August 14th, 2019 IRC Meeting: Difference between revisions
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No word (yet) on when the Holyoke meeting will be rescheduled. | No word (yet) on when the Holyoke meeting will be rescheduled. | ||
Lowell pirate party party still on for August 24th. | |||
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Revision as of 20:16, 14 August 2019
Review
Decisions/Endorsements
Formation of the National party
Projects
Goals for Q3:
- Organize meetups
- Organize Fundraiser(s)
- Organize candidate trainings
- Revise platform
Regional Meetings
Leader:
Video Newsletter
Leader: Joseph
- Next pirate news recording?
Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)
Next meeting will be ?. Topics are:
- find discussion/voting system;
- update CCTV cameras to include older cameras outside North America we didn't include;
- write an app to record the location/ownership of CCTV cameras;
- set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds);
- post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak).
Tasks
Statement on Alabama/Ohio/Georgia Abortion ban bills/laws
Fight bills to make the Film Credit Permanent
H.2419 would make the film tax credit permanent. It is supposed to expire in 2023. The bill has 100+ signatures this time around. jokeefe will submit testimony.
National Platform reform/remake
Tabled Projects
These have been on our agenda for a long time. How do we make them a reality?
Boston Sex Worker Petition
Non-pirate guest speakers for Pirate News
CCTV camera map
Computer Donations
https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations
Video Newsletter guest speakers
FOSS Tutorials
Worcester farm group is interested in having some FOSS tutorials. Perhaps:
- how to do basic labels in GIMP,
- work through a few sample spreadsheets related to seed cost and
- similarly applicable real-world situations, depending on the needs of the group
Basically how to do graph design & product management with open source tools. Malt will put together a one paragraph description of what we need and we can mail it out to ask pirates to help.
Upcoming Events
- 8/20, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 8/24, Lowell Pirate Picnic, Lowell
- 8/27, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 8/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts
- ?, ?, Holyoke Pirate Meetup, Board Room, Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke
- 9/3, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, Cambridge
- 9/10, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Democracy Center, Cambridge
- ?, 11am-1pm, Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting, Arlington
Participants
- hakeon (Brad Jackson, Great Barrington)
- jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
- srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
- Pirate_Joe (Joseph Onoroski, Lowell)
- Malt (Sam capradae, Worcester)
Observers
- bonelesspepsi[m]
- davidd
- hvxgr
- MikaelaSuomalainen
- Deffy
- igel[m]
Summary
National party organized as a co-op. One share per state, and one dollar per share. First draft of national bylaws is complete. jokeefe will send copy of bylaws to activists list for local review.
No word (yet) on when the Holyoke meeting will be rescheduled.
Lowell pirate party party still on for August 24th.
