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=== National Party ===
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7G8FGAYRk Election night recording] - Looking for participants


=== Video Newsletter/Podcast ===
=== Video Newsletter/Podcast ===

Revision as of 21:57, 4 November 2020

Review

Decisions/Endorsements

Set schedule for the conference

Saturday

  • noon-12:15pm - Captain's Introduction and Year Review
  • 12:15-1pm - Where do we go from here?
  • 1-2pm - Platform Discussion
  • 2-2:30pm - Break
  • 2:30-3:30pm - Speakers
  • 3:30-4:30pm - Platform Discussion
  • 4:30+ - Pirate Beer

Sunday

  • noon-12:30pm - Quartermaster's Introduction and Finances Report
  • 12:30-2:00pm - Platform Discussion
  • 2-2:30pm - Break
  • 2:30-3:30pm - Platform Discussion
  • 3:30-4:30pm - Platform Discussion

Speakers:

  • Steve Revilak

How housing polices were used to segregate communities in the 20th century. There will be emphasis on zoning, which is generally the domain of local governments.

  • Alexander Isavnin

State activities related to censorship, surveillance, political oppression on examples from Russia and neighboring countries.

  • James O'Keefe

Running for office (can be prerecorded)

Chose date to date video conference software

Projects

Goals for Q3 2020:

  • Organize meetups
  • Revise platform
  • Organize Fundraiser
  • Organize candidate trainings

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

  • Next pirate news recording scheduled for Sunday, 7pm unless changed

Democracy and Dogfood (Tech)

Surveillance Mapping

  • Come up with a how to instructions
    • Paper - done
    • iPhone - done
    • Android
  • Come up with how to videos

Regional Meetings/Events

In-person events, including outdoor events, on hold until COVID-19 numbers go down.

Leader: jokeefe

Party Conference

  • Schedule regular posts on blog
  • Dividing up the platform and coming up with draft items

Dec. 4th Day Against DRM

2021

Boston Pride Festival

  • table booked
  • setup signup sheet
  • Announce
  • Need to purchase insurance
  • Need volunteer sign up form
  • Tie to an activity, mapping the CCTV cameras in Boston or along the Pride parade route?

Campaigns

  • Free the Moderna Vaccine
    • Planning meeting upcoming. Contact jokeefe for details if you want to attend.
    • Planning new event
  • Yes on 1
    • Post on our support for it
    • Who could reach out to campaign to ask how we can help?
  • Yes on 2
    • Post reminder of our support for it
    • jokeefe reached out to campaign on helping. Will followup.
    • Yard signs available.

Bills

Federal

  • EARN IT Act
  • PATRIOT Act renewal

State

  • Legislature extended session
  • Push to get Right to Repair bill to a vote.
  • Some of facial recognition moratorium is in the police reform bill

Computer donations

Platform Discussion

Moved to 2020 Platform Discussion

Other To Do

  • Application to PPI
  • Post statement on Archive.org Suit
  • Post statement on our support for Question 1: open access to vehicle telematics systems.
  • Post statement on our opposition to S.4051 - Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act.
  • Post statement on retaining section 230 protections. Docket RM-11862. Per TechDirt, 9/17 is the last date for submissions for the 2nd round. - done


Tabled Projects

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

  • Every Tuesday, 7-9pm, Mass MeshNet Tech Meeting, on-line
  • 10/31, 11am-1pm, Democracy and Dogfood (Tech) Meeting, on-line
  • 11/14-15, Party Conference

Participants

  • Olivia_: Olivia Kristiann, PPI volunteer
  • jokeefe: James O’Keefe, Somerville
  • Joe: Joseph Onoroski, Lowell
  • Malt: Sam capradae, Worcester

Observers

  • ChanServ
  • hvxgr
  • Deffy
  • mikey

Summary

Minutes