October 23rd, 2019 IRC Meeting: Difference between revisions
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Right to repair bill. Some industry opponents, but they were outnumbered by supporters. | Right to repair bill. Some industry opponents, but they were outnumbered by supporters. | ||
Facial surveillance bill. Big turnout. | Facial surveillance bill. Big turnout. One opponent from industry. | ||
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Revision as of 20:31, 23 October 2019
Review
State House Hearings
Decisions/Endorsements
Projects
Goals for Q3:
- Organize meetups
- Organize election
- Organize Fundraiser(s)
- Organize candidate trainings
- Revise platform
Regional Meetings/Events
Leader: jokeefe
- Boston Anarchist Bookfair is Nov. 9-10. at Boston University. We will join MassMesh in getting table.
- Holyoke Meetup, 11/24, 10:30am-3:30pm, Holyoke Public Library
- Worcester meetup moved to Spring 2020.
Video Newsletter
Leader: Joseph
- Next pirate news recording?
Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)
Next meeting will be November 2nd, 11am-1pm, E5. 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).
National Party
Tabled Projects
Boston Sex Worker Petition
Computer Donations
- jokeefe contacted friend who refurbishes computers for a non-profit
- Archived https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations - move to wiki
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.
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.
Upcoming Events
- 10/29, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 11/2, 11am-1pm, Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting, Encuentro 5, Boston
- 11/5, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, Cambridge
- 11/9-10, Boston Anarchist Bookfair, George Sherman Union, BU, Boston
- 11/12, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Democracy Center, Cambridge
- 11/19, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Encuentro 5, Boston
- 11/24, 10:30am-3:30pm, Holyoke Pirate Meetup, Board Room, Holyoke Public Library, 250 Chestnut Street, Holyoke
- 11/26, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- 12/?, 11am-1pm, Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting, Encuentro 5, Boston
- 12/3, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, Cambridge
- 12/10, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Democracy Center, Cambridge
- 12/17, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Encuentro 5, Boston
- 12/24, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- Spring 2020, ?, Worcester Meetup
- Spring 2020, ?, Springfield Meetup
- Spring 2020, ?, Boston Meetup
Participants
- jokeefe
- srevilak
- malt
Observers
- igel[m]
- davidd
- hvxgr
- Deffy
- MikaelaSuomalainen
- ChanServ
Summary
Right to repair bill. Some industry opponents, but they were outnumbered by supporters.
Facial surveillance bill. Big turnout. One opponent from industry.
