March 27th, 2012 IRC Meeting

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Agenda

1. Upcoming events

2. The Party of Open?

3. Public policy questions to put on the Nov. 2012 ballot?

4. Anything else others want to bring up.

Quick Notes / Summaries Re Proposed Bills to be Discussed:

1. The Party of Open?

NOTE: We solicited additional comments on the blog - http://www.masspirates.org/blog/2012/03/23/thepartyofopen/

David Hardwick suggested that we be the party of open, namely: 

 * Open Government - increased government transparency
 * Open Culture - limited copyrights & more sharing
 * Open Innovation - no patents

A few unresolved questions: 

 * How to make increased personal privacy open?
 * How to make reining in corporations open?
 * Is Open Government or Open Democracy more true to our ideals and objectives?

Erik noted:

"open" is one of the critical ideas but not the only one. We're also the party of the human being, which explains the personal privacy and reining in corporations.

I think open government is the right phrasing. I also believe in participatory government. Democracy may be the best model so far, but we should be willing to try something even better in the future.

4. Public policy questions to put on the Nov. 2012 ballot?

Attending

  • bsod - http://activepolitic.com:82/
  • jokeefe - James O'Keefe, Somerville
  • SplendidSpoon - Lauren Pespisa, Boxboro/Cambridge
  • erixoltan - Erik Zoltan, Framingham
  • wingedearth - Andrew A. Anissi, Jamaica Plain
  • politux - registered Pirate?

Summary

1. Upcoming events 

 * Get JP on the ballot
 * March 29th - Ignite 9, MIT?
 * April 4th - Together Boston panel on patents
 * April 7th - Together Boston Tabling - Lauren, Jeanne & others
 * April 7/8th - BarCamp, MIT?
 * April 6-8th - PaxEast, Boston Convention Center?
 * April 6-8th - AnimeBoston, Hynes Convention center?
 * April ? - Extravaganja
 * May 12th: Film Festival
 * June: Boston Pride

2. The Party of Open?

3. Public policy questions to put on the Nov. 2012 ballot?

4. Planned/Possible future events: 

 * July
   * Art Beat
   * Pirate Picnic?
 * August Mini conference?
 * September: Freedom Rally
 * Oct-Dec: Local Issues conference

Meeting Minutes

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