[Street] [Infotent] Circle of lighted tiny tents..

rita sebastian rita at brandeis.edu
Fri Dec 23 09:46:38 EST 2011


Thanks Katie-
Of course we should have tiny christmas lights for the tents!
Kevin-  def. reimbursable from weekly expenses (as needed).
Hugs,
Rita


On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Re: lighting for tiny tents --- you can get LEDs in bulk from ebay  (I
> think this is the seller we usually use):
> http://stores.ebay.com/hkpartsells/Electrical-Test-Equipment-/_i.html?_sacat=92074&_sid=1000732671&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
> .
>
> P&C has a bunch, but we're running camp next week and may have
> substantially fewer after the kids get through with them.   Coin batteries
> you can get from amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/CR2032-Lithium-Button-3-volt-Batteries/dp/B000WQSX4W/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1324566133&sr=8-12
>
>
> Best,
>
> Katie
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Nicole Sullivan <
> nicole_sullivan at live.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> around the commons or possibly copely if that is too big. Its visual, we
>> could have a vigil type thing and it would be similar to the idea of lights
>> around dewey,
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:16:19 -0500
>> Subject: Re: nye actions
>> From: kevinmaley at gmail.com
>> To: katie.gradowski at gmail.com
>> CC: ravi at occupyboston.org; efeghali at gmail.com; rachelbp at gmail.com;
>> occupyprospecthill at gmail.com; heavyriser at gmail.com; yahktoe at gmail.com;
>> nelsonterry123 at gmail.com; courtney.mulroy at gmail.com;
>> nicole_sullivan at live.com; Street at lists.occupyboston.org;
>> infotent at lists.occupyboston.org
>>
>> Hey Everyone
>>
>> We had a really productive meeting for Info's plans for First Night. I am
>> summarizing notes and will send out later, but here is the summary:
>>
>> -We are going to meet at a home base (possibly Community Church) around
>> 12 or 1, then disperse into groups of 4 or 5 to hot-spots in the city where
>> we expect a lot of foot traffic.
>>
>> - Each group will be a mobile info tent. We will have buttons, Occupy
>> Boston literature, sign-up sheets to join the movement, a big Occupy Boston
>> sign, potentially tiny tents, tent hats, and maybe a little red mobile-info
>> wagon with a tent over it. We are also trying to *stay on message* and
>> let people know we are not just a movement to be a movement, but are
>> connected to economic/social-justice issues that touch all of the 99%
>>
>> - We are going to meet back at Community around 4 and debrief; then hope
>> to go on to that night's GA in a place that is outside and visible to a
>> large audience (will bring that up tomorrow) and have an "info" presence
>> there for any new people
>>
>> - We are also looking to coordinate with any other OB actions; including
>> any street theater or kid friendly events, underscoring that we are going
>> to be about most of the afternoon/early evening, where First Night is
>> family friendly, and look to pull back when the drunks start coming out.
>> perhaps we will all go to a bar afterward...
>>
>> Next meeting is Monday at 7pm
>>
>> thanks
>> Kevin
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Katie Gradowski <
>> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all!
>>
>> I'm going to be out of the loop on these actions --- next week is winter
>> vacation camp, and Parts and Crafts has separate plans for first night, so
>> that's going to be my main focus for the next two weeks.   If people do
>> decide to go forward on the actions that were discussed, I have two things
>> to add!
>>
>> 1)    We have workshop space to volunteer if anyone needs a place to
>> assemble floats, masks, giant puppets, what have you --- lots of space and
>> a bunch of tools in West Somerville, open any day after 3 next week.
>>
>> 2)   Radical christmas caroling came up at least three times in that
>> meeting.   Our house is having a solstice party on December 30, with at
>> least three divergent groups of nerdy folks in attendance.   Anyone up for
>> some radical rehearsing?
>>
>> Love to all from Maryland!
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>
>> adding nicole to this chain (see below for some ideas i wanted to throw
>> out there). please feel free to reply with comments, and let me know how i
>> can help plan this stuff. i'll have a mass email going out about actions
>> (summarizing the summit, next steps, etc.) before i sleep tonight, and i'll
>> include a plug for nye in that as well.
>>
>> given the cohesiveness of the ob community, nye will be a great night to
>> get a ton of people involved in actions (because we'll all want to hang
>> out). let's not let the opportunity slip! :)
>>
>> --
>> Ravi
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>
>> kev - not sure how i left you off the initial message. major apologies.
>>
>> sounds like meetings are happening tonight and tomorrow. i can definitely
>> be available by phone/dial into a conf call to listen in if you guys can
>> set this up.
>>
>> i wanted to throw some ideas out there:
>>
>> 1) random acts of kindness.
>> 2) chalking happy messages around the city (need to look into legality):
>> stuff like "ob wishes you a happy new year" and maybe something
>> sarcastic/humorous about how much corporations are screwing people.
>> 3) mic-checking subways
>> 4) flashmobs at various events: http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>> 5) quick input about the "circle of lights" idea floating around: i think
>> we can do way better. dewey is going to be fairly deserted compared to
>> other places. there is a lot going on, and we should focus on high traffic
>> areas, imo.
>>
>> overall, strategically (echoing the action summit), i think first night
>> should be a perception-building night for us: make our presence known, come
>> across as positive, give people reasons to like us, etc.
>>
>> --
>> Ravi
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Elias Feghali <efeghali at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> There was a ton of enthusiasm to move forward with NYE actions, but it's
>> going to take a hell of a lot of organizing if we want to do it right. At
>> the very least, we need to meet soon to start planning. If we choose a few
>> strategic, realistic actions, I think we can pull it off.
>>
>> Appreciate the offer for off-site support, Ravi. We'll lean on you as
>> soon as we can, ha.
>>
>> Eli
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Ravi Mishra wrote:
>>
>> anything i can do to help organize? i'm out of town but can send emails
>> and try to coordinate and all that. lmk :)
>>
>> btw, pretty crazy schedule of events: http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>
>> --
>> Ravi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Occupy Boston!   Please redirect mail to katie.ob at occupyboston.org.
>>
>> www.partsandcrafts.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
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