<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>Next Street Team meeting is Thursday at 5pm at Gandhi - Topic: Light Saber action mob planning</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">1. Dsicuss Unity Rally successes and </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>-Katie </b>- Rally should have been shorter</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Could have been a better mix of speakers - Experienced organizers and not</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Ben</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Loved the location of the rally</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Canvassing went well - mostly positive feedback from people. Talked to a lot of folks who had only experienced occupy through mainstream media. Got to dialogue on the movement.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- liked the singalong band and bubbles - family stuff. Liked the sink and all creativity involved. </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Wants to have a 2nd day of action</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Ravi</b> - Sucked that we didn't have amplification permit</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Michael T</b>. - thinks canvassing was an important part of it</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Open to doing more canvassing stuff</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Brett - </b>Plan it farther in advance. We got on the ground to outreach and organize about a week and a half before the event Dec. 3</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- More equal distribution of responsibility </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Sound logistics god put on back burner and that hurt us</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Ravi - </b>ends the shorter Rally idea</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">2. Proposals for Next Action (This conversation got melded with: What is the mission and role of the Street Team)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Context</span> - Outreach doesn't have person power to do everything they want to do. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">
<br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ideas for next actions...</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>1. GA at other location that Dewey</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>2. Tea Party action on the 16th</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- </b>(Katie)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>3. Light Saber flash mob</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>4. Boston Common Christmas display action</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b> </b>- No game plan for this, I just strongly disapprove Boston Common's appearance right now</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>- (Brett)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>5. Action against the Herald</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-</b> make a letter/ pamphlet documenting things that Howy Carr says . Fact checking, making fun of his logical fallacies to draw attention to Herald's poor reporting. This can help us get more media attention (Nicole)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>6. Fashion show in Downtown Crossing - Really Really Free Market</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>7. Canvassing</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>- Put together an ethnographic document that tells what the 99%ers not at dewey square think, feel and believe (Ben)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b> -People put tents in their yards, with 99% signs on them. Get creative with this (Brett and Katie)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>9. Culture Jamming</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>- Turning subway posters into Occupy Ads</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>10. Miscellanious</b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>- Junk mail campaign - Bring your junk mail to occupy boston and mail it back with Occupy info (ex. how to start and occupation in their city) (Katie)</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Tag board in every subway station - 1 big question on each. Ex. did you pay more in student loans than on yourself this year….? (Katie)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Ravi</b> - Sees Street as a catalyst for innovative actions and getting shit done. We need to be very methodical</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-We need to draw on diverse group of people</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Build strong connections with OEB and OTH</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-We need to be constantly analyzing and evaluating</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Maybe we can get more diverse representation in the group</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-R will start thread conversation of what are the small things that we can do to be a better street team and work more effectively.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Nicole</b> - Sees Street as a DA group with great potential</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- We should bring reps to DA and ask for a merge between the groups</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Through direct actions, we'll find our purpose in these actions. Occupy is a DA movement by origin</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- DA is not all anarchist and DA is not just people that dress in black. People in DA have great ideas.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Media: (i missed this point)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Katie</b> - When we plan an action we need to think about what we have the capacity to pul off.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Who can we help reach their goals?</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Katie thinks things that we can pull off are 1) Light Sabor flash mob and 2) Tents in your yard</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- DA does not have a monopoly on actions. Street team has a broad network, which gives us good potential</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Llkes the framework under which the Unity Rally came to be: Idea, discussion, email organizing/ meetings, event.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Brett - </b>We need to have a conversation about what street is before we continue to plan. We will step on DA's toes. </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-10 minutes of each street team meeting would be focused on improving st. team. The rest on DA planning. That will let us be an action-oriented group and to grow and improve as well</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Kevin</b> - Don't let the "What is street" conversation slow us down. We have great momentum off of Saturday</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Kevin writes a proposal for continued BOA actions</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Ridgeoy Fuller</b>- We should always have leaflets when we have an action, so that even if it goes wrong, the public knows what we're trying to do</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- We need to make actions accessible to everyone.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Trisha</b> - Occupy won't go much farther unless we pull in more and more people. We should consider that in considering a merge with DA</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><u>ACTIONS</u></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ravi makes a doodle to schedule next meeting after thursday</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Folks write up proposals for their action ideas to present at above meeting</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nicole invites DA to next meeting - Thursday - and subsequent meetings</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ravi starts email thread that calls for<u> ideas to make street as effective and innovative as possible</u></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Next Meeting is Thursday at 5pm at Ghandi </b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">From now on Street team meetings, excluding thursday's light saber meeting, incorporates 10 mins of each to <u>ways to improve street team operations</u></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Brett sends out Sunday eval meeting invitation for 2pm South Station (included). Ravi emails alissa for E5 space for Sunday</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Thanks for a great meeting everyone. And let work to retain the momentum from Saturday!</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><b></b><br></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div><br></div><div><br></div>You can do anything you want, as long as you don't wait for permission.<br>