Voting Experiment A Project of the Political and Electoral Reform Working Group Request for Funds from the General Assembly: $538 Project Spokespersons for Questions and Updates: Kay @kaay Tim @timtpi Stefan Agapie @stefan Political and Electoral Reform Working Group Proposal for Alternative Voting Experiment The PERWG is devoted to investigating and exploring reforms that would [...]

WORKING GROUP: Screen Printing Guild PROPOSAL: buying blank Tshirts from a sweatshop-free source   DESCRIPTION: The Screen Guild proposes to buy blank Tshirts and hoodies (to screen with OWS designs) in bulk from a sweatshop-labor-free supplier.   This is a REVENUE-GENERATING INVESTMENT OF OWS FUNDS, as well as a great outreach and movement-building activity. We’d also [...]

We demand a massive, democratically-controlled public works and public service program, with direct government employment, to create 25 million new jobs at good union wages. This is to be paid for by new taxes on the wealth and income of the rich, on financial transactions, and on corporate profits, by reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act, [...]

OWS Structure Proposal        (A Living Document) — Submitted by the Structure Working Group Summary Since September 17th Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has grown and inspired occupations around the globe. The General Assembly (GA) is at the heart of this movement.  It provides a forum for political discussion and a plurality of ideas. It is, [...]

Merchants Alliance Proposal – This is a draft for the GA – it has NOT been approved! Some local merchants have been supporting us. To support them and keep access to facilities it would be helpful if we showed consistent consideration of their needs. They are requesting that we: Look presentable meaning wearing shirts and [...]

Public Relations working group is requesting $300 dollars for a wifi hotspot and laptop for the press desk: 1 wifi hotspot: $50 1 used laptop: $150-$250

Budget proposal: 20 bikes are to be donated by times us NYC. We are requesting $1220 for parts to fix the bikes to create a bike share for the use of all zucotti, run by sustainability. Items needed: Tires – 40 units – $20 each: $800 Tubes- 40 units – $5 each: $200 Cables & [...]

Community Relations proposes a partnership with the Street Vendor Project, a labor project that organizes food cart operators and defends them from city harassment. Through this partnership, they would set up a website that would allow people to support food vendors who have been negatively affected by our presence here by donating food to the occupation via online orders from [...]

We are currently in the process of planning Occupy Central Park, a one-day cultural event that will gather in Central Park on 11/11/11, the global day of solidarity. The event will not be a protest, but a people’s fair. We will have the chance to come together as the 100% to start building the foundation [...]

We propose that $20,000 for legal/medical plus 100 tents plus shipping costs be sent to our fellow occupiers in Oakland. Amended to include commitment to working with other occupations to set up a national emergency fund.

Need: Requesting funds to purchase SHELVES Amount: $2500 In case you haven’t heard, people from across the world are big fans of ours. S.I.S. receives hundreds of packages for Occupy Wall Street every day. As we work hard to sort and deliver all of the shipments, we are working equally hard to organize the storage [...]