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Community Cuppa

2011-12-12T01:14:03Z

Allison: Created page with "== '''Welcome to Community Cuppa ''' == '''Mondays, 5pm''' currently meeting at '''Uno Due Go (UDG)''', 52 Summer Street, Boston, MA, ..."

== '''Welcome to Community Cuppa ''' ==

'''Mondays, 5pm''' currently meeting at '''Uno Due Go (UDG)''', 52 Summer Street, Boston, MA, 02111 The Cuppa is a time for Occupy Boston participants  to enrich our work together by connecting personally. We leave Occupy Boston business and topics at the door! Get to know your fellow activists. These are not formal, guided or contrived group discussions. Relax, sit next to someone you don't know, sip your favorite cuppa and share personal stories.  (Let us buy you a cuppa, if needed.) You may be surprised at some of the fascinating things you learn and connections you make.

Will you please join us?

Working Groups

2011-12-12T00:19:43Z

Allison:

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''

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'''Working groups''' are teams of people within the Occupation, each focused on a particular area or task. These groups are the organs supporting the body of the Occupation. Within them you will find resources, discussions, and courses of action in every field.

Working groups are '''open''', which means anyone can help out, including you! Like the Occupation as a whole, working groups are run as horizontal democracies, using consensus decision-making and holding publically accessible meetings. To join or volunteer with a working group, see its wiki page for contact information and meeting times.

To join the email list for any of these groups, to get announcements and/or participate in discussion, please go to the [[http://groups.occupyboston.org/ workgroup signup page]].

[[Instructions for Starting a Work Group]]

:''An alphabetized list of working groups:''

*[[Allies Against Racism]] (AAR)
*[[Animal Safety]]
*[[WG/Anti-Oppression|Anti-Oppression]]
*[[Arts and Culture|Arts and Culture]]
*[[Boston Occupier]]
*[[Camper Caucus|Camper Caucus]]
*[[Citizens United to End Political Bribery|Citizens United to End Political Bribery]] For ending corporate money in politics
*[[Commons]] Defining what is "Common Property"
*[[CommunityCuppa|Community Cuppa]]
*[[Community Organizations / Movement Building]]
*[[Community Reinvestment|Community Reinvestment]]
*[[Tent City/Safety/Community Wellness|Community Wellness]]
*[[Decolonize Boston - People of Color]]
*[[Direct Action|Direct Action]]
*[[Energy|Energy]]
*[[External Technology Support]] (to work on this wiki and other sites, not necessarily at Dewey Square)
*[[WG/Facilitation|Facilitation]]
*[[Faith and Spirituality|Faith and Spirituality]]
*[[Food|Food]]
*[[Finance Working Group|Financial Accountability]]
*[[Free School University (FSU)]]
*[[Health Justice|Health Justice]]
*[[Houseless And Allies Community Working Group]]
*[[Ideas]]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Indigenous_Solidarity_and_Outreach Indigenous Solidarity and Outreach (Decolonize Boston)]
*[[Individual Action]] What each of us can do on our own
*[[Info Tent]]
*[[InterOccupation Communications/Connections]]
*[[Immigration Working Group|Immigration]]
*[[Jail Support]]
*[[Legal|Legal]]
*[[Tent City/Library|Library, A-Z Library]]
*[[Logistics|Logistics]]
*[[Media|Media]]
*[[Media Strategy|Media Strategy]]
*[[Medical|Medical]]
*[[Music and Events]]
*[[Nonviolence and Civil Disobedience (Working Group)|Nonviolence and Civil Disobedience]]
*[[WG/OBIT|OBIT]] Occupy Boston Information Technology
*[[Occupy Boston Globe]]
*[[Occupy Everywhere|Occupy Everywhere]]
*[[Outreach|Outreach]]
*[[WG/Peace Action|Peace Action]]
*[[Pedal Power|Pedal Power (Documentation)]]
*[[Queer and Trans Caucus|Queer and Trans Caucus]]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/OBradio Radio]
*[[Random Acts of Kindness|Random Acts of Kindness]]
*[[Safety|Safety]]
*[[Signs|Signs]]
*[[Solidarity]]
*[[Strategies, Proposals, Positions|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]]
*[[Street Team]]
*[[Street Theater]]
*[[Students Occupy]]
*[[Survivor Advocacy]]
*[[Thankfulness]]
*[[Transparency|Transparency]]
*[[Unitarian Universalists]]
*[[Volunteer Coordination|Volunteer Coordination]]
*[[Winterization and Fire Safety]]
*[[Womens Caucus]]
*[[Arts/Media/Writers' Caucus|Writers' Caucus]]

Facilitation Working Group

2011-12-09T23:05:36Z

Allison: /* Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces */

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''
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== About ==

The Facilitation Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 3:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the South Station mezzanine, above the food court. Please join us, your help is needed!

''What is a facilitator?''A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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 Please see the living document being used to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process.[[Wiki/GA Facilitation and Consensus Guide|Facilitation & Consensus Guide]]

== Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces ==
[[Potential_Winter_Spaces| Potential Winter Spaces]]

== Consented Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/GA Schedule Change|GA Schedule Change]][[Wiki/Priority Process Proposal|Priority ProcessProposal]]

== Pending Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/FWG Proposals|General Assembly Consensus Facilitation Proposal]]'''FWG WILL HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THIS NEW CONENSUS PROCESS''' '''BEFORE SUBMITTING TO GA FOR CONSENSUS''' '''SCHEDULE TBA'''' ''DRAFT PROPOSALS NEEDED TO USE FOR REVIEW PLEASE CONTACT FWG @''' ''' [mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]'''
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== Meeting Minutes ==

*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 20|Nov 20]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 1|Nov 1]]
*[[C.T. Butler Workshop Notes|C.T. Butler Workshop]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 30|Oct 30]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 24|Oct 24]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 23|Oct 23]]

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== Contact Us ==

[mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Facilitation Working Group

2011-12-09T23:05:16Z

Allison: /* Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces */

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''
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== About ==

The Facilitation Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 3:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the South Station mezzanine, above the food court. Please join us, your help is needed!

''What is a facilitator?''A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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 Please see the living document being used to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process.[[Wiki/GA Facilitation and Consensus Guide|Facilitation & Consensus Guide]]

== Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces ==
Potential Winter Spaces [[Potential_Winter_Spaces| Potential Winter Spaces]]

== Consented Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/GA Schedule Change|GA Schedule Change]][[Wiki/Priority Process Proposal|Priority ProcessProposal]]

== Pending Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/FWG Proposals|General Assembly Consensus Facilitation Proposal]]'''FWG WILL HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THIS NEW CONENSUS PROCESS''' '''BEFORE SUBMITTING TO GA FOR CONSENSUS''' '''SCHEDULE TBA'''' ''DRAFT PROPOSALS NEEDED TO USE FOR REVIEW PLEASE CONTACT FWG @''' ''' [mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]'''
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== Meeting Minutes ==

*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 20|Nov 20]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 1|Nov 1]]
*[[C.T. Butler Workshop Notes|C.T. Butler Workshop]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 30|Oct 30]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 24|Oct 24]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 23|Oct 23]]

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== Contact Us ==

[mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Facilitation Working Group

2011-12-09T23:04:26Z

Allison: /* Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces */

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''
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== About ==

The Facilitation Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 3:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the South Station mezzanine, above the food court. Please join us, your help is needed!

''What is a facilitator?''A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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 Please see the living document being used to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process.[[Wiki/GA Facilitation and Consensus Guide|Facilitation & Consensus Guide]]

== Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces ==
Potential Winter Spaces [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Potential_Winter_Spaces| Potential Winter Spaces]]

== Consented Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/GA Schedule Change|GA Schedule Change]][[Wiki/Priority Process Proposal|Priority ProcessProposal]]

== Pending Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/FWG Proposals|General Assembly Consensus Facilitation Proposal]]'''FWG WILL HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THIS NEW CONENSUS PROCESS''' '''BEFORE SUBMITTING TO GA FOR CONSENSUS''' '''SCHEDULE TBA'''' ''DRAFT PROPOSALS NEEDED TO USE FOR REVIEW PLEASE CONTACT FWG @''' ''' [mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]'''
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== Meeting Minutes ==

*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 20|Nov 20]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 1|Nov 1]]
*[[C.T. Butler Workshop Notes|C.T. Butler Workshop]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 30|Oct 30]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 24|Oct 24]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 23|Oct 23]]

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== Contact Us ==

[mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Facilitation Working Group

2011-12-09T23:02:57Z

Allison: /* Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces */

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''
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== About ==

The Facilitation Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 3:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the South Station mezzanine, above the food court. Please join us, your help is needed!

''What is a facilitator?''A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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 Please see the living document being used to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process.[[Wiki/GA Facilitation and Consensus Guide|Facilitation & Consensus Guide]]

== Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces ==
Potential Winter Spaces [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Potential_Winter_Spaces|Potential Winter Spaces]]

== Consented Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/GA Schedule Change|GA Schedule Change]][[Wiki/Priority Process Proposal|Priority ProcessProposal]]

== Pending Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/FWG Proposals|General Assembly Consensus Facilitation Proposal]]'''FWG WILL HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THIS NEW CONENSUS PROCESS''' '''BEFORE SUBMITTING TO GA FOR CONSENSUS''' '''SCHEDULE TBA'''' ''DRAFT PROPOSALS NEEDED TO USE FOR REVIEW PLEASE CONTACT FWG @''' ''' [mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]'''
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== Meeting Minutes ==

*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 20|Nov 20]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 1|Nov 1]]
*[[C.T. Butler Workshop Notes|C.T. Butler Workshop]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 30|Oct 30]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 24|Oct 24]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 23|Oct 23]]

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== Contact Us ==

[mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Facilitation Working Group

2011-12-09T22:59:52Z

Allison: /* Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces */

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''
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== About ==

The Facilitation Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 3:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the South Station mezzanine, above the food court. Please join us, your help is needed!

''What is a facilitator?''A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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 Please see the living document being used to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process.[[Wiki/GA Facilitation and Consensus Guide|Facilitation & Consensus Guide]]

== Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces ==
Potential Winter Spaces [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Potential_Winter_Spaces]]

== Consented Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/GA Schedule Change|GA Schedule Change]][[Wiki/Priority Process Proposal|Priority ProcessProposal]]

== Pending Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/FWG Proposals|General Assembly Consensus Facilitation Proposal]]'''FWG WILL HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THIS NEW CONENSUS PROCESS''' '''BEFORE SUBMITTING TO GA FOR CONSENSUS''' '''SCHEDULE TBA'''' ''DRAFT PROPOSALS NEEDED TO USE FOR REVIEW PLEASE CONTACT FWG @''' ''' [mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]'''
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== Meeting Minutes ==

*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 20|Nov 20]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 1|Nov 1]]
*[[C.T. Butler Workshop Notes|C.T. Butler Workshop]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 30|Oct 30]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 24|Oct 24]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 23|Oct 23]]

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== Contact Us ==

[mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Facilitation Working Group

2011-12-09T22:58:06Z

Allison:

'''''ATTN Working Groups: Please update your pages with mailing list and other contact info.'''''
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== About ==

The Facilitation Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 3:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the South Station mezzanine, above the food court. Please join us, your help is needed!

''What is a facilitator?''A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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 Please see the living document being used to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process.[[Wiki/GA Facilitation and Consensus Guide|Facilitation & Consensus Guide]]

== Wiki Page for Listing Potential Winter Spaces ==
[Potential Winter Spaces] http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Potential_Winter_Spaces

== Consented Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/GA Schedule Change|GA Schedule Change]][[Wiki/Priority Process Proposal|Priority ProcessProposal]]

== Pending Facilitation Working Group Proposals ==
[[Wiki/FWG Proposals|General Assembly Consensus Facilitation Proposal]]'''FWG WILL HOST A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR ONGOING REVIEW OF THIS NEW CONENSUS PROCESS''' '''BEFORE SUBMITTING TO GA FOR CONSENSUS''' '''SCHEDULE TBA'''' ''DRAFT PROPOSALS NEEDED TO USE FOR REVIEW PLEASE CONTACT FWG @''' ''' [mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]'''
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== Meeting Minutes ==

*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 20|Nov 20]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - November 1|Nov 1]]
*[[C.T. Butler Workshop Notes|C.T. Butler Workshop]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 30|Oct 30]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 24|Oct 24]]
*[[Facilitators Working Group - October 23|Oct 23]]

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== Contact Us ==

[mailto:facilitation@occupyboston.org facilitation@occupyboston.org]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Indoor Meeting Spaces

2011-12-09T22:51:16Z

Allison: Created page with "This page is for the Facilitation Working Group (FWG) to use for figuring out potential winter spaces for General Assemblies and FWG meetings."

This page is for the Facilitation Working Group (FWG) to use for figuring out potential winter spaces for General Assemblies and FWG meetings.

Talk:Tent City/Faith and Spirituality

2011-11-03T20:36:00Z

Allison: Faith/Spirituality email address?

Someone has emailed me trying to find an email address for the Faith and Sprituality group. Am I missing it? I don't see one anywhere. If there is one, will you please provide it to me and/or post it on your wiki page?

Thank you! - Allison

Talk:WG/Strategies/Road Map

2011-10-29T13:36:09Z

Allison: /* Democracy has existed in the US, yet. */ new section

==Is this from OWS??==
:[[user:Stewart76]] Oct 16, 2011 6:37 pm
Is this statement from OWS (meaning this is an official proposal from them, that they wrote and approved)? Or was this written someone in OB? Was the occupy Madison statement officially from them?
====re: Is this from OWS??====
::[[user:AriaLItthous]] Wednesday, 3:56 pm
No, my mistake. I understood Noah's proposal as to allow us to speak for all the Occupations which I termed OWS.

==Comments to Roadmap==
:[[user:terrawiki]] Oct 14, 2011 1:34 pm
1. Jobs bill. While I'm pretty well in favor with most of the bill, I think we need to take back our ability to print money before we borrow more money. Also, if our work is to be sustainable over the next say 100 years, I think we have to avoid mentioning specific legislation that has an expiration date.

2. All levels of education. I'd also not say "all levels" for education. If you did, and this passed, I'd become a permanent student. And I'm not sure you could afford the courses that I'd want to take.

3. Repealing all anti-union legislation seems to set up the opportunity for yet a different kind of dictatorship. Have you ever been part of a union? And tried to get a certain position that so and so's brother has?
====re: Comments to Roadmap====
::[[user:bluejaysg]] Oct 14, 2011 5:51 pm
I agree with the roadmap, but the elephant in the room is our dependence on fossil fuels. I think the roadmap has to mention getting off coal (for example, if corporations are persons, then Massey Energy should be in court defending itself against 29 counts of murder) and the devastation of mountaintop removal. (Remember the break in the flyash dam?) We need to quit borrowing money to buy fossil fuels from the middle east that we then burn up, polluting our atmosphere. The government needs to quit subsidizing this horrendous industry. And our dependence on fossil fuels has led to these endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not sure how to word this to be at the same level as the principles in the roadmap, because it does fit in the goal of healthy ecosystems, it's just that it's such a dominant poison in our political and economic system as well as our environment, that I think it has to surface at the roadmap level.
====re: Comments to Roadmap====
::[[user:AriaLItthous]] Oct 16, 2011 1:24 pm
This is covered in goal #1 and #3 and in rewriting the tax code.

The decision to include the Obama jobs bill is strategic, to gather adherents, ditto unions.

==Change to goal #3.==
:[[user:AriaLItthous]] Oct 14, 2011 5:30 pm
3. All the Earth's ecosystems are healthy.
====re: Change to goal #3.====
::[[user:terrawiki]] Oct 14, 2011 9:19 pm
i like it.
====re: Change to goal #3.====
::[[user:terrawiki]] Oct 14, 2011 9:19 pm
oops. what about the festering nuclear waste? that's already in the ground?
====re: Change to goal #3.====
::[[user:AriaLItthous]] Oct 15, 2011 2:43 am
We can bring that up after the process starts.

==This is a democratic party ticket==
:[[user:occupyboston4ever]] Oct 14, 2011 11:34 am
This statement may speak for the majority of OWS or OB protesters, but due to its inclusion of several partisan issues, such as health care and education through all levels and tax reform, it will fall short of drawing a movement of the 99% rather the 45% that is the democratic party. If this is the best this movement can do to act toward unity, we have gained nothing from this experience.
====re: This is a democratic party ticket====
::[[user:StargazerA]] Oct 14, 2011 1:46 pm
If education is a partisan issue, the problem is the partisans, not that we shouldn't be educating our citizens. If health care is a partisan issue, it is only because the 1% has convinced people that if everyone got healthcare they'd loose theirs when that couldn't be further from the truth. We have not endorsed any specific strategy to achieve these aims, and there are both liberal and conservative mechanisms to get to fairer outcomes.
I can't think of a single ideological movement that thinks the tax system as it currently stands is ideal, especially since so much of it is hidden government spending on corporate welfare. Progressive taxation may be partisan, but since I believe it is a means to an end (decreased income inequality) I do think the movement would be open to other mechanisms to decrease income inequality.

However, I believe Occupy Boston does refute any political ideology that promotes social darwinism, that supports increased income inequality or believes that the unemployed, the homeless, the destitute and the hopeless have earned and deserve their pain. Otherwise we'd be sitting at home, eating bonbons and laughing at the people needlessly suffering.
====16 points cover all the bases====
::[[user:AriaLItthous]] Oct 14, 2011 5:29 pm
There are some partisan points, among many others. If the democa-pubs are advocating proportional representation, I'll eat my hat.
====re: This is a democratic party ticket====
::[[user:terrawiki]] Oct 14, 2011 9:21 pm
Stargazer...which parts are too D? Sometimes I don't notice...

I agree with you that a specific strategy can NOT be endorsed. Too many tangles of conflicts. Also, a specific strategy has an expiration date...when a better strategy comes along. So it's better just to demand goals. Measured results. And then suggest strategies. You'd be surprised how well it works...

== Latest Version of Roadmap ==

Hey, check out the main page. This is what the google group is thinking. I'll try to get them over here. Your thoughts please. DC

== Strong Concerns and Objections ==

Why is a second statement of purpose being considered? Why don't we just move to specific issues for discussions and proposals? I think this statement is redundant and unnecessary.

The Mission Statement and Goals provide a framework for objectives, methods, strategies and tactics.

== Democracy has existed in the US, yet. ==

Please edit the line with the phrase "democratic channels", as we've yet to have a democracy in the United States. A democracy would have all human people treated equally and we've never had that. We've always had a feudal lord system wherein we determined who was in the lording class by wealth and those wealthy convinced a huge subset of the subservient class to support them by creating the illusion that we could be one of them if we had the right skin color.

The fact that black persons were considered 3/5 of a person when our constitution was written and that women didn't have the right to vote until the 20th century and that the prison industrial system has been designed to insure that people of color remain tyrannically oppressed makes it clear that we've yet to have an actual democracy.

Facilitation Working Group

2011-10-26T02:44:29Z

Allison:

This the homepage for the '''Facilitators Working Group''' of Occupy Boston.

Please see the pending "Priority Proposal Process" proposal on the FWG discussion tab (table of contents item #7), or view the google doc: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrCOZelyypZhmD1zXf0HvD1TENrGIyJpDpzDDJ8I8Dw/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrCOZelyypZhmD1zXf0HvD1TENrGIyJpDpzDDJ8I8Dw/edit]

'''''' ''' THE ‘PRIORITY PROPOSAL PROCESS’ PROPOSAL''' '''SUBMITTED BY OB’S FACILITATORS WORKING GROUP''''''WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSENSUS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'''

'''SATURDAY OCTOBER 29'''''''''

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 The Facilitator's Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

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 Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 4:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the Federal Reserve plaza, next to the building across the street (Atlantic Avenue) from where General Assembly takes place. Please join us, your help is needed.

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 ''What is a facilitator?'' A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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=== Contact Us ===

[mailto:occupybostonfacilitation@gmail.com occupybostonfacilitation@gmail.com]

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Please see the living document we're using to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process. Your comments are welcome.

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuWv7VZ3nS650mOdTF5kKteLrmmp8z3FiddWt6JJQVo/edit?hl=en_US https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuWv7VZ3nS650mOdTF5kKteLrmmp8z3FiddWt6JJQVo/edit?hl=en_US]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Talk:Facilitation Working Group

2011-10-26T02:40:08Z

Allison: /* Priority Process Proposal as amended at FWG public meeting */ new section

==Proposal for GA Proposal Submission - consented by FWG, on 10/20/11==
:[[user:gsmurphy]] Thursday, 6:25 pm
This proposal will be presented to a public working group, for consensus, before being presented at a GA:

To strive for an inclusive consensus process, to allow the Assembly to be more informed about, and better prepared for hearing and voting on proposals, to help OccupyBoston participants to be able to plan to be at specific General Assemblies to vote on proposals of interest, and to better the likelihood of passage ....

The Facilitators Working Group proposes that pre-announced, pre-posted, pre-scheduled proposals which have had publicly announced meetings and passed consensus at a public working group meeting, will be considered prior to other proposals, at General Assemblies. Working Groups and individuals may still bring proposals to the GA, without submitting to this new process. Emergency proposals, e.g., from Safety, Medics, Legal, etc., will continue to get immediate attention.

The Facilitators Working Group proposes the following process for preparing proposals to be taken through consensus at a General Assembly:

1. First Steps (at least one week prior to presenting at GA):
○ post the proposal on the OccupyBoston wiki and make physical copies available at camp;
○ schedule and post online, the date of the GA at which the proposal will be presented;
○ do outreach to all Working Groups to let them know you have a proposal in the pipeline and would like their input;
○ schedule and post online, the date of a public working group meeting, at which the proposal will be reviewed and taken through the consensus process. (Individuals can host meetings, they simply become a working group once the meeting begins.)
2. Announce at the earliest possible evening GA:
○ that you are preparing a proposal,
○ the subject of the proposal and that it is posted online,
○ the date, time and location of the public working group meeting,
○ and the date the proposal will be presented to the GA.
3. Conduct a full consensus Working Group meeting:
○ Document all objections and amendments,
○ Explain how objections were addressed,
(Objections must remain on a public list so that if the proposal cannot address them, and is still consented to, the community knows that there are outstanding concerns/objections to address.)
○ Explain whether or why not amendments were adopted.
4. If the proposal has passed consensus in the public working group meeting, present the proposal at the pre-scheduled GA.
5. If the proposal did not reach consensus at the public working group meeting, post that result online and announce at the next available GA that the proposal will not be presented on the previously scheduled date.
====re: Proposal for GA Proposal Submission - consented by FWG, on 10/20/11====
::[[user:anonyta]] Today 1:24 am
Hi all,

The proposal below emerges from a tough Transparency WG meeting and from conversations with some of the most active people on-site -- the people who don't attend meetings and GAs (to their detriment, of course - but, also, to ours). Basically, there are big problems with internet access and a lot of frustration about the aimlessness of some GAs. I floated it in this past Facilitation meeting and got some advice on it from Maureen and others. Tell me what you think!

The proposal: that agendas (of proposals! not announcements) for GA nights should be decided on the night before, in a small, consensus-based discussion between the individuals and WG reps presenting proposals. On Friday night that small discussion will decide the proposals agenda for both Saturday and Sunday. The idea is for presenters to figure out together which proposals need to be discussed most immediately, versus those that can be discussed by a smaller group or even moved to the next GA or re-worked. A facilitator can facilitate the discussion and gather the proposals and put them on the wiki or on occupybostonglobe.com, so that commuters as well as campers know what proposals will be discussed, and in what order.

Talking Points
-- I offer to do this, and recruit some facilitators for it, since I am free on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays more than on Tuesdays and Thursdays (in fact, I teach on those nights).
--This face-to-face consensus decision would eliminate the problem of internet access, but still allow for some level of predictability and preparation for everybody.
--It would also, ideally, highlight the proposals that are not yet worked out enough, in a consensus environment.
--after the Transparency meeting and these various conversations with campers, I realized that Allison's proposal for proposals, which we passed in the previous FWG meeting, relies too heavily on the internet. It will guarantee that the WGs whose members are mostly working off-site are always given priority, over those who are on-site. So, for example, groups or individuals that are talking about "Message" will be given priority, over those that are organizing events that often come up within the week, or those that need money within the week. At the moment, we don't have the kind of stability that would allow WGs to prepare proposals for a week - especially with winter coming, it seems that things are much more in flux for groups that organize events.
--Ironically, in a lot of those conversations, people were basically saying that they wanted us Facilitators to use more of our common sense, to vet proposals in order for GAs to be bearable. For the good of the community and etc.

Well, do let me know what you think! Allison, what do you think about the modification that this makes to your proposal??
====re: Proposal for GA Proposal Submission - consented by FWG, on 10/20/11====
::[[user:pcovery]] Today 4:44 am
I welcome more organization, especially in a way that knits together on-site and off-site participants. Thanks for your stamina in facilitating!

==CORRECTED GA Schedule Consented Proposal - 10/21/11==
:[[user:gsmurphy]] Yesterday 5:06 am
The Facilitators Working Group (FWG) proposes, starting on Sunday, October 23, that OccupyBoston move to a schedule of conducting General Assembly on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and in case of emergencies.

The FWG proposes that all Working Groups hold at least one publicly accessible, weekly meeting -- except Legal WG, whose meetings are necessarily confidential. The day and time and place of the meeting is to be posted on the OccupyBoston website, and made available to the Info tent and the Media scheduling boards. The meeting will be facilitated as a horizontal democracy using a consensus decision-making process. During the non-GA evenings, there will be facilitated discussions and debates starting 7pm, on issues that interest the Occupy Boston community. Topics for these non-GA nights should be proposed in advance by individuals or Working Groups during General Assembly.

The FWG offers its services to all Working Groups who wish to be trained in a consensus process, and, if needed, can help Working Groups with the facilitation of their first scheduled public meeting.
====re: CORRECTED GA Schedule Consented Proposal - 10/21/11====
::[[user:gsmurphy]] Yesterday 5:19 am
Actually, the proposal was consented to by the GA, on 10/20/11

==Final GA Schedule Proposal - consented by GA on 10/20/11==
:[[user:gsmurphy]] Thursday, 6:20 pm
The Facilitators Working Group (FWG) proposes, starting on Sunday, October 23, that OccupyBoston move to a schedule of conducting General Assembly on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

The FWG proposes that all Working Groups hold at least one publicly accessible, weekly meeting, during one of the non-GA evenings, or on a weekend afternoon. The day and time and place of the meeting is to be posted on the OccupyBoston website, and made available to the Info tent and the Media scheduling boards. The meeting will be facilitated as a horizontal democracy using a consensus decision-making process.

The FWG offers its services to all Working Groups who wish to be trained in a consensus process, and, if needed, can help Working Groups with the facilitation of their first scheduled public meeting.

Talking points
• FWG knows that members of OccupyBoston are yearning for more public (community-wide) discussion on relevant topics. This new GA schedule allows plenty of opportunity for these discussions, as well as community teach-ins and workshops, without a sponsoring group having to go through a GA consensus process to arrange the time.

• For example, this new schedule allows groups, such as the anti-oppression group, to present additional workshops, on an ongoing basis, without impacting GA time.

• This new schedule would allow for Working Groups to attract broader participation from Boston residents who do not live at that camp and who are not available during the day, via meetings held during early evening hours, without interfering with and/or drawing people away from GA.

• This new schedule allows the FWG much needed meeting time to address other facilitation and communication needs, and to develop and schedule facilitator trainings and Introduction to consensus decision-making workshops.

• Let us remember and recognize that this global movement, of which occupyboston is the local realization, is steeped in horizontal democracy and the consensus process. It is the cornerstone, if not the foundation of how it operates - all voices are equal and everyone gets to listen and comment.

• As Facilitators, we are the protectors and champions (as many of you are, as well) of these guiding principles and we hope to inculcate the consensus practice throughout OB, and not simply have it be seen as a GA management tool.
====MISTAKE - Final GA Schedule Proposal - consented by GA on 10/20/11====
::[[user:gsmurphy]] Yesterday 5:05 am
MISTAKE - this was not the Final Version consented to by the GA.

==Proposal for GA Proposal Submission==
:[[user:gsmurphy]] Thursday, 10:48 am
To strive for an inclusive consensus process, to allow the Assembly to be more informed about, and better prepared for hearing and voting on proposals, to help OccupyBoston participants to be able to plan to be at specific General Assemblies to vote on proposals of interest, and to better the likelihood of passage ....

The Facilitators Working Group proposes the following process for preparing proposals to be taken through consensus at a General Assembly:

1. First Steps (at least one week prior to presenting at GA):
○ post the proposal on the OccupyBoston wiki and make physical copies available at camp;
○ schedule and post online, the date of the GA at which the proposal will be presented;
○ do outreach to all Working Groups to let them know you have a proposal in the pipeline and would like their input;
○ schedule and post online, the date of a public working group meeting, at which the proposal will be reviewed and taken through the consensus process. (Individuals can host meetings, they simply become a working group once the meeting begins.)
2. Announce at the earliest possible evening GA:
○ that you are preparing a proposal,
○ the subject of the proposal and that it is posted online,
○ the date, time and location of the public working group meeting,
○ and the date the proposal will be presented to the GA.
3. Conduct a full consensus Working Group meeting:
○ Document all objections and amendments,
○ Explain how objections were addressed,
(Objections must remain on a public list so that if the proposal cannot address them, and is still consented to, the community knows that there are outstanding concerns/objections to address.)
○ Explain whether or why not amendments were adopted.
4. If the proposal has passed consensus in the public working group meeting, present at the pre-scheduled GA.
5. If the proposal did not reach consensus at the public working group meeting, post that result online and announce at the next available GA that the proposal will not be presented on the previously scheduled date.

We propose that pre-announced, pre-posted, pre-scheduled proposals which have had publicly announced meetings and passed consensus at the public working group meeting, will be considered prior to other proposals, at General Assemblies.

==Revised GA Schedule Talking Points==
:[[user:gsmurphy]] Wednesday, 8:29 pm
TALKING POINTS

• FWG knows that members of OccupyBoston are yearning for more public (community-wide) discussion on relevant topics. This new GA schedule allows plenty of opportunity for these discussions, as well as community teach-ins and workshops, without a sponsoring group having to go through a GA consensus process to arrange the time.

• For example, this new schedule allows groups, such as the anti-oppression group, to present additional workshops, on an ongoing basis, without impacting GA time.

• This new schedule would allow Working Groups to attract broader participation from Boston residents who do not live at that camp and who are not available during the day, via meetings held during early evening hours, without interfering with and/or drawing people away from GA.

• This new schedule allows the FWG much needed meeting time to address other facilitation and communication needs, and to develop and schedule facilitator trainings and Introduction to consensus decision-making workshops.
====re: Revised GA Schedule Talking Points====
::[[user:gsmurphy]] Thursday, 8:03 am
additional TP:

Let us remember and recognize that this global movement, of which occupyboston is the local realization, is steeped in horizontal democracy and the consensus process. It is the cornerstone, if not the foundation of how it operates.

As Facilitators, we are the protectors and champions (as many of you are, as well) of these guiding principles and we hope to inculcate the consensus paractice throughout OB, and not simply have it be seen as a GA management tool.

==Revised GA Schedule Proposal==
:[[user:gsmurphy]] Wednesday, 8:20 pm
This proposal reached consensus at the Facilitator Working Group Meeting, on 10/19/11, and will be presented to the GA, on 10/20/11.

PROPOSAL
The Facilitators Working Group (FWG) proposes, starting on Sunday, October 23, that OccupyBoston move to a schedule of conducting General Assembly every other night, from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

The FWG proposes that all Workin Groups hold at least one publicly accessible, weekly meeting, during one of the non-GA evenings, or on a weekend afternoon. The day and time and place of the meeting is to be posted on the OccupyBoston website, and made available to the Info tent and the Media scheduling boards. The meeting will be facilitated as a horizontal democracy using a consensus decision-making process.

The FWG offers its services to all Working Groups who wish to be trained in a consensus process, and, if needed, can help Working Groups with the facilitation of their first scheduled public meeting.

== Priority Process Proposal as amended at FWG public meeting ==

Priority Proposal Process(Draft - updated to reflect amendments made during public working group meeting )(please note and use the Comment function, at the upper right. For Occupy Boston proposals to: reflect more voices and broader ownership; strive for an inclusive process; allow the Assembly to be more informed about and better prepared for hearing and voting on proposals; to help Occupy Boston participants plan to attend specific General Assemblies so they can vote on proposals of interest; help those making proposals gain practice presenting; and to better the likelihood of passage; the Facilitator Working Group recommends a Priority Proposal process. We strongly encourage everyone to make proposals, particularly those from historically oppressed communities. We think this process helps to ensure that your voice will be heard. Please note that emergency proposals, e.g., from Safety, Medics, Legal, etc., will continue to get immediate attention. We propose the following steps to achieve priority status for your proposal:
#Decide if you want your proposal to receive priority status at a General Assembly. Anyone, whether a group or an individual, can make proposals and gain priority status. Pre-announced, pre-posted, pre-scheduled proposals which have had publicly announced meetings and passed consensus at a public meeting, will be considered prior to other proposals at General Assemblies. Working Groups and individuals may still bring any proposals to the GA, without submitting to this new process, they simply will not have priority status on the agenda.
#First Steps (at least 4 days prior to presenting at GA):
##post the proposal on the OccupyBoston wiki and make physical copies available at the camp library;
##schedule and post online, the date of the GA at which the proposal will be presented;
##do outreach to all WGs to let them know you have a proposal in the pipeline and would like their input;
##schedule and post online, with 48 hours notice, the date of a public meeting (which must be at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled GA), at which the proposal will be reviewed and taken through the consensus process. (Individuals can host meetings) (On non-GA evenings, facilitators will be available at the 5pm Facilitators Working Group meeting to assist with all of these steps, including typing your proposal and helping you write, to the best of our ability.)
#Announce at the earliest possible evening GA, 
##that you are preparing a proposal,
##the subject of the proposal and that it is posted online,
##the date of the public meeting,
##and the date the proposal will be presented to the GA;
#Conduct a full consensus WG meeting where you
##state the need the proposal is addressing;
##first assess whether the proposal requires consensus at a General Assembly;
##Document all objections and amendments.
##Explain how objections were addressed (Objections must remain on a public list so that, if the proposal cannot address them and is still consented to, the community knows that there are outstanding concerns/objections to address.)
##Explain whether or why not amendments were adopted.
#If the proposal has passed consensus in the public meeting, present at the pre-scheduled GA;
#If the proposal did not reach consensus at the public working group meeting, post that result online and announce at the next available GA that the proposal will not be presented on the previously scheduled date OR that you will still bring the proposal to the GA, but it will be given priority status.

Facilitation Working Group

2011-10-26T02:36:24Z

Allison: Update on next step for "Priority Proposal Process" proposal

This the homepage for the '''Facilitators Working Group''' of Occupy Boston.

Please see the pending "Priority Proposal Process" proposal on the FWG discussion tab, or view the google doc: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrCOZelyypZhmD1zXf0HvD1TENrGIyJpDpzDDJ8I8Dw/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrCOZelyypZhmD1zXf0HvD1TENrGIyJpDpzDDJ8I8Dw/edit]

'''''' ''' THE ‘PRIORITY PROPOSAL PROCESS’ PROPOSAL''' '''SUBMITTED BY OB’S FACILITATORS WORKING GROUP''''''WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSENSUS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY '''

'''SATURDAY OCTOBER 29'''''' '''

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The Facilitator's Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

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Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 4:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the Federal Reserve plaza, next to the building across the street (Atlantic Avenue) from where General Assembly takes place. Please join us, your help is needed.

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''What is a facilitator?'' A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating.

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=== Contact Us ===

[mailto:occupybostonfacilitation@gmail.com occupybostonfacilitation@gmail.com]

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Please see the living document we're using to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process. Your comments are welcome.

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuWv7VZ3nS650mOdTF5kKteLrmmp8z3FiddWt6JJQVo/edit?hl=en_US https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuWv7VZ3nS650mOdTF5kKteLrmmp8z3FiddWt6JJQVo/edit?hl=en_US]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''

Talk:Participate

2011-10-25T04:34:59Z

Allison: /* Working Groups are primary place to plug in */ new section

==Take this issue survey==
:[[user:jsager]] Oct 24, 2011 2:52 pm
I am circulating this survey in order to gauge the views of the occupiers on various issues. Please fill out this survey if you haven't already; the more people who fill it out, the better the results. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHhSSGl1dnVsVFVaOTlUa3RFck04RHc6MQ&ifq

==Without living in the encampment, I want to participate==
:[[user:DebakaAmberpaw]] Oct 5, 2011 9:09 am
I am finding it hard to know when marches or events are occurring so I can try and join in them. I welcome help and suggestions.
====re: Without living in the encampment, I want to participate====
::[[user:yanikn]] Oct 7, 2011 11:47 am
The best way to help would be to go to Tent City, find out by contacting the direct action and outreach committees and then posting it on the wiki.
====re: Without living in the encampment, I want to participate====
::[[user:yanikn]] Oct 7, 2011 11:47 am
So others can go to. Or get people's phone numbers so that you can call them periodically and get updates!

== Working Groups are primary place to plug in ==

As working groups are the primary place to plug-in and be intimately involved with making things happen and having a voice in proposals and decisions, shouldn't we give them some prominence on the wiki? Perhaps their own tab? Or a more noticeable section on the Participate page? We're all trying to build participation in the working groups so that work can get done, but you'd hardly know they existed, much less are important given the layout of the wiki.

Talk:GA/General Assembly

2011-10-25T04:30:09Z

Allison: Why present a different GA process and language from what we actually use?

The language on this page does not match the language used in our consensus process. Since there is an official document maintained by the Facilitators Working Group, why isn't that language used here? It will be confusing to people to see this and then arrive at a GA and find that different language and process are what is actually used there.

Should this be a page maintained by the Facilitators Working group?

Facilitation Working Group

2011-10-24T05:50:21Z

Allison: clarifying our role regarding "inclusivity". It is not FWG's job to make sure that OccupyBoston, as a movement, is inclusive. FWG's job is to ensure that the consensus process ensures there is room for all present to have their voices heard.

This the homepage for the '''Facilitators Working Group''' of Occupy Boston.

Please see the pending "Priority Proposal Process" proposal on the FWG discussion tab, 
or view the google doc: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrCOZelyypZhmD1zXf0HvD1TENrGIyJpDpzDDJ8I8Dw/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrCOZelyypZhmD1zXf0HvD1TENrGIyJpDpzDDJ8I8Dw/edit]

'''PUBLIC MEETING''' 
'''TO REVIEW THE ‘PRIORITY PROPOSAL PROCESS’ PROPOSAL''' 
'''SUBMITTED BY OB’S FACILITATORS WORKING GROUP'''

'''MONDAY OCTOBER 24, @ 7:00 PM''' 
'''FEDERAL RESERVE PLAZA'''

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The Facilitator's Working Group is dedicated to protecting the collective thinking and consensus decision-making processes to ensure maximum inclusivity of those present for OccupyBoston decision-making. Our work may include facilitation of meetings, assessing and improving the consensus process and the conduct of meetings, documenting the processes being used by Occupy Boston, training of facilitators and making proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly regarding improved processing of proposal- and decision-making.

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Facilitation WG meetings are at 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 4:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday. The meetings are held in the 
Federal Reserve plaza, next to the building across the street (Atlantic Avenue) from where General Assembly takes place. Please join us, your help is needed. 
---- 
''What is a facilitator?'' 
A facilitator helps members of any Occupy Boston group express themselves in their meetings in a way that allows for consensus-building. Facilitators relinquish their democratic voice on the subjects at hand in order to protect the process for the benefit of the community. As such, facilitators do not indicate their feelings or express their ideas about what is being said or decided upon during the time they are facilitating. 
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===Contact Us===
[mailto:occupybostonfacilitation@gmail.com occupybostonfacilitation@gmail.com]

----

Please see the living document we're using to guide the General Assembly and the consensus process. Your comments are welcome.

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuWv7VZ3nS650mOdTF5kKteLrmmp8z3FiddWt6JJQVo/edit?hl=en_US https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuWv7VZ3nS650mOdTF5kKteLrmmp8z3FiddWt6JJQVo/edit?hl=en_US]

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''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Facilitators Facilitators at wikispaces]''