<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Needs Call Dec. 11th, 2011<div><br></div><div>Ali, Jay, Kelly, Tracy</div><div>Ali-facilitator</div><div>Jay- Notes</div><div><br></div><div>Agenda Items:</div><div><br></div><div>Survey Questions (Ali)</div><div><br></div><div>Occupy Audit and Finance in Movement Vision (Jay)</div><div><br></div><div>Fundraising after the evictions (Kelly)</div><div><br></div><div>Updates on conversations with non-profits and unions. (Ali)</div><div><br></div><div>Fundraising Report (Tracy)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><u>Notes:</u></b></div><div><br></div><div><b><u>The survey:</u></b><br><br>Survey for Occupation Working Groups<br><br><u>Physical and service resources</u><br>What resources are you spending money on?<br>Which resources that you depend on being donated?<br>Which resources do you need that you don't currently have?<br>Which resources would you like?</div><div>(add some examples to clarify possible items)<br><br><br><u>Capacity</u><br>What tasks and activities does your members spend the most time on?<br>If you could, what tasks would you outsource to volunteers (individual or organizational)?<br>What task or activities would you like to take on if you had more members?<br>What task or activities would you like to take on if you had more volunteers?<br>(examples - trainings etc...)<br>(clarify outsourced volunteers are from external groups and individuals supporting people who go to GA's etc...)</div><div><br><u>Processes and Agreements</u><br>What internal problems or situations does your group have that you would like to solve?<br>What internal problems or situations does your occupation have that you would like to solve?<br>(example: underage kids camping etc...)</div><div>policies, homelessness, etc...</div><div>(add some explainer text...)</div><div><br></div><div><u>New Question:</u></div><div>Add question about what groups, non-profits, and organizations already getting involved with?</div><div>(ie. code pink, local food bank, homeless coalitions, laybor unions, organizing groups, progressive foundations)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Survey focused mainly on occupations, but also made general for groups that have lost occupations.</div><div><br></div><div>Also could be additional surveys for accounting and finance, as well as more general survey for GA's that do not have occupations.</div><div><br></div><div>How to Occupy that has a lot of resource material. Make sure it is deseminated.</div><div>Add that link into the minutes</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b>Occupy Audit and Finance in Movement Vision (Jay)</b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Jay talked about the document he sent out about funds in the movement</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Help them with finance tranings, and an audit.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">5% of donors really are interested in knowing where the money is going.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">The issue is how to make it simple enough so that everyone is comfortable with it.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">If the occupy movement is being monitored. Nobody want the donor names to be public anywhere.</div><div class="gmail_quote">Need to be careful not to list organizational names, or personal names anywhere.</div><div class="gmail_quote">Do not want to be catalogued.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Add an executive summary the doccument</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b><u>Fundraising after the Evictions:</u></b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Information for occupations that don't have occupations.</div><div class="gmail_quote">Harder to fundraise without the fiscal encampment.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">General FUnd has $60,000 from we-pay account and cash donations.</div><div class="gmail_quote">$250+ per day...</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">$4,000 in greenway fund.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">+ other but couldn't quite here him.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">We have raised a good amount of money, curious on sense of what other occupies have done post eviction.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Loosing locations then increasing their social media. Sending through tweets and facebook. Picked up reminders.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Need to look more into this issue and see what is happening.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Initially more money was following into the we-pay account. Now more is coming into the Cash box from the large amount of visitors.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Experience with what type of donors people want in this movement.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Not saying they don't want money from certain people. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b><u>Updates on conversations with non-profits and unions.</u></b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Ali talked with some organizations at a holiday party.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Abuz, <a href="http://change.org">change.org</a>, ccc.... sending people down to be involved in an organizing way.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Have actual budgets and people who are responsible to deal with the occupation.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">How do we do this right. Want to send people but do not want to offend. Different occupations and could use some advice on that.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">They really want to have a longer conversations, even meet in person at <a href="http://Change.org">Change.org</a>.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Invite people who are looking for a way to interact with the occupations who don't know how to do that.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Unions on national level also having these questions. Could also be video conferenced in.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">A week or 2 into january as a time. Want to do it regardless, but also could do it as a part of this group.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Had a person from the national press club to put a panel on the occupations from across the country from this group who had people who were particularly good who would want to come into DC.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b><u>Fundraising Report (Tracy)</u></b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">Tides foundation and funding exchange are coordinating proposals.</div><div class="gmail_quote">They have large fundraising scale and infrastructure.</div><div class="gmail_quote">Pushing them to get 50% of this money to be deseminated to new groups and movement.</div><div class="gmail_quote">% beetwen support groups and occupations themselves.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">They can provide organizers, and are already providing organizers.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Can be an other agenda item for next week.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Peace Development Fund:</div><div class="gmail_quote">link....</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Kelly runs a progressive foundation too</div><div class="gmail_quote">Access Strategy fund.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Donors are nervous about sending checks.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">They know the occupies are in movement. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Need to pay attention to the smaller towns and smaller groups not just major cities.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Get occupy gift cards, phone cards. Pic them up in the drug store, visa, mastercards, </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Community based banks that have gift cards. $25-$500</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Send the cards to the movement. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">There is a short term need.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Some of the smaller occupies don't have web pages.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Needs are changing. If this committee would think these cards are useful. There could be places that have no money where this could be good to help get started.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">We are also working on the larger proposals and getting funds out.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">The General Assemblies proposal from Jay as well.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://Fund.GeneralAssemblies.info">http://Fund.GeneralAssemblies.info</a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">The cards involve a small fee. But overall it is less than foundation cuts.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Sounds like a great idea. Can be ad hoc, and figuring out which occupations get them sent to. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Encourage that there is an end goal to switch to something more accountable.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Idea of having occupy gift cards. If we do have them, lets put them to good use.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Can be a central start for this, until we have other decision</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">Wonderful idea. Gift cards there is a huge cry about supporting the mastercard and visa empires. Process fees. </div><div class="gmail_quote">Try not to go unilaterally on it without wider conversations. Some occupies may not want it. </div><div class="gmail_quote">If we can come up with an other way.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Progressive foundations just take too long. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Checked out for end of call.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></body></html>