April 7th, 2021 IRC Meeting

Decisions/Endorsements

Bylaw Amendment

What supporter information we provide to our endorsed candidates does not follow our policy to not share personal contact information with non-Pirate Party groups. The bylaw amendment below resolves that issue.

In Article 8.0 - Candidate Selection change:

Candidates who are nominated or endorsed shall be considered supported candidates. Supported candidates are entitled to the contact information of any Party members or supporters in their area and any other resources the Pirate Council determines the Party can provide.

to:

Candidates who are nominated or endorsed by the party shall be considered supported candidates. Nominated candidates are entitled to access to the contact information of any Party members or supporters in their area. Endorsed candidates are entitled to have the party contact party members and supporters in their area at least once a month until the election is over to notify them that the party endorsed said candidate and how they can contact and assist the campaign. Supported candidates are entitled any other resources the Pirate Council determines the Party can provide.

Projects

Outreach

Leader: Malt

• Next Community Organizing Discussion?
• Setup local video meetups by region with people who said they were interested in organizing a local chapter
• Organize candidate trainings

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Boston Pride Festival

Leader: jokeefe

While in-person events, including outdoor events, are on hold until COVID-19 numbers go down, we should plan for our table at the Boston Pride Festival. Festival is on hold.

Tasks:

• 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?

Other To Do

• Application to PPI

Upcoming On-line Events

• Every Tuesday, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, on-line
• Sat., ?, Tech Meetup, on-line

Minutes

 


[9:03pm] jokeefe: Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/April_7th,_2021_IRC_Meeting
[9:03pm] jokeefe: ids
[9:03pm] jokeefe: Anything to add?
[9:03pm] Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
[9:03pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville
[9:04pm] malt95: sam capradae, worcester
[9:05pm] jokeefe: Decisions/Endorsements
[9:05pm] jokeefe: Bylaw Amendment
[9:05pm] jokeefe: Change to In Article 8.0 - Candidate Selection/
[9:05pm] jokeefe: From:
[9:05pm] jokeefe: Candidates who are nominated or endorsed shall be considered supported candidates. Supported candidates are entitled to the contact information of any Party members or supporters in their area and any other resources the Pirate Council determines the Party can provide.
[9:05pm] jokeefe: To:
[9:05pm] jokeefe: Candidates who are nominated or endorsed shall be considered supported candidates. Supported candidates are entitled to the contact information of any Party members or supporters in their area and any other resources the Pirate Council determines the Party can provide.
[9:06pm] jokeefe: Questions?
[9:06pm] Joe: I am not sure I see the difference there 8/
[9:07pm] malt95: instead of giving away data
[9:07pm] malt95: we keep it private and relay messages directly
[9:07pm] jokeefe: It limits give our members contact information to nominated candidates
[9:07pm] jokeefe: unless you choose to give it to endorsed candidates
[9:08pm] jokeefe: also, what malt95 said
[9:08pm] Joe: I agree with the concept, just think the council will to be clear whom we intend to nominate for such roles
[9:09pm] Joe: Or have a specific person for that role on the election next set of elections.
[9:09pm] Joe: Like Candidate coordinator or something
[9:09pm] jokeefe: nominees have to be party members. we can endorse non-party members
[9:10pm] Joe: Seems like another task for the person in charge of swarmwise tbh
[9:10pm] Joe: Since they already have that task at hand anyways.
[9:11pm] Joe: Just my two cents, I am not disagreeing btw. Just thinking ahead to when this could possibly be an issue.
[9:12pm] malt95: it's just a move to limit the leak of data
[9:13pm] jokeefe: as it is written now, candidates we nominate or endorse are entitled to get the contact information of any in our database in their area
[9:13pm] malt95: once it's out of our hands we've lost control over who else gets it
[9:13pm] jokeefe: that is a privacy issue.
[9:13pm] jokeefe: with this change we only give it out to nominees since they are party members
[9:14pm] Joe: Yes, I agree with the locking of the data.  I think we should add in there whom would be responsible for sending out such communications to our support base.
[9:15pm] jokeefe: sorry, I messed up
[9:15pm] Joe: Such as the person in charge of swarmwise or the captain etcetera.
[9:15pm] jokeefe: from:
[9:15pm] jokeefe: Candidates who are nominated or endorsed shall be considered supported candidates. Supported candidates are entitled to the contact information of any Party members or supporters in their area and any other resources the Pirate Council determines the Party can provide.
[9:15pm] Joe: <3
[9:15pm] jokeefe: to:
[9:16pm] jokeefe: Candidates who are nominated or endorsed by the party shall be considered supported candidates. Nominated candidates are entitled to access to the contact information of any Party members or supporters in their area. Endorsed candidates are entitled to have the party contact party members and supporters in their area at least once a month until the election is over to notify them that the party endorsed said candidate and how they can contact and assist the campaign. Supported candidates are entitled any other resources the Pirate Council determines the Party can provide.
[9:16pm] jokeefe: cut/paste mistake
[9:17pm] Joe: Rip the inventor of Cut/paste btw. Moment of love and warm wishes
[9:18pm] Joe: I agree with these changes.
[9:19pm] jokeefe: malt95, are you ok with these changes?
[9:20pm] jokeefe: other comments for everyone attending?
[9:22pm] jokeefe: any objections to adopting this bylaws?
[9:23pm] Joe: Only to add specific admin for non-party noms but other than that no.