January 23rd, 2014 IRC Meeting

Agenda

1. Events To Plan
   1. 1/25, Issue Meeting. 2-4pm Pizzaria Regina.
   2. 1/25, 7pm, Activists Ball http://activistballboston.wordpress.com/
      1. Table
      2. Who is going?
   3. 1/28 (Tue), International Privacy Day - Do anything for it?
   4. 1/31 (Fri), 1pm, Inter-Continental Rally and March against the TPP, State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston
   5. 2/9, Cryptoparty, Northeastern University - Organizing
   6. 2/11, The Day we Fight Back, Call in to Congress about NSA surveillance
   7. 2/17 (Monday), Snowden, Manning & other whistleblowers Airport Protest
   8. March Cryptoparty
2. Support Outreach & Fundraising
   1. Submitted application for bitpay
   2. Nation Builder - 14 day trial extended
   3. Phone banking - Sun. 2/23 2-4pm, Arlington
   4. Pirate Party Fundraiser - Sat. 3/21, Democracy Center, Harvard Sq., Cambridge
      1. Walkthrough
      2. Artists
      3. Logistics
3. 2014 Campaign
   1. Candidate Page - version up at http://masspirates.org/blog/candidates-wanted/
   2. Media List
   3. Mapping
   4. Voter registration app
   5. Training Video Status
   6. Set dates/locations for trainings - Feb, Mar
4. 2014 Conference
   1. Location?
   2. Date - poll not sent
   3. Need info on it at Fundraiser so we can sell tickets
5. Upcoming Event List
   1. 1/23, Medway Pirates Meeting. twitter youtube
   2. 1/25, Issue Meeting
   3. 1/25, 7pm, Activists Ball
   4. 1/28 (Tue), International Privacy Day
   5. 1/31 (Fri), 1pm, Inter-Continental Rally and March against the TPP, State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston
   6. 2/8, Boston Security Conference, Cambridge
   7. 2/9, Cryptoparty, Northeastern University
   8. 2/9, Somerville Pirate Party meeting. https://twitter.com/villepirates
   9. 2/11, The Day we Fight Back, Call in to Congress about NSA surveillance
   10. 2/17 (Monday), Snowden, Manning & other whistleblowers Airport Protest
   11. 2/23 2-4pm. Phone banking/fundraising.
   12. March Cryptoparty
   13. 3/21 (Saturday), Pirate Party Fundraiser, Democracy Center, Harvard Sq., Cambridge

Participants

• jokeefe
• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
• Igel (William Fleurant, Arlington MA)
• Joeguertin (Joseph Guertin, Bellingham MA)
• Bluestreak (Lucia Fiero, Medway MA)
• JCFiero

Observers:

• ageis
• davidd
• zby

Summary

We'll need to start coordinating efforts to collect ballot signatures for Joe.

Potential topics for IPM

• Net neutrality in the wake of the last verizon court case.
• Getting ballot signatures for Joe.
• If Joe were elected, what legislation could he introduce.

Activists Ball. Jamie / Lucia to contact sarah, re: tabling.

International Privacy Day. Due to short timeline + other commitments, we'll settle for doing a blog post.

Motion to endorse 1/31 Inter-Continental Rally and March against the TPP. Motion passes unanimously.

Cryptoparty 2/9. Lining up presenters. Andrew Lewman, Kendra, kendra, srevilak confirmed. Bluestreak will see if Al Willis can give a talk on bitcoin.

The day we fight back. srevilak will write "call your congressman script". Motion to endorse. Motion passes (7-0)

Earlier today, we submitted papers for Joe's Congressional campaign. Bluestreak to write press release.

Bitpay. Jamie started setting up an account, so that we can accept bitcoin donations.

Nationbuilder. They extended our trial window. But there are reservations about cost (could the funds be put to better use?) However, we'd still like to try out their tool. Jokeefe, Bluestreak, srevilak to test the service out.

2014 Campaign. http://masspirates.org/blog/candidates-wanted/ went up in the last day. Would be great to get a few more candidates. srevilak to write blog post seeking candidates. If on-line voter registration bill becomes law, we may not need a voter reg app.