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Lowell pirate party party still on for August 24th.
Lowell pirate party party still on for August 24th.
Discussion on potential venues for the next piratecon.  I believe we were leaning towards E5.
Next video recording: Sunday 10am.  Pirate_Joe will man the control room.


== Minutes ==
== Minutes ==

Revision as of 21:40, 14 August 2019

Review

Decisions/Endorsements

Formation of the National party

Projects

Goals for Q3:

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

Regional Meetings

Leader:

Video Newsletter

Leader: Joseph

  • Next pirate news recording?

Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)

Next meeting will be ?. Topics are:

  • find discussion/voting system;
  • update CCTV cameras to include older cameras outside North America we didn't include;
  • write an app to record the location/ownership of CCTV cameras;
  • set up torrents for PirateCon videos (creynolds);
  • post remaining audio for PirateCon talks (srevilak).

Tasks

Statement on Alabama/Ohio/Georgia Abortion ban bills/laws

Fight bills to make the Film Credit Permanent

H.2419 would make the film tax credit permanent. It is supposed to expire in 2023. The bill has 100+ signatures this time around. jokeefe will submit testimony.

National Platform reform/remake

Tabled Projects

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

Boston Sex Worker Petition

Non-pirate guest speakers for Pirate News

CCTV camera map

Computer Donations

https://piratenpad.de/p/MassPiratesComputerDonations

Video Newsletter guest speakers

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

  • 8/20, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
  • 8/24, Lowell Pirate Picnic, Lowell
  • 8/27, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting
  • 8/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts
  • ?, ?, Holyoke Pirate Meetup, Board Room, Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke
  • 9/3, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Industry Lab, Cambridge
  • 9/10, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, Democracy Center, Cambridge
  • ?, 11am-1pm, Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting, Arlington

Participants

  • hakeon (Brad Jackson, Great Barrington)
  • jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
  • srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
  • Pirate_Joe (Joseph Onoroski, Lowell)
  • Malt (Sam capradae, Worcester)

Observers

  • bonelesspepsi[m]
  • davidd
  • hvxgr
  • MikaelaSuomalainen
  • Deffy
  • igel[m]

Summary

National party organized as a co-op. One share per state, and one dollar per share. First draft of national bylaws is complete. jokeefe will send copy of bylaws to activists list for local review.

No word (yet) on when the Holyoke meeting will be rescheduled.

Lowell pirate party party still on for August 24th.

Discussion on potential venues for the next piratecon. I believe we were leaning towards E5.

Next video recording: Sunday 10am. Pirate_Joe will man the control room.

Minutes