WG/Strategies/Ideas

Ideas Working Group

Mailing List: ideas@lists.occupyboston.org

Provisional Mission statement: (Laura, please update our working draft here) The Ideas working group is focused on developing mission statement and high level goals. The group will actively seek out the contributions from the occupy boston encampment, its support community, and society at large. It will develop transparent and inclusive methods of organizing and presenting these ideas. It will also host open discussions on topics chosen by the movement itself.

Statement of purpose

There will be a discussion on Friday night at 7 facilitated by the ideas working group. The discussion is public and all are encouraged to join. We will be discussing the question : How does Occupy Boston preserve it's momentum?

Here is an example of what we have been working on.

What's Wrong with our Country?

What's Right with our Country?

Why do you Occupy?

Testaments of the 99% (would not upload)

Agenda

Wed Oct 26

-Friday night discussion

    ~Next strategic steps ( how will occupy boston develop?)
          >our camp
          >indoor space
          >model change
     ~Move your money / Banks
          >alternatives
          >nonviolence
          >partnership with DCU / Liberty
     ~TBD friday night
          >small group
          >input on agenda items
          >hot or not model
     ~How does Occupy Boston preserve it's momentum?
          >( temp check taken and this will be our discussion topic)
          > Publicize on Facebook, twitter, wiki, whiteboard, APB to working groups.
          > Format of discussion
               - Stated that the goal of this discussion will be to bring out and foster the seeds of autonomous actions, working group proposals, positions
               - Small groups, time check in with temp check, Step forward step back
               - Facilitated by Noah and Andrew, Note taking and time keeping by Laura and George
      ~ Planning subsequent topics
           > Word clouds (pass around sheet)
           > Head to Head (hot or not)
           > Online/ whiteboard 

-Contingency plan -Next steps (winterization/other strategies) -Move your money day -living document -Name of group -Strategy/expansion

     ~New methods
     ~validating
     ~collecting other people's ideas

-Meeting time

     ~Wed 6pm / Sun 9:30 pm/ dicussion fri at 7