December 9th, 2020 IRC Meeting

Decisions/Endorsements

Facebook Statement

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Statement etherpad

Projects

Goals for Q4 2021:

• Organize meetups
• Revise platform
• Organize Fundraiser
• Organize candidate trainings

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Next pirate news recording scheduled for Sunday, 7pm unless changed
• Topic is interview with founder of turq.io, Tim Wallis, and likely tech lead
• What to ask?

Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)

Next meeting is Dec 12, 11am-1pm on-line

Surveillance Mapping

• Come up with a how to instructions
  • Paper - done
  • iPhone - done
  • Android
• Come up with how to videos

Regional Meetings/Events

In-person events, including outdoor events, on hold until COVID-19 numbers go down.

Leader: jokeefe

2021

Boston Pride Festival

• table booked
• setup signup sheet
• Announce
• Need to purchase insurance
• Need volunteer sign up form
• Tie to an activity, mapping the CCTV cameras in Boston or along the Pride parade route?

Campaigns

• Free the Moderna Vaccine
  • Planning new event

Bills

Federal

• EARN IT Act
  • Petition
• PATRIOT Act renewal

State

• Legislature extended session
• Push to get Right to Repair bill to a vote.
• Some of facial recognition moratorium is in the police reform bill

Computer donations

• Rules
• Sign up form

Platform Discussion

Moved to 2020 Platform Discussion

Other To Do

• Application to PPI
• Post statement on Archive.org Suit
• Post statement on our opposition to S.4051 - Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act.

Tabled Projects

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

• Every Tuesday, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, on-line
• Sat., 12/12, 11am-1pm, 'Democracy Meeting, on-line

Participants

• Joe (Joseph Onoroski, Lowell)
• jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
• malt (sam capradae, worcester)
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)

Observers

• ChanServ
• davidd
• hvxgr
• Deffy
• mikey
• slerman

Summary

Facebook. See https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201209/13320045855/open-season-ftc-48-attorneys-general-file-separate-antitrust-lawsuits-against-facebook.shtml