November 11th, 2020 IRC Meeting
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Review
Decisions/Endorsements
Conference Planning
Projects
Goals for Q3 2020:
- Organize meetups
- Revise platform
- Organize Fundraiser
- Organize candidate trainings
Video Newsletter/Podcast
Leader: Joseph
- Next pirate news recording scheduled for Sunday, 7pm unless changed
Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)
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
Dec. 4th Day Against DRM
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 meeting upcoming. Contact jokeefe for details if you want to attend.
- Planning new event
- Yes on 1
- Post on our support for it
- Who could reach out to campaign to ask how we can help?
- Yes on 2
- Post reminder of our support for it
- jokeefe reached out to campaign on helping. Will followup.
- Yard signs available.
Bills
Federal
- EARN IT Act
- 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
Platform Discussion
Moved to 2020 Platform Discussion
Other To Do
- Application to PPI
- Post statement on Archive.org Suit
- Post statement on our support for Question 1: open access to vehicle telematics systems.
- Post statement on our opposition to S.4051 - Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act.
- Post statement on retaining section 230 protections. Docket RM-11862. Per TechDirt, 9/17 is the last date for submissions for the 2nd round. - done
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
- 11/14-15, Party Conference
Participants
- davidd
- jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
- srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
- Joe (Joseph Onoroski, Lowell)
- Malt (sam capradae, worcester)
Observers
- ChanServ
- hvxgr
- Deffy
- mikey
Summary
Minutes
21:03 <@jokeefe> Agenda:
https://masspirates.org/wiki/November_11th,_2020_IRC_Meeting
21:04 < davidd> i fear in the future this will still be considered the
beginning of the real pandamic
21:04 < Malt> hi buddy
21:04 <@jokeefe> you may be right davidd
21:04 <@jokeefe> ids
21:04 <@jokeefe> James O’Keefe, Somerville
21:05 < Malt> sam capradae, worcester
21:05 < srevilak> Steve Revilak, Arlington
21:05 < Joe> Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
21:05 <@jokeefe> anything to add?
21:05 < Malt> non
21:06 <@jokeefe> Decisions/Endorsements - Conference Planning
21:06 <@jokeefe>
https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2020PartyConferencePlanning
21:08 < Malt> i can e-mail supporters
21:08 <@jokeefe> Thanks
21:09 < Joe> I have had an issue with the live stream software
21:09 <@jokeefe> I have to send a final email announcement tomorrow, but
if you could reach out to people in Worcester or surrounding communities,
that would be wonderful
21:09 <@jokeefe> What is the issue, Joe?
21:10 < Joe> It seems that I can't have the other accounts logged in
at the same time. A forced update messed up the Youtube live bot I was
using and there does not seem to be an update for it yet.
21:10 < Joe> It will take some tinkering to resolve
21:11 <@jokeefe> I am happy to help you test it
21:12 <@jokeefe> I will set up the links to the meetings and set it up
to email participants
21:13 <@jokeefe> I can setup the scheduled live streams. Should be done
by tomorrow.
21:14 < Joe> I will notify you via signal when I have resolved the issue.
21:14 <@jokeefe> 14 people signed up on the FB event, but I expect they
need a reminder to sign in to our form
21:15 <@jokeefe> ok, thanks Joe.
21:16 < Malt> Alexander asked about getting the link as well
21:17 <@jokeefe> On the topic of “Create draft platform
topics to start discussion” I wondered if we should use
https://github.com/masspirates/planks as the basis for the start of the
discussion along with changes from our past discussions.
21:17 < Malt> that seems like a great starting off point
21:17 < Malt> this is what we stand for, how do we move forward
21:18 <@jokeefe> Will make sure he gets it.
21:18 <@jokeefe> There are 17 sign ups
21:19 < Malt> neat
21:19 <@jokeefe> Joe, have you figured out when you want to your Education
speaker on?
21:20 < Joe> Sunday right after me.
21:20 <@jokeefe> ok, will update it
21:21 < Malt> cool
21:21 < Joe> I plan to have my discussion similar to hers, as we
discussed.
21:21 < Joe> 10 minutes of me droning on, with 15-20 for questions.
21:21 <@jokeefe> ok
21:23 <@jokeefe> anyone able to take on some plank editing?
21:24 < Joe> Sorry, I would not be able to do it justice.
21:25 <@jokeefe> Do you have time Malt?
21:25 < Malt> wtf ok
21:26 < Malt> i've got childcare next two days
21:26 <@jokeefe> If it helps, I’ll send you some planks and the items
to add
21:27 < Malt> okay, yeah
21:27 < Malt> i can do that
21:27 < Malt> that's way more approachable than editing them all
21:28 <@jokeefe> thanks
21:30 <@jokeefe> That is all I have. Just focusing on the conference.
21:30 < Joe> Motion to adjourn?
21:31 <@jokeefe> 2nd
21:31 < srevilak> aye
21:31 <@jokeefe> all in favor?
21:31 < Joe> aye
21:31 < Malt> aye
21:31 <@jokeefe> aye
21:31 <@jokeefe> have a great night all
21:32 < Malt> you too!
21:32 <@jokeefe> hope you get to the top of the ticket davidd!
21:32 < Joe> gnight!
