Hello all, here is a summary of our GA from this morning,
(Saturday). It went from 10:30 – 11:10 am.
Our opening points were these:
– Talk about message
-Restructure groups
-New Group – Internal Communications
Tactical Stack included:
-finding cardboard and other materials to fix mud problem
-team to adjust cardboard walkways
-media needs new tent that doesn’t leak (since fixed)
-organize things / new layout (since fixed)
-dry socks available at tactical’s tent
-keep morale high, things dry
-after meeting, a group was going out to find supplies for walkways
-Tactical has tent sealer & duct tape
– Tactical also has shampoo & soap
– find Alex, Robin, or Nadeem if you want to tweet something
from the Twitter
-toiletry donations go to tactical then they will be distributed
Medical Stack included:
-make sure you WASH YOUR HANDS
-Dont share utensils, cups, ect. Thats a great way to spread germs.
-Stay dry. Especially keep your shoes, socks, and head wear dry.
-Use South Station’s hand dryers for immediate warmth.
-Please don’t stay if you cannot stay dry & warm.
-Check with tactical if you need means to stay dry & warm
Message Stack Included:
-Message sub group need to meet with all of media group to talk about
message. (There was a meeting at 2 pm)
-Democratic reform & financial justice are the two main categories of
the message draft.
-As we were in this conversation, the distribution man from Left Turn
magazine dropped off a bunch of issues. Media tent has them
Food Stack Included:
-Before you handle food use hand sanitizer!!
-If there are servers, let them serve you your food instead of serving
yourself
-We have way too much bread and need ideas to get rid of it.
Sanitation:
-anyone interested in joining this group met with medical & tactical
to set up the actual group for sanitation
Legal stack included:
-Looking for recruits to sit / stand at legal table. Daytime / weekday
shifts. Texting lawyers, ect
-Recruits should E-Mail legalq.occupybos…@occupyboston.com
-someone from legal & media talk to police about generators to find an
answer of if we can use them (we now have power)
-Find bike generators if needed
-We voted on it being okay to talk to legal about generator situation
Outreach Stack included:
-Working on document about how to go about doing outreach
-The way to build solidarity is not just to go to people to bring them
to our movement, but have ourselves open to helping other
organizations. If we help them, they will be more willing to help us.
-Create list of organizations who have rallies coming up and need help
to establish relationships and through that, we will be bilding out
group through those we’ve helped.
-Make sure everyone is on E-Mail list. Check everyday for new members.
(Internal Communications is now in charge of signing in new members)
Other Points:
-If you want to join multiple groups, go for it!
-Let outside groups know how original we are so if they join us, we
will respect and take their ideas into consideration.
-We had another eye flush training at the medical tent following the
GA (thanks Medical!)
-For new members coming to Internal Comm., maybe give them a list of
three things that will introduce them to the group they are joining.
-We need to discuss our list of demands more in depth at evening GA.
-Quarter cards are great for reaching out to everyone. They fit in
your back pocket and are easy to pass out to help spread the word
about Occupy Boston. Teams should go to T stations and pass the out.
-We need to remember to maintain our system of respect, especially for
new members to see so they can get an idea of how we work together.
-The local Farmer’s Market brings trucks in at 9 am on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. They use the gravel path so we need to make sure to always
keep that path clear.
General Assembly dismissed at
-We also had a meeting about arranging tents (now all rearranged)
-During our morning GA, Channel 5 News filmed it.
One Response to “General Assembly Recap – 10/1/2011”
Political leaders fall in the greedy category also with their: lifetime family medical coverage paid by taxpayers, outrageously high pensions calculated on their highest earning years, excessive vacations, automatic yearly wages without debate voted in by politicians, many perks, promises of highly paid jobs when they leave office, capital hill provides a mini onsite hospital/dental/barbershop, reimbursement for an office and staff, reimbursement for travel to and from office, etc. and on and on !!! Our corporate and political leaders are totally out of touch with working American citizens! Political leaders must be made to go on MEDICARE and live on SOCIAL SECURITY and reasonable pensions linked to what the average American citizens receives ! As “they” look for ways to slash our huge deficit, THEIR present total benefits package must be CANCELLED also…. Balancing the budget must not just be pushed, again, on the backs of working Americans !!!
All political leaders have RAIDED the SOCIAL SECURITY FUND through the years, leaving worthless IOUs in place of huge sums of money removed from the SS fund and placed in the general fund…….our leaders have signed trade agreements that have eroded the working class of the USA…..our leaders have attacked and dismantled UNION LAWS that PEOPLE DIED FIGHTING FOR…….We in the USA are going to see LABOR WARS again and many USA citizens will die frighting for fair labor laws, wages, benefits and the ability to provide for their families !