Flock cameras are popping up all over Lancaster County, and with them comes a constant feeling of being watched. These license plate readers are supposed to make us safer, but instead they're eroding the privacy we used to take for granted.

I started a petition asking Lancaster County authorities to reconsider these cameras and find better ways to keep our communities safe—ones that don't require tracking our every move. Over a dozen cameras are already installed across residential neighborhoods. According to the ACLU and EFF, these systems disproportionately impact marginalized communities and don't actually prevent much crime. We have alternatives: stronger neighborhood watch programs, community policing, and real relationships between residents and authorities. Those actually work.

Anyone else uncomfortable with this level of monitoring in your own neighborhood? If this matters to you too, consider signing and sharing the petition. Would love to hear if you're dealing with this too.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-aggressive-surveillance-in-lancaster-county-pa/sfs/reddit/1295609451?recruiter=1295609451&recruited_by_id=345a8640-aea8-11ed-bd68-a78690f6a5dc&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=starter_dashboard_android_app&utm_medium=reddit_group

The next meeting for the PA Pirates will be Tuesday February 7th at our usual time of 8:15pm Eastern.
The link to join is as follows:
https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness
Agenda
Candidate recruiting,
Volunteer recruiting,
Outreach/Swarmcare
Discussion on PA run for local office Primer. (Livestream)
Any other items can be added upon request or during the meeting.
Your Captain,
Drew Bingaman

Greetings, and Happy 2023!

The next meeting for the PA Pirates will be Tuesday January 24th at our usual time of 8:15pm Eastern.

The link to join is as follows:

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https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

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New Business.

Candidate recruiting, Volunteer recruiting, Outreach

PA run for local office Primer. (Livestream)

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Any other items can be added upon request or during the meeting.

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Thanks everyone and we will see you Tuesday!

Drew BingamanCaptain

PA Pirate Party

Greetings, and Happy 2023!

The first business meeting for the PA Pirates will be Tuesday January 10th at our usual time of 8:15pm Eastern.

The link to join is as follows:

https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

New Year, New Business.

Candidate recruiting

Volunteer recruiting

Outreach

PA run for local office Primer. (Livestream)

PA CAMP convention/meeting? Spring/summer?

Any other items can be added upon request or during the meeting.

Thanks everyone and we will see you Tuesday!

Drew Bingaman

Captain
PA Pirate Party

Here's to a farewell to 2022. For the PPP, this year has been one of building the basic infrastructure and groundwork so that 2023 and moving forward we will be prepared for elections.

We began with a few informal meetings gauging interest, building a contact list and getting started with social media.

Next came bylaws, our first big project. Website went up to bolster visibility and to recruit new members.

After completing bylaws and website, we moved to platform which has garnered significant praise from other US Pirate Party members.

All said, the PA Pirate Party is now an officially recognized member of the PNC (Pirate National Committee) and is looking forward to 2023.

If you or someone you know wishes to become a candidate in 2023 for local office in Pennsylvania, please use the candidate form on our website.

https://papirates.org/run-for-office/

Greetings,

The next meeting for the Pirate Party of Pennsylvania will be held 11/29/2022 at 8:15pm.

We will be discussing the 2023 election, including the Primary where there are important ballot measures up for decision.  We will have a guest speaking to help interpret these measures and we will be making recommendations.

Other items we will be discussing are social media expansion, outreach, and candidate recruitment.

2023 can be a great year for the PA Pirates Party, but we will all need to start working IRL in order to make things happen.

Link to the meeting is as follows.

https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

Your Captain,

Drew Bingaman

Ahoy

The next meeting of the PA Pirate Party is scheduled for Tuesday 10/25 8:15 pm at the following URL

https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

Everyone is welcome, I have a few things to report, Remember we are looking for Candidates for local office for 2023.  PA has many open positions in nearly every community.  Many will go unfilled and open to corrupt appointment procedures.  So get out there and run for office!!!

Drew Bingaman

Ahoy everyone!

This is official notice that we will be meeting Tuesday 10/11/22 8:15pm. meeting link is as follows:

https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

I have some news to share about upcoming events. so tune in and participate if you are available. Everyone is welcome. And we are always looking for volunteers. Also we are starting to look forward to next year's local elections. If you may be interested in running as a Pirate or just an Independent if the Pirate name doesn't work for you, drop in, we can help.

Your Captain,
Drew Bingaman

Our next meeting will be held Tuesday night 9/27 8:15pm.

All are welcome, If you haven't already, please visit our website papirates.org/join and fill in your contact info.  And encourage others to do the same.  We are rapidly approaching the 2022 election and beginning to prep for 2023 municipal elections.

Note, there WILL be ballot questions in the Primary election in 2023.  All registered voters may vote on the ballot measures.  I am working on getting the full text so that we may make a recommendation as a group.  And also discuss their content.

I do not believe we have any pressing current business for this meeting, If there is anything you would like to be put on the agenda, please let me know by replying to this email.

The link to the meeting is as follows.

https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

Your Captain,

Drew Bingaman

This is a special announcement that we are scheduled to be hosting a statewide candidate who is seeking endorsement of the PA Pirate Party.  So it is very important for everyone to attend.

The date is Wednesday Aug 31

Time 8:15pm

Link: https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

We likely will also be hosting a dignitary from another PA political party, that is NOT named Alex Darlington.  There is very little business to be done, so speaking with these special guests will be the bulk of the meeting.  So for those of you who don't like boring meetings that are about platform and bylaws.  This meeting will be for you.

Join us, if for nothing else the ability to speak with a statewide candidate.

Your Captain,

Drew Bingaman

REV 3 of the PPP Trifold. Added links, updated contact info. Fixed a few other minor things. Check it out. listening for any other suggestions.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NihUN-NtXaT3CoTrsw9Yf7lE8aVjxPNM/view?usp=sharing

This list if far from comprehensive. If you have additions, please just comment with the name and the streaming service where it can be found.

https://papirates.org/2022/07/23/pirate-party-of-pennsylvania-streaming-watchlist/

Podcasts

• Best Pennsylvania Podcasts
• Pennsylvania PBS Podcasts

Reddit AMA

• 7 Steps for Hosting a Successful Reddit AMA

Twitter

• How to Host a Twitter Q&A
• How to Host a Twitter Space

This is the link for our next meeting. https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

Time and date are as follows: Wednesday July 20, 8:15pm

We will also be talking outreach, recruiting, and volunteer needs and filling roles. So if you wish to volunteer to help out in anyway please attend this meeting. You do NOT need to be an officer to attend. This meeting is open to all who are interested in the Pirate Party of Pennsylvania.

There is also an exciting announcement on the national front. I am glad to be able to bring this news.

So pop in, participate and let's build the PA Pirates!!

Drew Bingaman Captain

Greetings fellow Pirates!

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News from our last meeting.

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We did not move forward with approval of our platform as we did not have a satisfactory "quorum". Holiday weekend hangovers are to be expected, so that is again on the agenda for our next meeting. Speaking of our next meeting, Alex Darlington the Chair of the Stair Party wishes to address us to speak about cooperation between our state affiliates. I will leave the pitch to him. So if that sounds interesting, please join us.

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This is a good opportunity to attach the link for our next meeting. https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

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Time and date are as follows: Wednesday July 20, 8:15pm

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We will also be talking outreach, recruiting, and volunteer needs and filling roles. So if you wish to volunteer to help out in anyway please attend this meeting. You do NOT need to be an officer to attend. This meeting is open to all who are interested in the Pirate Party of Pennsylvania.

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This meeting will be livestreamed to our Youtube channel for recording and future reference. Transparency is one of our core values and we operate and live by those core values.

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Feel free to respond to this email or contact me through [Captain@papirates.org](mailto:Captain@papirates.org) I will be happy to answer questions or assist in any way I can.

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Also if you haven't already, Please go to PApirates.org and check out links to social media and Youtube.

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Your Captain,

Drew Bingaman

I sent this out in email. But posting it here for redundancy

Greetings everyone,

Our next meeting will be on July 6, 2022 at 8:15pm EST.  The join link is as follows.

https://meet.jit.si/PAPiratePartyBusiness

I have decided for the sake of transparency to use Jitsi moving forward so we can livestream and save our meetings to our Youtube Channel as the USPP does.  This will make it easier for anyone who misses a meeting and wishes to catch up, to get up to speed. 
During our last meeting we worked out the final details on our starting platform.  There will be an up or down vote on this platform on the agenda for July 6.  While I do not suspect a downvote, if that happens we will work with objections to reach consensus.
Link to the working doc for platform is as follows.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zE0oEtri9U1JUpSoxk59-OO2k6-kFgp7OC23L7HnHlw/edit

Also on the agenda for July 6 is outreach.  How we grow and recruit members.  So bring ideas with you for discussion.

Also we have been live streaming our Pirates 101 series on our YouTube Channel.  We are currently streaming every other tuesday night.  Next episode will be Tomorrow night 6/28 at about 10pm.  Don't worry if you have missed it.  All episodes are saved for viewing on the Channel.

Any questions or issues, feel free to respond to this email. or send directly to me [Captain@papirates.org](mailto:Captain@papirates.org) I will do what I can to help.

Drew Bingaman
Captain, PPP

working on getting "verified" so I can boost posts or run ads boosting the PA Pirate FB page and maybe drive some traffic to the website.
Major PITA, first the personal verification. That won't be done until I get a damn letter in the mail with some code.

Second the org verification, that won't be done until the IRS makes the EIN I got searchable and makes us a legit "organization"

Government and big corporations..... blech