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'''Mission Statement:'''
<p><b>Mission Statement:</b>
 
</p><p>The Ideas working group actively seeks contributions from the Occupy Boston encampment, its community of supporters, and society at large. It develops transparent and inclusive methods for organizing these ideas in order to facilitate their exchange and development. It also hosts open discussions on concerns, values, and strategies. (Help improve this draft here: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="User:WG-Ideas">User:WG-Ideas</a>)
The Ideas working group actively seeks contributions from the Occupy Boston encampment, its community of supporters, and society at large. It develops transparent and inclusive methods for organizing these ideas in order to facilitate their exchange and development. It also hosts open discussions on concerns, values, and strategies. (Help improve this draft here: [[User:WG-Ideas]])
</p>
 
<h2>Meeting Time(s)</h2>
==Meeting Time(s)==
<ul><li><b>Sunday, November 6 9:30 pm</b> (after the last proposal at GA) - <b>Location: meet at the Gandhi statue</b>, move indoors from there.  
*'''Sunday, November 6 9:30 pm''' (after the last proposal at GA) - '''Location: meet at the Gandhi statue''', move indoors from there.  
</li></ul>
 
<p><br />
 
</p>
==Upcoming Public Discussions==
<h2>Upcoming Public Discussions</h2>
*Held in the GA area, unless otherwise specified
<ul><li>Held in the GA area, unless otherwise specified
*There will be FREE HOT FAIR-TRADE COFFEE AND TEA!!
</li><li>There will be FREE HOT FAIR-TRADE COFFEE AND TEA!!
*Topics set based on suggestions collected online [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Vote_here&action=edit vote here] and on the whiteboard outside Media tent
</li><li>Topics set based on suggestions collected online <a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Vote_here&amp;action=edit">vote here</a> and on the whiteboard outside Media tent
 
</li></ul>
'''Friday, November 4, 7-9 in the GA Area'''
<p><b>Friday, November 4, 7-9 in the GA Area</b>
Topics:
Topics:
*Overall Strategy
</p>
*Specific Actions & Tactics (formation of task forces to implement the best ones!)
<ul><li>Overall Strategy
*Addressing the growing divisions and promoting unity within the movement
</li><li>Specific Actions &amp; Tactics (formation of task forces to implement the best ones!)
 
</li><li>Addressing the growing divisions and promoting unity within the movement
'''Monday, 7 November
</li></ul>
<p><b>Monday, 7 November</b>
Topics:  
Topics:  
*What are Occupy Boston's Values
</p>
*Updating and Evolving the Occupy Boston [[Statement of Purpose]]
<ul><li>What are Occupy Boston's Values
 
</li><li>Updating and Evolving the Occupy Boston <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Statement of Purpose">Statement of Purpose</a>
Order of Events:
</li></ul>
*Explain goal of the evening: have everyone collectively generate a statement of Occupy Boston's values that can act as a guide of what to add to the [[Statement of Purpose]]
<p>Order of Events:
*Why not focus on actions, demands, methods tonight?  One of our goals in the Ideas group is to ''try'' to help grow a statement that all of Occupy Boston can get behind.  One idea to do this is to start with VALUES.
</p>
*We will have 3 parts of the meeting:
<ul><li>Explain goal of the evening: have everyone collectively generate a statement of Occupy Boston's values that can act as a guide of what to add to the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Statement of Purpose">Statement of Purpose</a>
1. Overview of collected responses for the past few weeks to the question: "What are the values that we, as Occupy Boston, all share?"
</li><li>Why not focus on actions, demands, methods tonight?  One of our goals in the Ideas group is to <i>try</i> to help grow a statement that all of Occupy Boston can get behind.  One idea to do this is to start with VALUES.
</li><li>We will have 3 parts of the meeting:
</li></ul>
<p>1. Overview of collected responses for the past few weeks to the question: "What are the values that we, as Occupy Boston, all share?"
here are word clouds made from this collected information:
here are word clouds made from this collected information:
[[File:Ideas_values_raw.png]][[File:Ideas_values_reworded.png]]
<img src="/images/7/77/Ideas_values_raw.png" _fck_mw_filename="Ideas values raw.png" alt="RTENOTITLE" /><img src="/images/7/79/Ideas_values_reworded.png" _fck_mw_filename="Ideas values reworded.png" alt="RTENOTITLE" />
 
</p><p>Want to set the agenda for future Public Discussions?  
Want to set the agenda for future Public Discussions?  
<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Vote here">Vote here</a>
[[Vote here]]
</p><p><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Join the Ideas email list">Join the Ideas email list</a> - email your ideas, join the online conversation, and view the archive of discussions
 
</p><p><a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&amp;type=signup&amp;returnto=Main_Page">Join the wiki</a>. Have some ideas you are developing? Consider putting a link to them in the group workspace: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="User:WG-ideas">User:WG-ideas</a> You can also create your own user page by clicking on your name in the upper right.
[[Join the Ideas email list]] - email your ideas, join the online conversation, and view the archive of discussions
</p>
 
<h2>Meeting Notes</h2>
[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page Join the wiki]. Have some ideas you are developing? Consider putting a link to them in the group workspace: [[User:WG-ideas]] You can also create your own user page by clicking on your name in the upper right.
<p><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ideas Working Group Meeting Notes">Ideas Working Group Meeting Notes</a>
 
</p><p><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ideas Public Discussion Notes">Ideas Public Discussion Notes</a>
==Meeting Notes==
</p><p>Below are some ideas we have been discussing, voting on, and collecting. Check out the Discussion tab for more.
[[Ideas Working Group Meeting Notes]]
</p>
 
<h2>Discussion and Background about Demands and Values</h2>
[[Ideas Public Discussion Notes]]
<p>- The approved <a href="Road Map">Statement of Purpose</a>
 
</p><p>- SPECIFIC PROPOSED LANGUAGE for a <a href="Road Map">Message Statement</a> (aka "the Roadmap") and associated edits/discussion. Detailed workpage on <a href="Ideas Statement New Title">a new title</a>.
Below are some ideas we have been discussing, voting on, and collecting. Check out the Discussion tab for more.
</p><p><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Message Statement by Author's Group One">Message Statement by Author's Group One</a> Draft Mission Statement for Author's Group One: To usher this Message Statement through the OB Statement Process, starting with the Ideas discussions.
 
</p><p>- <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Human Rights">Human Rights</a> workpage
==Discussion and Background about Demands and Values==
</p><p>- <a href="Strategies, Proposals, Positions">Other ideas/reforms and discussions</a>.  
- The approved [[Road_Map|Statement of Purpose]]
 
- SPECIFIC PROPOSED LANGUAGE for a [[Road_Map|Message Statement]] (aka "the Roadmap") and associated edits/discussion. Detailed workpage on [[Ideas Statement New Title|a new title]].
 
[[Message Statement by Author's Group One]] Draft Mission Statement for Author's Group One: To usher this Message Statement through the OB Statement Process, starting with the Ideas discussions.
 
- [[Human Rights]] workpage
 
- [[Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions|Other ideas/reforms and discussions]].  
- DISCUSSION ARCHIVES
- DISCUSSION ARCHIVES
</p><p>Older <a href="Talk:Statement of purpose">discussions</a> about the original statement of purpose
</p>
<h2> <a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Education">Education and Reading</a> </h2>
<p>A list of interesting reading and analysis.
</p>
<h2>Transcribed banners</h2>
<p>We will continue to post questions on whiteboards, banners, and the giant notepad in the Library, transcribe them and explore new and useful ways of presenting the ideas.


Older [[talk:statement of purpose|discussions]] about the original statement of purpose
To contribute to the wordclouds below, click the question at the left, click edit on the top right, and then add your response<b> (Note: you must first create a user account before you register. Please do!). We will periodically update the wordclouds until we figure out a way to have them update in real time.</b>
 
</p><p>Also check out www.wearebeings.org for more cool word clouds
== [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Education Education and Reading] ==
</p>
 
<h3><a _fcknotitle="true" href="What's Wrong with our Country?">What's Wrong with our Country?</a></h3>
A list of interesting reading and analysis.
<p><img src="/images/7/70/What%27sWrong_WordCloud2.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="What'sWrong WordCloud2.jpg" alt="RTENOTITLE" />
 
</p>
==Transcribed banners==
<h3><a _fcknotitle="true" href="What's Right with our Country?">What's Right with our Country?</a></h3>
We will continue to post questions on whiteboards, banners, and the giant notepad in the Library, transcribe them and explore new and useful ways of presenting the ideas.
<p><img src="/images/e/e9/What%27sRight_WordCloud.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="What'sRight WordCloud.jpg" alt="RTENOTITLE" />
'''
</p>
To contribute to the wordclouds below, click the question at the left, click edit on the top right, and then add your response''' (Note: you must first create a user account before you register. Please do!). We will periodically update the wordclouds until we figure out a way to have them update in real time.
<h3><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Why do you Occupy?">Why do you Occupy?</a></h3>
 
<p><img src="/images/b/be/WhyWeOccupy_WordCloud2.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="WhyWeOccupy WordCloud2.jpg" alt="RTENOTITLE" />
Also check out www.wearebeings.org for more cool word clouds
</p><p>Testaments of the 99% (would not upload)
 
</p>
===[[What's Wrong with our Country?]]===
[[File:What'sWrong WordCloud2.jpg|RTENOTITLE]]
 
===[[What's Right with our Country?]]===
[[File:What'sRight WordCloud.jpg|RTENOTITLE]]
 
===[[Why do you Occupy?]]===
[[File:WhyWeOccupy WordCloud2.jpg|RTENOTITLE]]
 
Testaments of the 99% (would not upload)

Revision as of 17:27, 7 November 2011

Mission Statement:

The Ideas working group actively seeks contributions from the Occupy Boston encampment, its community of supporters, and society at large. It develops transparent and inclusive methods for organizing these ideas in order to facilitate their exchange and development. It also hosts open discussions on concerns, values, and strategies. (Help improve this draft here: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="User:WG-Ideas">User:WG-Ideas</a>)

Meeting Time(s)

  • Sunday, November 6 9:30 pm (after the last proposal at GA) - Location: meet at the Gandhi statue, move indoors from there.


Upcoming Public Discussions

Friday, November 4, 7-9 in the GA Area Topics:

  • Overall Strategy
  • Specific Actions & Tactics (formation of task forces to implement the best ones!)
  • Addressing the growing divisions and promoting unity within the movement

Monday, 7 November Topics:

  • What are Occupy Boston's Values
  • Updating and Evolving the Occupy Boston <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Statement of Purpose">Statement of Purpose</a>

Order of Events:

  • Explain goal of the evening: have everyone collectively generate a statement of Occupy Boston's values that can act as a guide of what to add to the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Statement of Purpose">Statement of Purpose</a>
  • Why not focus on actions, demands, methods tonight? One of our goals in the Ideas group is to try to help grow a statement that all of Occupy Boston can get behind. One idea to do this is to start with VALUES.
  • We will have 3 parts of the meeting:

1. Overview of collected responses for the past few weeks to the question: "What are the values that we, as Occupy Boston, all share?" here are word clouds made from this collected information: <img src="/images/7/77/Ideas_values_raw.png" _fck_mw_filename="Ideas values raw.png" alt="RTENOTITLE" /><img src="/images/7/79/Ideas_values_reworded.png" _fck_mw_filename="Ideas values reworded.png" alt="RTENOTITLE" />

Want to set the agenda for future Public Discussions?

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Vote here">Vote here</a>

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Join the Ideas email list">Join the Ideas email list</a> - email your ideas, join the online conversation, and view the archive of discussions

<a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Main_Page">Join the wiki</a>. Have some ideas you are developing? Consider putting a link to them in the group workspace: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="User:WG-ideas">User:WG-ideas</a> You can also create your own user page by clicking on your name in the upper right.

Meeting Notes

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ideas Working Group Meeting Notes">Ideas Working Group Meeting Notes</a>

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ideas Public Discussion Notes">Ideas Public Discussion Notes</a>

Below are some ideas we have been discussing, voting on, and collecting. Check out the Discussion tab for more.

Discussion and Background about Demands and Values

- The approved <a href="Road Map">Statement of Purpose</a>

- SPECIFIC PROPOSED LANGUAGE for a <a href="Road Map">Message Statement</a> (aka "the Roadmap") and associated edits/discussion. Detailed workpage on <a href="Ideas Statement New Title">a new title</a>.

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Message Statement by Author's Group One">Message Statement by Author's Group One</a> Draft Mission Statement for Author's Group One: To usher this Message Statement through the OB Statement Process, starting with the Ideas discussions.

- <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Human Rights">Human Rights</a> workpage

- <a href="Strategies, Proposals, Positions">Other ideas/reforms and discussions</a>.

- DISCUSSION ARCHIVES

Older <a href="Talk:Statement of purpose">discussions</a> about the original statement of purpose

<a href="http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Education">Education and Reading</a>

A list of interesting reading and analysis.

Transcribed banners

We will continue to post questions on whiteboards, banners, and the giant notepad in the Library, transcribe them and explore new and useful ways of presenting the ideas. To contribute to the wordclouds below, click the question at the left, click edit on the top right, and then add your response (Note: you must first create a user account before you register. Please do!). We will periodically update the wordclouds until we figure out a way to have them update in real time.

Also check out www.wearebeings.org for more cool word clouds

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="What's Wrong with our Country?">What's Wrong with our Country?</a>

<img src="/images/7/70/What%27sWrong_WordCloud2.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="What'sWrong WordCloud2.jpg" alt="RTENOTITLE" />

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="What's Right with our Country?">What's Right with our Country?</a>

<img src="/images/e/e9/What%27sRight_WordCloud.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="What'sRight WordCloud.jpg" alt="RTENOTITLE" />

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Why do you Occupy?">Why do you Occupy?</a>

<img src="/images/b/be/WhyWeOccupy_WordCloud2.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="WhyWeOccupy WordCloud2.jpg" alt="RTENOTITLE" />

Testaments of the 99% (would not upload)

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