[Street] Amendments to Mutual Aid proposal

Katie Gradowski katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 01:15:12 EST 2012


Hey all!   A quick note following tonight's GA:

If you were adversely affected by the eviction from Dewey, or know anyone
who is currently in need of food, housing, or transportation support,
please share the following information with them.   There are funds
available for this purpose, which can be accessed either through your
working group  (outreach, street, or info) or through GA proper.

Wishing everyone a wonderful new year!

Best,

Katie

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*Mutual Aid Amendment Proposal*

   - This proposal will supersede the previous Mutual Aid proposal of
   $5,000 that was consented to by the Occupy Boston General Assembly on
   December 20th, 2011.
   - The purpose of the aid provided by this proposal is to provide
   transitional assistance to Occupy Boston activists who were most physically
   affected by the eviction of the Dewey Square encampment and the support
   network it provided. This will help members transition away from life in
   the encampment and also help them be more productive activists.The aid
   provided by this proposal is temporary. It will end January 29 or when the
   allocated funds of $4400 are exhausted, whichever comes first.
   - Assistance proposed will include and be limited to: T-Passes, Food,
   Cell phones assistance, Occupant Hosting assistance
   - To ensure that recipients of mutual aid are active members of Occupy
   Boston and the Dewey Square encampment, individuals must have signatures of
   two sponsors from the working groups in which the individual is an active
   member in order to receive assistance.
   - All requests for aid must be made in writing and submitted to assigned
   members of the Mutual Aid Working Group (MAWG) at General Assemblies or
   MAWG meetings. Mutual Aid Working Group Members will review requests and
   then request the approved amount of money from the Financial Aid Working
   Group (FAWG). Aid will then be dispersed by MAWG at the following General
   Assembly. Other forms of aid will be dispersed via working groups, as
   described below.
   - As this proposal is meant to provide transitional assistance, aid from
   this proposal will be available until January 29th, four weeks from now.
   - Funds donated with the Mutual Aid WePay Button will be used to offset
   the $4,400 taken out of the General Fund, up to $4,400. Nearly $700 has
   been spent from the previous Mutual Aid proposal; this amount will be
   subtracted from the final week that this presented proposal is active.
   - We ask the Media Working Group to help promote Occupy Boston Mutual
   Aid to help generate donations to it.
   - Income checks are not required. We ask that those seeking aid are in
   need of assistance and remember that others are seeking funds as well.
   - For members seeking individual support from their working groups,
   requests must be put in writing to the working group, and MAWG will collect
   written requests at General Assemblies in order to provide accountability
   and oversight.

 T-Passes:

For T-Pass assistance, T-Passes will be distributed via working groups.
>From now until the 29th of January, working group weekly budgets will be
allocated a separate budget of $45.00, with the $45 to be reserved for
members of the working group to receive T-Passes. A total limit of $375 per
week will be made for working group expenses outside the regular weekly
budget. With the weekly limit of $375, Mutual Aid expenses for T-Passes
will not exceed $1,500 over the four weeks that Mutual Aid will be active.
$375/week is the cost of 25 $15 weeklong, unlimited T-Passes. Requests for
the T-Pass aid are to be made using the standard working group disbursement
request.

Food:

For food assistance, aid will be made in the form of gift cards to grocery
stores. A limit of $25.00 per person per week will be made. Written
requests are to be submitted to MAWG, and, if approved, will be made
available at the following GA. A limit of $375 per week will be made for
purchase of grocery store gift cards, carrying a four-week limit of $1,500.

Occupant Hosting Assistance:

For hosting displaced Occupants, $25 per week per hosted Occupant will be
made available to hosts who seek it. A limit of $50.00 per week will be
made for those housing multiple Occupants. For day-to-day hosts, $5/day
will be made available, and $10/day for multiple Occupants, with weekly
limits of $25 and $50, respectively. Funds will be dispersed directly to
hosts after written requests, with written signatures of those hosted, are
made to MAWG. A limit $200/week will be made for Occupant Hosting, carrying
a total four-week limit of $800.

Cell Phone Assistance:

For cell phone support, assistance will be made via working groups. One
cell phone will be made available to working groups whose members require
cell phone assistance, and up to a total of ten cell phones will be made
available. Phones purchased will be available on a first-come first-serve
basis. Cell phones made available by this proposal will be $20 to $30
Straight Talk phones, and a total of $35 from the Mutual Aid Fund will be
spent on 4,000 minutes available for 30 days without rollover. These costs
will be outside the weekly working group budgets. Total costs to the Mutual
Aid Fund for cell phone support will not exceed $600. Requests for cell
phones must be made by working groups, following standard FAWG weekly
disbursement procedures. We will also seek donations of cell phones from
within and outside the Occupy Boston community to offset costs.
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