[Street] Tonight 5PM Meeting at S. Station
Kevin Maley
kevinmaley at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 16:24:40 EST 2011
i may be arriving at the tail end of this meeting depending on what time i
am out of work, but hopefully will see everyone either at S. Station or GA.
my initial thoughts are that the Day of Action was one of the best at OB so
far and we need many more events like it
Kevin
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> +1 to everything being said. i think we're much closer to being on the
> same page than we might realize. :)
>
> --
> Ravi
>
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> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Brett West <heavyriser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I dig I dig. But I also think that the proposal --> discussion -->
>> meetings --> action model sorely omits reflection/evaluation.
>>
>> Somewhere before OWS began, someone did some reflecting and
>> re-evaluating. If we're going to walk the walk I think we need to maintain
>> that tradition even at this small level.
>>
>> But it doesn't need to dominate the agenda tonight
>>
>> B
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Katie brings up a fine point. If it ain't broke, why fix it? Still, I'd
>>> like to figure out a relatively regularly scheduled meeting time, as it
>>> seems there is some last minute decisions as to time and location of
>>> meetings that could be avoided.
>>>
>>> See you folks at 5.
>>>
>>> BJ
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Katie <katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm fine with this agenda, I guess, but it makes me less excited about
>>>> coming to the meeting. There are formal wgs, informal wgs, affinity
>>>> groups, etc - some are effective, some are totally ineffective, formal
>>>> structure has little to do with it, and abstract framing of structure (vs
>>>> assessment of past projects and planning of new ones).is the easiest way to
>>>> kill momentum out of the gate. Having been to a number of meetings of
>>>> this sort, I'm less inclined to want to push off real discussion in favor
>>>> of planning for a future conversation.
>>>>
>>>> This group works really well together. You all (we all?) played a not
>>>> insignificant role in getting a much larger group together to do something
>>>> cool. We don't need to figure out how we're different from da or outreach
>>>> to continue doing this sort of thing, or even formalize meeting times
>>>> (since unlike many groups, it's a pretty active listserv). I really like
>>>> the framework of proposal --> discussion --> meetings --> action -- it's
>>>> quick, efficient, and allows people to center energy on the project at hand.
>>>>
>>>> As for outreach to community groups, we'll never get all the unity
>>>> participants together jn a room to discuss, which is fine, bc they're all
>>>> having their own recaps this week anyway (guaranteed) We don't need to
>>>> touch base with everyone on next steps, bc the next action will likely
>>>> involve a slightly different group anyway. Let's meet, as streets, go
>>>> over some lessons from Saturday, bask in an action well done, and figure
>>>> out what the next proposal should be.
>>>>
>>>> That's my preference!
>>>>
>>>> Katie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent fro my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 6, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Brett West <heavyriser at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Someone tell me if I'm speaking too soon.
>>>>
>>>> I think the general vibe is in favor of a *Street Team meeting 5PM
>>>> tonight at South Station *(we'll likely be up in the tabled area to
>>>> the right). I didn't hear from United for a Fair Economy about their space.
>>>>
>>>> I also didn't hear any strong push for a an evaluation meeting tonight,
>>>> and I personally believe we'll want more people present for that meeting.
>>>>
>>>> I think tonight we should create an agenda together.
>>>>
>>>> *Recommended topics*
>>>>
>>>> - What is the role of the Street Team. how is it different from
>>>> Outreach and Direct Action
>>>>
>>>> -How does leaderlessness factor into the street team? How do we operate?
>>>>
>>>> - Pick a time and (ideally) location and create an agenda for the Unity
>>>> Rally Evaluation meeting
>>>>
>>>> -what we do next?
>>>>
>>>> In cooperation,
>>>> Brett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can do anything you want, as long as you don't wait for permission.
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