Category: General Assembly

Proposals Passed by the 30 June 2012 General Assembly

August 10th, 2012 · Steve · Passed Resolutions Comments Off

Move GA on July 14 to SW Corridor Park

We will move GA on July 14 to SW Corridor Park at 5 p.m. following the Revolutionary Arts Festival.

Proposed by Carolyn. Passed in the consent bucket.

GA on July 10 to be devoted to decisions about future decision processes; cancel GA 7/3 and 7/7

General Assembly July 10 will be devoted to decisions about what decision-process/es we will use going forward (GA or some other format? Meeting how often and where? Do we need to create a series of meetings to address these issues? If so which and why?) We will make efforts to get as many people who have been associated with OB as possible to that meeting so that the community is well-represented.

Cancel GAs on Tuesday July 3 and Saturday July 7.

Proposed by Carolyn. Passed by consensus.

GA Minutes: http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/GA_Minutes_Sat_Jun_30_2012

Action Assembly Declares Solidarity with People of Spain

The Occupy Boston Action Assembly passed the following solidarity statement with the people of Spain on 7/15:

The strategic action assembly of Occupy Boston stands in solidarity with the people of Spain as they resist the neoliberal austerity program being implemented now. We recognize that the global financial collapse that has precipitated the debt crisis in Spain and elsewhere is the result of the actions of the global 1%, who have a different set of values from the rest of us. The time is long overdue for people to reclaim control of their lives from this who would see everyone suffer from their greed.

Consensus reached 7/15 at the Occupy Boston Action Assembly

Comunicado de solidaridad con el pueblo de España

La Asamblea de Acción Estratégica de Occupy Boston se solidariza con el pueblo de España y su resistencia contra las medidas neoliberales que le están siendo impuestas.

La crisis económica global que ha precipitado una crisis de deuda en España y en otras zonas, es el resultado de las acciones de una minoría global, un 1% con un sistema de valores totalmente distintos a los del resto de nosotros. Es hora ya de que los pueblos tomen control de sus vidas de las manos de quienes miran al resto sufrir a causa de su avaricia.

15 julio. Asamblea de Acción de Occupy Boston

For more information on the struggle in Spain:
http://takethesquare.net/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Spain/258039744238521

New Occupy Boston General Assembly Schedule

July 22nd, 2012 · Steve · General Assembly, News and Announcements, Passed Resolutions Comments Off

Occupy Boston’s July 10 and July 17 General Assemblies were dedicated to answering a series of questions about how OB will make decisions in the future. Specifically: What decision-process we will use going forward? Will we keep the GA or adopt another format? How often will we meet and where? Do we need to create a series of meetings to address these issues? If so, which and why?

At the July 17 GA, Occupy Boston reached consensus on retaining the GA, but reducing the length and frequency of meetings, and adopting a new meeting schedule. There was general agreement that we needed fewer and shorter GAs and that OB needed to move past this process discussion and focus on more substantial issues.

Starting immediately, the GA will meet

The first and third Tuesday of each month (7-9pm, with possible extension to 9:30)
The second and fourth Sunday of each month, at 4pm (in Copley Square, right before SAA, which starts at 5pm)
When there is a 5th Tuesday, it will be open for an OB social event.

The next scheduled GA is Tuesday August 7, at 7pm (location TBD, since Shakespeare on the Common has taken the usual meeting place). Tuesday July 31 is a 5th Tuesday and available for planning an OB social event.

This proposal was developed through the discussion process, and passed by consensus.

General Assembly Tuesday July 10 to Address Big Questions About the Future of Decision Making at Occupy Boston

July 7th, 2012 · Steve · GA Agendas, General Assembly, News and Announcements Comments Off

GA will be held July 10th at 7pm, at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument hill on Boston Common.

The agenda for this GA is to attempt to make decisions about what decision-process we will use going forward: will we keep the GA or adopt another format? How often will we meet and where? Do we need to create a series of meetings to address these issues? If so, which and why?

The proposal to have this GA was part of a proposal passed at GA 6/30.

Why have this meeting? According to proposer Carolyn Magid, this is a chance to address a problem: GA is our current decision process, but we have dwindling GA attendance at the same time that we are trying to consider proposals with very broad implications for OB (about spending on S17, setting aside money for purchase of land, freezing spending, etc.). We need a good representation of Occupy Boston to decide on these important questions and to consider more generally how we should be moving forward as OB. If the current GA plan doesn’t give us a good representation of Occupy Boston, we need to consider what changes we need to make so that we have a decision-process we support and want to participate in. So this GA is focused on the decision-process in hopes that we can move ahead to make other important choices with more buy-in from OB.

How will the meeting work? GA will use the Alternative Decision Making Process-Consensus (see General Assembly, Passed Resolutions 4/22/12 for more details) which allows us to consider everyone’s best ideas and to attempt to reach consensus in a much less rigid way than the original GA process. This meeting may be the beginning of a longer conversation before consensus is reached.

All OB members are urged to come and bring your best ideas.

Proposals Passed by the June 12, 2012 General Assembly

July 4th, 2012 · Steve · Passed Resolutions Comments Off

The June 12, 2012 General Assembly Passed one proposal.

Statement of Solidarity with SEIU Local 615 by David Lamoso

Occupy Boston stands in solidarity with SEIU Local 615 as they enter into a struggle for a better contract. They are fighting for better wages, better hours and better access to health care. An injury to one is an injury to all.

No minutes available for this GA.

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