[Street] Tonight 5PM Meeting at S. Station
Ravi Mishra
ravi at occupyboston.org
Tue Dec 6 15:13:14 EST 2011
+1 to everything being said. i think we're much closer to being on the same
page than we might realize. :)
--
Ravi
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
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
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