May 22nd, 2019 IRC Meeting

Projects

Goals for Q2:

• Organize meetups
• Organize election
• Organize Fundraiser(s)
• Organize candidate trainings
• Revise platform

Video Newsletter

• Next pirate news recording?

Tech/Outreach

• need to schedule a May meeting
• find discussion/voting system
• update blog theme
• update civicrm software
• set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds)
• post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak)

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.

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

Tabled Projects

These have been on our agenda for a long time. How do we make them a reality?

Computer Donations

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

• 5/23-26, European Parliamentary Elections, #VotePirate
• 5/28, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
• 6/4, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge
• 6/11, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
• 6/18, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
• 6/22, 11am-4pm, Holyoke Pirate Meetup, Board Room, Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke
• 6/25, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
• 6/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts

Participants

Observers

• ChanServ
• hvxgr
• hvxgr_
• davidd
• Mikaela_Suomalainen

Summary

• Agreed to support the Stop & Shop Strikers. jokeefe will ask Moses to write a statement
• Will record the next pirate news show on Sunday, 8pm.
• Agreed to push the date that ballot are due back two days to 4/27.

Minutes

 


[9:02pm] jokeefe: Agenda: https://masspirates.org/wiki/May_22nd,_2019_IRC_Meeting
[9:02pm] jokeefe: ids
[9:03pm] jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville
[9:03pm] Pirate_Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
[9:03pm] jokeefe: agenda additions?
[9:03pm] Pirate_Joe: Review, National meeting
[9:04pm] Malt: Forgot about it this week, sorry fellas
[9:04pm] Malt: Sam capradae, Worcester
[9:04pm] jokeefe: thanks
[9:04pm] srevilak: Steve Revilak, Arlnigton
[9:04pm] srevilak: Steve Revilak, Arlington
[9:04pm] Pirate_Joe: That's why we went to weekly, so if you miss one it's not as bad.
[9:05pm] Pirate_Joe: Ahoy srevilak!
[9:05pm] jokeefe: Review
[9:05pm] srevilak: argh.can't.type ...
[9:05pm] jokeefe: National meeting
[9:05pm] Pirate_Joe: We now have weekly meetings and welcome all to attend
[9:06pm] Pirate_Joe: They are Monday's as this same time slot but only for 30 minutes.
[9:06pm] Pirate_Joe: And we are looking to form a PAC at the national level as well.
[9:06pm] srevilak: nice
[9:06pm] Pirate_Joe: Any help on this would be grand, esp since I'm basing the national party on ours.
[9:07pm] jokeefe: always happy to help
[9:07pm] Pirate_Joe: Plus if we have funds on the national level, then we will be able to make a yearly Washington D.C. thing a thing.
[9:07pm] Pirate_Joe: If that makes sense.
[9:08pm] jokeefe: would be good to have a national gathering
[9:08pm] Malt: Hi steve
[9:08pm] Malt: I'll be out next week in general but after I'll try
[9:08pm] Pirate_Joe: Fund = doing stuff!
[9:09pm] jokeefe: anything else on national party issues?
[9:10pm] Pirate_Joe: The only other thing of note is yearly elections are coming up.
[9:10pm] Pirate_Joe: jokeefe, do you remember the dates exactly?
[9:10pm] jokeefe: July 29th
[9:10pm] jokeefe: https://wiki.pirate-party.us/PNC_05/20/19
[9:11pm] Pirate_Joe: Thank you, that is all I have.
[9:11pm] jokeefe: Projects
[9:11pm] jokeefe: Regional Meetings
[9:12pm] jokeefe: Somerville meeting was just srevilak and I. We left early, but before I left, two more people arrived, so I ran a digital security 101 training
[9:12pm] srevilak: sorry I missed that
[9:12pm] jokeefe: No worries
[9:12pm] Pirate_Joe: so am I
[9:13pm] jokeefe: They came down from NH
[9:14pm] jokeefe: I finally have an on-camera mic so I should be able to record something passable when srevilak or Pirate_Joe aren’t there with their microphones
[9:14pm] Pirate_Joe: The microphone that I forgot the plug for the last two times?
[9:14pm] jokeefe: Next one is less than a month away in Holyoke.  Going to start reaching out to WMass folks this weekend.
[9:16pm] jokeefe: Don’t have anything setup for July, though.  Thinking we should have a party conference in the Fall.  Suggestions for dates/months?
[9:16pm] Malt: Not September
[9:16pm] Pirate_Joe: How about a Boston common meet up?
[9:16pm] Malt: Gonna be fairly busy then
[9:16pm] Pirate_Joe: That way it's free. 
[9:16pm] jokeefe: Was thinking about that too. Could do August picnic and camera mapping again.
[9:16pm] Malt: I like it!
[9:17pm] srevilak: camera mapping is always a good activity
[9:17pm] jokeefe: Isn’t the Worcester Pride parade in September?
[9:17pm] Pirate_Joe: I was hoping for a bbq in August, possibly back in Lowell.
[9:17pm] jokeefe: Well if you want to host, Pirate_Joe….
[9:17pm] jokeefe: or is there a park we can bbq?
[9:18pm] Malt left the chat room. (Quit: https://webchat.pirateirc.net/)
[9:18pm] Pirate_Joe: If I can convince the misses, but I will find a suitable place.
[9:19pm] jokeefe: This is what I know about in September:
[9:19pm] jokeefe: 9/8, Worcester Pride Parade, Registration
[9:19pm] jokeefe: 9/8?, Cambridge Carnival & Parade
[9:19pm] jokeefe: 9/14-16, Freedom Rally, Sign Up Form
[9:19pm] jokeefe: 9/18, Day Against DRM
[9:19pm] jokeefe: 9/19, International Talk Like a Pirate Day
[9:19pm] jokeefe: 9/22-29, Together Boston, Cambridge
[9:20pm] Malt joined the chat room.
[9:20pm] jokeefe: BTW: 6/21, Edward Snowden's Birthday
[9:21pm] Malt: Nice
[9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: 9/19 would be a good day to
[9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: hit the streets
[9:22pm] jokeefe: yes
[9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: Hand out flyers someplace public.
[9:22pm] Pirate_Joe: Yarg!
[9:23pm] jokeefe: Would October be a good month to have the yearly party conference?
[9:23pm] srevilak: I think October could work
[9:23pm] Pirate_Joe: It would be better for me.
[9:24pm] jokeefe: Ok. will put out a poll for dates in October
[9:25pm] jokeefe: Hoping to get a meetup in Peabody
[9:25pm] jokeefe: Video Newsletter
[9:26pm] jokeefe: Latest video newsletter is up
[9:26pm] Pirate_Joe: Next meeting this Sunday. It would have to be a pm recording if I am to do it.
[9:26pm] jokeefe: I think Sunday evening is fine with me.  Others?
[9:27pm] Malt: I shan't be available
[9:27pm] jokeefe: we will miss you
[9:27pm] srevilak: I think I could do Sunday evening
[9:27pm] jokeefe: cool
[9:27pm] jokeefe: topics?
[9:28pm] Pirate_Joe: does 8pm work for you both?
[9:28pm] jokeefe: If need be
[9:29pm] srevilak: will work
[9:29pm] Pirate_Joe: I could possibly do 7pm, but 8 makes it much easier for me.
[9:29pm] jokeefe: I can do 8pm.
[9:30pm] jokeefe: 8pm it is. Next time Malt picks 
[9:30pm] Pirate_Joe: I hope he will get to attend soon.