Road Map Planning

2011-12-16T17:42:03Z

TheresaOccupy:

Below is the list of thoughts given at the first Road Map Planning Meeting.

Strengths

Coherence of Group
Strength in Unity
Consensus (Horizontal Democracy)
Consumer Strategy Direct Action
Variety and amount of Creative Ideas and Energy
Exceptional Background of Skills
Working Together
Multiple Agenda’s
Transparency
Global Movement
The Opportunity to Meet New People

Weaknesses

Weaknesses
Resistance and refusal to address the concerns of marginalized groups AS central issues
Resistance and Refusal to Address Central Issues
Constant Crisis Mode
Reactive vs. Proactive
Multiple Agendas
Lots of Ideas, Not A lot of Strategy
Boring GA
Non Productive GA
No Definition of Non-Violence
Unresponsive from GA
People feel intimidated
Complexity of the Issues of the 1%
Agent Provocateurs
Thinking We Only Work Outside the System
Lacking Information Sharing

Opportunities

Healing
Non Violent Communication Training
Inter-Work Group Collaboration (2)
Maximize election year potential
Day of Rest
Promote Transparency
Opportunity to regroup
Morphing Physical Presence
Opportunity to Influence
Furthering cause, more attention to media and message
Looking to Define the Change
Networking with the world Social Forums
Building the Foundation
Training for Progress
In-depth Analysis of what was good and what wasn’t
Educational Opportunity for the 9(%
30/60 second elevator pitch
Selfless Autonomous Action
More non-violent training
Mass Movement Building
Win Hearts and Minds through intelligent debate
ideas and debates
Opportunities Continued
More Comprehensive Strategy
Parallel Organizing
Better Planned Direct Actions
Embrace Diversity of Tactics
Reaching Out to Other Occupations
Accessibility To All

Threats

Danger of Triviality
Bogged Down by Process
Coherence (In-Fighting)
Oppression
Burn Out
Duplicating efforts (too many parallel meetings)
Over emphasis on Semantics
Hostile Media
1%
Young Male “I don’t give a fuck attitude”
Egoism
Autonomous Action Without Thought
Lack of Respect for Divergent Thoughts
GA Not Respected
Agent Provocateurs
Elevate Actuality
Co-option
“Moccupation”
Lack of info-understanding what you are doing
Lack of Accountability
Eliticism

Facilitation Working Group

2011-10-31T01:28:25Z

TheresaOccupy:

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

On 10/25/11, at a public meeting, attendees consented to the FWG's "Priority Process Proposal."  See the full text of the proposal at the bottom of the discussion page.
'''PRIORITY PROCESS PROPOSAL'''
'''WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSENSUS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY''''''(hopefully) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30'''''''''

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

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

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

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=== Contact Us ===

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

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

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

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

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Road Map Planning

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