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Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-04-05T03:27:03Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0123_RallySummit_PostMortem_NextSteps 2012, Jan 23 Rally and Summit Post Mortem and Next Steps]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

Full Text and Dissenting Opinion: [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission_Opinion]

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed, pending,proposed) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

NOTE: See also, dissenting opinion, and the references below to prior cases setting the stage for CU.

=== Other Groups Working on This ===

I'd like to have a picture of all of this different groups who are working on reversing Citizens Unitied. This may not belong here, but, it does belong somewhere.

*[http://www.amend2012.org/site/c.8qKOJXMvFaLUG/b.7953607/k.C4B7/Videos.htm?auid=10190780 Common Cause's amend2012] with Robert Reich
*MoveToAmend - they were at summit
*[http://www.rebuildthedream.com/ Rebuild the Dream]

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc Lawrence Lessig talk], Author of Republic, Lost. Basically the same talk he gave at the summit.
*[http://www.truth-out.org/problem-citizens-united-not-corporate-personhood/1326497162 Truth Out's article disputing that it's not about personhood]
*[http://www.truth-out.org/constitutional-amendment-not-needed-congress-already-has-remedy/1326484813 Truth Out's article claiming that Congress can already fix the problem]
*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0424_0001_ZS.html Buckley v Valeo (1976) decision] equated spending money with protected speech and overturned federal limits

*[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/cases/clcc.html?court=US&vol=435&invol=765 First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti(1978)] where CU v FEC recognizes that "the First Amendment applies to corporations", and "reaffirmed the First Amendment principle that the Government lacks the power to restrict political speech based on the speaker’s corporate identity."
*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZS.html Original CU v FEC ruling]
*[http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf Dissenting Opinion on CU v FEC]
*[[Notes from the Citizens United Summit, Jan 21st 2012]]

=== List of Issues where Money Grossly Slants Political Decision Making ===

#[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Insurance/story?id=94181#.TyQkLeNWoSE Government-provided flood insurance] - The government makes available under-priced flood insurance in coastal regions, where private industry refuses to do so because it is not economically viable.  This benefits no one except realtors, who heavily lobby and contribute to congressmen on this issue
#Farm subsidies?
#Corporate tax loopholes (but we need examples of extraordinarily dumb ones.  I think saying just "big oil getting tax breaks" is too left-leaning, even if we all agree.
#...

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[[Category:Working groups|Working_groups]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-04-05T03:26:01Z

Iamstein: /* Additional Resources */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0123_RallySummit_PostMortem_NextSteps 2012, Jan 23 Rally and Summit Post Mortem and Next Steps]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

Full Text and Dissenting Opinion: [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission_Opinion]

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed, pending,proposed) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

NOTE: See also, dissenting opinion, and the references below to prior cases setting the stage for CU.

=== Other Groups Working on This ===

I'd like to have a picture of all of this different groups who are working on reversing Citizens Unitied. This may not belong here, but, it does belong somewhere.

*[http://www.amend2012.org/site/c.8qKOJXMvFaLUG/b.7953607/k.C4B7/Videos.htm?auid=10190780 Common Cause's amend2012] with Robert Reich
*MoveToAmend - they were at summit
*[http://www.rebuildthedream.com/ Rebuild the Dream]

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc Lawrence Lessig talk], Author of Republic, Lost. Basically the same talk he gave at the summit.
*[http://www.truth-out.org/problem-citizens-united-not-corporate-personhood/1326497162 Truth Out's article disputing that it's not about personhood]
*[http://www.truth-out.org/constitutional-amendment-not-needed-congress-already-has-remedy/1326484813 Truth Out's article claiming that Congress can already fix the problem]
*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0424_0001_ZS.html Buckley v Valeo (1976) decision] equated spending money with protected speech and overturned federal limits

*[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/cases/clcc.html?court=US&vol=435&invol=765 First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti(1978)] where CU v FEC recognizes that "the First Amendment applies to corporations", and "reaffirmed the First Amendment principle that the Government lacks the power to restrict political speech based on the speaker’s corporate identity."
*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZS.html Original CU v FEC ruling]
*[http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf Dissenting Opinion on CU v FEC]
*[[Notes from the Citizens United Summit, Jan 21st 2012]]

=== List of Issues where Money Grossly Slants Political Decision Making ===

#

[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Insurance/story?id=94181#.TyQkLeNWoSE Government-provided flood insurance] - The government makes available under-priced flood insurance in coastal regions, where private industry refuses to do so because it is not economically viable.  This benefits no one except realtors, who heavily lobby and contribute to congressmen on this issue.

#

Farm subsidies

#

Corporate tax loopholes (but we need examples of extraordinarily dumb ones.  I think saying just "big oil getting tax breaks" is too left-leaning, even if we all agree.

#

...

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[[Category:Working groups]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-04-05T03:15:34Z

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Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-30T00:23:27Z

Iamstein: /* Minutes from Previous Meetings */

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-30T00:22:43Z

Iamstein: /* Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call */

Notes from 2012 0123 RallySummit PostMortem NextSteps

2012-01-30T00:22:26Z

Iamstein: Created page with "=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call === '''ACTIONS''' §  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG §  GoalPersuade senators..."

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  GoalPersuade senators to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

*Goal: to pursuade senators to sign a letter that favorably report on the hearing.
*§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally, some of us be prepared to speak on the event).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.
*§  1 week out lobby day
*§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day
*§  3 weeks out proposal to GA
*§  4 weeks out present to GA

<br/>'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm? - Heleni said that she could.

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

'''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-24T04:19:56Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  GoalPersuade senators to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

*Goal: to pursuade senators to sign a letter that favorably report on the hearing.
*§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally, some of us be prepared to speak on the event).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.
*§  1 week out lobby day
*§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day
*§  3 weeks out proposal to GA
*§  4 weeks out present to GA

<br/>'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm? - Heleni said that she could.

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

'''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-24T04:16:59Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  Persuade senator to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''''''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally?).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.

§  1 week out lobby day

§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day

§  3 weeks out proposal to GA

§  4 weeks out present to GA

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

'''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-24T04:16:23Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  Persuade senator to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''''''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally?).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.

§  1 week out lobby day

§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day

§  3 weeks out proposal to GA

§  4 weeks out present to GA

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

== <br/> ==

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

'''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-24T04:15:49Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  Persuade senator to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''''''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally?).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.

§  1 week out lobby day

§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day

§  3 weeks out proposal to GA

§  4 weeks out present to GA

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

== <br/> ==

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

§  '''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

<br/>

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-24T04:02:38Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  Persuade senator to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''''''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally?).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.

§  1 week out lobby day

§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day

§  3 weeks out proposal to GA

§  4 weeks out present to GA

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

==   xDraft Thanskyou email ==

§  Ask people to share pictures and photos

§  Ask for feedback on event

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

§  '''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

'''<br/>'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-24T04:02:10Z

Iamstein: /* Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call ===

'''ACTIONS'''

§  Heleni to draft thank you email, Andy to send it out from CU email on behalf of WG

§  Persuade senator to submit a letter after the hearing supporting it 

'''SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON PLANNING FOR FEB. 28  ''''''Below is Laura's proposed action plan.'''

§  Feb 28 hearing (have a rally?).  Make sure to ask to include public financing in the resolution.

§  1 week out lobby day

§  2 weeks out call in and writein in day

§  3 weeks out proposal to GA

§  4 weeks out present to GA

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

§  Pam mentioned a potential donor

§  This event was “unprecedented”

§  Think about different approaches to this besides just an amendment

§  Tiny Tents were great.

§  Mark’s banner was awesome

§  The Balloons

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

§  Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 

§  Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?

§  National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

§  Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...

§  Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is

§  Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates

§  Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.

§  Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

§  Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

§  Publicize it more

§  Doing everything way too late (including the flyer)

§  Focus on other sorts of solutions besides amendment

§  Be careful that people are clear about who is presenting what?

§  It’s good to rotate lobby groups to get different ideas on how to lobby

*We’d have called time and had people rotate from group-to-gorup

*Instead of letting the question/answer go long and skip the breakouts, have the questions become a breakout session
*More time to set up the event is needed
*Spread out all the todos around better so a few of us aren’t swamped
*Sticking to schedule (didn’t succeed into connecting people to WGs)

== Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772.  ==

§  In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

§  Rally?

==   xDraft Thanskyou email ==

§  Ask people to share pictures and photos

§  Ask for feedback on event

'''Language for the amendment resolution'''

*there was a very long discussion here.
*People definitely wanted public financing mentioned in the resolution
*Some people also wanted "public ownership" of the airwaves to be mentioned

'''Brainstorm our next activities'''

·      Rep. Capuano – turn down money from banks

*People were ok with Andy trying to write a grant application to United Republic

'''Division of Labor'''

each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

§  '''EVENT JOBS'''

§  ''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)

§  Signs

§  Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)

§  Food

§  Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)

§  Recording - Minute taker and time keeper

§  Set up and decorations

§  ...

§  '''ORGANIZATION'''

§  ''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 

§  Event planning

§  Coalition building

§  Maintaining website

§  Donations / Grant Writing 

§  ...

'''Stance on political candidates'''

All of us present (Big Mike, Laura, Heleni, Nick, Andy) were interested in having candidates at our events and be part of our working group.  

We had mixed opinions as to whether and to what extent candidates should be permitted to campaign at our events.

*Some thought we should forbid campaigning
*Others thought we should allow it (since when did Occupy Boston start censoring what people can say?)

We did not discuss what to do about politicians in our working group. 

We all want to be able to have candidates at our events and 

§  What do we want politicians to be able to say at our meetings?

§  What do we do about politicians in our working group?

'''<br/>'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T23:27:28Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm at E5 - 33 Harrison Ave, Boston MA (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''a. Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from other'''

*Pam mentioned a donor Pam 

'''b. Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)
*Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.
*Publicize it more
*Doing everyting way too late (including the flyer)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting
*Rally?

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

*Ask people to share pictures and photos
*Ask for feedback on event

'''Language for the amendment'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''What is our WG's stance on political candidates '''(Andy proposes tabling this till we get some guidance from GA)

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T23:12:24Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm at E5 - 33 Harrison Ave, Boston MA (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''a. Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''b. Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)
*Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

*Ask people to share pictures and photos
*Ask for feedback on event

'''Language for the amendment'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''What is our WG's stance on political candidates '''(Andy proposes tabling this till we get some guidance from GA)

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T23:06:32Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm at E5 - 33 Harrison Ave, Boston MA (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''a. Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''b. Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)
*Make sure to have a disclaimer for the event that we do not necessarily support what speakers say.

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

*Ask people to share pictures and photos
*Ask for feedback on event

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''What is our WG's stance on political candidates '''(Andy proposes tabling this till we get some guidance from GA)

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/><br/>

[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T21:58:51Z

Iamstein: /* Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm at E5 - 33 Harrison Ave, Boston MA (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''a. Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''b. Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

*Ask people to share pictures and photos
*Ask for feedback on event

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.
'''What is our WG's stance on political candidates '''(Andy proposes tabling this till we get some guidance from GA)

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T04:10:30Z

Iamstein: /* Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm at E5 - 33 Harrison Ave, Boston MA (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Brief announcements (each one is to be 5 minutes or less)'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*National day of action for Presidents Day (Theresa)

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

*Ask people to share pictures and photos
*Ask for feedback on event

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:41:44Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Brief announcements'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*...

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

*Ask people to share pictures and photos
*Ask for feedback on event

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:40:20Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Brief announcements'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*Anyone want to dial in to the Public Citizen "report back" conference call on Wednesday at 8pm?
*...

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:29:48Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Brief announcements'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*...

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start having people volunteer to do specific things so that the person/people who are taking point on an event know they don't have to keep track of everything and so everyone knows who to contact with questions.  Note, multiple people should sign up for at least some of these things, especially under Organization.

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:27:31Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Brief announcements'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*...

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:18:51Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call<br/> ===

<span style="color:#ff0000;">'''5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''</span>

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.''' '''Brief announcements'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*...

'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:18:15Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Jan 23 Discussion Meeting/Call <br/> ===

'''5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)'''

Below is a proposed agenda that Andy wrote.  Please modify it.  Note, it will be impossible to get through this entire agenda.  Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.  Fortunately, we can relax at least a little bit this week and don't have to get through everything :)  

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.
'''Brief announcements'''

*Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. 
*Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  We should also ask if they're ok with livestreams
*...
'''Rank priority of remaining items.'''

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

*Assign someone to do this.  Andy has the lists, but would prefer to delegate if possible.

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:12:22Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Agree on the main messages we'd like to convey at tomorrow's GA for a report back'''

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of new members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm our next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:11:05Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:10:51Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== <br/> ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:10:40Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:10:22Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
*[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit View] the schedule of our Rally-Summit that was held on the anniversary of Citizens United.  Live streamed videos of some sessions are available.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:06:17Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.

'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:05:33Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===

Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting. '''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates
*Have an OB table next to all the other tablers.
*Add a dryer next to the donation washer (Washer=General Fund, Dryer=CU WG)

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting

'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*O'''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
**''''''If we do get any direct CU donations or grants, I think we should insist (or at least strongly recommend) that 10% (or some other number) of anything we receive go to the Occupy Boston General Fund.  Just like academic research grants always have some portion go to the University, we should have some portion go to the General Fund to support meeting spaces (GAs, E5, etc.) and also to support all the other WGs that support us.  \

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table, buttons, and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T01:01:42Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===
Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this.  Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.
'''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome!  The event was a huge success.  Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''

'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 

*We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.

'''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''

*Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
*Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
*Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates ''' '''

'''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''

*In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting
'''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''

'''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).

*'''Feb 28!  (See above)'''
*'''O''''''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
**''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.   We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk.  There's potential at Northeastern.  Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?).  While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
*'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
**''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
*'''Other Ideas?'''
*'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''

'''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people

*'''EVENT JOBS'''
**''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
**Recruiting (OB info tent table and keep track of sign in sheets)
**Food
**Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
**Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
**...
*'''ORGANIZATION'''
**''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s)) 
**Event planning
**Coalition building
**Maintaining website
**Donations / Grant Writing 
**...

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T00:49:56Z

Iamstein:

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T00:47:27Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===

*'''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?''' 
**We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails.  Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force.  Also, some of them have livestreams online.  We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time.  You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.
*

Talk about what went well and what to improve for next time

*

Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772.  In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting.

*

'''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available). 

**

One idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year that could have a lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next.  

**

On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.

**

Whatever we do, we should write a proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic for a grant].  

*

'''Division of Labor'''

**

It would be good for each of us to have assigned tasks for events and for organization in general:

**

EVENTS

***

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T00:37:14Z

Iamstein:

Notes from 2012 0116 ConferenceCall

2012-01-23T00:35:47Z

Iamstein:

Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) 1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes) Go around each to each group on the call. Who can provide speakers for which break out session? How many tables will we need on Friday? Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group? Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups? 2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) <divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next. One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772. We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div> MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort? 3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes) <div </div> 4) Occupy Working Group issues

On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them. Food (Food WG) Collect Donations (Info Tent) Registration Table (Info Tent) Help with Group Discussion Facilitations Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...) Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...) Anything else? Prior to the events, what do we need people to do? Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?) Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?) Print Flyer (is this done?) Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?) Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa) Media (Laura and Terra) Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?) Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner) Food (Laura + Food WG) Art (Mark) Get Facilitators to Come (Terra) Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?) Notebooks for working groups 9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T00:29:22Z

Iamstein: /* Minutes from Previous Meetings */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)
*Notebooks for working groups

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Notes from 2012 0116 ConferenceCall

2012-01-23T00:28:31Z

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Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)
1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)
Go around each to each group on the call. Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
How many tables will we need on Friday?
Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
2) Plan the next action (30 minutes)
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next. One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772. We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>
MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to.
Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)
<div
</div>
4) Occupy Working Group issues

On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
Food (Food WG)
Collect Donations (Info Tent)
Registration Table (Info Tent)
Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
Anything else?
Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
Print Flyer (is this done?)
Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
Media (Laura and Terra)
Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
Food (Laura + Food WG)
Art (Mark)
Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)
Notebooks for working groups
9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T00:26:48Z

Iamstein: /* List of Groups that will be Tabling */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)
*Notebooks for working groups

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-23T00:26:33Z

Iamstein: /* Coalition Building Break out groups - Sat 1:30pm */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday
*Corporate Accountability International -

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)
*Notebooks for working groups

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-19T02:08:55Z

Iamstein: /* Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday
*Corporate Accountability International -

=== Coalition Building Break out groups - Sat 1:30pm ===

We had the idea of having a few coalition buildig breakout groups over specific issues.  They would be facilitated by people from the Occupy Boston Facilitations working group and be a chance to figure out how to work together to build the movement

*Constitutional Amendment
**Move to Amend?
**Free Speech for People?
**Rootstrikers?
**...?
*S772
**Free Speech for People?
**Mass League of Women Voters?
**MassVOTE?
**The Coffee Party of Boston?
**Pubilc Citizen?
**...?
*Others...

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)
*Notebooks for working groups

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-19T02:03:11Z

Iamstein: /* List of Groups that will be Tabling */

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday
*Corporate Accountability International -

=== Coalition Building Break out groups - Sat 1:30pm ===

We had the idea of having a few coalition buildig breakout groups over specific issues.  They would be facilitated by people from the Occupy Boston Facilitations working group and be a chance to figure out how to work together to build the movement

*Constitutional Amendment
**Move to Amend?
**Free Speech for People?
**Rootstrikers?
**...?
*S772
**Free Speech for People?
**Mass League of Women Voters?
**MassVOTE?
**The Coffee Party of Boston?
**Pubilc Citizen?
**...?
*Others...

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy

2012-01-17T21:53:22Z

Iamstein:

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<br/><br/><br/>

<span style="font-size:x-large;">[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit '''CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE''']</span>

The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy

2012-01-17T21:52:58Z

Iamstein:

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<span style="font-size:x-large;">[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit '''CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED SCHEDULE''']</span>

The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy

2012-01-17T06:24:48Z

Iamstein:

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Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-17T06:24:05Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday

=== Coalition Building Break out groups - Sat 1:30pm ===

We had the idea of having a few coalition buildig breakout groups over specific issues.  They would be facilitated by people from the Occupy Boston Facilitations working group and be a chance to figure out how to work together to build the movement

*Constitutional Amendment
**Move to Amend?
**Free Speech for People?
**Rootstrikers?
**...?
*S772
**Free Speech for People?
**Mass League of Women Voters?
**MassVOTE?
**The Coffee Party of Boston?
**Pubilc Citizen?
**...?
*Others...

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-17T06:08:37Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-to-end-corporate-personhood January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday

=== Coalition Building Break out groups - Sat 1:30pm ===

We had the idea of having a few coalition buildig breakout groups over specific issues.  They would be facilitated by people from the Occupy Boston Facilitations working group and be a chance to figure out how to work together to build the movement

*Constitutional Amendment
**Move to Amend?
**Free Speech for People?
**Rootstrikers?
**...?
*S772
**Free Speech for People?
**Mass League of Women Voters?
**MassVOTE?
**The Coffee Party of Boston?
**Pubilc Citizen?
**...?
*Others...

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

The Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy

2012-01-17T05:52:58Z

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Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-17T05:19:33Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/The_Rally_and_Summit_to_Unite_Citizens_for_Democracy January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday

=== Coalition Building Break out groups - Sat 1:30pm ===

We had the idea of having a few coalition buildig breakout groups over specific issues.  They would be facilitated by people from the Occupy Boston Facilitations working group and be a chance to figure out how to work together to build the movement

*Constitutional Amendment
**Move to Amend?
**Free Speech for People?
**Rootstrikers?
**...?
*S772
**Free Speech for People?
**Mass League of Women Voters?
**MassVOTE?
**The Coffee Party of Boston?
**Pubilc Citizen?
**...?
*Others...

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-17T05:17:22Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/The_Rally_and_Summit_to_Unite_Citizens_for_Democracy January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday

=== Coalition Building Break out groups ===

*Constitutional Amendment
**Move to Amend?
**Free Speech for People?
**Rootstrikers?
**...?
*S772
**Free Speech for People?
**Mass League of Women Voters?
**MassVOTE?
**The Coffee Party of Boston?

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)

2012-01-17T04:49:30Z

Iamstein:

== Overview ==

Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics.  We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics.  This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly.  Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise.  To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page.  You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.

*Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
*Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here]. 
*Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.

== Main Events on January 20-21 ==

On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision,  a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates

*'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''

*'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''

*'''[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/The_Rally_and_Summit_to_Unite_Citizens_for_Democracy January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''

== Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==

=== List of Groups that will be Tabling ===

*Move to Amend - Friday/Saturday
*MassVOTE - Friday/Saturady
*Rootstrikers - Friday/Saturday

== Meetings:<br/> ==

=== Agenda for Jan 16 Conference Call at 7pm (218-844-3377, access code 735433#) ===
<div>'''1) Discuss and approve the schedule (30 minutes)'''</div>
*Go around each to each group on the call.  Who can provide speakers for which break out session?
*How many tables will we need on Friday?
*Do we have one registration (sign in) table, or sign in tables for each group?
*Should we try and have one email list that will contain information about all the different groups?
<div>'''2) Plan the next action (30 minutes) '''<br/></div>
<divA common theme from Wedensday's meeting was that we need to have clear actions for what the Rally/Summit attendees can do next.  One idea is a concerted lobbying effort to get a hearing for S772.  We are open to discussing other ideas, but whatever is decided, it should be determined which group(s) will take the lead.</div>

*<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MassVOTE has been talking about making a petition for people to do on/offline to the legislature on the resolution. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They could bring that as a first step for people to do on the 20/21st and then reach back out to people about hearing dates, lobby dates, etc. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Alternatively they could have the petition and maybe already have a lobby day scheduled that people can commit to. </span>
*Should we collect signatures as part of our lobbying effort?
<div>'''3) Any other remaining issues that need to be discussed (up to 30 minutes)'''<br/></div>
<div<br/></div>
<div>'''4) Occupy Working Group issues'''</div><div><br/></div><div>On the day of the events, what jobs do we need done and who is assigned to do them.
*Food (Food WG)
*Collect Donations (Info Tent)
*Registration Table (Info Tent)
*Help with Group Discussion Facilitations
*Set Up (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Take Down (Laura, Andy, ...)
*Anything else?

Prior to the events, what do we need people to do?
</div>
*Get the $ from GA to pay St. Paul and Suffolk U. (?)
*Figure out MC and who will introduce speakers (?)
*Print Flyer (is this done?)
*Make sure to get on the Occupy Calendar (?)
*Make Donations Box Washer/Dryer (Casa)
*Media (Laura and Terra)
**Contact public radio (Laura? Terra?)
**Post our event on people's facebook pages (Laura tells Kevin or Gunner)
*Food (Laura + Food WG)
*Art (Mark)
*Get Facilitators to Come (Terra)
*Organizing the entertainment for Friday (?) Also, can some go on during the gathering time (4-4:30?)

'''9 pm - Conference call with Citizens United Occupy DC chapter'''

=== Minutes from Previous Meetings ===

*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
*[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]

== Background Information: ==

=== Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===

*The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
*Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
*In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
*The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.

=== Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===

*Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation

=== Additional Resources ===

*[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
*[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)

<br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>