[Street] nye actions
Ravi Mishra
ravi at occupyboston.org
Thu Dec 22 02:58:30 EST 2011
Awesome. Does anyone know if there are other actions being planned? A
simple mic-check new years wish on the subway seems very easy. Chalking
could be another low hanging fruit. Let's put together a few simple actions
that we can funnel a bunch of people into (and dangle a party after as an
incentive to join :).
--
Ravi
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Kevin Maley <kevinmaley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Everyone
>
> We had a really productive meeting for Info's plans for First Night. I am
> summarizing notes and will send out later, but here is the summary:
>
> -We are going to meet at a home base (possibly Community Church) around 12
> or 1, then disperse into groups of 4 or 5 to hot-spots in the city where we
> expect a lot of foot traffic.
>
> - Each group will be a mobile info tent. We will have buttons, Occupy
> Boston literature, sign-up sheets to join the movement, a big Occupy Boston
> sign, potentially tiny tents, tent hats, and maybe a little red mobile-info
> wagon with a tent over it. We are also trying to *stay on message* and
> let people know we are not just a movement to be a movement, but are
> connected to economic/social-justice issues that touch all of the 99%
>
> - We are going to meet back at Community around 4 and debrief; then hope
> to go on to that night's GA in a place that is outside and visible to a
> large audience (will bring that up tomorrow) and have an "info" presence
> there for any new people
>
> - We are also looking to coordinate with any other OB actions; including
> any street theater or kid friendly events, underscoring that we are going
> to be about most of the afternoon/early evening, where First Night is
> family friendly, and look to pull back when the drunks start coming out.
> perhaps we will all go to a bar afterward...
>
> Next meeting is Monday at 7pm
>
> thanks
> Kevin
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Katie Gradowski <
> katie.gradowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all!
>>
>> I'm going to be out of the loop on these actions --- next week is winter
>> vacation camp, and Parts and Crafts has separate plans for first night, so
>> that's going to be my main focus for the next two weeks. If people do
>> decide to go forward on the actions that were discussed, I have two things
>> to add!
>>
>> 1) We have workshop space to volunteer if anyone needs a place to
>> assemble floats, masks, giant puppets, what have you --- lots of space and
>> a bunch of tools in West Somerville, open any day after 3 next week.
>>
>> 2) Radical christmas caroling came up at least three times in that
>> meeting. Our house is having a solstice party on December 30, with at
>> least three divergent groups of nerdy folks in attendance. Anyone up for
>> some radical rehearsing?
>>
>> Love to all from Maryland!
>>
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>
>>> adding nicole to this chain (see below for some ideas i wanted to throw
>>> out there). please feel free to reply with comments, and let me know how i
>>> can help plan this stuff. i'll have a mass email going out about actions
>>> (summarizing the summit, next steps, etc.) before i sleep tonight, and i'll
>>> include a plug for nye in that as well.
>>>
>>> given the cohesiveness of the ob community, nye will be a great night to
>>> get a ton of people involved in actions (because we'll all want to hang
>>> out). let's not let the opportunity slip! :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ravi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> kev - not sure how i left you off the initial message. major apologies.
>>>>
>>>> sounds like meetings are happening tonight and tomorrow. i can
>>>> definitely be available by phone/dial into a conf call to listen in if you
>>>> guys can set this up.
>>>>
>>>> i wanted to throw some ideas out there:
>>>>
>>>> 1) random acts of kindness.
>>>> 2) chalking happy messages around the city (need to look into
>>>> legality): stuff like "ob wishes you a happy new year" and maybe something
>>>> sarcastic/humorous about how much corporations are screwing people.
>>>> 3) mic-checking subways
>>>> 4) flashmobs at various events: http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>>> 5) quick input about the "circle of lights" idea floating around: i
>>>> think we can do way better. dewey is going to be fairly deserted compared
>>>> to other places. there is a lot going on, and we should focus on high
>>>> traffic areas, imo.
>>>>
>>>> overall, strategically (echoing the action summit), i think first night
>>>> should be a perception-building night for us: make our presence known, come
>>>> across as positive, give people reasons to like us, etc.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ravi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Elias Feghali <efeghali at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There was a ton of enthusiasm to move forward with NYE actions, but
>>>>> it's going to take a hell of a lot of organizing if we want to do it right.
>>>>> At the very least, we need to meet soon to start planning. If we choose a
>>>>> few strategic, realistic actions, I think we can pull it off.
>>>>>
>>>>> Appreciate the offer for off-site support, Ravi. We'll lean on you as
>>>>> soon as we can, ha.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eli
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Ravi Mishra wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> anything i can do to help organize? i'm out of town but can send
>>>>>> emails and try to coordinate and all that. lmk :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> btw, pretty crazy schedule of events: http://schedule.firstnight.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Occupy Boston! Please redirect mail to katie.ob at occupyboston.org.
>>
>> www.partsandcrafts.org
>>
>>
>>
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