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* Backup is Somerville Kennedy school (if ROOTED not available) | * Backup is Somerville Kennedy school (if ROOTED not available) | ||
* Conference Organizing: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterConference | * Conference Organizing: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterConference | ||
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Revision as of 21:24, 14 November 2024
Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/
Recording:
Reports
Decisions/Endorsements
United States Pirate Party Issues?
Projects/Events
Winter Conference
Our Winter Conference will be Saturday, January 25th. We need to find a location for it. Some possible locations are:
- ROOTED Armory Café, Somerville - $200/4 hr minus cost of any food purchased - https://artsatthearmory.org/venue-rental/public-events/
- MBTA Green line a 7 minute walk, Red line a 20 minute walk, MBTA bus close by, free parking on site
- Wheelchair accessible. Seats 52. Has tables, wifi and a projector. Bathroom connected to cafe
- Cambridge Community Center - $70/hr? - https://www.cambridgecc.org/rent-space.html
- MBTA/Parking a 10 minute walk
- Somerville Kennedy School - $50/hr? - https://somerville.k12.ma.us/district-leadership/central-administration/finance-and-facilities/rent-facilities
- Near public transit, ample parking. Library is not close to the entrance.
- Somerville Public Library, Central Branch - Free
- On several MBTA bus lines, limited parking near the high school and city hall
- Somerville Public Library, West Branch - Free
- On MBTA and bus lines. No parking
- Cambridge Public Library, Central Sq. Branch
- Near public transit, ample parking. Need a resident to book
- Lowell Public Library - Free
- Ample parking
Video Newsletter/Podcast
Leader: Joseph
- Video quality of Jitsi has started to suffer. Would be good to find a better streaming/recording alternative.
- Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed
Voter Outreach 2024
- Letters asking for pirate voters/election dates go out to cities/town this week.
- Followups as necessary
- Snail Mail supporters in December to tell them about:
- Conference
- Call for officer nominees
- Municipal elections
- Other events/efforts
- Donate/join our mailing list
2025 Local Campaigns
Need a leader for this effort.
Actions:
- Videos:
- Selecting campaign
- Planning campaign
- Get on the ballot
- Fundraising
- Voter Id
- GOTV
- Outreach to volunteers:
- Ask them to organize locally
- Ask them to campaign/run
- Ask them to give us their full contact info
- Call potential candidates/supporters
Other To Do
Upcoming Events
Participants
- jokeefe
- srevilak
- eli
Observers
Summary
In Nov election, Joe got 22% of vote, which is the highest of any pirate running in a partisian race in MA, and perhaps even in the US.
Reports
- Web site updated
- Posted about Joe's campaign and the Jan 25th conference
USPP Upates
- USPP has started doing periodic podcasts on their youtube channel
- National conference organizing is just starting.
Winter Conference
- Saturday Jan 25th.
- We'll request ROOTED cafe for the day.
- Backup is Somerville Kennedy school (if ROOTED not available)
- Conference Organizing: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterConference
Next Meetings
- Nov 21st
- Dec 5th
