[Street] Brainstorm: What needs to get done

Joseph Ramsey jgramsey at gmail.com
Sun Nov 27 16:24:09 EST 2011


Thanks, Ravi.

I don't mean to sound like a broken record out here on the date issue.

It is unlikely that I can make tomorrow night's meeting, due to a work
conflict.

Could someone--preferably someone sympathetic to the idea! :) -- please
make it a point to represent this idea  at the meeting.

Again the idea would be: to go for the 3rd in part to make the March to
Meet the 99% also a March to help people connect with the campaign to
defend Dewey Square.  Timing here being key.

A corrolary proposal would be: to draw up little Defend Dewey Square cards
to give out to people on the street--especially those who seem sympathetic
to the cause, as we converse with them.  These cards to include:  Numbers
to call the Mayor's office and the BPD, (with suggested messaging).  Also
info about our rally and meet up point in the event of an eviction.  Also
info to help people plug in and get on that emergency OB text list.

Can someone bring this proposal up tomorrow for me?  Please?

-Joe Ramsey

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org> wrote:

> The date will be confirmed at the meeting tomorrow. Also, that's an
> interesting idea, and you're welcome to present it to the meeting. Again,
> we've already reached a pretty firm consensus on what we want the day to
> look like, but I think everyone is open to making it better.
>
> --
> Ravi
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Joseph Ramsey <jgramsey at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Difficult to go forward with most if not all of these until we set a
>> date, no?
>>
>> And the longer we "don't" set a date, the more we are effectively opting
>> to put off the action, by default.
>>
>> Not a good reason to put off an action, especially considering the
>> possibility of an imminent assault of Dewey and our movement.
>>
>> I would propose that an integral piece of this entire march ON THE 3RD!
>> should be to call for people to help defend Dewey Square.  Yes, we should
>> still be going out to listen and to talk to people and to encourage people
>> to get involved in all sorts of ways, on their own turf, not just Dewey
>> turf.  But one of our overarching goals should be to clear up
>> misconceptions about the movement and also to give sympathetic people
>> something they can take away that can help them to keep the movement from
>> being squashed (at Dewey).  At least: a place and time to rally if Dewey is
>> evicted.  Also perhaps the Mayor's office phone number so they can call him
>> and say "Hands Off!"  And hopefully more than this: like it would be great
>> if we could add a few hundred or a few thousand new members to our
>> emergency contact list in case of an assault.
>>
>> Now is not the time for delaying, but for focusing and taking action to
>> build this movement, and to defend it!
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Regardless of the date, I think we need to get as organized as possible
>>> as what needs to get done. I'm going to try to make a list of everything I
>>> can think of below. If people have already made progress on any of the
>>> following, please email it out.
>>>
>>>    1. Outreach - calling organizations and letting them know about the
>>>    march
>>>    2. Getting actions on the spreadsheet (
>>>    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah3pFB7dtoJJdERLcDU3WG1WMHpaSDZkeE03X1d4SHc&hl=en_US#gid=0
>>>    )
>>>    3. Planning the rally - who will be there, what will be going on,
>>>    etc.
>>>    4. Flyers/flyering - get a finalized version of the flyer out and
>>>    schedule shifts for people to promote the day of action around the city
>>>    5. Education materials - making 5-10 flyers about various issues
>>>    that we care about (finance reform, corporate influence in
>>>    politics, environment, the war machine, civil liberties violations, etc)
>>>    6. Online presence/promotion - touch up the Facebook, Eventbrite,
>>>    and idea submission pages, focus on brevity and clarity. Promote via Occupy
>>>    channels (media, social media, etc.)
>>>
>>> Anything else?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ravi
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Street mailing list
>>>
>>> Post: Street at lists.occupyboston.org
>>> List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/street
>>>
>>> To Unsubscribe
>>>        Send email to:  Street-unsubscribe at lists.occupyboston.org
>>>        Or visit:
>>> https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/street/jgramsey%40gmail.com
>>>
>>> You are subscribed as: jgramsey at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Street mailing list
>>
>> Post: Street at lists.occupyboston.org
>> List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/street
>>
>> To Unsubscribe
>>        Send email to:  Street-unsubscribe at lists.occupyboston.org
>>        Or visit:
>> https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/street/occupybostontech%40gmail.com
>>
>> You are subscribed as: occupybostontech at gmail.com
>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/private/street/attachments/20111127/b4b9986b/attachment.htm>


More information about the Street mailing list