February 8th, 2016 IRC Meeting

Review & Decisions

bestpiggy is calling Boston
Lulu is calling Worcester & South
srevilak, noe, aquaticonions & jokeefe are finding a location for a regional convention North/West of Boston.

Pirate Pads:

No update

2/4, 10am, Body Cameras bill hearing, State House, room B-1 - We support it. Who can speak at it/write a statement about it?
2/8, 7pm - 8:30pm, Using Intelligent Algorithms to Design Intelligent Algorithms, The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville
2/11, 6pm - 8pm, Boston Security Meetup: "Where Security Meets Privacy, Government Surveillance and Web", LogMeIn, 333 Summer St, Boston
2/16, 12pm - 1:30pm, Bruce Schneier on "Security and Privacy in the World-Sized Web.", Berkman, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge - RSVP, live stream
2/24, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty
3/19-20, LibrePlanet 2016 conference, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, Edward Snowden is the keynote speaker
3/30, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty

Every Wed., Digital Fourth meeting, 11:20am-1:30pm, Voltage Cafe, Third Street, Cambridge

Saturday campaign meeting went well. Organized calling and button making.

Body worn cameras. Steve offers to write some testimony for why we support H.2170. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H2170. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1257. We discuss several aspects of cameras, filming police, and jobs that are routinely done in front of a camera. Text of testimony statement: https://piratenpad.de/p/MAPPH2170Statement

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