December 13th, 2012 IRC Meeting

Agenda

Prep for the in-person meeting on the 9th

1. Members/supporters mailing
2. Review of planned 2013 events/activities
3. Review of organization
4. Review of budget

Quick Notes / Summaries Re Proposed Bills to be Discussed:

1. Members/supporters mailing
2. Review of planned 2013 events/activities:
   1. Continuing what we have done
      1. Pirate Info Conference. Qualities we need:
         1. We will probably get more people this year, so adequate space
         2. Good location that is easy to get to
         3. Good access to internet and electrical outlets
         4. Good iighting
         5. Wheelchair access
      2. Together Boston music festival is week of May 18th (http://togetherboston.com/)
      3. Boston Pride Festival on Sat. June 8th (http://www.bostonpride.org/calendar/)
      4. Freedom Rally on Boston Common
      5. CryptoParty
   2. New events
      1. Pirate Planning/Issue Conference?
      2. Security BSides
      3. CryptoCurrencies Conference (such as this one)
      4. Wake up the Earth Festival in JP on Sat., May 4th (http://www.spontaneouscelebrations.org/cultural-programming/festivals-and-events.html)
      5. Pax East which is March 22-24th. They are looking for submissions (http://panels.paxsite.com/), though they do focus on computer gaming;
      6. AnimeBoston which is May 24-26th.
      7. Digital Media Conference & Grassroots Use of Technology Conference possibly
3. Review of organization
   1. How can we be better organized?
   2. Need committees? Which ones if so?
4. Review of budget. Here is what we adopted for 2012

Participants

• mildbeard - Erik Zoltan, Framingham
• srevilak - Steve Revilak
• jokeefe - James O'Keefe, Somerville
• davidd - David, Netherlands

Observers:

• passstab - Pennsylvania
• cmal
• TeamColtra

Summary

2013 events/activities

1. Pirate Info Conference.
2. Pirate Planning/Issue Conference?
3. CryptoParties
4. Together Boston music festival is week of May 18th (http://togetherboston.com/)
5. Security BSides
6. Boston Pride Festival on Sat. June 8th (http://www.bostonpride.org/calendar/)
7. Freedom Rally on Boston Common
8. CryptoCurrencies Conference (such as this one)
9. Wake up the Earth Festival in JP on Sat., May 4th (http://www.spontaneouscelebrations.org/cultural-programming/festivals-and-events.html)
10. Pax East which is March 22-24th. They are looking for submissions (http://panels.paxsite.com/), though they do focus on computer gaming;
11. AnimeBoston which is May 24-26th.
12. Digital Media Conference & Grassroots Use of Technology Conference possibly

Pirate Info Conference

Qualities we need in a site for a conference:

1. We will probably get more people this year, so adequate space. At least 100 people.
2. Good location that is easy to get to and accessible to people with disabilities
3. Good access to internet and electrical outlets
4. Good lighting

Meeting Minutes

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