July 24th, 2014 IRC Meeting

Tasks

1. Update on candidate status, campaign strategies
2. Planning for Pirate Picnic and Freedom Rally
   1. Registered for Freedom Rally?
   2. Blog posts
   3. Facebook events
   4. Other?
3. Digital Media Conference
4. Film nights?
5. What issue campaigns we need to be on top of?
   1. CISA
   2. Net Neutrality
   3. trade treaties: TPP/TTIP/TAFTA
6. Budget & Fundraising for the rest of the year

Events

1. July 25th. DMC Public meeting at the South End Tech Center
2. July 26th, German-wide Stop Watching US protest
3. July 29th, Last day to turn in nomination papers for Federal offices to cities & towns
4. Agg 10th, Pirate Picnic. Noon. Georges Island (Ferry Information)
5. September 13--14th. Freedom Rally (Boston Common)

Participants

• jokeefe (James O'Keefe, Somerville)
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
• Bluelustreak (Lucia Fiero, Medway)
• JCFiero (Jason Fiero - Medway MA)
• Kendra (Kendra Moyer)
• igel (Will)

Observers:

• davidd
• zby
• Pharyngeal

Summary

Joe's campaign status: http://www.twitch.tv/joeguertin. Noe is finishing up campaign web site.

Pirate Picnic. Sunday, Aug 10th @ noon. Georges Island. Ferry Information

Freedom Rally registration complete. Need to do event publicity.

Digital Media Conference. There's a youth meeting tomorrow @ SETC. Not sure about the date for the conference itself. Lucia and Kendra will try to attend tomorrow night's event.

Movie night. We have a bunch of videos from HOPE X. Would like to organize a movie night to show them. Perhaps in conjunction with the ACLU, FSF. Jamie will get in touch with ACLU; Kendra will get in touch with FSF, Steve will scope out Somerville Theatre as a venue.

Steve to post budget on wiki, so we can develop fundraising targets.