April 11th, 2017 IRC Meeting
From Mass Pirate Wiki
Review
Decisions/Endorsements
Projects
Conference
- PirateCon 2017 Topics
- Streaming Progress
- Post Announcements
- Update conference page
- Press Release
Campaign Workshops
Local Surveillance Ordinances
Projects On Hold For the Moment
Fundraising
Planks
- Discussion session planned for PirateCon
- Previous work in this area: https://github.com/masspirates/planks
Message board application
CCTV Camera Map
Looking at organizing a map-a-thon.
Together Boston Meshnet
MAAPL Fight Foreclosure Campaign
Upcoming Events
- 4/22, March for Science, Boston
- 4/25, 5-8pm, Campaign Workshop, Holyoke Public Library Community Room, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke
- 4/26, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
- 4/29, PirateCon (details forthcoming)
- 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
- srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
- jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
- WhatsABarrelBom (G, Lowell)
- moses (Moses, West Tisbury MA)
Observers
- davidd
- papegaai
- Techrev
- igel
Summary
To Dos
Write to panelists. Make sure they're okay with proposed times. See if they'd like to retitle their panel.- Piratecon code of conduct
- Decide which planks to work on during breakout groups
- We'll need volunteers, esp for setup and registration
- Press outreach
- Alternate plans for streaming bandwidth?
- Need to assemble list of stuff to bring. (Should be an etherpad floating around with last year's list)
Minutes
21:01 < srevilak> https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_11th,_2017_IRC_Meeting 21:01 < papegaai> Title: April 11th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) 21:01 < jokeefe> Thanks 21:01 < jokeefe> ahoy moses 21:02 < WhatsABarrelBom> A HOY HOY MATEYS 21:02 < moses> ahoy 21:02 < jokeefe> ahoy WhatsABarrelBom 21:03 < jokeefe> Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_11th,_2017_IRC_Meeting 21:03 < papegaai> Title: April 11th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) 21:04 < jokeefe> thanks to srevilak for putting it together 21:04 < jokeefe> ids 21:04 < jokeefe> James O’Keefe, Somerville 21:04 < srevilak> Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA 21:04 < WhatsABarrelBom> G, Lowell 21:04 < moses> Moses, West Tisbury MA 21:05 < jokeefe> Anything to add? 21:06 < WhatsABarrelBom> nah not here 21:06 < srevilak> I have a couple of conference updates (when we get there) 21:06 < jokeefe> ok 21:07 < jokeefe> Nothing for Review or Decisions/Endorsements, so moving to Projects 21:07 < jokeefe> Conference 21:07 < jokeefe> srevilak? 21:08 < srevilak> Contacted most of the panelists to inform them of times, and ask about name changes 21:08 < srevilak> Times are okay. 21:08 < srevilak> There were several suggested name changes, noted here https://masspirates.org/wiki/PirateCon_2017_Topics 21:08 < jokeefe> I updated the conference page with the schedule 21:08 < papegaai> Title: PirateCon 2017 Topics - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) 21:08 < srevilak> jokeefe and I are going to CCB tomorrow morning at 9:00 for walk through, and to get a read on wireless signal 21:09 < srevilak> I have two streaming setups ready; one video, and one audio (as backup) 21:09 < srevilak> will be able to record both video and audio 21:09 < jokeefe> will update conference page with new names and speakers 21:09 < jokeefe> thank you 21:09 < srevilak> Kendra will not be able to attend, but she'd like to be videoconferenced in 21:09 < srevilak> So, we'll need a second laptop available for that 21:10 < srevilak> Finally I haven't heard anything from the second speaker in fake news panel 21:10 < srevilak> after meeting, will write a "can you confirm you're presenting" note to her 21:10 < jokeefe> thanks 21:10 < srevilak> I think that's all I have 21:10 < jokeefe> I reached out to Grace Ross about participating in Organizing for a Sustainable, Accountable Movement 21:10 < jokeefe> looks like a possibility 21:12 * srevilak looks at todo list from https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_11th,_2017_IRC_Meeting#To_Dos 21:12 < papegaai> Title: April 11th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) 21:13 < srevilak> Anyone interested in working on a code of conduct? 21:13 < WhatsABarrelBom> code of conduct? pffffffffffffffffffft. who needs that? 21:13 < jokeefe> I would be happy to help 21:14 < jokeefe> I can work on volunteers 21:14 < jokeefe> Need to email them 21:15 < srevilak> WhatsABarrelBom: ideally, wouldn't be needed. But better to have something that says "don't be a jerk" in not so many words 21:15 < jokeefe> Aaron will call the list and invite people to it 21:15 < WhatsABarrelBom> ...........i see 21:15 < jokeefe> I am fond of “don’t be a jerk” 21:15 < srevilak> jokeefe: that's great 21:15 < WhatsABarrelBom> that's very subjective 21:16 < moses> do unto others is a good starting place 21:16 < srevilak> aye 21:16 < jokeefe> We also need to see if we need child care 21:16 < WhatsABarrelBom> so the framework by which to witch hunt people who we decide we dont' like anymore? 21:16 < WhatsABarrelBom> cause that's what will happen 21:17 < srevilak> WhatsABarrelBom: no, more like setting expectations for people to be civil 21:17 < moses> aye 21:19 < jokeefe> Working on press and looking for someone ot do a poster 21:19 < srevilak> thx 21:19 < srevilak> which planks should we focus on during the breakout session? 21:19 < srevilak> (There's a list at https://github.com/masspirates/planks ) 21:19 < papegaai> Title: GitHub - masspirates/planks: A place to define the Massachusetts Pirate Party planks (platform) (at github.com) 21:22 < jokeefe> email poll or just use the topics list from the last poll: 21:22 < jokeefe> Pirate strategy 16 21:22 < jokeefe> Net neutrality 15 21:22 < jokeefe> Open government 15 21:22 < jokeefe> Organizing 14 21:23 < jokeefe> Running campaigns 14 21:23 < jokeefe> Surveillance and countersurveillance 14 21:23 < jokeefe> Proposing local legislation 12 21:23 < jokeefe> Building third-party coalitions 11 21:23 < jokeefe> Corporate power 11 21:23 < jokeefe> Copyright 9 21:23 < jokeefe> Filing FOIA and public records requests 8 21:23 < jokeefe> Income inequality 7 21:23 < jokeefe> Patents 6 21:23 < jokeefe> The war on drugs 6 21:23 < jokeefe> Environment 6 21:23 < jokeefe> Minimum wage 3 21:23 < jokeefe> then again not sure the list works right 21:23 < srevilak> But aren't those presentation topics, more than platforms? 21:23 < jokeefe> yes 21:24 < srevilak> I'd kind of like to do something with (for example) https://github.com/masspirates/planks/blob/master/RightToSecureLivelihoodAndSocialParticipation.txt 21:24 < papegaai> Title: planks/RightToSecureLivelihoodAndSocialParticipation.txt at master · masspirates/planks · GitHub (at github.com) 21:24 < jokeefe> email poll then? 21:24 < srevilak> email poll would work 21:25 < moses> aye 21:25 < srevilak> Or, we could do it in two phases at piratecon 21:25 < srevilak> phase 1: come up with a list of planks (areas that our platform should address) 21:26 < srevilak> phase 2: pick three (or so), and have a group work on each one 21:26 < WhatsABarrelBom> less is more if you want to capture the center 21:27 < srevilak> A friend of mine use to work for the LWV. Their conference focused on deciding priorites for the coming year, and writing a statement about them 21:27 < srevilak> I'm hoping we can build some policies/goals from the ground up 21:27 < jokeefe> I like the email poll as it could draw people into the conference 21:27 < srevilak> ok 21:28 < jokeefe> would be good to have a post-conference plan for people getting together to continue the discussion 21:28 < srevilak> agreed 21:32 < jokeefe> moses, G any tasks you can take on? https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_11th,_2017_IRC_Meeting#To_Dos 21:32 < papegaai> Title: April 11th, 2017 IRC Meeting - Mass Pirate Wiki (at masspirates.org) 21:32 < WhatsABarrelBom> I can write the code of conduct! O:) 21:34 < jokeefe> keeping it real and direct is always helpful 21:34 < WhatsABarrelBom> "Don't be an ass". done. 21:35 < jokeefe> sadly even that is not detailed enough for some 21:36 < jokeefe> Campaign Workshops - 21:36 < jokeefe> training on the 25th 21:36 < jokeefe> created a sign up form 21:37 < jokeefe> emailed to everyone 21:37 < jokeefe> will email potential candidates 21:38 < moses> question regarding planks 21:38 < jokeefe> yes 21:39 < moses> i knnow which ones i'd want to recomend we work out - is my suggestion sufficent or does it require like an argument of why this and not all the other ones 21:40 < moses> like is the poll sufficent 21:40 < moses> if so can we cross it off the list 21:40 < srevilak> I'd think the suggestion would be sufficient by itself. Anyone else? 21:41 < jokeefe> suggesions are good 21:42 < WhatsABarrelBom> suggestion is fine imho 21:42 < moses> do we have a statement for the press 21:42 < moses> a general one 21:42 < jokeefe> for the conference? 21:43 < moses> mhm 21:43 < moses> visa vie Press outreach 21:45 < jokeefe> haven’t written it 21:45 < jokeefe> would you like to write it, moses? 21:48 < moses> i only worry i don't have enough backround knowdlage 21:48 < moses> could i perhaps send a draft with some blank spots? 21:48 < jokeefe> go for it 21:48 < moses> great 21:48 < srevilak> thx! 21:48 < moses> when do you want it 21:48 < jokeefe> thank you 21:49 < jokeefe> right now we just need an announcement that it will happen 21:50 < jokeefe> take a look at https://falkvinge.net/2013/10/01/swarmwise-the-tactical-manual-to-changing-the-world-chapter-nine/ 21:50 < papegaai> Title: Swarmwise - The Tactical Manual To Changing The World. Chapter Nine. - Falkvinge on Liberty (at falkvinge.net) 21:51 < jokeefe> it is helpful with this area 21:51 < moses> kk 21:52 < jokeefe> Local Surveillance Ordinances 21:52 < jokeefe> Not much change with Somerville or Cambridge 21:52 < jokeefe> Anything with Artlington? 21:53 < srevilak> nothing new in the last week 21:55 < jokeefe> anything else? 21:55 < srevilak> nothing here 21:56 < jokeefe> motion to adjourn? 21:56 < srevilak> aye 21:57 < WhatsABarrelBom> aye 21:57 < jokeefe> aye 21:58 < srevilak> will post transcript 21:58 < jokeefe> thanks all