February 20th, 2019 IRC Meeting: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:06, 20 February 2019

Review

Decisions/Endorsements

Projects

Goals for Q1:

Organize meetups
Organize Fundraiser(s)
Organize candidate trainings
Revise platform

Officer/Pirate Council Elections

Dates:

Nominations open when we announce and post the form (before 2/20).
Nominations due by 4/8
Ballots sent out by 4/12
Ballot due by 4/23

Boston Sex Worker Petition

Regional Meetings

Tech/Outreach

find discussion/voting system
update blog theme
update civicrm software
set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds)
post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak)

Video Newsletter

Post individual autonomy plank

Mesh Net

Cryptoparties

Election Campaigns

Bills to make the Film Credit Permanent

current HD388 would make the film tax credit permanent. It is supposed to expire in 2023. The bill has 100+ signatures this time around.

There isn't a hearing date for it yet, but suggest that we be active in opposing this bill.

Budget

Update Platform

CCTV camera map

Other To Dos

These have been on our agenda for a long time. How do we make them a reality?

Computer Donations

On hold - https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations

FOSS Tutorials

Worcester farm group is interested in having some FOSS tutorials. Perhaps:

how to do basic labels in GIMP,
work through a few sample spreadsheets related to seed cost and
similarly applicable real-world situations, depending on the needs of the group

Basically how to do graph design & product management with open source tools. Malt will put together a one paragraph description of what we need and we can mail it out to ask pirates to help.

Upcoming Events

2/26, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge
3/5, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge
early March?, morning, Boston-area Pirate Meetup, Boston
late March?, Lowell-area Pirate Meetup, Lowell
early April?, Worcester-area Pirate Meetup, Worcester

Participants

Observers

ChanServ
hvxgr_
davidd
Mikaela_Suomalainen
bonelesspepsi[m]
igel[m]

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 === Bills to make the Film Credit Permanent ===
-The [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/12/supporters-controversial-mass-film-tax-credit-aim-make-permanent/Wr9keQMK0CS2C6oJ3VHNuJ/story.html Boston Globe] reported that there is an effort to make the film tax credit permanent. It should expire in January 2023.  This effort has happened in the past [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/H2522 2013], [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H1491 2017]. The [https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/HD388 current house bill] has 100+ signatures this time around. There isn't a hearing date for it yet, but suggest that we be active in opposing this bill.
+[https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/HD388 current HD388] would make the film tax credit permanent.  It is supposed to expire in 2023.  The bill has 100+ signatures this time around.
+There isn't a hearing date for it yet, but suggest that we be active in opposing this bill.
 === Budget ===