Hi Everyone, here's the minutes from today's meeting 9/19 at 12pm<div><br></div><div>NEXT MEETING - Monday 9/21 5pm at SEIU Local 615 (<span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">26 West Street, 3rd Floor, Boston)</span>. Arrive at 4pm if you want info. on MassUniting Occupy DC trip Dec. 5-9</div>
<div><br></div><div><u>Agenda</u></div><div><u><br></u></div><div>-Outreach</div><div>-Canvassing Logistics</div><div>-Pre-Copley events</div><div>-Copley Program</div><div>-Create Working Committees</div><div><br></div>
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<b><u>Outreach</u></b></div><div>-David will reach out to colombian immigrant community, airport employees and SEIU 615</div><div>-Everyone agreed to do some sort of outreach</div><div>-Will we make provisions for undocumented persons + previous offenders who cannot be arrested? Is that necessary?</div>
<div>-Will we inform the police that we are planning a Dec. 3rd action to converge in Copley? Is that necessary?</div><div>-Ravi(<span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="mailto:ravi@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">ravi@occupyboston.org</a>)</span> is point person for social media outreach and dec. 3rd website development</div>
<div>-Dec. 3rd action will serve as a "Send off Rally/March" for DC trip organized by MassUnited</div><div>-We will create a "Personal Flyer" PDF that folks can download, write their personal connection to the 99%, and print and distribute. The flyer will be on the Website.</div>
<div>-MassUniting can print flyers and materials to aid in event outreach.</div><div><br></div><div>**** More Ideas for Outreach include...***</div><div>- T-stop flyering</div><div>- coffee shop flyering</div><div>-Churches</div>
<div>-Have Occupy representative at AFL-CIO meeting 9/28 at 10am (contact Daren from MassUniting)</div><div>-Public Bathrooms postering</div><div>-Reach out to community Organizations and groups</div><div>DO SOMETHING</div>
<div><br></div><div><b><u>Canvassing Logistics</u></b></div><div><b><u>Pre-Copley Events</u></b></div><div><b><u>Copley Program</u></b></div><div><b><u>Create Working Committees</u></b></div><div><b><u><br></u></b></div>
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The rest of these agenda items were crammed into the last 30 minutes of discussion, albeit very productive. </div><div><br></div><div>We redesigned the Dec. 3rd itinerary a bit. Instead of 10-11am canvass, 11am to 1pm march to Copley, and 1pm to 3pm program at Copley, it will look as follows:</div>
<div><br></div><div><u>10am - 1pm</u> - Pre-Copley Events</div><div><b>"Decentralized" rallies, canvassing, marches, issue-based or community-based events, protests etc.. hosted by self-starters who belong to the 99%.</b></div>
<div><br></div><div><b></b>-Daren suggested also using the "1% tracker" to host a pre-Copley event that targets a 1% event happening on Dec. 3rd.</div><div>-The creation of a google doc was suggested to organize and track Pre-Copley events.</div>
<div><br></div><div><u>1pm - Indefinite</u></div><div><b>All the "Decentralized" actions converge on Copley Sq. at 1pm for the Program.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><u>Program Ideas</u> (Not Definite plans)</div>
<div>- Have letter-sending station where individual stories of the 99% are compiled by folks in copley and will be mailed to corporations/politicians after the event.</div><div>-An unstructured Open-Mic where people in Copley have 3 mins to speak to the cause of the rally or to their personal story as a 99-er. </div>
<div>-Visual: 5-7 Large, blown-up written stories that embody the struggles of the 99% (ex. student debt story, exploited workers story, undocumented immigrant story).</div><div>-Discussion groups</div><div><br></div><div>
<u>Questions to Address</u></div><div>-Do we want the Copley Program to call everyones attention to 1 event at a time (i.e. the open mic) or to be more of a free-for-all with multiple things to do at any given time.</div>
<div>-How do we end the event?</div><div> </div><div><b><u>Action Steps</u></b></div><div><b><u><br></u></b></div><div>-Everyone does some kind of outreach for the event.</div><div>-Daren said he would reach out to the crowd that marched on Thursday 9/17 so we can hopefully count on their presence Dec. 3rd</div>
<div>-David has committed to contacting certain Immigrant communities, airport employees and the SEIU. </div><div>-Ravi is going to work on website stuff and social media(?)</div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">PROPOSED AGENDA Monday 9/21</font></div>
<div><br></div><div>-Introductions (5 mins)</div><div><br></div><div>-Agenda approval (5 mins)</div><div><br></div><div>-Outreach (25 mins)</div><div> -overview of outreach ideas an plans/ personal updates/ check in on action items</div>
<div> -Occupy Boston/ Hood/ Barrio updates</div><div> -Create Goals and Action Plan: Flyers handed out, attendance, media coverage, canvassing</div><div> -Do we have updated flyers?</div><div><br></div><div>-Pre-copley (25 mins)</div>
<div> -Overview of Dec. 3rd. Plan</div><div> -List potential pre-copley events/ Check in on google doc/ Who needs help organizing?</div><div> -Action Plan - delegation</div><div><br></div><div>-Copley Program (35 mins)</div>
<div> -Overview of ideas</div><div> -New suggestions/ discussion</div><div> -Action plan - delegation</div><div><br></div><div>-Review Action Items (2 mins)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><u><br></u></div>
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