May 25th, 2025 Meeting

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

Recording: https://youtu.be/lhSY0v3X7DA

Decisions/Endorsements

June Conference

Scheduled for June 15th, 2025 in the Lavender room at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave, Somerville.

PAD: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025SpringConference

Federal Bills to Review

• Senators working on a bill that would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 is the primary reason we have freedom of speech on the Internet. See this explainer. We have long supported Section 230 implicitly, but we never wrote up a statement why. Including why we support free speech seems important right now, as well.
• TAKE IT DOWN Act / Analysis - Passed the Senate

Commonwealth Bills to Review

• An Act relative to unregulated face recognition and emerging biometric surveillance technologies (H.1538)
• An Act establishing a moratorium on face recognition and other remote biometric surveillance systems (S.1385)
• An Act relative to unmanned aerial systems (H.3749 / S.2438)
• An Act relative to protecting Massachusetts residents against federal government surveillance (H.2687)
• Dignity Not Deportations Act (H.1588 / S.1122)
• Civil Asset Forfeiture reform (H.1953)
• Right to Repair Bills:
  • H.433 & S.189
  • H.398
  • H.1278

Here is an etherpad for people to offer suggestions.

Projects/Events

Pirate News

Leader: Joseph

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

2025 Voter Outreach

Leader: Jamie

• Letters to city election committee/town clerk asking for pirate voters/election dates
• Follow ups as necessary
• Snail Mail supporters in December to tell them about:
  • Conference
  • Call for officer nominees
  • Municipal elections
  • Other events/efforts
  • Donate/join our mailing list

2025/6 Campaigns

Leader: Jamie

Actions:

• 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
• Videos:
  • Selecting campaign
  • Planning campaign
  • Get on the ballot
  • Fundraising
  • Voter Id
  • GOTV

Participants

• Jamie
• Joe
• Steve

Summary

June 15th Conference

• Lavender room, arts at the armory
• Contract signed and deposit paid
• One speaker interested, so far
• Steve will give a talk about why local offices are important
• We'll meed every Sunday until the conference

Internship candidate

• We'll move forward

Pirate News

• On hiatus until after the conference