Tag: General Assembly

Facilitator: Thomas
Stack Keeper: Maria
Notes: Tiffany

Announcements & Working Group Report Backs

• Last Tuesday the City Council approved a resolution to oppose the North Carolina Amendment 1, the Marriage Discrimination Amendment that will be on the ballot May 8th. Those who voted for the resolution totally believe in equal rights. You can go to the Greensboro website and see the entire meeting, or just agenda item #33, which was the item about the amendment. We might consider taking this resolution to the County Commissioners.
• Saturday, February 25th statewide General Assembly in Raleigh. Have a van that fits 15, and only 8 seats have been taken so far. Passed around sign-up but can also contact Jim at artteacher33@yahoo.com.
• February 21st is the next City Council meeting. At that meeting an agenda item is about Participatory Budgeting. PB will be addressed as speakers from the floor in the early part of the council meeting. A PB Information Session will be at the bookstore next Sunday at 2pm.
• The Inside Job, and hour and half documentary. Jane has the movie and is looking for those who are interested in a viewing.
• Energy Working Group: Canvassing every Sunday 2-4 in the Glenwood neighborhood. Meeting every other Wednesday at 7 pm until 8:30. Next meeting this Wednesday.
• Art/Media/Communication WG: We are starting a flyering effort. Al is bottomlining the distribution of flyers, so contact him if you have time to put these up and around. We are also revisiting the yard signs idea, possible sign-making party and getting those distributed. Jo is looking into this. Jim is going to be the bottomliner to correspond with other movements.
• Foreclosure WG: Meets at Spring Garden Bakery at 8:30 in the mornings on Thursdays. Plugging the viewing of the movie at the Carolina Theater on March 14th. Event will give audience education and ways to plug in to fight foreclosure. Please post and repost the trailer and promotional material for the event.
• Collective Access/Anti-Oppression WG: We had more conversations about safety and the bookstore and the Electricity Fund. Next meeting Friday at 5:30.
• Transition Greensboro: Piedmont/Triad Sustainability Project. Looking at regional plans and issues about jobs and transportation. They have several working groups that people can get involved in. Contact Kathe at transitiongreensboro@gmail.com.
• Tuesday 14th at 2 pm, Keystone Pipeline protest. Going to Kay Hagan’s office on Green Valley to oppose her support. Contact Julia for more info juliamkimmel@gmail.com.
• Die Capital!, Conner Maclean’s performance. Thanks to those who got that to happen here.
• Thank all the occupiers who marked on HKonJ. Rousing success. New solidarity brewing.

Proposals

• Proposal for OGSO to support of Bernie Saunders’ Senate Resolution 33, US Amendment to End Corporate Personhood; get government to regulate corporate spending in elections, thereby overturning Citizens’ United. Letters to Sens. Hagan and Burr, Reps. Coble and Miller expressing this support are written and will be sent; amended to include Rep. Watt. CONSENTED
• Proposal for May Day March and Working Group. The “working group [will] serve as the foundation for building a coalition with local immigrant rights groups, labor unions, and various other community organizations.” Contact Julie at designedbyjs@gmail.com. CONSENTED
• Proposal for OGSO to accept the “Charlotte Principles” (similar to a “points of unity” statement) developed by the Coalition to Protest the DNC for the purpose of working with the Coalition. TABLED UNTIL TUESDAY (TALK ABOUT DNC)

Discussions These were tabled due to lack of time following the proposal discussions.

• Chapel Hill Talk Back. TABLED
• Unity Proposal for coalition via FB for Occupy groups in NC. TABLED
• Statement of thanks to city council. TABLED
• Tuesday meeting time. TABLED

Next Meeting (Tuesday @ 6:30pm)
Facilitator: Valerie
Stack Keeper: Donya
Notes: Dave

Sunday Meeting @ 4:00pm
Facilitator: Marnie
Stack Keeper: Andrew
Notes: Kim

Paul had the honor of being this evening’s facilitator, and Al had the honor of taking the minutes. Donya was the stack keeper, someone pointing out that stack-keeper was the best experience to become an Occupy General Assembly facilitator. This evening’s was an abbreviated general assembly (G.A.), 6:30—7:30, because Sunday’s G.A. consented to Tuesday’s leaving early to attend the Greensboro City Council meeting, in order to urge the elected officials to vote for a resolution to oppose the Discriminatory Amendment to the N. C. Constitution on May 8, Amendment # 1.

The G. A. began with the Ground Rules, after a brief Check-In.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: [And please remember that this record is merely the reflection of one member and in no way a perfect or “official” recording.]

• The NAACP is providing a bus to the Raleigh March February 11, “Jobs for Justice.”
• Ed’s Saturday Morning Teach-in, on Co-operatives, has been postpond (because of the afore-mentioned march);
• There will be a Winston-Salem Public Forum on the recent N. C. Legislature’s toxic behavior, this Thursday Night, 7 o’clock, 1st Baptist Church;
• Terl can’t to Finance fund-raising anymore.
• Duke Energy has been paid $448.21, the entire amount due, of S.’s electricity bill, an obligation undertaken by OGSO when we were at the “Y” tenting grounds in October!
• The City Council Event (see above) was reviewed.

DISCUSSION: There being no “proposals,” the G. A. went into “Discussion,” and there was only one discussion in this shortened meeting. Dave introduced a full report on the altercation at Glenwood Coffee & Books continued on the parking lot outside with a neighbor. This neighbor was inebriated and extremely hostile and threatening, Dave reported, his testimony backed up by the other witness and victim of this behavior, Maureen. The neighbor’s behavior was grounds for a charge of “criminal assault.” All participated in the discussion, which was also referred to the Collective Process/Anti-Oppression and other groups for further debriefing and deliberation. Al declared that, by request and after due consideration, he was going to tell this neighbor that he was no longer welcome in the coffee/bookshop, in addition to changing the locks; there was no lack of consensus or disagreement with this otherwise unilateral declaration, unilateral because those affected were a paid employee of the shop and its most serious volunteer, in addition to being Occupy G. A. members, and they were engaged in bookshop business when the assault took place, it being Al’s responsibility to provide a safe space.

Respectfully submitted,
AL

Facilitator: Mark S.
Stack and Timekeeper: John K.
Notetaker: Emiley J.

Announcements

• See Jim to join the Rapid Communications List
• Michael if you want tot participate in the left form get in touch see Cindy
• Greensboro Currency Project update
• UNC rate hike action Feb 10, see Juan jcmisand90@gmail.com
• See John K. about working opportunity involving production, need to have flexible schedule, and can do lots of driving.
• Pictures from Occupy Charlotte see Donya
• Dave R. passes peoples bank around. $39 were raised.
• Glenwood Coffee & Books will be closed on Mondays
• Occupy High point meets Monday nights

Working group report backs

• Foreclosure WG: Movie will premier at Carolina Theater on March 14th. Foreclosure Working Group would like to welcome anyone to help promote, recruit, or organize the event. Contacts: bobbie.sonner@gmail.com or kevinstewartsmith@gmail.com
• Art and Media WG: Changing to Communications WG meeting Sunday 1pm at Glenwood Coffee & Books mokessler@yahoo.com Mo Kessler
• Fundraising and Financing WG: meeting Sunday 3pm at Glenwood Coffee & Books, Terl
• Employment WG: meeting with city council March 6. Come help create a proposal at the next meeting Sat 9am Glenwood Coffee & Books, Amanda Huber
• Civil Liberties WG: meeting Thursday 5:30pm Glenwood Coffee & Books
• Energy WG: meeting Wednesday 7pm at Glenwood Coffee & Book We need canvassers. Contact us at ogsoenergyworkinggroup@gmail.com
• Healthcare WG: possible health fair in the works
• GA Process WG: working on proposals meeting Tue 5:30pm Glenwood Coffee & Books, contact Dave R.
• Anti-Oppression WG: discuss the important of welcoming the new comers and support system structures
• Occupy Congress WG: occupyyourcongress.info, Jim and Terl

Proposals

• Proposal for OGSO to support the Saving American Democracy Amendment submitted to Congress by Senator Bernie Sanders in Vermont. GA temperature check mostly stand aside. Tabled to Tue Jan. 31, 2012. See Marshall for more information.
• Art and Media WG propose website restructuring. Proposal passed with consensus. See Dave R. for more information.

Discussion

• Electoral politics
• Flyer

Next Meetings

• Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012
  Facilitator: Emiley Joyce dnbemiey@gmail.com 336-430-2575
  Stack Keeper: Dave Reed
  Timekeeper: Mo Kessler
  Notetaker: None
• Sunday Feb 4, 2012
  Facilitator: John Kernodle
  Stack Keeper: Bobbie Sooner
  Timekeeper: None
  Notetaker: Tom