Occupy Central Vermont

Attendees: Heather, Yeshua, Cecile, Er!k
Admin: 7:30 latest!, Yeshua and Er!k not around this weekend

Agenda:

Standing Agenda Items: (cg)

• Location of GA: Hayes (2/18); East Montpelier (2/25)
• Discussion facilitated by Education WG
• Plan Agenda and Assign Roles for the GA 2/18: Total time: 1 hr
• Intro: 5 min:
• consensus on going to 5:20, help with cleanup after
• GA: 45 min (or 85 mins? … redistribute accordingly)
• Reports Back 15 min
• WG Proposals: 30 min
• Arts and Theater 15 min?
• FWG? 15 min
• WG accts?
• Goddard response?
• Announcements/New WG formations: 10 Min
• Roles:
• speaking facilitator: Cecile
• stack: Heather
• note taker: ? find at GA
• Heather to ask Colin
• props: Cecile
• signage: Heather
• coffee hour backup host: Cecile
• posting the FWG meeting notes: Heather

• Framing and Facilitating the Arts and Theater Proposal (cg)
• not yet a fully fleshed out counter-proposal for GA process
• just looking for a temp check?
• from what we can gather she is proposing:
• fluid open-ended meeting process
• GA not a deciding or action body,
• just a place for diverse groups to gather
• to discuss and educate each other
• groups/individuals free to do whatever they want, report back to GA is optional
• how do we facilitate this?:
• introduction by A&T W.G. with feedback
• clarification round
• discussion round: clarify points of difference
• move on?: ask for points of difference to be identified now or to be brought to the next GA?
• light on feet w/ facilitation
• cecile to run facilitation plan for her proposal past Margaret; get her input, can A&T bring copies of their proposal

• Review received WG aims and accountibilities and making a plan for how to present this information, and when (cg): https://docs.google.com/a/roundskysolutions.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjC_3-6jXKz4dFU1TE8wcWJCSWE4UldLLXNPVDFublE#gid=14
• might not need to discuss this
• FWG: ask folks to go look at this and identify holes and concerns/changes
• FWG: bring input back for next weekend

• What to do about Goddard? (cg)
• FWG: do an intro re: conference
• address issue: no inclusion of local Occupations
• address hostility we are feeling / model trying to be inclusive
• scholarship issue: “let’s not make ppl evil”
• FWG: what’s the most appropriate strategic response?
• identify demands: discussion
• identify who has the appropriate connections to be effective
• nominate someone to deliver the letter or a delegation to deliver the letter in person
• form an ad hoc committee to write a letter, doodle poll time to deliver letter
• empower the ad hoc cmte? or bring back to next GA?
• Identifying by title (not in detail) the rest of the changes the FWG would like to bring forward to the GA (cg)
• Defining what the GA does and doesn’t do, and defining what the structure of the GA is, i.e. what activities it includes
• How decisions are made
• Clarity on what WG are doing and a system for reporting back on Operational details
• Tracking systems (may be brought forward by Tech not FWG)

• Setting on a new time to meet (cg)
• New time: 6 PM on Thursdays
• add this detail and access info to the FWG page, contact page and events (YT)

• Uploading consensed proposals from last weekend (scd and WG accts) (cg)
• cecile to create a Master Gov Doc as a temporary location
• cecile to upload the proposals from last weekend
• cecile to send link to Yeshua and Heather for cross check
• yeshua will upload notes from last weekend to webpage
• yeshua to build page for our Passed Proposals with the link to the MGD