enabled democratic movement and platform for future governance
  • Cryptocurrency regulations and its effects on privacy, exchangers, and entrepreneurs and why you should be concerned (Lightning Talk)
  • Passing local surveillance ordinances
  • Piracy on the Internet
  • Independent media/fake news
  • breakout groups to develop sections of the Pirate Policy
  • How to FOIA

Fundraising

Campaign Workshops

Message board application

Local Surveillance Ordinances

Cryptoparties

Projects On Hold For the Moment

First two of these could be topics for future hackathons.

CCTV Camera Map

Looking at organizing a map-a-thon.

Together Boston Meshnet

MAAPL Fight Foreclosure Campaign

Upcoming Events

See: 2017 calendar

Participants

  • jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
  • srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
  • Moses
  • onesevensevenseas (G, Lowell)

Observers

  • davidd
  • igel
  • papegaai

Summary

Steve gives updates on video streaming experiments. More experiments to do.

March for science. We were asked to endorse. Motion to endorse passes.

We need to round out our set of policies, particularly where it comes to social issues.

To Dos

Minutes
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