Talk:WG/Peace Action - Revision history

https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AWG%2FPeace_Action Talk:WG/Peace Action - Revision history 2026-04-16T08:57:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11403&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:31, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:31:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:31, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>'''After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and </del>UJP, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UNAWC</del></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">between OB peace group and </del>CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">between OB peace group and </del>ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">between OB peace group and </del>IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">between OB peace group and </del>Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Cost: </del>$20<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</del></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>'''After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with United For Justice with Peace ([http://www.justicewithpeace.org/ </ins>UJP<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">])</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">United National Antiwar Committee ([https://nationalpeaceconference.org/ UNAC])</ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with [http://www.codepink.org/ </ins>CODEPINK<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with International Socialist Organization ([http://www.internationalsocialist.org/ </ins>ISO<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">])</ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with International Action Center ([http://www.iacboston.org/ </ins>IAC<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">])</ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with [http://paxchristiusa.org/ </ins>Pax Christi<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chelsea United Against War (</ins>CUAW<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>$20<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1. Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp; ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp; ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11399&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:18, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:18:49Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:18, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>'''After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></del><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></del><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>'''After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp; <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11398&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:18, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:18:27Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:18, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"</del><br/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></div</del>><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>'''After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>'''After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11397&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:18, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:18:19Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:18, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</del></span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>After several meetings<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, with&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present</del>, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)</span>'''<br/></div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"</ins><br/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></div</ins>><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>After several meetings, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11396&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:17, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:17:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:17, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span> ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins><span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>After several meetings, with&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>After several meetings, with&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

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Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11394&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:16, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:16:22Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:16, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span> ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small;">December 4, 2011</span> ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;</span>'''<br/></div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"</del><br/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></div</del>><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>After several meetings, with&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;</span>'''<br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>After several meetings, with&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.'''''&nbsp;'''''</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''</span><br/></div></blockquote><blockquote>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11393&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:16, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:16:11Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:16, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Other Topics'''</span></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Other Topics'''</span></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small;"December 4, 2011</span> ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small;"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></ins>December 4, 2011</span> ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins><span style="color:#0000ff;">Meetings&nbsp;(2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></span></ins>'''<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span>After several meetings, with</ins>&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''''&nbsp;'''''</ins></div><<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/blockquote><blockquote><div style</ins>="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#0000ff</ins>;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">'''Vigils'''</span></ins></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">br</ins>/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Still open </ins>to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></span></ins><br/></<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">div</ins>></<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">blockquote</ins>><<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">blockquote</ins>>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marilyn stated that "Peace Action" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;"><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>Meetings<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>&nbsp;(<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;'''<br/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></span</del>></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After several meetings, with</del>&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.</div><<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">div style</del>="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp</del>;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">span style="color:#0000ff;">''''''<u></u>'''Vigils'''<</del>/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">span</del>></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">'''<u></u>'''Still open </del>to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''<br/></<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">span</del>></<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">div</del>><<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "<br/></div</del>><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "</del>Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></div</del>><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; ">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; ">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; ">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Marilyn stated that "<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>Peace Action<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: small; ">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11392&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:14, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:14:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:14, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= '''<span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Working Group </del>Meeting Notes</span></span>''' =</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= '''<span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Meeting Notes</span></span>''' =</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 18, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''<span style="font-size:small;">December 18, 2011</span>''' ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Other Topics'''</span></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Other Topics'''</span></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span>&nbsp;'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size: small;">'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">November 27</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2011</del>'''</span><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span> ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">;"December 4, 2011</span> ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif</ins>; "><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meetings'''&nbsp;(</ins>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2:30-4:00 every Sunday&nbsp;at South Station mezzanine)&nbsp;'''<br/></span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "After several meetings, with&nbsp;occasional&nbsp;and regular members present, this is the consensus.&nbsp;Needs correction in the schedule from 2:30-3:30 to the correct time of 2:30-4:00.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">''''''<u></u>'''Vigils'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">'''<u></u>'''Still open to discussion since there is no consensus as to frequency and day of the week. We asked whether a vigil means a group presence or whether only one or two make a vigil relevant.&nbsp;There is consensus that the vigils be held on a weekday afternoon at commute time.&nbsp;No vigil last Sunday&nbsp;because of conflict with other OB commitments. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Responsibilities'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''&nbsp;'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Bob: Contact active units to determine return home dates of troops for our planned event in their honor.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Marilyn: Contact between&nbsp;OB peace group&nbsp;and UJP, UNAWC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Trish: Contact between OB peace group and CODEPINK</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Shaun: Contact between OB peace group and ISO</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Frank: Contact between OB peace group and IAC</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Sue: Contact between OB peace group and Pax Christi and CUAW</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Props</ins>'''</span><<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">48 tea lights purchased. Cost: $20&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Found sturdy white canvas sign with grommets: 3X5 ft. for a visual of war spending and other spending categories.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Suggested Slogan: Bring&nbsp;Our War Dollars Home&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Undecided: Do we wear white for the vigils?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Meeting Across Working Groups'''<br/></</ins>span<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "Consensus was reached when Trish suggested we ask&nbsp;the direct action WG to consider: &nbsp;<br/></div><div </ins>style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp; </ins>&nbsp;</<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; ">1.Take a few minutes prior to march to practice chants.&nbsp; Have some chant cards available</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; ">2. Evaluate and hopefully stop the chant, "Whose Streets? Our streets."&nbsp;Does it draw public to our message or alienate them?<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; ">3. Sue will attend the Thursday 4:00 mtg of the DAWG with these concerns from us.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><</ins>span <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">style="color:#0000ff;"</ins>><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Working Group Name'''</span></div><div style</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Marilyn stated that "''Peace Action''" is the official name of a national/state organization and not what we should be called. Discussion followed and will&nbsp;conclude&nbsp;next meeting around these questions:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.Does the OB-PAWG title cause enough of a problem to warrant changing the title&nbsp;which is already "out there"?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Do we need the word "action" in the title to convey that we are not a study group?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Might we become a study/action group?&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Proposed: OB Peace WG, OB Act for Peace WG, OB Action for Peace WG</div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: small; ">'''November 27, 2011'''</span>&nbsp;</div></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

Racheljmcneill https://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:WG/Peace_Action&diff=11390&oldid=prev Racheljmcneill at 03:03, 16 February 2012 2012-02-16T03:03:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:03, 15 February 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= <span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Working Group Meeting Notes</span></span> =</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>= <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Working Group Meeting Notes</span></span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>=</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size:small;">December 18, 2011</span> ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins><span style="font-size:small;">December 18, 2011</span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LOGISTICS</del>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp</del>;Our events have beeen posted on the calendar.&nbsp;We have admin status to add names to the OB list. Meeting location for January 8 not set s yet.&nbsp;We do not know whom to contact about a name change.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">DISCUSSION</del>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp</del>; We discussed the conflict we have with the prevailing "success story" if not victory, in Iraq.&nbsp; We were united in the need to highlight all that still needs to be done to repair the incredible devastation and loss of life committed in that country in our name.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">MOVING FORWARD:&nbsp;</del>Bob is working on an article about the "End of the Iraq War" for the Boston Occupier and requests input.&nbsp;Bob is composing a mission statement for our working group and requests input.&nbsp;Plans reviewed for joint action at Copley Square First Night: Tabling followed by the parade. Spread the word especially in OB venues. Announce it at a GA. Talk it up at other meetings. Tabling from 3:00. Parade starts at 5:30. We will follow the offiicial parade. We need to identify ourselves as Occupy Boston for Peace!</div></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color</ins>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#0000ff;">'''Logistics'''</span><br/></div><br/><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif</ins>;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"></ins>Our events have beeen posted on the calendar.&nbsp;We have admin status to add names to the OB list. Meeting location for January 8 not set s yet.&nbsp;We do not know whom to contact about a name change.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color</ins>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#0000ff</ins>;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">">'''Discussion'''</span><br/></div><br/></div><div></ins>We discussed the conflict we have with the prevailing "success story" if not victory, in Iraq.&nbsp; We were united in the need to highlight all that still needs to be done to repair the incredible devastation and loss of life committed in that country in our name.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Moving Forward'''</span</ins>></div<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">><br/</ins>><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob is working on an article about the "End of the Iraq War" for the Boston Occupier and requests input.&nbsp;Bob is composing a mission statement for our working group and requests input.&nbsp;Plans reviewed for joint action at Copley Square First Night: Tabling followed by the parade. Spread the word especially in OB venues. Announce it at a GA. Talk it up at other meetings. Tabling from 3:00. Parade starts at 5:30. We will follow the offiicial parade. We need to identify ourselves as Occupy Boston for Peace!</div></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size:small;"></ins>'''December 13, 2011<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</span> </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== '''December 13, 2011 ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><blockquote></ins><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upcoming Peace Actions</span>'''</span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></blockquote></ins><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Peace Vigils: '''We decided to accept the invitation to join two existing weekly peace vigils in need of more members rather than have our own on&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturdays @ Park St. Station from 1:00-3:00 and Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 in Copley Square (across Dartmouth St. from the library).&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's remember our identity as OB peace activists. We'll incorporate our identity on our signs and in our actions.</span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</ins><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Civil Liberties March and Rally: '''Thursday 12/15 at Dewey Square. We endorsed this action and plan to participate.&nbsp;</span></<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">blockquote><</ins>blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upcoming Peace Actions</span>'''</span></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Peace Vigils: '''We decided to accept the invitation to join two existing weekly peace vigils in need of more members rather than have our own on&nbsp;</span><span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturdays @ Park St. Station from 1:00-3:00 and Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 in Copley Square (across Dartmouth St. from the library).&nbsp;</span><span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's remember our identity as OB peace activists. We'll incorporate our identity on our signs and in our actions.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</del></span> <span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Civil Liberties March and Rally: '''Thursday 12/15 at Dewey Square. We endorsed this action and plan to participate.&nbsp;</span></blockquote></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Other Topics'''</span></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Other Topics'''</span></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</del></span> '''<span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">color: rgb(69, 69, 69); </del>font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></blockquote></ins><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Listserv: '''As I have had no reply from OBIT to set up a listserv, Marilyn has volunteered to do so for our group.</span><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</ins>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Name Change: '''After discussion at two meetings, we have adopted the name Occupy Boston Action for Peace Working Group.</span> '''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>'''<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Boston Occupier: '''Bob Funke is working on a draft of an article for the OB newspaper to connect militarism with the economic crisis. Please email Bob with any suggestions.</span></blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span> ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <span style="font-size: small;">'''November 27, 2011'''</span><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span> ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">;"><span style="color:#0000ff</del>;">&nbsp;<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></span></del></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&nbsp; </del>No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Decided'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Next meeting: '''Sunday, December 4, 2:30 on the mezzanaine of the South Station Food Court. Peace vigil to follow the meeting: 4:30-5:30 at Dewey Square.&nbsp;Keep checking OB website to learn if our presence is&nbsp;desirable at the courthouse on December 1.&nbsp;Focus of our action will be on the impact of&nbsp; military spending as a drain on the household budgets of the 99%.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Announced'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Alex is on a road tour to other Occupy/church sites&nbsp; in the Boston area.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Requested'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact and support between Direct Action working group and Civil Disobedience/Non Violence working group and Peace Action working group.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Considered'''</span></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Event to welcome Iraq troops home. No informaation available on the arrival dates.&nbsp;Best ways to&nbsp;keep the COST OF MILITARY in the public's attention. Various graphic presentations considered.<br/></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div></blockquote><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</div></div></td></tr> </table>

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