April 27th, 2017 IRC Meeting

Projects

Conference

• PirateCon 2017 Topics
• Write to panelists. Make sure they're okay with proposed times. See if they'd like to retitle their panel.
• Press outreach
  • Press Release
  • Call press
• Outreach
  • Poster/flyers - Kate is working on it
  • Email reminders/blog posts (jokeefe)
• Piratecon code of conduct (srevilak/G)
• Decide which planks to work on during breakout groups
• We'll need volunteers, esp for setup and registration
• Alternate plans for streaming bandwidth?
• List of stuff to bring. Here is last year's list, as a reference

Projects On Hold For the Moment

Planks

• Discussion session planned for PirateCon
• Previous work in this area: https://github.com/masspirates/planks

CCTV Camera Map

Looking at organizing a map-a-thon.

Upcoming Events

• 4/29, PirateCon
• 4/29-30, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Western Massachusetts
• 5/5, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
• 5/6-7, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
• 5/9, Massachusetts Pirate Party 7th Anniversary
• 5/14-21, Together Boston, Cambridge
• 5/17, Chelsea Manning's Release Date
• 5/20, 10am-4pm, March Against Monsanto
• 5/21, noon-6pm, Together Boston Cryptoparty, Together Boston space, 614 Massachusetts Ave. #203, Central Sq., Cambridge
• 5/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 6/3, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
• 6/10, Boston Pride Parade, Boston
• 6/21, Edward Snowden's Birthday
• 6/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

See: 2017 calendar

Participants

• jokeefe
• hvxgr
• srevilak

Observers

• davidd
• papegaai
• igel

Summary

Lots of last minute preparations for the conference.