<b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">+1</b> and thank you, Martin. Any student organization that is supportive or any student (my understanding) should be able to schedule this at "their school". <br><br>Deb Sirotkin Butler<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m2@occupyboston.org">m2@occupyboston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<u></u>
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
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.<b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> +10</b><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><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<br>
martin <br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/6/11 4:39 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
<blockquote 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 href="mailto:efeghali@gmail.com" target="_blank">efeghali@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)" 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>
</div>
<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>On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m2@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">m2@occupyboston.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
</div>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)" class="gmail_quote">
<div>
<div>
<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>
</font></span>
<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 href="mailto:m2@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">m2@occupyboston.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)" class="gmail_quote">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
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><b>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 <i>different.</i></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><i>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).</i></b></div>
<div><b><i>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. </i></b></div>
<div><b><i></i></b> </div>
<div><b><i>This should be
done and go out TODAY as
this SHNS story went to
ALL newspapers across the
state, all legislators,
etc.</i></b></div>
<div><b><i></i></b> </div>
<div><b><i>Deb Sirotkin
Butler</i></b></div>
<div><b><i></i></b> </div>
<div><b><font color="#3333ff">Open
Letter to The Honorable
Thomas M. Menino</font></b></div>
<div><b><font color="#3333ff">(address)</font></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><font color="#3333ff">Dear Mayor
Minino:</font></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><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></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><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></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><font color="#3333ff">Respectfully:</font></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><font color="#3333ff">[signature
bloc]</font></b></div>
<div><b></b> </div>
<div><b><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></b></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>
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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>
<br>
-END-<br>
12/6/2011<br>
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