April 27th, 2023 Meeting: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:44, 27 April 2023

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://ca.meet.coop/mas-ub4-8ox-vtj.

Recording:

Reports

Decisions/Endorsements

Pro-Cash Plank

Make suggestions for plank text at https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/CashPlank

United States Pirate Party Issues?

Review National Privacy Bills to Support

Projects

Local Outreach

Upcoming events:

June 3rd, Trans Resistance March and Festival
June 17th, 12:30pm, Boxborough Fifers Day, Flerra Meadows, 400 Stow Road, Boxborough, MA. Setup starts at 7am.

May 13th Conference Planning

Planning for 2023 Local Elections

https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2023LocalElections

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Other To Do

Application to PPI

Upcoming Events

May 13th, noon-2pm, Spring Conference, 3 Foundry Industrial Street, Lowell, MA 01852
June 3rd, Trans Resistance March and Festival
June 17th, 12:30pm, Boxborough Fifers Day, Flerra Meadows, 400 Stow Road, Boxborough, MA. Setup starts at 7am.
Red Umbrella Summer Event?

Participants

Joseph Onoroski
Micky Metts
James O'Keefe

Observers

Summary

James will send out email blast and sign up for June events.

We have ~$2000 in the bank and received a question from OCPF. Joe contacted them and will resolve their reporting concern.

We had technical difficulties and moved to Jitsi.

Tentative Cash Plank:

Cash is the first P2P service

People have used cash for over twenty five hundred years. While cash is created by governments, it exists as an anonymous form of personal exchange around the world. Unlike many cryptocurrencies, which use vast amounts of electricity often generated from dirty power plants, the use cost of cash is trivial. Other digital payment systems, such as Paypal or Venmo, are centralized, charge a fee and are not anonymous. Cash is a true peer-to-peer form of exchange and we oppose businesses requiring payment using digital means. We urge everyone to support local businesses by cutting out financial intermediaries, such as credit cards, and the predatory cut they take, and to instead use cash.

Will include it in the email blast for final edits.

Micky will participate in the May 7th Pirate News. James will send email with details.

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 Upcoming events:
-* April 21st, 3:30pm, [https://xrboston.org/action/earth-day-2023/ XRBoston Earth Day Rally and March], Boston City Hall
 * June 3rd, [https://www.transresistancema.com/post/trans-resistance-ma-announces-2023-march-festival Trans Resistance March and Festival]
 * June 17th, 12:30pm, [https://boxboroughminutemen.org/fifers-day Boxborough Fifers Day], Flerra Meadows, 400 Stow Road, Boxborough, MA. Setup starts at 7am.
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 == Upcoming Events ==
-* April 21st, 3:30pm, [https://xrboston.org/action/earth-day-2023/ XRBoston Earth Day Rally and March], Boston City Hall
 * May 13th, noon-2pm, [https://masspirates.org/blog/conference/ Spring Conference], 3 Foundry Industrial Street, Lowell, MA 01852
 * June 3rd, [https://www.transresistancema.com/post/trans-resistance-ma-announces-2023-march-festival Trans Resistance March and Festival]
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 == Participants ==
+* Joseph Onoroski
+* Micky Metts
+* James O'Keefe
 === Observers ===
 == Summary ==
+James will send out email blast and sign up for June events.
+We have ~$2000 in the bank and received a question from OCPF. Joe contacted them and will resolve their reporting concern.
+We had technical difficulties and moved to Jitsi.
+Tentative Cash Plank:
+Cash is the first P2P service
+People have used cash for over twenty five hundred years. While cash is created by governments, it exists as an anonymous form of personal exchange around the world. Unlike many cryptocurrencies, which use vast amounts of electricity often generated from dirty power plants, the use cost of cash is trivial.  Other digital payment systems, such as Paypal or Venmo, are centralized, charge a fee and are not anonymous. Cash is a true peer-to-peer form of exchange and we oppose businesses requiring payment using digital means. We urge everyone to support local businesses by cutting out financial intermediaries, such as credit cards, and the predatory cut they take, and to instead use cash.
+Will include it in the email blast for final edits.
+Micky will participate in the May 7th Pirate News. James will send email with details.