[Street] a question
Katie Gradowski
katie.gradowski at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 10:36:58 EST 2011
I'd be fine with having a conversation either by email today or by phone
this evening.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Brett West <heavyriser at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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