February 14th, 2017 IRC Meeting
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Review
Decisions/Endorsements
Our yearly conference is coming up in 10 weeks. Now would be a time to contact supporters directly and invite them to come, volunteer and donate.
Aaron James, who has fundraising experience, offered to make the calls, but would like to be remunerated. Likely a fixed percentage of the total raised or $15/hr, whichever is higher.
Projects
Campaign Workshops
Starting Local Chapters
Fundraising & Conference
Message board application
Local Surveillance Ordinances
Cryptoparties
MAAPL Fight Foreclosure Campaign
Projects On Hold For the Moment
Both of these could be topics for future hackathons.
CCTV Camera Map
Together Boston Meshnet
Upcoming Events
- 2/18, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington
- 2/22, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty
See: 2017 calendar
Participants
- jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
- srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
- ovenbirdmash (Chris Foran; Roxbury)
- Aaron (Aaron James, Somerville)
- puer (puer, Somerville)
Observers
- davidd
- igel
- sankey
- Techrev
Summary
Calls for conference, fundraising. Aaron has fundraising experience and is willing to make calls, but would like renumeration for doing so. We discuss our typical burn rate, expenses, and the cost of running campaigns.
We agreed to hire Aaron, but have to work out a couple of the particulars.
