January 9th, 2025 Meeting

Meeting to be held via video conference: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/mass-pirates-member-meeting/

Recording: https://youtu.be/iOg9MCXeFnI

Projects/Events

Winter Conference

Our Winter Conference is scheduled for Sunday, January 19th. It will be at the ROOTED Armory Café, Somerville.

• Cost is $200/4 hr minus cost of any food purchased - https://artsatthearmory.org/venue-rental/public-events/.
• The MBTA Green line a 7 minute walk, Red line a 20 minute walk, MBTA bus close by, free parking on site
• Wheelchair accessible. Seats 52. Has tables, wifi and a projector. Bathroom connected to cafe

To do:

• Create registration page
• Create speaker registration page
• Update conference page
• Post conference update
• Sign contract for ROOTED Armory Café and pay deposit
• Email supporters
• Mail voters
  • Letter - https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterLetter
• Design flyer - 12/20/2024
• Share flyer design with supporters & Arts at the Armory
• COVID protection measures
  • Contact BABF folks about renting air purifiers (Jamie)
  • Get masks and tests
• Choose speakers and programming ideas:
  • Approach a few groups for a panel discussion on privacy.
  • FOIA/public records
  • Lightning talk
  • Vermin Supreme
• Set schedule
• Set conference code of conduct. Steve to locate
• Setup/test livestream

Planning Pad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2025WinterConference

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

• Pirate news recording scheduled for Sundays, 7pm with go-live at 7:30pm. Unless changed

Voter Outreach 2024

• Letters to city election committee/town clerk asking for pirate voters/election dates
• Follow ups as necessary
• Snail Mail supporters in December to tell them about:
  • Conference
  • Call for officer nominees
  • Municipal elections
  • Other events/efforts
  • Donate/join our mailing list

2025 Local Campaigns

Need a leader for this effort.

Actions:

• Outreach to volunteers:
  • Ask them to organize locally
  • Ask them to campaign/run
  • Ask them to give us their full contact info
  • Call potential candidates/supporters
• Videos:
  • Selecting campaign
  • Planning campaign
  • Get on the ballot
  • Fundraising
  • Voter Id
  • GOTV

Participants

• Eli
• Jamie
• Norm
• Steve

Summary

USPP Update. Bylaws were updated to provide more flexibility in scheduling the national conference.

Winter conference.

• BABF will be loaning us some air purifiers. We'll also have masks and tests.
• Talks. Jamie has a draft agenda.
  • Maya will give a FOIA talk.
  • Steve will give talk on navigating local goverment.
  • Jamie will give talk on running for local office.
  • Will devote a segment to 2025 goals.

Pirate News

• Large sections of audio dropouts, so we can't publish.
• No pirate news this Sunday