May 2nd, 2017 IRC Meeting
Review
Conference
Campaign Workshops
Decisions/Endorsements
Projects
Our Elections
Planks
- Results of the PirateCon discussion
- Need to get Loomio up so people can discuss
- Add items that have no opposition?
- September meeting to adopt final platform for 2018 elections? Perhaps in Worcester? Worcester public library is open on weekends at the moment.
- Previous work in this area: https://github.com/masspirates/planks
Fundraising
Projects On Hold For the Moment
Local Surveillance Ordinances
Message board application
CCTV Camera Map
Looking at organizing a map-a-thon.
Upcoming Events
- 5/5, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
- 5/6-7, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
- 5/9, Massachusetts Pirate Party 7th Anniversary
- 5/14-21, Together Boston, Cambridge
- 5/17, Chelsea Manning's Release Date
- 5/20, 10am-4pm, March Against Monsanto
- 5/21, noon-6pm, Together Boston Cryptoparty, Together Boston space, 614 Massachusetts Ave. #203, Central Sq., Cambridge
- 5/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
- 6/3, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
- 6/10, Boston Pride Parade, Boston
- 6/21, Edward Snowden's Birthday
- 6/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
See: 2017 calendar
Participants
- hvxgr (Tom Rodman, MKE)
- jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
- srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
- G (Garret, Lowell)
- admech (Matt Fealy, Boston)
Observers
- Techrev
- davidd
- papegaai
- igel
Summary
Campaign workshops. Six people came to last week's workshop in Holyoke.
Conference. Turnout was better than last year. Stream was better. Next year, the first time slot should be "registration and socializing", to avoid delays caused by last minute setup issues.
If we can get enough volunteers, wouldn't hurt to re-think conference roles. For example, someone to do overall event coordination/production (aka, keeping an eye on things as a whole, and delegating work). An ideal volunteer list might include
- registration
- greeter
- merchandise
- MC
- A/V tech, streaming
- site setup (chairs, tables, banners, non-tech)
- timekeeper
- floater, to help where needed.
Our elections. Didn't have time to hold elections at the conference. Jamie suggests leaving nominations open for two weeks, then voting.
Planks. We brainstormed a bunch of ideas at PirateCon. Steve has written copy, hopes to transcribe by the end of the week. Would like to try loomio to rough out the platform, then meet in Sept (perhaps at Worcester public library) for more platform debate and adoption.
