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Deepgreen1: /* list of ideas */

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list of ideas

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	*jobs for all who are able to work		*jobs for all who are able to work
	*tax the corporations, banks, and the top 1%		*tax the corporations, banks, and the top 1%
			*[[Community Reinvestment\|Community Reinvestment]]

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	~~== Collected data from other sources: ==~~		----

	<~~div~~<br/></~~div~~><div>'''FROM THE CAMP INTERVIEWS (Eric):'''  </div><div><div>		'''<span style="font-size:large;">VALUES Data:</span>'''



			data of resoponses to the question: "What Values do you feel that we, as Occupy Boston, all share?" that was posed on a white board, was surveyed from someone walking around asking, and a ideas collection box in front of the Ghandi Statue.  Collection occurred around Nov 1st, 2011.

			Here is the word cloud that is the ~15% of responses that involved a concept that can be seen as a Value.  NOTE: the other 85% of comments are not in this word cloud:

			<br/>[[File:Ideas values raw.png\|300x358px\|RTENOTITLE]]\



			RAW DATA:
			<div>'''FROM THE CAMP INTERVIEWS (Eric):'''  </div><div><div>
	'''<u>What are the values that we, as Occupy Boston, all share? </u>'''		'''<u>What are the values that we, as Occupy Boston, all share? </u>'''

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	</div><div><br/></div></div><div><br/></div><div>'''Comments left in the Occupy Boston Ideas working group'''</div><div>'''box in front of the Ghandi Statue, anwering the same question as above.'''</div><div><br/></div><div>''Comments were taken out before the ideas working group meeting 9:30pm''</div><div>''on Sunday Nov. 6th 2011. Compiled by Andrew''</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>-       Fill bank mailing envelopes with junk mail and return them – make it</div><div>as heavy as you can</div><div>-       Respect for everyone’s need to have food shelter safety education</div><div>well-being and a say in how their government deploys resources</div><div>-       For the rich to promote economic fairness</div><div>-       Stop corporate power from influencing our government</div><div>-       Earth Care, People Care, Fairshare (The 3 ethics of Permaculture)</div><div>-       Eliminate the power to money in the political process</div><div>-       Non-violence</div><div>-       Justice, Equality, Fairness for all, Importance of Taking a stand</div><div>for these values.  Stand against corporate greed!  Corruption in</div><div>Government.</div><div>-       Can you or will you define “Occupy Boston”? If this term is meant to</div><div>mean the people living, staying and working in Dewey Square we share</div><div>NO COMMON VALUES.  The majority of people here are committed to</div><div>violence.  Don’t believe me?  Ask a person what they will do if</div><div>struck.  Most will promise you “I will strike back”</div><div>-       Equality for all.</div><div>-       Keep the spirit alive. Non-violent. Feed people. Housing and health</div><div>care.  Should be fundamental rights for all people – there is enough</div><div>money in this country to care for all people.  No starving children or</div><div>elderly.</div><div>-       Great Work! This is an awesome Idea Ideas Group</div><div>-       We need to organize more acts of civil disobedience to bring</div><div>attention to the main topic of occupy.  We fight to result our</div><div>democracy from the corporate oligarchy… to rescue our democracy</div><div>against corporatocracy.</div><div>-       Differentiate between short term and long term goals. A) sort term</div><div>job stimulus. B) long-term reduce military as well as other benefits.</div><div>C) accept that changes to social security, Medicare and Medicaid are</div><div>needed. They can be made more progressively paid for rather than</div><div>sacrifice benefit levels and eligibility.  A good planet is hard to</div><div>find!</div><div>-       Non-violence.  Social justice, volunteerism and can-do spirit.</div><div>Standing for something. Individuality combined with unity.</div><div>Non-violent.  Regulate American companies that have moved from</div><div>country. Revolution.  Save our democracy from corporate oligarchs end</div><div>the corporatocracy. Pro-freedom and virtue.  Pro-economic patriotism.</div><div>Pro-family. Anti-corporate corruption. Anti-corporate parasitism.</div><div>Anti-economic treason.</div><div>-       What do you stand for?</div><div>-       This place is a fuckin’ joke homeless & drug addicts only a matter</div><div>of time before mayor shuts down.</div><div>-       Saftey is a joke</div><div>-       The common good should benefit everyone involved.  When we dicide</div><div>the issues we stand for they should be made so that the average</div><div>American can get on board by relating to them.  If we loose sight of</div><div>the goals we set out attempting to accomplish we will fail.  The most</div><div>important thing to tdo is keep communicating.  Especially the lost and</div><div>hopeless who wander in like refugees hoping to finally find content.</div><div>-       We are all in this together.  Keep it up.</div><div>-       look after others as you would look out for yourself.</div><div>-       Unfair?  It is.  But its worse than unfair.  It’s unsustainable.</div><div>Bound to fail.  As it is doing now.  We need a new system.  The only</div><div>thing that will work is social credit.</div><div>-       I would like to say bless all that stand in the face of oppression</div><div>and don’t blink.</div><div>-       We want cahnage ant he end of the monetary system.  We all</div><div>understand the universe is dynamic with no stable state.  We are that</div><div>pendulum.</div><div>-       Here is a chance for people who felt forgotten and marginalized to</div><div>come together and feel that each one of us counts. Boycott big bands.</div><div>Put your money in a safe place instead.</div><div>-       Honesty.  An honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work.  Free</div><div>assembly.  Consensus. Right of every voice to be heard.</div><div>-       That people should be more represented by the government.  That our</div><div>whold environment needs protection and respect.  That we humans are</div><div>not the only beings that count.  That we need to work far more for</div><div>ways to establish peaceful solutions.  Though it may take much effort</div><div>and time.</div><div>-       Having more money does not give you more of a right to be heard.</div><div>Capitolism is not a perfect system.  No system is perfect.  It is our</div><div>responsibility to inject the system with ethics and morality.</div><div>-       To enhance a better life for us all together as one.</div><div>Love/compassion/joy/happiness/oneness.</div><div>-       The essence of America. Community. Saftey. Individuality.</div><div>Neighborliness. Support. Creativity. The common goal of removing</div><div>corporations influsne on government and cive dielide of fascisim.</div><div>Wanting America to be “great” and the “land of opportunity for all,</div><div>not some. Drives ambition.  Resourcefullness.  Willing to listen</div><div>(consensus). Wanting to take back the “American Dream”. Cleanliness.</div><div>Consistensy. Sorry for my somewhat ambiguous terms, America is riddled</div><div>w/ certain prrases and terms of endearment to describe.</div><div>-       Dicksucking</div><div>-       Non-Violence. Suffering. Love.</div><div>-       Draft: A message from Occupy Boston Past: Statement of</div><div>OccupationToday the United States is confronted by a toxic mix of</div><div>financial, social, and environmental catastrophes that demand a</div><div>thorough and immediate solution. The common root of these disasters is</div><div>the domination of our social, economic, and political lives by the</div><div>interests of a financially prosperous minority. The actions of this 1%</div><div>threaten our lives, the lives of all the Earth’s creatures, our</div><div>livelihoods, our liberty, our shared humanity, and our common future.</div><div>In response, we, the General Assembly of Occupy Boston have abandoned</div><div>usual democratic channels and chosen instead direct democracy. The</div><div>corrupt order amidst which we live demands a profound collective</div><div>response. Occupy Boston is that response. Because, the problems of</div><div>economic inequality, unemployment, and crushing debt, are all</div><div>symptomatic of the larger corrupting influence money has had on our</div><div>political and social lives, Because, this influence has impeded</div><div>progress toward a more just and sustainable society, has perpetuated</div><div>crisis at home, war abroad and perverts democratic action, Because,</div><div>the pursuit of the elites has had an even more devastating effect on</div><div>the more vulnerable and less empowered members of our community as</div><div>well as on the ecosystems upon which our species depends, Because,</div><div>this financial minority also own or control, directly or indirectly,</div><div>the media and legal apparatus: we have retaken the commons and</div><div>resurrected direct democracy.   / Present: Statement of PurposeWe the</div><div>people who have occupied Dewey Square, under the name Occupy Boston,</div><div>have done so in order to maintain a place, where all voices are</div><div>welcome for the open discussion of ideas, grievances, and potential</div><div>solutions to the problems apparent in our society. We are and will be</div><div>holding general assemblies where proposals may be brought to the group</div><div>as a whole, to be consented to. We have and will continue to occupy</div><div>this space for the purpose of DEMOCRACY. / Be it resolved that we, the</div><div>General Assembly of Occupy Boston, acting in solidarity with</div><div>occupations across America and with peoples' movements worldwide, do</div><div>hereby declare our opposition to all systems of power that function to</div><div>maintain oppressive and undemocratic systems. We declare that a better</div><div>world is possible, and that it is our right and responsibility to</div><div>begin creating it. / Future: Mission Statement / Our mission is to</div><div>give birth to a just and compassionate body politic that will tread</div><div>lightly upon the Earth. Our mission will be accomplished when these</div><div>goals are met: / 1. The US has a sustainable peace time economy. 2.</div><div>The voices of the 99% are heard and acted upon. 3. All the Earth’s</div><div>ecosystems are healthy. 4. In allocating resources, the US government</div><div>priorities the needs of the environment and the 99% who are not</div><div>wealthy.</div>		</div><div><br/></div></div><div><br/></div><div>'''Comments left in the Occupy Boston Ideas working group'''</div><div>'''box in front of the Ghandi Statue, anwering the same question as above.'''</div><div><br/></div><div>''Comments were taken out before the ideas working group meeting 9:30pm''</div><div>''on Sunday Nov. 6th 2011. Compiled by Andrew''</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>-       Fill bank mailing envelopes with junk mail and return them – make it</div><div>as heavy as you can</div><div>-       Respect for everyone’s need to have food shelter safety education</div><div>well-being and a say in how their government deploys resources</div><div>-       For the rich to promote economic fairness</div><div>-       Stop corporate power from influencing our government</div><div>-       Earth Care, People Care, Fairshare (The 3 ethics of Permaculture)</div><div>-       Eliminate the power to money in the political process</div><div>-       Non-violence</div><div>-       Justice, Equality, Fairness for all, Importance of Taking a stand</div><div>for these values.  Stand against corporate greed!  Corruption in</div><div>Government.</div><div>-       Can you or will you define “Occupy Boston”? If this term is meant to</div><div>mean the people living, staying and working in Dewey Square we share</div><div>NO COMMON VALUES.  The majority of people here are committed to</div><div>violence.  Don’t believe me?  Ask a person what they will do if</div><div>struck.  Most will promise you “I will strike back”</div><div>-       Equality for all.</div><div>-       Keep the spirit alive. Non-violent. Feed people. Housing and health</div><div>care.  Should be fundamental rights for all people – there is enough</div><div>money in this country to care for all people.  No starving children or</div><div>elderly.</div><div>-       Great Work! This is an awesome Idea Ideas Group</div><div>-       We need to organize more acts of civil disobedience to bring</div><div>attention to the main topic of occupy.  We fight to result our</div><div>democracy from the corporate oligarchy… to rescue our democracy</div><div>against corporatocracy.</div><div>-       Differentiate between short term and long term goals. A) sort term</div><div>job stimulus. B) long-term reduce military as well as other benefits.</div><div>C) accept that changes to social security, Medicare and Medicaid are</div><div>needed. They can be made more progressively paid for rather than</div><div>sacrifice benefit levels and eligibility.  A good planet is hard to</div><div>find!</div><div>-       Non-violence.  Social justice, volunteerism and can-do spirit.</div><div>Standing for something. Individuality combined with unity.</div><div>Non-violent.  Regulate American companies that have moved from</div><div>country. Revolution.  Save our democracy from corporate oligarchs end</div><div>the corporatocracy. Pro-freedom and virtue.  Pro-economic patriotism.</div><div>Pro-family. Anti-corporate corruption. Anti-corporate parasitism.</div><div>Anti-economic treason.</div><div>-       What do you stand for?</div><div>-       This place is a fuckin’ joke homeless & drug addicts only a matter</div><div>of time before mayor shuts down.</div><div>-       Saftey is a joke</div><div>-       The common good should benefit everyone involved.  When we dicide</div><div>the issues we stand for they should be made so that the average</div><div>American can get on board by relating to them.  If we loose sight of</div><div>the goals we set out attempting to accomplish we will fail.  The most</div><div>important thing to tdo is keep communicating.  Especially the lost and</div><div>hopeless who wander in like refugees hoping to finally find content.</div><div>-       We are all in this together.  Keep it up.</div><div>-       look after others as you would look out for yourself.</div><div>-       Unfair?  It is.  But its worse than unfair.  It’s unsustainable.</div><div>Bound to fail.  As it is doing now.  We need a new system.  The only</div><div>thing that will work is social credit.</div><div>-       I would like to say bless all that stand in the face of oppression</div><div>and don’t blink.</div><div>-       We want cahnage ant he end of the monetary system.  We all</div><div>understand the universe is dynamic with no stable state.  We are that</div><div>pendulum.</div><div>-       Here is a chance for people who felt forgotten and marginalized to</div><div>come together and feel that each one of us counts. Boycott big bands.</div><div>Put your money in a safe place instead.</div><div>-       Honesty.  An honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work.  Free</div><div>assembly.  Consensus. Right of every voice to be heard.</div><div>-       That people should be more represented by the government.  That our</div><div>whold environment needs protection and respect.  That we humans are</div><div>not the only beings that count.  That we need to work far more for</div><div>ways to establish peaceful solutions.  Though it may take much effort</div><div>and time.</div><div>-       Having more money does not give you more of a right to be heard.</div><div>Capitolism is not a perfect system.  No system is perfect.  It is our</div><div>responsibility to inject the system with ethics and morality.</div><div>-       To enhance a better life for us all together as one.</div><div>Love/compassion/joy/happiness/oneness.</div><div>-       The essence of America. Community. Saftey. Individuality.</div><div>Neighborliness. Support. Creativity. The common goal of removing</div><div>corporations influsne on government and cive dielide of fascisim.</div><div>Wanting America to be “great” and the “land of opportunity for all,</div><div>not some. Drives ambition.  Resourcefullness.  Willing to listen</div><div>(consensus). Wanting to take back the “American Dream”. Cleanliness.</div><div>Consistensy. Sorry for my somewhat ambiguous terms, America is riddled</div><div>w/ certain prrases and terms of endearment to describe.</div><div>-       Dicksucking</div><div>-       Non-Violence. Suffering. Love.</div><div>-       Draft: A message from Occupy Boston Past: Statement of</div><div>OccupationToday the United States is confronted by a toxic mix of</div><div>financial, social, and environmental catastrophes that demand a</div><div>thorough and immediate solution. The common root of these disasters is</div><div>the domination of our social, economic, and political lives by the</div><div>interests of a financially prosperous minority. The actions of this 1%</div><div>threaten our lives, the lives of all the Earth’s creatures, our</div><div>livelihoods, our liberty, our shared humanity, and our common future.</div><div>In response, we, the General Assembly of Occupy Boston have abandoned</div><div>usual democratic channels and chosen instead direct democracy. The</div><div>corrupt order amidst which we live demands a profound collective</div><div>response. Occupy Boston is that response. Because, the problems of</div><div>economic inequality, unemployment, and crushing debt, are all</div><div>symptomatic of the larger corrupting influence money has had on our</div><div>political and social lives, Because, this influence has impeded</div><div>progress toward a more just and sustainable society, has perpetuated</div><div>crisis at home, war abroad and perverts democratic action, Because,</div><div>the pursuit of the elites has had an even more devastating effect on</div><div>the more vulnerable and less empowered members of our community as</div><div>well as on the ecosystems upon which our species depends, Because,</div><div>this financial minority also own or control, directly or indirectly,</div><div>the media and legal apparatus: we have retaken the commons and</div><div>resurrected direct democracy.   / Present: Statement of PurposeWe the</div><div>people who have occupied Dewey Square, under the name Occupy Boston,</div><div>have done so in order to maintain a place, where all voices are</div><div>welcome for the open discussion of ideas, grievances, and potential</div><div>solutions to the problems apparent in our society. We are and will be</div><div>holding general assemblies where proposals may be brought to the group</div><div>as a whole, to be consented to. We have and will continue to occupy</div><div>this space for the purpose of DEMOCRACY. / Be it resolved that we, the</div><div>General Assembly of Occupy Boston, acting in solidarity with</div><div>occupations across America and with peoples' movements worldwide, do</div><div>hereby declare our opposition to all systems of power that function to</div><div>maintain oppressive and undemocratic systems. We declare that a better</div><div>world is possible, and that it is our right and responsibility to</div><div>begin creating it. / Future: Mission Statement / Our mission is to</div><div>give birth to a just and compassionate body politic that will tread</div><div>lightly upon the Earth. Our mission will be accomplished when these</div><div>goals are met: / 1. The US has a sustainable peace time economy. 2.</div><div>The voices of the 99% are heard and acted upon. 3. All the Earth’s</div><div>ecosystems are healthy. 4. In allocating resources, the US government</div><div>priorities the needs of the environment and the 99% who are not</div><div>wealthy.</div>

OneKarma: moved Vote here to WG/Strategies/Ideas/Brainstorm

2011-11-09T23:10:02Z

moved Vote here to WG/Strategies/Ideas/Brainstorm

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Tfaing at 18:20, 8 November 2011

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OneKarma at 19:37, 7 November 2011

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			[Note: why does this page exist? if there is to be such a page, it should be at least organized by category. none of these ideas are developed, and many of them are just selfish desires. the Ideas group needs to take a step back to better determine its structure.]

	==list of ideas==		==list of ideas==
	Add your idea with a* in front of it		Add your idea with a* in front of it

David Keil at 14:40, 7 November 2011

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	*Communications wg to solidify with other "occupiers"		*Communications wg to solidify with other "occupiers"
	*Increased self-sufficiency		*Increased self-sufficiency
			*bring the troops home now from Afghanistan
			*end the drone war
			*funds for human needs, not war
			*education for all is a right
			*universal health care
			*jobs for all who are able to work
			*tax the corporations, banks, and the top 1%
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	Back to [[Ideas]] Page		Back to [[Ideas]] Page

AriaLittlhous at 14:14, 7 November 2011

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	*Continuing Move your Money with Move your investments		*Continuing Move your Money with Move your investments
	*"Occupy" the vote		*"Occupy" the vote
			*pacifism
			*non-violence
			*sustainability
			*environmentalism
			*horizontal democracy
			*preferential option for the poor'
			*justice
			*compassion
	* Do we really live in a "Democracy"?		* Do we really live in a "Democracy"?
	*Communications wg to solidify with other "occupiers"		*Communications wg to solidify with other "occupiers"

Ndmc at 01:24, 4 November 2011

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 *Online/offline divide
 *onsite/offsite divide
+*How do we improve GAs
 *Money in politics and how to get it out
 *declarations, position statements, statements of purpose, lists of demands that people have been writing

Ndmc: /* list of ideas */

2011-11-01T21:11:59Z

list of ideas

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	*Appreciation Board/Ritual to recognize work not violating our leaderless ethic		*Appreciation Board/Ritual to recognize work not violating our leaderless ethic
	*Welcoming Committee		*Welcoming Committee
			*How to see the camp as a tactic in a broader strategy
			*how to include the entire community of supporters in decision making processes
			*Online/offline divide
			*onsite/offsite divide

	*Money in politics and how to get it out		*Money in politics and how to get it out
	*declarations, position statements, statements of purpose, lists of demands that people have been writing		*declarations, position statements, statements of purpose, lists of demands that people have been writing