Tent City/Info Tent

Welcome Occupy Boston's Info Tent

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What is the Info Tent?

Occupy Boston’s Info Tent serves to greet visitors to the Occupation and provide useful information to both newcomers and occupiers alike. If it is your first time to Occupy Boston, please feel free to come stop by the Info Tent for a list of daily events (like speakers, workshops, marches, etc.) overview on our many Working Groups, background on Occupy Boston in general or just to voice your viewpoint on how we can or should move forward.

Come share your stories with us in our Visitors Book, where you can voice your stories from the 99%. Ideas and suggestions? We’ve got a book for that too, so let us know how you think we can improve and different directions we can take this movement. We are all in this together and operate on a horizontal democracy, so your opinions count as much anyone else’s. We are the 99%.

Where we are located

The Info Tent is the first tent you see when coming to the main entrance of the Occupation, closest to South Station.

Info Tent Volunteers

Like everything at Occupy Boston, Info is run by dedicated volunteers who help staff the tent to welcome people into our Tent City and try to help answer any questions. We need all the help we can get, so if you are interested in getting involved at Occupy Boston the Info Tent is a great place to start. Please e-mail us at InfoTent@OccupyBoston.org for more information.

Working Group Meetings

The Info Tent is run organizationally by a dedicated working group. We meet every Monday at 7:00pm on location. While you don’t have to be in the working group to volunteer at info, everyone who wants to join the working group and help keep things running is more than welcome. As with every working group and Occupy Boston in General, we operate as a horizontal democracy based on the consensus model. Current Working Group Members include:

Rita Andrew Kevin

How you can help

Start by contacting us at InfoTent@OccupyBoston.org. We also have a mailing list that you can sign up for to get internal updates (mailing serve address) as well as a more general mailing list to give you once-daily updates on Occupy Boston – from daily Volunteer Opportunities, Calendar of Events and news on the ground.

The fact of the matter is we is we need volunteers in every working group at Occupy Boston. From Food, to Free School University, to the Library and Logistics, every working group needs a hand as we work together to build this movement. We welcome your help at Info; but please feel free to look at other working groups and see where you think you could help (which for many of us is more than one spot.)

And if you are feeling up to it, just come on down to Occupy Boston and tell us you want to volunteer. We always have plenty to do; and working together is how we get it done.

Minutes from Meetings

Our first Working Group Meeting is Monday, November 5th at 7:00pm. If you can’t make it, check back here afterwards to see minutes

General Assemblies

General Assemblies are every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:00pm at the main stage. This is where Occupy Boston comes together, operating on the consensus based decision making model. Everyone is welcome to come, and everyone has a voice and a vote. This is where we see horizontal democracy operating in its purest form; where resolutions are proposed, debated and passed (or failed) by vote of the people. There are no lobbyists or corporate money influencing us; and nobody is speaking for you. If you want your voice heard, this is the place to be. Please see the General Assembly page for more information, including minutes of passed meetings.

Contact Us Do you have feedback, questions or suggestions? Please contact us at InfoTent@OccupyBoston.org