October 5th, 2023 Meeting

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

Recording:

Projects/Events

October 14th Conference

• Planning pad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/MAPP2023FallConference
• Schedule

Boston Anarchist Bookfair

• It will be Nov 11-12
• Details https://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/2023-boston-anarchist-bookfair/

Video Newsletter/Podcast

Leader: Joseph

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

Upcoming Events

• 10/14, Fall Conference
• 11/11-12, Boston Anarchist Bookfair
• Red Umbrella Summer Event?

Participants

• jokeefe
• srevilak

Summary

Boston's Mayor put forward requests for grants to fund BRIC and other intelligence efforts. These were opposed by us, the ACLU, and Restore the Fourth. City council adopted this proposal, 7--5.

Conference on Oct 14th at West Somerville public library. 9:30 - 12:30. https://masspirates.org/blog/conference/

• 9:30 - 10:00 setup
• 10:00 - 10:30 mixing and mingling
• 10:30 - 12:30 presentation

Working agenda: running for office (45 minutes), presentation on Creating a more distributed and fair tech industry, and then planning for the next three months.

USPP. They plan to elect a new auditor in two weeks. Interested parties can contact info(AT)masspirates.org for information on running.

Boston Anarchist Bookfair. Nov 11-12th. jokeefe put in presentation and table requests. Expect to find out if these requests are accepted later in the month.

Video newsletter. This Sunday as usual. Will skip Oct 15th (due to conference on the 14th). Resume newsletter on Oct 22nd.