August 15th, 2024 Meeting

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/

Recording:

Projects/Events

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Video quality of Jitsi has started to suffer. Would be good to find a better streaming/recording alternative.
• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Media Outreach

• Put media list in Civi (jokeefe)

Voter Outreach 2024

• Contact cities/town to get list of voters
• Mail supporters

2025 Local Campaigns

Actions:

• Videos:
  • Selecting campaign
  • Planning campaign
  • Get on the ballot
  • Fundraising
  • Voter Id
  • GOTV
• Outreach to volunteers:
  • Ask them to organize locally
  • Ask them to campaign/run
  • Ask them to give us their full contact info
  • Call potential candidates/supporters

Participants

• jokeefe (Somerville)
• srevilak (Arlington)
• emcgee (Leominster)

Summary

Reports. Digital fourth, Mass ACLU, Mass pirates testified to Cambridge City Council, to request that additional surveillance cameras not be installed in Central Square. Council put a temporary hold on the action, but it's likely to come back at a future time.

USPP Issues. Nothing new to report. No major changes.