GM 2014-06-18 transcript

 is there a meeting tonight?  Yes at 8pm Ok, Finally finished minutes. I think it took me more wall clock time than the actual meeting. Don't have stennobot set-up yet. https://wiki.pirateparty.ca/index.php?title=GM_2014-05-21_minutes  We never did run the vote on the amendment did we  yo  Hey  hey we never voted fro a new VP either :P I think maybe those were my job. can someone post reminder on FB? My theory about one week notice and low turnout actually Sean Hunt once said empirically one week notice gets better turn our. I was skeptical but that seems to be the rend *trend So it was Sean's theory or maybe there was a study  message me to get validated  ok  oh man I'm in time  technically it's 13 minutes late but who's counting :)  yeah well we have once waited 45 mins for quorum  I am just done cooking/dishwashing  It doesn't help we are entering the 'dog days of summer'. Party participation goes down a lot from what I've seen.  yeah, everything's that way In the winter we a locked in little rooms and have nothing better to do?  yes.  looks like 6/10? <MononcQc> The conservatives should run their elections in summer time. Best way to get the low casual voter turnout I think they did do that one year, didn't they? I guess summer does not technically start until June 21st. <MononcQc> true <Wilson> Generally parties don't like running a campaign in summer/winter because the supposed advantage isn't enough to off-set the fact they are the ones who have to be out in that weather. <MononcQc> hah yeha. Don't want a sweaty candidate shaking your hand <CCitizen> Looks like we only have 7/10 <MononcQc> shame. <Wilson> well, what do we have for business? I believe a vote was supposed to be conducted, but wasn't. Other than that I can't think of a whole lot. <CCitizen> Yeah we could technically adjourn How about a straw poll: is everybody as turned off by tracking links in e-mail as I am? <Wilson> You mean notifications that I've read an email? The obvious disadvantage of getting rid of tracking links is that opens would be harder to track. yes. <RLim> no <MononcQc> they tend ot be things you can deny anyway, aren't they& <RLim> I could always not download online content if I don't want to be tracked It also includes information on which links you select. <CCitizen> Alright so call the meeting to order... we lack a quorum so any objections to just adjourning? Instead of links, we can use the deposition notification header. Not sure if the would be perceived as more or less intrusive. <MononcQc> or portable <RLim> We might as well discuss something <MononcQc> they also mean you can't track what has been shared (copy/Pasted) <RLim> Here's our financial update <RLim> my.pirateparty.ca/publicdoc/2014-05_endofmonth_financial_status.pdf <RLim> since we decided to just report on previous months <CCitizen> Alright well since we arent achieving quorum everyone can discuss stuff... i'm gonna go get some rest I may have come across a potential solution for secure e-voting. <MononcQc> eh? <MononcQc> (it better not be about bitcoins!) <RLim> chadkoh: did GStraight get back to you? Close. Bitcoin coinjoin transactions *almost* solve the problem, except there is the potential for cheating if addresses are re-used. @RLim Nope. I recently discovered https://cryptonote.org Transactions are signed with ring signatures: preserving anonymity. For voting you would not want a block-chain anyway. <MononcQc> what's different with the ring signature vs. GPG web of trust? With a ring signature, any of N entities may have signed the transaction. In the case of voting, N would be the set of all voters. <MononcQc> the issue I keep seeing with these is that you have the proof that the vote is tied to one key, but not to one person They prevent double-spending (or double voting) with something they call a key image: so that the corresponding private key can only be used once. <MononcQc> i.e. did the postman intercept the keys sent by mail and then vote 45 times? <MononcQc> then if he voted before people, *their* votes get discarded I guess you would need to use a GPG web-of-trust for key distribution. Actually, technically, voters should generate their own keys. In anycase, it is not production-ready. <MononcQc> is there a way for this to coexist with traditional voting, also derp thor /msg Rlim for voice it you like. *if MononcQc, Australia uses e-voting with human-readable ballots. The have a PR system, so counting benefits from computer tabulation. <MononcQc> is their system safe? As far as I know. The source-code is available if you are interested. <MononcQc> might be better to reuse this then I like the idea or preserving human-readable ballots: It allows a varied of sanity checks. *variety <MononcQc> There's been some nice systems conceived by universities for specific e-voting contests lately should we adjourn, or is there more to discuss? <MononcQc> I think adjourning might be worth it >#canada< vote to adjourn (120 seconds) aye <MononcQc> aye aye aye Carried (for: 4 against: 0 abstains:0) Thanks for coming everybody. <RLim> what is our purple colour hex code? Did we finalize on that shade? I thought it was a little light myself. on my.pirateparty.ca it is about RRGGBB 830be, ranging from 7100a3 to 9c00e5 less red, more blue is darker, apparently. oops less red, less blue is darker :P Rlim: use the rule of cool ;) <RLim> what is rule of cool <RLim> ? <RLim> I've already use eyedrop on it. So we'll see if it comes out ok I was just thinking I like the reddit banner colour better. Rule of cool is mainly a TV trope: http://arcana.wikidot.com/rule-of-cool <RLim> Can you update our branding guide wiki page? <RLim> okay the merchandize order page is up <RLim> new menu link on main page and added slideshow for "Pirate Schwag" <RLim> still have to add buttons and stuff that we have I am off to bed g'night! Oh no I missed the meeting! It still says May 21... Is *that* why nobody showed? it probably has a small effect the more channels we use to let people know about the meetings the better
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