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Saturday campaign meeting went well.  Organized calling and button making.
Saturday campaign meeting went well.  Organized calling and button making.


Body worn cameras.  Steve offers to write some testimony for why we support H.2170.  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H2170.  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1257.  We discuss several aspects of cameras, filming police, and jobs that are routinely done in front of a camera.
Body worn cameras.  Steve offers to write some testimony for why we support H.2170.  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H2170.  https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1257.  We discuss several aspects of cameras, filming police, and jobs that are routinely done in front of a camera. Text of testimony statement: https://piratenpad.de/p/MAPPH2170Statement


https://piratenpad.de/p/MAPPCandidateRecruitmentSiteText.  Draft of next candidate recruitment letter.
https://piratenpad.de/p/MAPPCandidateRecruitmentSiteText.  Draft of next candidate recruitment letter.

Revision as of 22:53, 1 February 2016

Review & Decisions

Mass. Senate came out with a public records reform bill (S.2120) that is better than the awful House version. Bay State Examiner has a good review in the Weekly Dig.

On Thursday, the 4th at 10am, the Body Cameras bill (H.2170, S.1257) will have its State House hearing in room B-1 - We support it.

  • Who can write a testimony for the hearing about why we support it?
  • Who can speak at it?

Campaigns Status

Regional Convention & Contacting Members

  • bestpiggy is calling Boston
  • Lulu is calling Worcester & South
  • srevilak, noe, aquaticonions & jokeefe are finding a location for a regional convention North/West of Boston.

2016 Campaign

2016 Campaign Plan & Task Status

Pirate Pads:

  1. text for campaign site

Candidate Status

  • jokeefe will post blog and send email asking for candidates Tuesday
  • srevilak merging potential candidates into list, starting calling
  • noe not running, jokeefe/noe will encourage others to run in greater-Somerville

PirateCon 2016

  • Location
  • Date

Upcoming Events

  1. 2/4, 10am, Body Cameras bill hearing, State House, room B-1 - We support it. Who can speak at it/write a statement about it?
  2. 2/8, 7pm - 8:30pm, Using Intelligent Algorithms to Design Intelligent Algorithms, The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville
  3. 2/11, 6pm - 8pm, Boston Security Meetup: "Where Security Meets Privacy, Government Surveillance and Web", LogMeIn, 333 Summer St, Boston
  4. 2/16, 12pm - 1:30pm, Bruce Schneier on "Security and Privacy in the World-Sized Web.", Berkman, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge - RSVP, live stream
  5. 2/24, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty
  6. 3/19-20, LibrePlanet 2016 conference, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, Edward Snowden is the keynote speaker
  7. 3/30, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty

Every Wed., Digital Fourth meeting, 11:20am-1:30pm, Voltage Cafe, Third Street, Cambridge

Participants

  • jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
  • igel
  • srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
  • aquaticonions (Eli Haber, Lexington)
  • bestpiggy (olivia píñeyro, boston)
  • davidd (David van Deijk, Eindhoven, Netherlands)
  • Kendra (Kendra Moyer in Michigan)
  • Bluestreak

Observers

  • Pharyngeal
  • zby

Summary

Saturday campaign meeting went well. Organized calling and button making.

Body worn cameras. Steve offers to write some testimony for why we support H.2170. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H2170. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1257. We discuss several aspects of cameras, filming police, and jobs that are routinely done in front of a camera. Text of testimony statement: https://piratenpad.de/p/MAPPH2170Statement

https://piratenpad.de/p/MAPPCandidateRecruitmentSiteText. Draft of next candidate recruitment letter.

Minutes

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