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# Events
# Events
## Stop Watching US, 10/26, DC - Endorsed
## DMC 2013 (Cryptoparty) 10/25-10/27
## Berkman Center Crypto Potluck, Sprouts?, 10/27 (Kit/Steve)
## Million Mask March, 11/5 - Endorsed
## Speak at LibrePlanet, 11/6
## Scorpion Bowl, 11/9
## Nov. General Meeting, 11/17 or 11/24, see poll
## Dec. Fundraiser, 12/28? (Kendra/Lucia)
## CryptoParty, 288 Norfolk St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, 12/14, 1-3pm
## Other Cryptoparties
### W. Mass Makerspace, ask Mark
### Lawrence Makerspace, ask Kamal
### Colleges, Oneiros & others
# Tasks http://piratenpad.de/SKwdoMqk26
# Tasks http://piratenpad.de/SKwdoMqk26
## College Coordinators (black_van)
## Research what qualifies as an acceptable signature and other ballot access requirements
## Research DB & Community Site (Gregg)
## Get a list of the colleges in Mass. and what their requirements are to start a Pirate group (Kendra/William)
## Identify dates and requirements for 2014 Town & 2013 City elections (Jamie)
## Divide Mass. into 27 districts (Jason/John/William)
## Setup voter reg app (John/Steve)
## Min materials for College Groups
## Make How to Party videos
## Develop draft platform / planks
## Media strategy
## Start College Swarms
## Revise platform / planks
## Make How to Campaign videos
## Create candidate recruitment web site that:
### lists where we currently have candidates
### allows someone to search for their district:
#### register as a candidate. Registration must include:
##### how many people have agreed to support a Pirate & how many Pirates are in their district
##### their contact info
##### that they agree to whatever minimum requirements we set
##### drops them into a "how to run" page that they can bookmark
##### sends them an email thanking them, and telling them where on the site to go to start planning their campaign
#### register to support a candidate
### Recruit candidates
### Train candidates
# Endorsements


== Participants ==
== Participants ==
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* Steve Revilak
* Steve Revilak


== Summary ==
== Meeting Minutes ==
 
=== Cryptoparties ===
 
There's a possibility to do a future cryptoparty in Lawrence
 
Kit was planning to organize a crypto-potluck for Berkman folks, on
Sunday October 27th.  Steve to check with Kit, re: whether it's open
to non-Berkman folks.


== Meeting Minutes ==
Kendra and Steve are planning to hold a cryptoparty on Dec. 14th, at
Industry Labs in Inman Square, Cambridge.  One consideration: does
this space normally allow outside groups to hold talks?  If not, we'll
have to consider whether this would be an in-kind contribution (i.e.,
we can't accept in-kind contributions from corporations, and this
would have to be a non-pirate cryptoparty).
 
=== Next In Person Meeting ===
 
Lucia will create a poll, for when to hold the next in-person meeting.
 
We discuss having IPMs at restaurants, as opposed to people's
houses.  Right now, IPMs are very similar to our IRC meetings.  Steve
suggests making IPMs more social events: hold them in public spaces,
try to bring in new people, and use the time to discuss our Pirate
platform.
 
We decide to hold the next IPM at Pizzeria Regina, 353 Cambridge St,
Allston, MA.  It's close to the Mass Pike, and it looks like they
have parking.
 
=== Pirate Social/Fundraiser ===
 
We discuss having a pirate social in December or January.  We need
events to fundraise, and to recruit new candidates.  We decide on Dec
27th and Dec 28th as tentative dates.
 
For a fundraising event, we'd like to bring in 50--100 people and (at
the very least) break even on the event.
 
We discuss asking for donations on a sliding scale: from $10 up to
$500.  We should pick a few dollar amounts, and give them names
(perhaps taking names from parts of a pirate ship -- crow's nest,
quarter deck, etc).  A sliding scale should accomodate both those with
limited disposable income, and those that can afford to give more.
 
=== Video ===
 
Lucia tells us that Joe is interested in working on video material,
as soon as he has the bandwidth to do so.
 
We should try to think up short scripts to develop into a video.
 
Jamie suggests "What's in your file", as a play on "What's in your
wallet".
 
=== Public Records requests ===
 
We talk about how to make public records requests.  For example, how
to request a copy of your FBI file, or how to request a copy of your
BRIC file.
 
The FBI's website give instructions for requesting a copy of your
file.  See the section "Privacy act request" in
http://www.fbi.gov/foia/requesting-fbi-records.  The FBI provides a
sample FOIA request letter at
http://www.fbi.gov/foia/sample-fbi-foia-request-letter.
 
For BRIC, The Massachusetts Secretary of state website has a sample
public records request letter:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prereq/reqidx.htm.  The challenge is
mailing the request to the right place.  BRIC is part of the Metro
Boston Homeland Security Region, who's mailing address is here:
http://www.mbhsr.org/?page_id=191.

Latest revision as of 17:14, 21 October 2013

  1. Events
    1. Stop Watching US, 10/26, DC - Endorsed
    2. DMC 2013 (Cryptoparty) 10/25-10/27
    3. Berkman Center Crypto Potluck, Sprouts?, 10/27 (Kit/Steve)
    4. Million Mask March, 11/5 - Endorsed
    5. Speak at LibrePlanet, 11/6
    6. Scorpion Bowl, 11/9
    7. Nov. General Meeting, 11/17 or 11/24, see poll
    8. Dec. Fundraiser, 12/28? (Kendra/Lucia)
    9. CryptoParty, 288 Norfolk St., 4th Floor, Cambridge, 12/14, 1-3pm
    10. Other Cryptoparties
      1. W. Mass Makerspace, ask Mark
      2. Lawrence Makerspace, ask Kamal
      3. Colleges, Oneiros & others
  2. Tasks http://piratenpad.de/SKwdoMqk26

Participants

  • Lucia Fiero
  • Jason Fiero
  • James O'Keefe
  • Steve Revilak

Meeting Minutes

Cryptoparties

There's a possibility to do a future cryptoparty in Lawrence

Kit was planning to organize a crypto-potluck for Berkman folks, on Sunday October 27th. Steve to check with Kit, re: whether it's open to non-Berkman folks.

Kendra and Steve are planning to hold a cryptoparty on Dec. 14th, at Industry Labs in Inman Square, Cambridge. One consideration: does this space normally allow outside groups to hold talks? If not, we'll have to consider whether this would be an in-kind contribution (i.e., we can't accept in-kind contributions from corporations, and this would have to be a non-pirate cryptoparty).

Next In Person Meeting

Lucia will create a poll, for when to hold the next in-person meeting.

We discuss having IPMs at restaurants, as opposed to people's houses. Right now, IPMs are very similar to our IRC meetings. Steve suggests making IPMs more social events: hold them in public spaces, try to bring in new people, and use the time to discuss our Pirate platform.

We decide to hold the next IPM at Pizzeria Regina, 353 Cambridge St, Allston, MA. It's close to the Mass Pike, and it looks like they have parking.

Pirate Social/Fundraiser

We discuss having a pirate social in December or January. We need events to fundraise, and to recruit new candidates. We decide on Dec 27th and Dec 28th as tentative dates.

For a fundraising event, we'd like to bring in 50--100 people and (at the very least) break even on the event.

We discuss asking for donations on a sliding scale: from $10 up to $500. We should pick a few dollar amounts, and give them names (perhaps taking names from parts of a pirate ship -- crow's nest, quarter deck, etc). A sliding scale should accomodate both those with limited disposable income, and those that can afford to give more.

Video

Lucia tells us that Joe is interested in working on video material, as soon as he has the bandwidth to do so.

We should try to think up short scripts to develop into a video.

Jamie suggests "What's in your file", as a play on "What's in your wallet".

Public Records requests

We talk about how to make public records requests. For example, how to request a copy of your FBI file, or how to request a copy of your BRIC file.

The FBI's website give instructions for requesting a copy of your file. See the section "Privacy act request" in http://www.fbi.gov/foia/requesting-fbi-records. The FBI provides a sample FOIA request letter at http://www.fbi.gov/foia/sample-fbi-foia-request-letter.

For BRIC, The Massachusetts Secretary of state website has a sample public records request letter: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prereq/reqidx.htm. The challenge is mailing the request to the right place. BRIC is part of the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region, who's mailing address is here: http://www.mbhsr.org/?page_id=191.

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