[Street] Tonight 5PM Meeting at S. Station

Daniel Mc danielm at occupyboston.org
Tue Dec 6 14:54:25 EST 2011


+1

Street should def be action-oriented. Sat was a great success. Next  
step is to plan the next something, whatever that may be.
-- 
Daniel.
Occupy Boston Outreach Committee
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Quoting Katie <katie.gradowski at gmail.com>:

> 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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>>
>>
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