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    I will take point on this. <br>
    <br>
    Who can help help me draft a short and sweet proposal to GA.  But i
    think this should be an announcement not a proposal. <br>
    <br>
    and yes MassArt, Tuffs, Northeastern... a univ is a great setting.
    (that way the city can't cancel the venue, city council auditorium, 
    on us. <br>
    <br>
    yes OB MUST be the host of this town hall and Tommy Boy just might
    come. why rule him out. unlike Bloomberg his is not entirely a
    complete and utterly worthless putrid sack of vulture shit. let's
    hope for the best. <br>
    <br>
    as far as facilitation: <br>
    <br>
    1. we have a entire facilitation team. <br>
    2. more importantly we have professional facilitators (I <u><b>VERY</b></u>
    strongly support using professional facilitators for this) <br>
    <br>
    Cheers <br>
    <br>
    martin <br>
     <br>
    <br>
    On 12/6/11 4:39 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CABpY1c0dNz03w9e1B9xJwFT1WUhLN0mJvp1O0fwmFLzztQNXgg@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div>Agree that there needs to be a large, indoor venue.  Maybe at
        MassArt, or one of the schools (like that other large meeting)
        or?  Developing spaces for such meetings is, I think, important
        and becoming urgent.  The host has to be OB, and it is also
        democracy in action to bring the idea of this Town Hall w/Menino
        to the GA.  If I can, I will manage to attend that one.  My life
        can be rather complex, though - two client's children who are in
        state care were suddenly hospitalized this week, just for
        example of the unexpected that can "trump" my plans.  I should
        not be "#1" on anything but I can write, monitor SHNS and other
        things, and contribute - hope that is enough.</div>
      <div> </div>
      <div>AND...he might just come.  He is all about his legacy now,
        IMHO.</div>
      <div> </div>
      <div>Deborah Sirotkin Butler <br>
        <br>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Elias
        Feghali <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:efeghali@gmail.com">efeghali@gmail.com</a>></span>
        wrote:<br>
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          class="gmail_quote">Martin, this is a great idea. Maybe he
          would come. Let's not make assumptions. More importantly, this
          is could be an important venue to have a larger dialogue with
          greater community -- regardless if he shows.
          <div>
            <br>
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          <div>I have serious concerns about facilitation and how it
            would actually go down. Let's keep thinking about this and
            bring other groups into the mix, if you're serious. It would
            take a lot of work. Let's not rush things.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>I feel like a formal statement inviting the Mayor to a GA
            needs to go through GA. Temp check on that though? It's a
            nice statement.</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Eli<br>
            <br>
            <div class="gmail_quote">
              <div>
                <div class="h5">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Martin <span
                    dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:m2@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">m2@occupyboston.org</a>></span>
                  wrote:<br>
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                    <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I do not
                      think Dewey is the proper place for this at all.
                      given that it can only fit TOPS 150 people. media
                      alone would take half the space. not to mention
                      the horrible idea to host these meetings out doors
                      in the middle of the new England winter. where
                      only the crack heads at camp and the very hard
                      core occupiers will show up. <br>
                      <br>
                      this needs to be done at city hall or a large
                      university auditorium. this invite is to go to the
                      ENTIRE city of Boston. not just the 130 tents a
                      dewey. We want massive attendace to this. <br>
                      <br>
                      and yes the open letter & town hall invite
                      combo are a BRILLIANT tactic. and we host the town
                      hall weather Menino comes or not if he is a no
                      show there is a seat with his name tag on the
                      table very noticeably vacant. <br>
                      <span><font color="#888888"> <br>
                          martin <br>
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                      <div>
                        <div> <br>
                          <br>
                          On 12/6/11 3:58 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler
                          wrote:
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <div>Well said, Martin.  Providential that
                              that GSA Audit of the federal reserve came
                              out showing an additional $16 trillion in
                              secret bailouts.  (provided that w/draft
                              as a .pdf)</div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div>The combination of the responsive
                              letter AND such an invite/town hall at
                              Dewey is a BRILLIANT and effective idea. 
                              +1</div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div>Deb Sirotkin Butler</div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011
                              at 3:45 PM, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:m2@occupyboston.org"
                                  target="_blank">m2@occupyboston.org</a>></span>
                              wrote:<br>
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                                  Team, <br>
                                  <br>
                                  why don't we send Menino asking for
                                  his help in taking on the right
                                  targets. how can he work with the
                                  citizens, whom he has a duty to serve,
                                  to take on the abuses of power from
                                  congress, the fed and the big banks? 
                                  or at least join us for a town hall,
                                  where ALL of Boston is invited, to
                                  discuss these issues. <br>
                                  <br>
                                  most likely he will ignore it or
                                  decline/refuse. best case scenario he
                                  agrees and a city conversation is
                                  started. let's do this not as a
                                  challenge but as an invitation given
                                  his own words that we should aim at
                                  the right target. <br>
                                  <br>
                                  cheers <br>
                                  <br>
                                  martin
                                  <div>
                                    <div><br>
                                      <br>
                                      <br>
                                      On 12/6/11 11:20 AM, Deborah
                                      Sirotkin Butler wrote: </div>
                                  </div>
                                  <blockquote type="cite">
                                    <div>
                                      <div>
                                        <div><strong>As a practical
                                            matter, while it may well
                                            "feel" like Occupy is
                                            "aiming" at mayors, it is
                                            not the reality.  It is true
                                            that Occupy is like a
                                            "thorn" in their side due to
                                            the very visibility that
                                            makes this movement <em>different.</em></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><em>As the GAO
                                              audit of the Fed, reported
                                               that was just issued
                                              makes clear, mayors and
                                              everyone else was robbed
                                              of $16 trillion dollars (I
                                              have attached the report)
                                              for those interested).</em></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong><em>So I strongly,
                                              strongly suggest a
                                              response be done, ASAP and
                                              provide a first draft
                                              & that this be done as
                                              an "open letter" that also
                                              is on the website, the
                                              facebook page, and
                                              possibly released with a
                                              brief PR.  </em></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong><em></em></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><em>This should be
                                              done and go out TODAY as
                                              this SHNS story went to
                                              ALL newspapers across the
                                              state, all legislators,
                                              etc.</em></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong><em></em></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><em>Deb Sirotkin
                                              Butler</em></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong><em></em></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">Open
                                              Letter to The Honorable
                                              Thomas M. Menino</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">(address)</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">Dear Mayor
                                              Minino:</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">Occupy
                                              Boston appreciates the
                                              location, services and
                                              hospitality received to
                                              date at Dewey Square.  The
                                              Dewey Square location in
                                              the financial district
                                              across from the Boston
                                              Federal Reserve is
                                              critical to our core
                                              message, which is the
                                              pillaging of the United
                                              States and its citizens by
                                              the banking industry, with
                                              the collusion of the
                                              Federal Reserve Bank.  In
                                              fact, just recently in the
                                              first-ever audit of the
                                              Federal Reserve System, a
                                              $16 trillion transfer
                                              without over sight, no
                                              strings attached was
                                              uncovered from the Federal
                                              Reserve Bank to private
                                              banks, most of them
                                              overseas.</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">While it
                                              may feel as if as a mayor
                                              you are targeted, in fact,
                                              our survival as a country
                                              is at stake, our target is
                                              the preservation of
                                              American Democracy, and we
                                              ask for your cooperation
                                              in making Occupy Boston
                                              all it can be as part of
                                              this critical effort. 
                                              That includes
                                              winterization, sanitation,
                                              and a good working
                                              relationship to those ends
                                              so that Occupy Boston can
                                              continue to fight for the
                                              liberty and financial
                                              security of not just
                                              Boston, not just
                                              Massachusetts, but the
                                              United States of America
                                              while keeping the light
                                              and media and citizenry
                                              focused on the
                                              depredations by the
                                              banking industry with the
                                              collusion of Congress.</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">Respectfully:</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#3333ff">[signature
                                              bloc]</font></strong></div>
                                        <div><strong></strong> </div>
                                        <div><strong><font
                                              color="#cc0000">I am due
                                              in a hearing in Lowell at
                                              noon, so have to zoom off,
                                              so I apologize is this is
                                              rought, but I HAD to take
                                              time to give you all this
                                              heads up - PLEASE grab the
                                              ball and run with it!!!</font></strong></div>
                                        <div> </div>
                                        <div><br>
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                                          Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at
                                          10:32 AM<br>
                                          Subject: MENINO: OCCUPY
                                          SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE
                                          AT THE WRONG PLACE’<br>
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                                            <font face="Arial" size="2">MENINO:
                                              OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING
                                              THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG
                                              PLACE’<br>
                                              <br>
                                              By Kyle Cheney<br>
                                              STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE<br>
                                              <br>
                                              STATE HOUSE, BSOTON, DEC.
                                              6, 2011…..Boston Mayor
                                              Thomas Menino on Tuesday
                                              chastised backers of the
                                              Occupy Wall Street
                                              movement for training
                                              their anger at municipal
                                              leaders rather than
                                              Congress, and the accused
                                              the group of a scattershot
                                              message that would benefit
                                              from taking on a single
                                              issue.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              “Mayors can’t do much
                                              about what they’re talking
                                              about. It’s the Congress
                                              and the Senate but
                                              nobody’s talking to them
                                              at all. They come at
                                              mayors,” Menino told
                                              reporters after speaking
                                              at a Greater Boston
                                              Chamber of Commerce
                                              breakfast at the Fairmont
                                              Copley Hotel. “Mayors
                                              can’t make decisions on
                                              banks’ regulations. Mayors
                                              can’t make decisions on
                                              scholarships. Mayors can’t
                                              make decisions on housing.
                                              It’s all down in
                                              Washington. They’re aiming
                                              their fire at the wrong
                                              place.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Menino’s remarks came as
                                              he awaits a judge’s
                                              decision that will clarify
                                              whether he has the power
                                              to evict Occupy Boston
                                              protesters from their
                                              long-held encampment in
                                              Dewey Square, at the heart
                                              of Boston’s financial
                                              district.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Menino said he hasn’t
                                              assumed the outcome of the
                                              Suffolk Superior Court
                                              Judge Frances McIntyre’s
                                              decision yet, but he
                                              questioned the Occupy
                                              movement’s tactics.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              “If they had one issue, I
                                              believe they could be a
                                              very powerful operation.
                                              They don’t have one issue,
                                              they have several issues,”
                                              he said. “Those several
                                              issues are issues that
                                              middle America cares
                                              about. Until you focus on
                                              one … you’re not going to
                                              have many wins.”<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Critics of the Occupy
                                              movement – which has
                                              branded itself as a voice
                                              to protest economic
                                              inequality and a political
                                              and financial system
                                              rigged to benefit the
                                              wealthiest, best-connected
                                              Americans – argue that
                                              protesters haven’t offered
                                              a clear solution. Menino’s
                                              criticism echoes similar
                                              remarks offered by former
                                              Republican presidential
                                              primary contender Herman
                                              Cain, who suggested that
                                              protesters aim their anger
                                              at government, rather than
                                              at the financial industry.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Menino’s comments also
                                              come as mayors in other
                                              cities are grappling with
                                              how to handle Occupy
                                              protests of their own. The
                                              protesters have primarily
                                              set up camp in major
                                              downtown areas, and
                                              critics argue they present
                                              a public health and public
                                              safety hazard. Menino,
                                              whose police commissioner
                                              Ed Davis attended the
                                              breakfast, said he shared
                                              those concerns.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Judge McIntyre said she
                                              would rule on Menino’s
                                              authority to remove
                                              protesters. She has
                                              indicated her ruling would
                                              come by the end of next
                                              week.<br>
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