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<p>initial revision, copied from google docs</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>GA Minutes January 26th, 2012<br /> <br /> Copied from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5rdBVd1cTWK5zdwtBuvkcG8yWKg0j2QoZcubNTOUow/edit?hl=en_US&amp;pli=1<br /> <br /> <br /> === Announcements: ===<br /> <br /> '''Outward Bound Land'''<br /> <br /> <br /> There is a prime location that people requests that people come to a meeting 5 PM Saturday E5. <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Occupy Boston Skill Share Meeting'''<br /> <br /> Shirt/Sweatshirt/Bag screen printing - bring stuff<br /> <br /> 6-8:30 E5 Monday (On Calendar)<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Signs'''<br /> <br /> Needs Donations: Fabric, Banners, Posterboard, Markers <br /> <br /> Bring to GA or E5<br /> <br /> Wants to make awesome signs<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Mutual Aid'''<br /> <br /> Tail End<br /> <br /> If you want Mutual Aid write out your own or fill out a form <br /> <br /> Response Notebook is being passed out for future improvements/critiques/criticism<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Street Theater and Flash Dance'''<br /> <br /> Meeting: Action Summit - Sunday Night <br /> <br /> Lots of leaflets - new song<br /> <br /> <br /> '''T riders meeting'''<br /> <br /> Impact of cuts are heart-wrenching <br /> <br /> Occupy has had a unified voice at the meetings<br /> <br /> Attend to show solidarity and support <br /> <br /> Call for escalating actions <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Occupy UMASS has an eviction notice'''<br /> <br /> <br /> Go there and support with presence <br /> <br /> <br /> Idea: Research on what a spokes council is <br /> <br /> <br /> Public Meeting: Saturday - 10:30 AM at City Place <br /> <br /> Discussing: March 17th - evacuation day, St. Patrick’s, and Anniversary of Occupy<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Modify the Assembly Process'''<br /> <br /> Meeting Tomorrow 6 PM South Station Upper Mezzanine level<br /> <br /> Work towards more engaging GAs and more reflective will <br /> <br /> Currently: proposals belong to the proposer <br /> <br /> creates dictorial power?<br /> <br /> Future: depersonalize the proposal process as well as allocate power to the collective <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Finance'''<br /> <br /> There is a donation box <br /> <br /> FEED IT <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Notebook - We are unstoppable... '''<br /> <br /> Write in it or flip through - apparently it’s awesome <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Occupy Providence'''<br /> <br /> Saturday 3-8 Art-olution <br /> <br /> Includes a March from the encampment - People’s Park on Washington Street <br /> <br /> <br /> '''Occupy the Cape'''<br /> <br /> This weekend <br /> <br /> Needs more People <br /> <br /> Sleeping situation unclear <br /> <br /> <br /> '''City Life'''<br /> <br /> Auction Protest <br /> <br /> Canvasing Next Saturday - more details next Thursday <br /> <br /> 284 Amory Street 29th 1-4<br /> <br /> Walking Distance from Stoney Brook on Orange<br /> <br /> Training and Prop Making event for Monday’s Rally - “Underwater mortgages” <br /> <br /> Start: 50 Rowes Wharf continuing past Fannie Mae and end at Bank of America at 100 Federal Place<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Financial Accounting Working Group'''<br /> <br /> Slide show started with a dope picture of Dewey <br /> <br /> SOLIDARITY<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Occupy Boston Financial Report'''<br /> <br /> Slide show will be posted on wiki <br /> <br /> wiki.occupyboston.org <br /> <br /> * financial accountability tab<br /> * scroll down - statements can be found there <br /> * essentially we need to maintain and continue to gather funds/understand that we need to be exceedingly scrupulous with the funds we currently have as to not run through critical assets for overhead: GA’s, community gathering, storage for logistics, etc.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Participatory Budget Process'''<br /> <br /> Initial Workshop <br /> <br /> February 4th <br /> <br /> Every Working Group should send an ambassador <br /> <br /> Homework: Read Literature <br /> <br /> * Identify needs and priorities as a group<br /> * prepare to discuss what strategic goals will be accomplished via these expenses <br /> * We can use this same process to allocate our other resources: human hours, solidarity, etc and how we can take our budget/resources and how to accomplish all that we want over the course of the next month <br /> * the workshop will be online - WE CAN BE PIONEERS <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Proposals===<br /> <br /> Sherry - Thankful Thursday <br /> * To have a more positivity <br /> * There are so many great things that happened at OB and we should celebrate them <br /> * POI - Facilitation added addendum to each meeting to discuss how it went and any other miscellaneous <br /> * PASSED<br /> <br /> <br /> Tactical SuperworkingclusterforceEXTREMEtemporaryworkinggroup<br /> * In anticipation of an American Spring and the need to re-establish a public encampment - seek to exercise our rights! we need a public space for increased donations as well as eliminate cost for a greater number of people in the public forum - general assembly cannot take on all of the responsibilities of the entire movement. <br /> * begin meetings to discuss future actions <br /> * $7,000 set aside - ear marked so that it can be spent - for March 1st to invest in future of occupy boston in order to assure available funds <br /> * military tents <br /> * fireproofing <br /> * making camp up to code - no violations <br /> * maintain security culture <br /> * controlling the flow of information where it needs to go <br /> * give enough information to maintain trust without blowing cover <br /> * meetings will be on calendar for how budget will be delineated in the future <br /> * this proposal will carry over to Saturday’s GA<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:GA Minutes]]</div>

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