June 27th, 2016 IRC Meeting

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Review & Welcome

  • PirateCon & Officer Elections
  • Things to add?

Aaron James Campaign

Cryptoparties

  • Western Mass. cryptoparty tentatively set for August. Awaiting a final date. Possibly in Shelburne Falls.
  • Possible cryptoparty at a Boston Public Library
  • Possible cryptoparty at a Somerville Public Library
  • Possible cryptoparty at a Middlesex Community College in September
  • Possible cryptoparty at a high school after August. Not Pirate Party event of course.
  • No word on Taunton cryptoparty

Also, may have some how to FOIA talks lined up. Muckrock interested in doing one for high school students and Maya Shaffer offered to give one to a more general audience.

Pirate Picnic

Planning to take the noon ferry. Might be useful to have folks arrive early to get a table. Schedule and tickets.

Freedom Rally

Freedom Rally is 9/17-18. Are we signed up? If not when must we?

Upcoming Events

  1. July, Democracy/IT meeting
  2. 7/27, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, 577 Somerville Ave., Somerville
  3. August, WMass Cryptoparty?
  4. 8/7, noon+ (11am ferry), Pirate Picnic, Georges Island
  5. 8/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, 577 Somerville Ave., Somerville
  6. 9/17-18, Freedom Rally
  7. 9/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, 577 Somerville Ave., Somerville
  8. How to file a FOIA request by Maya Shaffer

Every Thu., Digital Fourth meeting, 11am-noon, 101 Main Street, Cambridge

Participants

  • jokeefe (James O’Keefe, Somerville)
  • Lulu (Lucia Fiero, Medway)
  • srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington, MA)
  • papegaai
  • Portable_Cheese
  • Velveeta_Chef
  • Moses
  • Kendra

Observers

  • davidd
  • igel

Summary

Piratecon. Around 18 attendees over the course of the day. Streaming went well; audio quality was decent. Since venue was so inexpensive, we may want to do another conference in November (post election). The second conference could focus on running for local elections. Should also do a fundraiser at some point.

Aaron James campaign. Working on outreach and getting more volunteers.

No June cryptoparty (Somerville)

On july 3rd, there's a rally in Great Barrington, in opposition to GE dumping PCBs in the Housatonic river. We vote to endorse the rally (5-0, no abstentions)

Minutes

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