May 9th, 2017 IRC Meeting

Projects

Our Elections

Email sent. Nominations by the 23rd. Election ballot by the 30th. Need to setup ballot.

Planks

• Previous work in this area: https://github.com/masspirates/planks
• Results of the PirateCon discussion posted
• Discussion
  • Need to get Loomio up so people can discuss
  • Schedule September meeting to adopt final platform for 2018 elections

Local Chapters

• Somerville meeting 5/10
• Boston
• Lowell?

Upcoming Events

• 5/9, Massachusetts Pirate Party 7th Anniversary
• 5/14-21, Together Boston, Cambridge
• 5/17, Chelsea Manning's Release Party, Somerville
• 5/20, 10am-4pm, March Against Monsanto
• 5/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 6/3, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
• 6/10, Boston Pride Parade, Boston
• 6/21, Edward Snowden's Birthday
• 6/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

See: 2017 calendar

Participants

• srevilak (Steve Revilak, Arlington)
• jokeefe (James O'Keefe, Somerville)
• admech (Matt Fealy, Boston)

Observers

• papegaai
• davidd

Summary

Late start, due to some (perceived) IRC issues. We started off split across several IRC servers.

Anti-DRM march 2:00 PM EDT on Saturday, May 13th, at Cambridge City Hall. Details

Freedom Rally. Three days this year, Sep 15--17. Cost is $300. We have funds to cover registration costs. Concessions, Ltd charges a late fee after Aug 10th, so we should make a decision before then. We'll table the decision for now. Jamie thinks we should fundraise for the registration fee.

Pirate officer elections. Jamie sent newsletter, re: elections. Nominations open until May 23rd

Planks. Looking at worcester as location for plank building meeting. May set up loomio for online discussions.