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<span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi everyone,</span></div>

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I am getting a Mayfirst mailing list set up for the Banks campaign so we can keep this off the other lists for those who don't want to be on it and minimize e-mail traffic, therefore this will be the last e-mail on this topic sent out on Streets/Info. <b>If you want to be on the new mailing list please e-mail me, and <u>please do not hit reply all.</u> </b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Below is a summary of the meeting we had tonight, and are meeting again next <u>Wednesday at 7pm, location tbd.</u></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The objective of the meeting was to define what we were going to do with this working group under the notion that we need to change the status quo, and change the banking system as we know it. It has become the epitome of corruption and what is wrong with this country, ranging from the huge concentration of power among a handful of mega-banks, massive deregulation and fraud that destroyed the global economy, destructive investments in companies that destroy the ecology of the planet or contribute to violent oppression, exploitation of their own customers and employees, huge profits with little or no taxes being paid (sometimes tax rebates), massive looting of the Treasury, and complete corruption of the political system to the point where Senator Dick Durban once said, speaking of the banks influence in the Senate "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/dick-durbin-banks-frankly_n_193010.html" target="_blank">Frankly, they own the place</a>".</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">So noting change is necessary, and agreeing that we want actions in the short, mid and long term, we mapped out four big buckets:Regulate the Banks, Political Corruption, Banking Practices, Financial/Housing Crisis, in which we placed a lot of grievances, topics and issue areas we felt were important. A fifth category, Solutions, holds a lot of ideas we want to push for <i>how</i> to "change the system as we know it".</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">What we want to do between now in the next meeting is look to the issue areas we defined and think of Action Items, Campaigns, Tactics, Goals and other Ideas.  I think it is important we come up with an overarching goal/mission statement that can guide us as we start acting on certain areas. We are looking to do stuff quickly and get stuff to rally around, as well as bring issues on the agenda in the 2012 elections and in general build lasting and sustained campaigns for change. </div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">So whether or not you are able to make Wednesday's meeting, please take a look at the list below, consider areas you want to focus on, and use the three questions below to guide you as we work on strategy, planning and action for the next meeting:</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div>Questions for next time:</div>

<div>- What can we message?</div><div>- What will excite people?</div><div>- What will affect change?</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Goals:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>- <b>Regulate the banks</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Derivatives</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">            </span>- Usury</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- restore glass-stegall</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Tobin tax</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- revoking corporate personhood</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Bank fees</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">              </span>- Consumer protection</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Money laundering</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Tax reform</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Predatory lending (new forms of banking, Walmart)</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">                  </span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span>-<b> Political Corruption</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">                </span>- Campaign finance  </div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Lobbying</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Selling of politics</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">            </span>- Revolving door</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- <b>Banking Practice</b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Fossil fuels </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

                - Dirty investments</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">           </span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span>- <b>Financial/Housing Crisis</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">            </span>- Stop the evictions - moratorium</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- <b>Solutions</b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Credit unions state banks</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Rebuilding communities</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">         </span>- Living wage</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Require banks to reinvest in worker cooperatives</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Divest MA from mega-banks</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">              </span>- Create state bank</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Divest the state from mega-banks</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- State bank in MA</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">               </span>- HIP investor</div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- <b>Messaging</b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Talking points</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>- Fighting for the little guy/main street</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span> - <b>Action Items:</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span><span style="font-weight:normal">- Tax Day</span></b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">                </span>- Pressure Obama on the Banks - Pressure government</span></b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">                - MBTA campaign</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>- Election 2012 - MA </span></b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">                        </span>- Pay attention to campaign appearances</span></b></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<b>Overarching  Goals:</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>- End the banking system as we know it</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Questions for next time:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

- What can we message?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">- What will excite people?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

- What will affect change?</div>