March 20th, 2019 IRC Meeting
From Mass Pirate Wiki
Review
Decisions/Endorsements
Projects
Goals for Q1:
- Organize meetups
- Organize Fundraiser(s)
- Organize candidate trainings
- Revise platform
Regional Meetings
Video Newsletter
Officer/Pirate Council Elections
Dates:
- Nominations open when we announce and post the form (before 2/20).
- Nominations due by 4/8
- Ballots sent out by 4/12
- Ballot due by 4/23
Mesh Net
Cryptoparties
Boston Sex Worker Petition
Tech/Outreach
- find discussion/voting system
- update blog theme
- update civicrm software
- set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds)
- post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak)
Post individual autonomy plank
Election Campaigns
Bills to make the Film Credit Permanent
HD388 would make the film tax credit permanent. It is supposed to expire in 2023. The bill has 100+ signatures this time around.
There isn't a hearing date for it yet, but suggest that we be active in opposing this bill.
Action items:
- Tell our supporters how to oppose it
- Look out for a hearing date
- If possible, reach out to other groups to organize a lobby day
Update Platform
CCTV camera map
Other To Dos
These have been on our agenda for a long time. How do we make them a reality?
Computer Donations
On hold - https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations
FOSS Tutorials
Worcester farm group is interested in having some FOSS tutorials. Perhaps:
- how to do basic labels in GIMP,
- work through a few sample spreadsheets related to seed cost and
- similarly applicable real-world situations, depending on the needs of the group
Basically how to do graph design & product management with open source tools. Malt will put together a one paragraph description of what we need and we can mail it out to ask pirates to help.
Upcoming Events
- 3/23, 2pm-4:45pm, Lowell-area Pirate Meetup, Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St, Lowell
- 3/26, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge
- 4/2, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge
- 4/9, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
- late April?, Worcester-area Pirate Meetup, Worcester
- 5/18, 10:30am-1:45pm, Somerville-area Pirate Meetup, Somerville Public Library, Somerville
- late June, Holyoke Pirate Meetup, Holyoke
Participants
Observers
- ChanServ
- idel[m]
- hvxgr_
- davidd
- Mikaela_Suomalainen
- bonelesspepsi[m]