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* The CASE Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2426/text H2426]) would create a copyright infringement small claims court, thus leading to more copyright trolling. | * The CASE Act ([https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2426/text H2426]) would create a copyright infringement small claims court, thus leading to more copyright trolling. | ||
=== Congress of Corrections === | |||
Boston is hosting the [https://register.aca.org/ Congress of Corrections], Aug 1-6. It will be at the Hynes Convention Center, Halls C&D. | |||
== Projects == | == Projects == | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 15 July 2019
Review
National Party
Decisions/Endorsements
Mass. Legislation
- An Act to establish a taskforce to develop a uniform code for police body-worn cameras and their recordings (H.2120) contains language to exemption of body camera recordings from the definition of “public record”. More at:
Federal Legislation
- The CASE Act (H2426) would create a copyright infringement small claims court, thus leading to more copyright trolling.
Congress of Corrections
Boston is hosting the Congress of Corrections, Aug 1-6. It will be at the Hynes Convention Center, Halls C&D.
Projects
Goals for Q2:
- Organize meetups
- Organize election
- Organize Fundraiser(s)
- Organize candidate trainings
- Revise platform
Regional Meetings
jokeefe will post poll for October party conference by Friday.
Leader:
Video Newsletter
Leader: Joseph
- Next pirate news recording?
Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)
- meeting scheduled July 13th, 11am-1pm, Arlington
- update blog theme
- find discussion/voting system
- set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds)
- post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak)
Tasks
Statement on Alabama/Ohio/Georgia Abortion ban bills/laws
Fight bills to make the Film Credit Permanent
H.2419 would make the film tax credit permanent. It is supposed to expire in 2023. The bill has 100+ signatures this time around. jokeefe will submit testimony.
National Platform reform/remake
Tabled Projects
These have been on our agenda for a long time. How do we make them a reality?
Boston Sex Worker Petition
Non-pirate guest speakers for Pirate News
CCTV camera map
Computer Donations
https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations
Video Newsletter guest speakers
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
- 7/16, Voter Choice MA RCV Lobby Day
- 7/17, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 7/22, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 7/29, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 7/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts
- 8/6, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, Cambridge
- 8/10, 11am-1pm, Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting, Arlington
- 8/24, Lowell Pirate Picnic, Lowell
- ?, ?, Holyoke Pirate Meetup, Board Room, Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke
Participants
Observers
- bonelesspepsi
- davidd
- hvxgr
- hvxgr_
- MikaelaSuomalainen
- igel[m]
