[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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