[Street] meeting today, location Transportation Building

Katie Gradowski katie at occupyboston.org
Mon Jan 16 13:48:14 EST 2012


Hey all!

I can't go to any more meetings until I get shit done, but I have some
notes from last night on Occupy the T.

Emailed to street, which is having a meeting tonight at 5, AND to the newly
formed "occupy the T" list  (which  might want to go to the street meeting
tonight to touch base on next steps).    To recap:  here are some of the
big questions that remain after the two action summits.....

1.   *Coalition-building within and beyond OB* -- There seems to be loose
consensus that whether or not we specifically work with other groups, we
need to coordinate with them and make sure we're not compromising wider
actions that are in the works.    Also seems to be a lot of interest, but
not a lot of forward direction beyond street from other working group.
Given that -- and given that street doesn't have capacity to
single-handedly build campaign within OB, it might make sense to build our
actions around this larger coalition, rather than other groups within OB

2.  * Staying on message!  (and figuring out what our message is)* -
 Gunner (of media - also planned many successful campaigns outside of OB)
suggested that we target message directly to the banks and debt, rather
than just calling out the cuts  -- that the OB-specific critique should be
on forward funding and the role of banks in manufacturing the T crisis.   I
couldn't agree more.   I also think we need to do some educating within OB
 (writing up a well-researched blog post on the debt issue, hosting a
teach-in in preparation for actions) to really make sure we're on message
and on the issues.

3.   *Building awareness within OB: *  To make all this happen, we need to
make sure we're on point and on the issues -- and have meetings be
forward-leaning, towards actions and organization.   To start building that
campaign, we need to let people know exactly what the issues are!    Tyson
offered to spearhead blog post - anyone want to help?   (I can, but am also
quickly getting swamped)    Next step:  teach-in with FSU?   (can we bring
in someone from SATC or ACE?  thoughts on this?).

4.  * Next steps.  *  Do we have a point person who is designated to work
with ACE + T Rider's Union + Somerville groups?   It seems like this can
mostly be at a small scale, with one or two people going to the relevant
meetings and checking back.     There IS a campaign here, whether we're
central to it or not, and it's important to map out exactly what our place
is within that story and work to support it.

Much of the conversation last night focused around message and
coalition-building, with the assumption that tactics and actions will
emerge out of that.    I can't take on a whole lot around this at the
moment, but am happy to help where I can!     Please let me know how the
meeting goes -- if those who have been more involved can check in on next
steps, that would also be helpful.

All best, thanks!

Katie
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:

> Hey y'all,
>
> We're meeting at 5 today. SEIU 615 (where I am working on getting a
> regular meeting space) is not open today to celebrate MLK Day. So, we'll
> meet in the Food Court at the Transportation Building. The agenda right now
> is pretty open, but I reckon we'll talk about Occupy the T and anything
> else you folks want. Suggestions for Agenda Topics?
>
> In Solidarity,
> Ben
>
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