[Street] a question
Brett West
heavyriser at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 10:35:08 EST 2011
I think the points that Katie brings up are important and valid. It does
seem to me that to have this event on Dec. 3 will require a lot of action
happening this week. Everyone should read her email, but this is an attempt
to summarize her main concerns:
1) *Copley square logistics* - Are we in contact with the appropriate
people to ensure that we can use Copley on Dec. 3rd for this event?
2) *Legal preparations* - Do we know if civil disobedience is going to
occur? Are we prepared to protect the legal wellbeing of all those who show
up at Copley?
3) *Losing the injunction* - will this possible outcome pose too large a
distraction for occupiers from an event on Dec. 3?
4) *Outreach* - while we have good structures in place to do effective
outreach and create an awesome turnout, do we have time between now and
Dec. 3 to implement them?
Katie feel free to edit if I missed something.
I think we need to talk to each other today to get answers to these
questions. CONFERENCE CALL TONIGHT 8PM?????
I would say work today assuming that it will happen on Dec. 3. If we
cold-call organizations and they say its too soon, that's a hint. If they
say they can do it Dec. 3rd., and then we have to push it back a week, that
will probably be okay too.
Also, I'm concerned about pushing the event further towards
Christmas/Holidays
Brett
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Katie Gradowski
<katie.gradowski at gmail.com>wrote:
> Do people think we can pull this off for December 3?
>
> That's not meant to derail efforts, and I don't want to spend too long
> dwelling on it if the answer is no. I'm just realizing that a lot of the
> work I meant to put into outreach last week got derailed by OWS (along
> with everything else), and that I may not be alone in feeling totally
> behind the ball on next week's march and rally. Wednesday's conference
> call left me with the distinct impression that we DO have a reasonable
> organizational structure for making this march happen, but that we might
> need another week and a half to pull it off.
>
> I think that's OK, if the answer is yes. We don't yet have a concrete
> list of groups on board for next weekend, but the wide net we've cast so
> far means that it's VERY possible to reach the people we want to reach.
> I'm really heartened, based on the meetings last week, that there are good,
> solid structures in place to follow up on outreach efforts with a concrete
> plan, a map, a great website, awesome flyers, etc -- but not sure that
> seven days is enough time to actually DO all that, and to get everyone
> involved who might want to be involved.
>
> Other thoughts and questions:
>
> 1) There are some logistics for Copley Square which seem like they'll
> take some time to negotiate (mostly regarding music, permitting, reaching
> out to other groups who might be using the square, identifying what those
> groups are, etc) --- at the very least, we should reach out to the church
> at copley to answer some of these questions. As far as I'm aware, this
> stuff hasn't happened yet, and needs to be part of our basic planning for
> the rally part of the event.
>
> 2) Canvassing vs. direct actions -- I'm not sure what actions are
> planned for the day, but especially since we are casting a wide net, it
> seems VERY important that if there is any civil disobedience planned, we
> make sure legal knows and are prepared to handle it. Autonomous action is
> fine, but we should be aware of what's happening so we can make sure
> everyone stays safe.
>
> 3) Timing and tactics -- if we DO win the injunction, great! If we
> don't, I expect the first few days of December are going to involve
> panicked last-minute meetings and bleary-eyed nights awake. I'm wary of
> doing last-minute planning for the march and rally in conjunction with
> this, when many of us are going to be suddenly faced with a myriad set of
> other things to do.
>
> Again -- not meant as a derail, and I don't mean to step on the toes of
> people who HAVE been organizing diligently for the past two weeks -- I got
> blindsided by OTH as well, and am feeling behind on many projects, but I
> realize that other people have been doing this exclusively, and may have
> dealt with some of the things I raised above as concerns -- in which case,
> great! if not, maybe we should reconsider the date?
>
> I'm all for going ahead with December 3, but i wanted to throw that out
> there in case other people are feeling slightly panicked about how quickly
> this is coming up.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Katie
>
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