FC 2011-11-10 Transcript

[20:59] <@Rintaran> Hi Mikkel. [21:00] <~MikkelPaulson> hey Shawn [21:00] <@Rintaran> The Ottawa-South election account is now closed, with the $1003.10 transferred to the party's coffers. :) [21:01] <~MikkelPaulson> $3.10? [21:01] <@Rintaran> It's what was left in the account. [21:01] <~MikkelPaulson> wow, that was some precise financial management [21:02] <@Rintaran> I was the agent. The tax refund required me to be precise. [21:03] <~MikkelPaulson> not quite what I meant, but okay [21:03] <~MikkelPaulson> do we have a Nuitari? [21:04] <@Rintaran> I haven't heard from him. [21:04] <~MikkelPaulson> well, let's keep this brief in any case, as I have an email to write (@scshunt) [21:04] <~MikkelPaulson> anything else to report? [21:05] <@Rintaran> Well, I was wondering if we were going to say anything about the Surveillance in Syria. [21:06] <~MikkelPaulson> it's probably a good idea, yeah [21:06] <~MikkelPaulson> feel like drafting the release? [21:06] <@Rintaran> Sure, I can do that. [21:06] <@Rintaran> This is the bit that I'm putting in my e-mail to the Ottawa PPCA members about it: [21:06] <@Rintaran> Syria is currently in the process of establishing the world’s most sophisticated online tracking and surveillance system. Numerous Western companies have been assisting in the development and implementation of their surveillance equipment, which is being used to assist Syrian “security forces” in their door-to-door hunt for activists. Human rights activists have been deliberately targeted by security forces and make up a large portion of t [21:07] <~MikkelPaulson> large portion of t- [21:08] <@Rintaran> the 3,500 people that have been killed since March. The CEOs of Area, NetApp, Qosmos and Utimaco, the four companies responsible for putting together the network are becoming concerned about these activities, and only need a small push to help them decide to pull out of the project. [21:08] <@Rintaran> This privacy issue greatly concerns the Pirate Party of Canada, as well as Pirate Parties International, our umbrella association. To assist in pushing these CEOs out of Syrian Surveillance, please check out AccessNow to send a letter where it can be heard ( https://www.accessnow.org/stop-syrian-surveillance ) [21:09] <~MikkelPaulson> nice [21:09] <@Rintaran> I can build that a little more into a proper press release for front page placement. [21:09] <~MikkelPaulson> sounds good to me [21:10] <@Rintaran> A full copy of the e-mail should be hitting your inbox soon. Just trying to dig out my e-mail list. [21:10] <~MikkelPaulson> I'm wrapping up a huge project at work this week [21:10] <@Rintaran> Also, I have the Lawful Access pamphlet more-or-less complete. Just need to scan and e-mail. [21:10] <~MikkelPaulson> also taking Monday off work [21:11] <~MikkelPaulson> so I should have some time to catch up on my Pirate Party duties [21:11] <~MikkelPaulson> I'll also take a look at upgrading our WordPress install [21:13] <@Rintaran> Good. They've fixed a couple of bugs as I understand it. [21:14] <~MikkelPaulson> bit more than that [21:14] <~MikkelPaulson> WordPress 3.2 has some significant improvements [21:15] <~MikkelPaulson> and an overhauled backend [21:15] <~MikkelPaulson> handles custom post types better for one thing, which we may want to look into using for news stories and press releases [21:16] <@Rintaran> Interesting. I'll have to look into upgrading Through the Eyes of a Pirate then [21:17] <@Rintaran> Oh, that PPCA-relate blog is now ranked #31 on BloggingCanadians and #17 in their political section. [21:17] <~MikkelPaulson> nice! [21:17] <~MikkelPaulson> we should work on that [21:19] <@Rintaran> I mostly need to get posts going up more regularly. A whole whack of MPs started following me when I put up last week's post. [21:19] <~MikkelPaulson> that's a good sign [21:19] <~MikkelPaulson> assuming it really is them and not their publicists [21:20] <@Rintaran> True. [21:20] <@Rintaran> I haven't heard from Bleskie or Vulliez. Have you? [21:21] <~MikkelPaulson> not in the last 24 hours [21:21] <@Rintaran> Something happened in the previous 24? [21:22] <~MikkelPaulson> well, some chatter on the PPI mailing lists about eliminating the 5% threshold in the EU parliament [21:24] <@Rintaran> How realistic is that though really? [21:25] <~MikkelPaulson> actually, it was just ruled to be unconstitutional [21:25] <~MikkelPaulson> so very realistic indeed [21:27] <~MikkelPaulson> it only affects Germany, if my understanding is correct [21:27] <@Rintaran> Gives any seats to the Pirates? [21:28] <~MikkelPaulson> they didn't declare the 2009 election invalid on the basis of the ruling [21:29] <~MikkelPaulson> so unless it's appealed (not sure what the appeal process is in Germany, or where it ends), it'll affect the next EU election [21:29] <~MikkelPaulson> Nico says that with PPDE's present levels of support the 5% wouldn't present a barrier anyway [21:30] <@Rintaran> Well that certainly creates a nice entry for the next round. When is the next election. [21:30] <~MikkelPaulson> not sure [21:30] <~MikkelPaulson> if it's a 4-year cycle, that would be 2013 [21:30] <~MikkelPaulson> so who can say what'll happen to PPDE before then [21:32] <@Rintaran> Too true. [21:34] <~MikkelPaulson> anyway, I think we should call it a night [21:35] <@Rintaran> Yeah. That's all for me. [21:36] <~MikkelPaulson> okay then [21:36] <~MikkelPaulson> we'll cover any other business by email [21:36] <~MikkelPaulson> meeting adjourned (not that it was ever called to order) [21:37] <@Rintaran> lol

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