[S30] FAWG changes ... fundraising
Eden
eden at occupyboston.org
Tue Aug 21 20:05:54 EDT 2012
An idea is brewing about fundraising and our anniversary ... anyone
interested?
I urged the below addresses to join s30.
Is, e
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Subject: Re: [Community_forum] FAWG changes
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:48:29 -0400
From: Kendra Moyer <kendramoy8 at hotmail.com>
To: <congdirccb at gmail.com>, Gregory Murphy <gsjmurphy at gmail.com>
CC: obit at lists.occupyboston.org, dana at occupyboston.org,
unioncarpenter40 at yahoo.com, richlevyus at yahoo.com, asnevitt at gmail.com,
m at occupyboston.org, matthewk at theherbalcurrent.com,
dcheeno at occupyboston.org, ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org,
"kbates at accessstrategies.org" <kbates at accessstrategies.org>,
trcmoscato at gmail.com, community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org,
cc2manj at verizon.net
Hi All
I would also like to thank Greg for his hard work in FAWG. In the near
future it seems two things will happen. We will have a fiscal sponsor
and we will have nearly depleted out funding. With the year
anniversary on the horizon, I think it is high time to begin to actively
fund raise if we are to continue into the future. OB Radio is planning
some fundraising for the year anniversary.
The wider OB community should be thinking about a few things regarding
how we spend money and our standards for reaching decisions about
money. What is our immediate plan for staying afloat with or without
funding?
The Participatory budget process should be discussed seriously and in a
spirit of unity. We should plan some sort of fund raiser to commemorate
the one year anniversary of OB and regenerate interest.
We might want to discuss whether or not we have enough actively engaged
people to continue into another year with programming, lectures, direct
actions, web hosting, community gatherings etc. if the participation is
lackluster
Are enough people engaged to continue at the rate we had been going? To
be brief, if people are no longer interested in being as active as
before, we have to acknowledge and accept that and move on.
If we do continue we need to establish and live up to standards that
will sustain us and not further break down and divide the group.
On example I have harped on is fewer and more meaningful events with
more active publicity, careful and consistent preparation and lead time
to generate interest.
I am sure that others would like to add their own thoughts.
Peace,
Kendra
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:26:56 -0400
Subject: Re: FAWG changes
From: congdirccb at gmail.com
To: gsjmurphy at gmail.com
CC: kendramoy8 at hotmail.com; KBates at accessstrategies.org;
dana at occupyboston.org; unioncarpenter40 at yahoo.com; m at occupyboston.org;
richlevyus at yahoo.com; dcheeno at occupyboston.org;
ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org; community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org;
trcmoscato at gmail.com; asnevitt at gmail.com; cc2manj at verizon.net;
ambepaw at gmail.com; matthewk at theherbalcurrent.com
Thank you Greg. I too respect and appreciate your long service with OB
and FAWG and your offer to continue to do the bookkeeping. I hope and
trust you will continue to find ways to stay present and engaged with
this community. (This feel formal to me, but appropriate given the wide
audience).
Personally, I would like to revisit the participatory budget process
that was so unfortunately sidelined. I would like to do that whatever
money we have, even or perhaps especially, if we spend down all that we
currently hold in the mean time. I would like to talk about that with
you and any other interested people.
The actions you are taking are consistent, I believe, with what we
decided or agreed to move toward at the mtg in JP earlier this
summer. (I have concerns about how you are feeling about this email,
though I won't address those, or my feelings, in this email thread.)
The bottom line at that meeting, as I recall it, was that both you
and Matt would announce and then follow-through with taking your
names off both the accounts and DBA as soon as possible. People can
look at the notes from that meeting and ask questions of those who
were there, listed on those notes. I ask that we not use this list
for that purpose. Nonetheless, I am
I think we need to meet as soon as possible, with an advance
announcement of such meeting on the community forum, saa and any
other email lists folks want, as well as on the FB Discussion page
and possibly other ways I haven't listed. (I thought of listing it
on the web page but that might not be appropriate-not sure). I have
more flexibility during week days but recognize that is probably not
true of most people, so we should probably aim for an evening
meeting, perhaps before a GA or SAA. When can people meet? If those
who want to participate could reply to all, to that effect, we could
start to pin down a mtg date and place. Or if there are other ideas
about next steps, it would be good to hear those too.
In making any transfer, which I hope will be for a short interim
period while we decide whether/how to go forward with a fiscal
sponsorship, I hope we can see if the bank account can be held by
the individual signatory (signatories?) "In trust for Occupy
Boston", and make a similar change in the process of transferring
the DBA. I suggest, Greg, that you don't start by asking if this can
be done but just present it to the bank and the city as what you
want and expect to be done. I have a checking account which is in my
name and in trust for my children. I expect that the legalities of
holding these assets in this way, in trust for an unincorporated or
otherwise legally unrecognized entity, will be murky, but more
consistent with the reality than not.
In preparation for a meeting and/or other potential action, it seems
important to know as exactly as we can ho much money is in the bank
account, what amounts have been approved for purposes and have not
yest been distributed. Thank you for itemizing OB's current monthly
expenses-are those all of them? Would you like help assembling those
numbers?
Thanks again, Greg.
In Solidarity,
Linda
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*From:* NEFreedom Ride <matthewk at theherbalcurrent.com
<mailto:matthewk at theherbalcurrent.com>>
*To:* Deborah Sirotkin Butler <amberpaw at gmail.com
<mailto:amberpaw at gmail.com>>
*Cc:* Gregory Murphy <gsjmurphy at gmail.com
<mailto:gsjmurphy at gmail.com>>; Kendra Moyer <kendramoy8 at hotmail.com
<mailto:kendramoy8 at hotmail.com>>; Kelly Bates
<KBates at accessstrategies.org <mailto:KBates at accessstrategies.org>>;
Linda Jenkins <lindajenkins177 at yahoo.com
<mailto:lindajenkins177 at yahoo.com>>; DanaMoser
<dana at occupyboston.org <mailto:dana at occupyboston.org>>; John Murphy
<unioncarpenter40 at yahoo.com <mailto:unioncarpenter40 at yahoo.com>>;
Matt <m at occupyboston.org <mailto:m at occupyboston.org>>; Richard Levy
<richlevyus at yahoo.com <mailto:richlevyus at yahoo.com>>; Dan
<dcheeno at occupyboston.org <mailto:dcheeno at occupyboston.org>>;
"ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org
<mailto:ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org>"
<ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org
<mailto:ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org>>;
"community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org
<mailto:community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org>"
<community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org
<mailto:community_forum at lists.occupyboston.org>>; tracy moscato
<trcmoscato at gmail.com <mailto:trcmoscato at gmail.com>>; Allison Nevitt
<asnevitt at gmail.com <mailto:asnevitt at gmail.com>>;
"cc2manj at verizon.net <mailto:cc2manj at verizon.net>"
<cc2manj at verizon.net <mailto:cc2manj at verizon.net>>
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:15 PM
*Subject:* Re: FAWG changes
Hi Greg:
Thanks for the email, and I remain available to help as best as I am
able (as limited as that is).
I can meet you at the CU anytime to make the required changes. We
should also work to get your auto-charges from the debit card in
your name switched to my debit card. Perhaps we should try and do
that prior to the name-removal.
You're dedication and passion for FAWG and OB will never be
forgotten. THANK YOU for all the work you've done!
- matthewk
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
*Received. I am so tied up with my husband's stage IV
pancreatic cancer and the long slow goodbye of cancer death that
I am pretty much not available at this time though I do wish,
and appreciate, being kept in the loop. Deb*
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Gregory Murphy
<gsjmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:
Kendra, Kelly, Linda and Matt, et. al.,
I write to inform you that I will be taking my name off the
Liberty Bay Credit Union account, as soon as I can get there
to fill out a removal form, which will also need your
signature, Matt. In addition, I will be stepping down from a
public role in FAWG. Please let me explain.
It has become clear to me that since I strongly feel that
OB's General Assembly, as now constructed, does not truly
represent Occupy Boston, I feel it is a conflict of interest
for me to remain an active FAWG member, and certainly in a
money handing role. It is hypocritical of me to maintain
such a role given my belief. Kelly and Linda, in our last
conversation, you both made clear that you support GA as
OB's decision making body. I simply do not, and believe
that, somehow, someway, a new OB Governance structure needs
to be put in place. And, I do not believe a new Governance
system can be created from within GA. Much like the systems
OB has formed to overturn, new structures need to be created
to replace the broken ones, I do not believe change can
happen from within the system.
New OB Governance was one of the three areas the larger
group of 15 or so people, who met in April (as a community
follow up to OB's Camp Charlie finance conversation), agreed
upon was a necessity, along with OB addressing its issues of
Liability and Accounting. FAWG is making slow (but
hopefully) steady progress on the last two topics, yet no
progress has been made, or even attempted, on the Governance
issue. I would gladly attend and contribute to discussions
on this issue, if they ever are to occur.
I will gladly continue a bookkeeping role if you would like,
at minimum, through the August bank reconciliation, or as
long as needed to ensure a successful transfer of that
responsibility, once decisions are made on how best to
proceed with that issue.
On another point, Matt, we owe you an apology. You were
unable to attend the initial meeting with United for Fair
Economy, a couple of months ago, and, as a group, we have
been remiss not to keep you (as an OB credit union account
holder) in the loop as to follow up actions.. I did forward
you the notes, from that meeting - notes, I now also
realize, which would have been proper to post on the FAWG
wiki. I will make sure that now happens. We failed to
invite you to a followup conference call, held recently with
UFE and some advisers, on the viability, pros and cons, and
possible structure of a fiscal agent. Kendra, Kelly, Linda
and myself from OB were on that call, as were Brian Miller
of UFE, some of his colleagues, and advisers fromAlliance
for Global Justice, Alliance for Justice and the Tides
Foundation. I will make sure you get those minutes and I
will also post those minutes on the wiki.
I spoke with our banker, who explained the removal process
and how to add new signers to the account. Removal is
simple: I fill out a form which both myself, and Matt, as
the other account holder, need to sign. Matt, you will also
need to fill out a new form, as the (new) sole account
holder. If an If your address has changed, you will need
that form to be notarized. If anyone from OB would like to
step forward and become an account holder, that person (or
people, because there can be up to three signers) could also
fill out the same form, providing notarized copies of ID.
All this can happen remotely, or in person, at the credit
union. Matt, please let me know how we can execute this. We
could use the mail service, or meet in person.
I will also submit a DBA removal form at the City Clerk's
office. As you know, way back when, I filed a DBA in my
name, doing business as Occupy Boston Financial
Accountability Working Group. I think there is a fee to
submit that removal form, and if so, it will be my last use
of the OB debit card to pay for that service. I will not
tell Liberty Bay I am doing this, but will confirm, if I am
asked.
Decisions need to be made quickly concerning how best to
replace the debit card, which is in my name: it is used to
pay for OB storage in Quincy (automatically at $293/month),
by Intuit for our QuickBooks platform (also automatically,
at $33 something per month), and to pay for our MayFirst
service (currently executed online, by yours truly, for
$100/month.) I will review when the last payments were made
and when the next ones are due., and report that
information. The obvious, simplest answer may be to use
your debit card, Matt, so you need to make a decision about
that, ASAP. Another possibility is to get a new debit card
for the OB WePay General Fund, and use that. Matt, I think
you can execute that request, am I correct?
I am ccing ob-finance at lists.mayfirst.org and
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