[Street] meeting tonight, 5 pm

Ridgely Fuller ridgelyfuller at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 10:32:52 EST 2012


I have to work until 5pm then agreed to go to the T mtg so I won't be at
the street mtg tonight.

1.hardest thing i learned re BNY was how to go about getting  'vetted'
folks to come to the planned action given the threat of word getting back
to the bank...we need to have a  trusted Rapid Response Group..ready to
take advantage of opportunities that come up at moments notice..but how to
get folks on that team, transparency etc.
2 i was also concerned that some of those who might  decide to come would
not go along with the planned theme and might want to do it their way..so
how to stay in control of the goal of the action when we are all, so
autonomous is of concern to me.I mostly go with humor type stuff..and don't
know how to avoid the possiblility of  being derailed and so run the risk
of having the intent and tone of the action ruined
3. how to get media involved..i contacted two members of media..neither
came.. then,Joshua, bless his heart,..notified very late came..but too late
to live stream.i understand there is a way to alert press without telling
them where it is going to be until last minute..but don't know..I sent a
press release to media folks the morning of the action asking them not to
release it until before noon..not sure if they did...
3. inside  the Bank we were given tons of time ( and contrary to what was
reported by other groups re Bank actions, at a BOA mic check i was also
involved in..we were again given as much time as we wanted..no police
called..so knowing how to end an action successfully and on our terms is
something to consider..I thought it actually dragged on too long in BNY..
and 'mic checking' in a huge space with few people and the people there
were listening to what we were saying, seemed weird and kind of contrived.
4.great job outside leafletting, with pizza interacting with BNY security
and police..since I was so focused on what would happen inside i was really
relieved to see people spontaneously pick up the thread outside.
5. there is tons we can do with minimum risk re arrest..just takes abit of
imagination...
6 I tried emailing the video ( not crazy about it) to Pittsburgh without
success..does anyone know if they even know we did this?
7. interested in what others have to say about this..suppose I should also
say that my entusiasm for this action, esp on the day of the action, ended
up being really tempered by what is going on in GA and OB...hate to say
that but I think this GA stuff, at least for me, effects everything I do
with OB now.


i didn't have a chance to announce/discuss the T riders mtg at GA Tuesday
night as there was no opportunity for any announcements..i think a fine
groups will show up
Thank you for putting schedule of public hearings out..I have alerted the
Newton folks re the hearing in Newton and really want help in organizing a
great public hearing in Waltham..where there has been no interest in the
Occupy movement so a good Occupy showing at the T riders hearing might be a
great introduction into the positive things Occupy can do for a community...

I think we should get a good flier in process asap ( and translated into as
many relevant languages as possible..let's be aware of who uses the T!)..I
often take train/busses from Waltham and would be glad to hand them
out.especially in communities where there are going to be public
hearings..tihe flyer should be abosulutely accurate re info, and catchy and
short...

Ridgely

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:

> hey y'all,
>
> Just a reminder that we have a meeting tonight at 5 pm at the Boloco by
> the Community Church in Copley Square.
>
> Preliminary Agenda:
> 1. Recap from BNY Mellon Action, what we learned
> 2. Recap from Occupy the T meeting, next steps
> 3. May 1st
> 4. Future Actions
>
> I know there must be more that people want to talk about. There's been a
> ton of chatter over email, and I'm just not smart enough to keep track. If
> you want to add anything to this agenda, please let us know (please use the
> "reply all" function) and we'll add it.
>
> In Solidarity,
> Ben
>
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