NOTE: This is a brief summary that is posted prior to formal minutes. This summary is NOT all-inclusive. It includes only major highlights (discussion topics, proposals, and meeting dates/times/locations announced). This summary is compiled via Livetweets and Livestream viewing.
Monthly Archives:: January 2012
1/12/2012: Break Out Discussion
Break Out Discussion: Feedback on Vision and Goals Document V&G Consensed 12/21/11: We return to our daily schedule of GA and Spokes Council appearances, soliciting feedback. Beginning on or after January 1st, at every GA, we ask them if they wish us to cease taking feedback on the document they have in hand and enter [...]
NYC General Assembly 1/10/2012 (Summary)
NOTE: This is a brief summary that is posted prior to formal minutes. This summary is NOT all-inclusive. It includes only major highlights (discussion topics, proposals, and meeting dates/times/locations announced). This summary is compiled via Livetweets and Livestream viewing.
Coordinators Meeting Minutes 1/9/2012
Josh, Diego, Ravi, Zach, other occupier, Christine Discussions – Community survey of when we should start a re-occupation; some brainstorming about more exact language – WOW caucus resolution in Spokes Friday night – Update on CiviCRM development- we’re basically starting from scratch to build a serious plan for development with a local firm that specializes
NYC Operational Spokes Council 1/9/2012 (Summary)
NOTE: This is a brief summary that is posted prior to formal minutes. This summary is NOT all-inclusive. It includes only major highlights (discussion topics, proposals, and meeting dates/times/locations announced). This summary is compiled via Livetweets and Livestream viewing.
1/10/2012: Break Out Discussion
Break Out Discussion: Feedback on Vision and Goals Document V&G Consensed 12/21/11: We return to our daily schedule of GA and Spokes Council appearances, soliciting feedback. Beginning on or after January 1st, at every GA, we ask them if they wish us to cease taking feedback on the document they have in hand and enter [...]
NYCGA 1/8/2012 (Summary)
Audio Recording of General Assembly NOTE: This is a brief summary that is posted prior to formal minutes. This summary is NOT all-inclusive. It includes only major highlights (discussion topics, proposals, and meeting dates/times/locations announced). This summary is compiled via Livetweets and Livestream viewing.
1/9/2012: Stop Stop & Frisk Budget for Button Printing
Working Group: Stop Stop & Frisk Name of Point Person: Desiree D. Members: Christina,Terrence, Tim, Tyrone, Desiree, Matt, Greg, Jesse, and Jose Budget Proposal: Three-week Proposal; 1/13-2/3 WEEKLY PRINTING 400 SS&F buttons/day @ $.26/button = $728.00 WEEKLY TOTAL: $728.00 We protest the police to the police. All day everyday, we’re up in their faces. 700,000 of us were S&F’d last year and all of us want to [...]
NYC General Assembly Minutes 1/7/2012
NYC GENERAL ASSEMBLY DAY 111 Date/Time: 1/7/2012, 7pm Location: Liberty Square Facilitators (F): Sully and ? Taking Stack: Dan Minutes: Carrie AGENDA Working Group Reportbacks Occupy Tampa Budget Proposal Spending Freeze Proposal Emergency Proposal from Nan: Housing Group Point People Announcements
NYCGA 1/7/2012 (Summary)
NOTE: This is a brief summary that is posted prior to formal minutes. This summary is NOT all-inclusive. It includes only major highlights (discussion topics, proposals, and meeting dates/times/locations announced). This summary is compiled via Livetweets and Livestream viewing.
1/8/2012: Break Out Discussion
Break Out Discussion: Feedback on Vision and Goals Document V&G Consensed 12/21/11: We return to our daily schedule of GA and Spokes Council appearances, soliciting feedback. Beginning on or after January 1st, at every GA, we ask them if they wish us to cease taking feedback on the document they have in hand and enter [...]
1/8/2012: Buy-Out Buy-In
Buy-Out Buy-In proposal for GA: JAN 8th, 2012 One month ago, we were kicked out of Zuccotti. On New Years, we retook the park, only to give it back up. It hurts to be holding GA’s here in an empty park. It hurts to stand here in the cold, fighting for nothing. I do not [...]
1/8/2012: Boots of Solidarity
For the Occupation, by the Occupation. We at Boots of Solidarity believe when your local police force and local government are cooperating on a national level, why shouldn’t we follow their lead? This movement means everything to us and so we’ve put together this project to help change the world the best way we can [...]
1/8/2012: Blocks Protocol at General Assembly
This is a proposal to repair a serious problem we are encountering: the abuse of blocks. During a General Assembly, its Facilitation team is able to tell a person “That’s not a clarifying question, that’s a concern.” And yet, for the most contentious part of the GA – blocks – neither Facilitation nor the body as a whole [...]
NYC Operational Spokes Council 1/6/2012
NYC OPERATIONAL SPOKES COUNCIL DAY 112 Date/Time: 1/6/2012, 7:30 pm Location: Park West Presbyterian Church Facilitators (F): Nicole, Zach Stack: Rachel Minutes: Antonia AGENDA Working Group Report Backs Housing Budget Proposal WOW Proposal
1/8/2012: Bail and Camp Funding for Occupy Tampa
Occupy Tampa has been a strong and active occupation since the beginning of the movement. They now have a permanent occupation at Voice Of Freedom Park which is privately owned by a supporter of the movement and can not be kicked off the property. Occupy Tampa has participated in Strong Direct Actions condemning consumerism and [...]
Coordinators Meeting Minutes 1/6/2012
WORKING GROUP COORDINATORS MEETING 1/06/12 60 Wall Street 10 – 11 AM REPORT-BACKS PR – Press releases and interview requests should go to press@occupywallst.org.. Coverage was good for NDAA actions Wednesday at NYPL and Grand Central. Encourage advance notice of upcoming events for PR planning and to ensure releases go out in timely fashion. D.A. [...]
Tech Ops Working Group Budget for Phone Services, Hosting Reimbursement, Infrastructure & Operating Costs, and Livestreaming in HD
TECH OPS BUDGET PROPOSAL The Technology Operations group of the New York City General Assembly strives to provide tools that enable our movement to connect and communicate with each other and the world through technology. We provide as many tools we can to supportOWS and the broader Occupy Movement as we all transform the world. Some of our more notable projects include tools thatmany [...]
NYCGA 1/5/2012 (Summary)
NOTE: This is a brief summary that is posted prior to formal minutes. This summary is NOT all-inclusive. It includes only major highlights (discussion topics, proposals, and meeting dates/times/locations announced). This summary is compiled via Livetweets and Livestream viewing.
Comfort Weekly Budget
Weekly laundry budget Park Slope 30 comforters ($200.00) *discounted price granted $98.00 per 100 but price may vary based on weight SPSA 20 comforters, 25 wool blankets (5 w.b = 1 c) ($200.00) Monthly budget – 2 metrocards for point people ($208) _____________ TOTAL $ 1,808
Liaisons and Advocacy Working Group
Who we work with All working groups Any individuals who need information Any individuals who need advocacy, mediation, or safe ways to be more involved in the community Goals 1) Foster respectful communication between various working groups, caucuses, occupations, and the public 2) Mediate [...]
Proposal for Blocks Protocol at General Assembly
This is a general proposal for a serious problem weʼve encountered, and thatʼs the abuse of blocks. Throughout the entire GA, Facilitation is able to tell a person “Oh, that is not a clarifying question, that belongs in concerns” and similar, yet for the most contentious part of the GA, blocks, neither Facilitation nor the body as [...]
Stop Stop & Frisk Budget
Working Group: Stop Stop & Frisk To: NYCGA Re: SS&F Weekly Budget Members: Christina Terrence Tim Tyrone Desiree Matt Greg Jesse Jose Weekly Budget Proposal: TRANSPORT 9 Weekly Metro Cards @ $29/card = $261.00 FOOD (We don’t come down to the kitchen) = $250.00 PETTY CASH $250.00 PRINTING [...]
1/5/2012: Removal of 99 Declaration from NYCGA.net
In the interest of adhering to the OWS Statement of Autonomy – a document consented to by the GA on 11/10/11, for the purposes of maintaining the integrity of Occupy Wall Street and in solidarity with a similar proposal passed by the Philadelphia GA, I bring this proposal to this General Assembly to remove the [...]
Housing Working Group Budget
The Housing working group is asking the NYCGA for $3680 in subsidies to stay at the Park Slope Methodist Church, and the West Park Presbyterian Church; this also will include the three unpaid days, and one extra night we stayed at Saint Paul Saint Andrew church. This money will be used to pay for 2 [...]