April 21st, 2021 IRC Meeting

Decisions/Endorsements

Support Free the Vaccine Protest

There will be a Free the Vaccine protest on Wed., April 28th, noon-3pm. Meet at Galaxy Park (next Kendall Sq) then walk to Moderna HQ. FB Event

Platform

General list at https://github.com/masspirates/planks

• Environment Plank
• Addiction Plank

Projects

Outreach

Leader: Malt

• Community Organizing Discussion, 4/24, 4-6pm
• Date for next Pirate Moot?
• Setup local video meetups by region with people who said they were interested in organizing a local chapter
• Organize candidate trainings

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Boston Pride Festival

Leader: jokeefe

While in-person events, including outdoor events, are on hold until COVID-19 numbers go down, we should plan for our table at the Boston Pride Festival. Festival is on hold, likely for the year.

Tasks:

• setup signup sheet
• Announce
• Need to purchase insurance
• Need volunteer sign up form
• Tie to an activity, mapping the CCTV cameras in Boston or along the Pride parade route?

Other To Do

• Application to PPI

Upcoming On-line Events

• Every Tuesday, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, on-line
• 4/24, 4-6pm, Pirate Moot, on-line
• Sat., ?, Tech Meetup, on-line

Participants

• malt: sam capradae, worcester
• jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville
• Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
• srevilak

Observers

• davidd
• Deffy
• hvxgr
• Mikaela
• mikey
• slerman

Summary

Decision/Endorsements.

• General list at https://github.com/masspirates/planks
• We'll do drug policy/addiction next

Minutes

 


[9:05pm] jokeefe: Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_21st,_2021_IRC_Meeting
[9:05pm] malt: hi pals
[9:05pm] jokeefe: hi
[9:05pm] malt: sam capradae, worcester
[9:05pm] jokeefe: ids
[9:05pm] malt: i've got news!
[9:05pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville
[9:05pm] Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
[9:06pm] jokeefe: Anything to add?
[9:07pm] malt: yes
[9:07pm] malt: update on the pirate dice fundraiser
[9:09pm] malt20 joined the chat room.
[9:09pm] malt: sorry, back now
[9:10pm] jokeefe: sounds good
[9:10pm] jokeefe: Decisions/Endorsements
[9:10pm] jokeefe: Rescind Ban on Outdoor Events
[9:10pm] jokeefe: >
[9:11pm] malt: i think it's time!
[9:11pm] malt: as long as we're masked if we're going to be in close proximity
[9:11pm] malt: and if we have hand cleaning stations any time we provide food
[9:11pm] jokeefe: agreed
[9:12pm] jokeefe: I wouldn’t suggest providing food for now
[9:12pm] malt: agreed
[9:13pm] jokeefe: Any other thoughts?
[9:14pm] malt: springspringspringspringspringspring hooraaaaayyy!!!!
[9:14pm] malt: we should get onboard with the City Nature Challenge
[9:14pm] jokeefe: not tomorrow
[9:14pm] malt: https://citynaturechallenge.org/
[9:14pm] malt: so basically we encourage people to go out and look at nature
[9:15pm] malt: we can make a video showing how to use iNaturalist
[9:15pm] jokeefe: I like taking pictures of nature
[9:15pm] malt: my wife is handling the worcester branch of it
[9:15pm] malt: i think it'd be an ideal pirate meetup
[9:17pm] jokeefe: Something different.
[9:18pm] jokeefe: Sounds good. I could organize a day in Somerville
[9:18pm] malt: yeah!
[9:18pm] malt: i bet there's plenty of parks
[9:19pm] Joe: we should say something about the shooting in worchester
[9:19pm] malt: and i know for a fact boston has a specific branch
[9:19pm] malt: eh i'd rather not frankly
[9:19pm] malt: until more is known at least
[9:19pm] malt: i want to know motivation. was it a reaction to the chauvin verdict?
[9:20pm] malt: do you want me to get contact deets for the boston organizer?
[9:20pm] jokeefe: Are we ok with holding outdoor events, now, Joe/srevilak?
[9:20pm] malt: jokeefe
[9:20pm] Joe: I'm fine with it.
[9:20pm] Joe: so long as we are still maintaining social distancing
[9:20pm] jokeefe: yes, malt, please email them to me
[9:21pm] malt: will do
[9:21pm] jokeefe: Agreed Joe and mask
[9:21pm] jokeefe: s
[9:21pm] jokeefe: we aren’t all vaccinated yet
[9:22pm] jokeefe: Outdoor events are on then
[9:22pm] jokeefe: Masked and social distanced of course
[9:22pm] malt: i think it'd be cool if we held a storytelling event
[9:23pm] malt: for people to talk about their experiences over the past year
[9:23pm] jokeefe: There is another Free the Vaccine Protest on next Wednesday. Endorse it?
[9:24pm] malt: yes
[9:24pm] jokeefe: Were you thinking in person or virtually, malt?
[9:25pm] malt: in person
[9:26pm] Joe: I don't understand enough about them, I will defer
[9:27pm] malt: it's a demand to release the IP on the vaccines so the US doesn't own a monopoly
[9:27pm] jokeefe: Joe / srevilak - should we endorse the Free the Vaccine Protest ?
[9:27pm] malt: the polio vaccine was released, leading to the global eradication of polio (in effect)
[9:28pm] malt: there's a concern here that protecting IP will slow the vaccination rate to the point that COVID mutates to make the vaccine ineffective
[9:28pm] Joe: O, thank you for the explanation. I 100% support, esp in India
[9:28pm] jokeefe: thanks malt
[9:28pm] Joe: they just found 3 new versions in India
[9:28pm] malt: yup it's terrifying
[9:28pm] jokeefe: Ok. Will notify them then that we endorse it and will mail supporters
[9:28pm] malt: the hospital system is running out of oxygen
[9:29pm] jokeefe: scary situation
[9:30pm] jokeefe: I like the idea of the storytelling event
[9:31pm] jokeefe: Let’s think about when over email
[9:31pm] jokeefe: Platform
[9:31pm] malt: sure
[9:31pm] jokeefe: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPPEnvironmentPlatform
[9:35pm] jokeefe: <editing ensues>