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Occupy Central VT Assembly, Sat. 10/6

10/03/2012 in Facilitation WG, Next GA location & agenda, Uncategorized

Please join us for our monthly Assembly, this Saturday, 3-5 pm at the REACH office (138 Main St., in the brick house across Main St. from the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, first floor).

Here’s our proposed agenda.  Hope to see you there!

Introductions – 5 min.

Reports – 20 min.

Sept. 17th events both here and in NYC
Farmers’ Market tabling
Other reports???

Planning for future events

Hardwick 10/13 pop-up – 20 min.
Sue Morris will facilitate.

People’s Cafe at Bagito’s – 15 min.

Possible topics for discussion:
a) Alternatives to corporate capitalism
b) Direct vs. representative democracy
c) Earth Charter  http://earthchartervt.us/index.php

Other proposals?

General discussion – 50 min.  Focusing on one or more of these topics:

The role of government and the state and different attitudes or orientations toward it

Current events in the world at large, especially mass protests against austerity in Europe

The efforts of U.S. Occupy affiliates to organize around issues of debt
- How can we organize locally around that issue?

Announcements / soapbox – 5 min.

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OCV General Assembly AGENDA 9/8/12

09/07/2012 in Facilitation WG, Next GA location & agenda

Here’s our agenda for Saturday.  We’ll aim to meet at the guerrilla garden across from City Hall at 3 pm.  A rain location will be announced later. Rain location = REACH Care Bank, across from the library in Montpelier.

  • Intro – 5 min
  • WG Reports Back – 10 min
  • Activities since last GA (Farmers’ Market, Bread & Puppet, People’s Convention, Friday Hardwick tabling, Barre)
  • Coordination Time – 20 min (things coming up in the next month)
    • S17 (NYC) — Occupy CVT affinity group?
    • S17 in Montpelier
    • Occupy Townships (Hardwick and Barre in October)
    • Farmers’ Market tabling
  • Questions for the group (pairs or triplets sharing with report back)  30 min.
    1. What would each of us like to contribute to the larger community with and possibly through Occupy?
    2. What would we like to contribute to Occupy?
    3. What would we like to accomplish individually, possibly with or through Occupy?
    4. What can Occupy do for me?
  • Proposals / Feedback on Upcoming Proposals – 30 min
    • Discuss folding group and responsibilities into GA as a whole – 5 min.
    • Contact/email list & WG streamlining (plus website): Who can work on it?
    • Put People First Group –  linking allied organizations — 10 min
    • GA schedule, Educational events for the fall – 15 min.
  • Announcements – 5 min
  • Soapbox/Open Mic

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8/11 Event at Montpelier Farmers Market

08/05/2012 in Direct Action WG, Next GA location & agenda

Next Saturday we are planning a 1-hour event in Montpelier. From 12 to 1 pm we will have our banner and signs at the Farmer’s Market where we will use the People’s Mic to present our viewpoint. Please come and bring with you text (poems/prose/ideas) that we can use with the people’s mic to present to the folks there.

If you like, let the Direct Action Working Group know that you can make it, and let us know if you have any questions.

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8/4 General Assembly Agenda

08/02/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

8/4/12 at 3 PM in the Guerrilla park – Main St, Montpelier

Agenda:

  • Working group reports back
  • Discussion: How to regroup/what can we do?
  • Planning:
    • People’s Convention, 9/1-9/2
    • Barre pop-up planning, 9/22
  • Announcements

Let’s do it, people!

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Agenda for Saturday 7/7

07/06/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

This Saturday, from 3 pm to 5 pm, on Main St at the Guerrilla Park, Montpelier

Agenda for the GA:
Introduction
Working Group Reports Back
Evaluations – Citizens’ actions, parades, Margaret’s, VBC
Transition/Occupy interaction
Next Pop-Up (Marshfield/Plainfield?)
Bread & Puppet opportunity at weekly Circus
Cabot creamery toxic waste solidarity request
Announcements
End [Soapbox/Open Mic]

See you there!

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Invitation: Saturday’s Occupy Central VT Event

06/26/2012 in Discussion, GET UP GET OUT!, Next GA location & agenda, Trainings & Skill Shares

Next Saturday, June 30, Occupy meeting at Margaret’s house

1-3 p.m.: Come early to hang out, hike, lie in the hammock, problem solve (I’ll provide some problems), nap, play badminton, pick flowers, do artwork, etc.

(It’s supposed to be a sunny, warm day–so this slightly cooler spot might have some appeal, especially for those picketing at the farmer’s market
in the morning.)

Children, significant others, family members are most welcome to come along, and join in discussion (or not), supper, campfire, etc..  Toys,
beds, and childcare available.

3-5 p.m.: Occupy discussion:

  • 15 minutes:  reflection and evaluation of our part in the Convergence
  • 15 minutes:  July pop-up:  when, where, and what (DAWG)
  • 90 minutes:  What is a Movement? (facilitated by Margaret); an overview of social movements in our lifetimes and how we envision the Occupy Movement.

5-7 p.m.:  pot-luck supper (I’ll provide some potato salad, brownies, and apple juice)

7 on:  campfire (an opportunity for informal sharing, music, etc.)–help initiate my new fire pit.

Camping overnight is also an option if you want to bring your own tents and sleeping bags.

(You might also want to bring bug spray, and other outdoor protections, as well as folding chairs if you have one–if not, I have some chairs
here).

P.S. I have two dogs and two cats, but we will meet in a fur-free room if you have allergies.

 

Please contact tech[at]occupycentralvt.org for directions and/or additional contact info.

Post rideshare requests in the comments below, or speak up on the discussion email list.

 

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Schedule for Occupy Central VT Activities, Saturday June 16

06/12/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

The Direct Action Working Group has arranged the following schedule for this coming Saturday, June 16. Reminder: General Assemblies have been rescheduled to happen once each month, and will not be part of Saturday’s activities.

10:30 – Meet at City Hall for an orientation on the Citizen’s bank protest
11 to noon – Picket and protest at Citizen’s bank (across from Shaw’s)
12:30 to 2:30 – Working Group gathering, outside, across from City Hall

See you there!

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General Assembly Agenda and Other Announcements, 5/26

05/25/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

Occupy Central Vermont General Assembly
Saturday, May 26, 2012 – 3 PM
Montpelier City Hall, front steps

AGENDA:
 Intro
Working Group Reports Back
Direct Action – Pulse checking on Citizen’s bank protests
Facilitation Proposal (detail below) – Discontinue weekly GAs. Next one on 6/9 during pop-up event. Then on 7/7.
Announcements
Conclusion
Soapbox

PROPOSAL: Shift to monthly General Assemblies with activities being driven by Working Groups and affinity groups. Next GA will be on Saturday, 6/9, during the pop-up in Montpelier. The following GA will be on Saturday, 7/7. Working Groups can contact Facilitation to call for a GA at any time when necessary.

MINUTES from last week’s GA are on the website here

HARDWICK PARADE, 10:30 TOMORROW (5/26):
Central VT Occupiers are going to be participating in the parade on Saturday, meeting at Hazen School in Hardwick at 10:30 am. We will have a few of us in costumes (pup tents worn by some of us) with signs that say things like Occupy Farms, Occupy Schools, Occupy Banks, Occupy Homes. This idea for costumes is a take off on an Occupy protest by some folks in Melbourne, Australia that’s on YouTube. We also have an Occupy Central Vermont banner. Please contact Sue at suereel@editide.us if you are willing to walk with us, so we can have some sense of our numbers. Also, we may have a table after the parade with literature and our library.

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Agenda for 5/19/12 Discussion and General Assembly

05/18/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

To be held outside City Hall in Montpelier, 3 – 5 PM
Forecast calls for 75-80 degrees and sunny – bring umbrellas/hats/sunscreen
Agenda:
First hour – Discussion on the Banking System, led by the Education & Empowerment Working Group
Second hour – General Assembly:

  • Intro & call for next week’s facilitation volunteers
  • Working Group (WG) Reports Back
  • Feedback on Upcoming Opportunities/Ideas
    • DA (Direct Action) WG – Parades? – Hardwick Kiwanis/Chamber parade in 2 weeks, July 3 parade in Montpelier
    • DAWG – June 9 pop-up in Montpelier?
  • WG Operations Time
    • DAWG – Citizen’s research and other banks/credit unions research – Bank Score Card
      • Education – materials, a good simple effective flyer – why we’re here, what alternatives exist
      • Arts – signs
      • People to commit to being there
  • Announcements
  • Soapbox

See you there!

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Discussion & General Assembly 3-5PM on 05/04/2012

05/04/2012 in Discussion, Facilitation WG, Next GA location & agenda

Occupy Central VT’s next General Assembly is Saturday, May 4th from 3-5PM

 

We will continue outside again this Saturday, in front of City Hall in Montpelier. We will start with a discussion session - National Security State / Full Spectrum Dominance - from 3-4pm, with a 1 hour General Assembly following from 4-5pm. See the General Assembly Agenda below for more details.

 

Discussion: National Security State (facilitated by Education & Empowerment): Please join us for a discussion on the theme of the National Security State in the Context of Full Spectrum Dominance, the implications for political protest, and our responsibility as Americans living within the empire.

 

Agenda for the General Assembly

  • Intro – 10 min – call for next weeks volunteers
  • Occupy Vermont Report Back/Share – 20 min
    • Celebrate!!!!
    • Debrief and Report Back from march/rally/tabling [plus/delta/insight]
    • Debrief and Report Back about GA from others [plus/delta/insight]
  • Working Group Reports Back – 5-10 min
  • Working Group Break Out Time – 20 min (rally up and check in about Occupy Pop-In, not just for Direct Action Working Group to make successful
  • Announcements – 5-10 min

This week, serving our General Assembly will be: Yeshua (facilitation), Amy (stack), Jay (notes), Heather (props and facilitation), Steven (greeter/welcome), and Colin (de-escalation).

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General Assembly (4/28) Agenda + EVENTS!

04/27/2012 in Facilitation WG, Next GA location & agenda

The next Occupy Central Vermont General Assembly will be on SATURDAY, APRIL 28th from 3-5PM at the Reach Care Bank, 138 Main Street, across from the library, brick victorian.

Prior to this week’s GA is the Vermont Unite Women – Rally at the State House from 11am-2pm. Please join us for the rally — look for the Occupy Central VT banner and the OCVT Feminist Caucus table at the statehouse! FOR MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/427870917230080/  OR  http://vtdigger.org/2012/04/22/unite-women-to-rally-at-statehouse-on-april-28/

OCVT General Assembly Agenda 3-5PM: 

  • Introductions
  • WG Reports Back
  • Strategy breakout conversations
  • Media Outreach
  • WG Operations – May Day and GA Facilitation – roles, etc.
  • Announcements
  • Soapbox
NOTE: Education & Empowerment is rescheduling the discussion on the National Security State until after May Day. 


MAY DAY IS COMING ~ CHECK OUT THESE EVENTS! ~ TUESDAY, MAY 1ST

SOLIDARITY STRIKE: All Day, Downtown Montpelier
Because workers and small businesses struggle to stay afloat in today’s economy, some  downtown businesses are standing in solidarity with workers everywhere to celebrate International Workers’ Day and build towards a more economically just society. A number of Montpelier establishments will close on May Day, either for the whole day or for the hour of noon to 1 PM, so that they and their workers can attend the march from City Hall to the State House. Many more will hang May Day General Strike posters in support.

  • Confirmed closing for the day: FreeRide, May Day Studio, and Tulsi Tea Room, as well as the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism which has cancelled afternoon classes
  • Confirmed closing from 12-1PM: The Book Garden, Buch Spieler, The Get Up, Global Gifts
  • Hanging ‘General Strike’ posters: Many more downtown businesses!

We thank these businesses for their displays of solidarity. Even hanging a poster is an act of resistance. Please show your support and give your thanks to these shops on May Day and beyond! For more info: http://www.occupycentralvt.org/2012/04/24/may-day-general-strike-appeal-to-businesses/

VWC’s “Put People First” March and Rally: 12-3PM, City Hall to the Statehouse
As part of a national day of action thousands of VTers will converge on the Statehouse in Montpelier to connect our struggles for universal healthcare, education, housing, childcare, workers’ rights, women’s rights, disability rights, migrant justice and a healthy environment and livable planet into one huge march! Join nurses, farmers, farm workers, teachers and people from every corner of the state for this exciting march and rally! For more info: http://newcivi.workerscenter.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=50

LABOR SPEAK OUT – CAPITALISM ON TRIAL: 3-4PM, Statehouse Lawn
Through song, performance, speak-out, and cantastoria, the Occupy movement will highlight the effects of capitalism on our neighbors, communities, and shared environment.
For more info: http://www.occupycentralvt.org/events/occupy-vermont-puts-capitalism-on-trial-labor-speak-out-from-the-99/
OCCUPY VERMONT – STATWIDE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: 4-6PM, Statehouse Lawn
Members of Occupy Central VT, Occupy Burlington, NEK 99%, Occupy Upper Valley, and Occupy Rutland will converge for the 2nd Occupy Vermont General Assembly from 4-6PM. The agenda includes time to hear about Occupy-related events and actions throughout the state, and plan ahead on upcoming issues or actions. The Statewide General Assembly will also focus on building our directly democratic process together as we rebuild a democracy of the people, by the people, and for the people.
For more info: http://www.occupycentralvt.org/events/occupy-vermont-statewide-general-assembly-2/

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General Assembly 4/21 from 3-5PM + Events/Actions

04/19/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

Occupy Central VT’s next General Assembly is Saturday, April 21st from 3-5PM.

It looks like rain (maybe). And we may or may not have the library. Plan on bringing an umbrella and dress accordingly. As a backup: find us in front of City Hall. NOTE: There’s a lot to cover this week, including a special strategy session, so please try to arrive on time!

Agenda for the General Assembly (GA), 3-5PM:

  • Intro
  • Strategy (see below)
  • WG Reports Back
  • WG Operations
    • May Day Planning, including “Capitalism on Trial” report back and “GA Facilitation” report back
    • Media outreach and relations
  • WG Proposals
  • Announcements

Strategy: 3-4PM

Upcoming Events:

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Discusssion and General Assembly Agenda – 04.14.2012

04/14/2012 in Facilitators Planning, Next GA location & agenda

Occupy Central Vermont’s next General Assembly is Saturday, April 14th from 3-5PM

This week starts with a 1-hour discussion, followed by a 1-hour GA

Location depends on the weather. If it’s nice outside, we will either be outside of City Hall in Montpelier OR outside the Library in the courtyard by the children’s library entrance. If the weather is bad, we’ll be in the East Montpelier Room of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Stay flexible, look for signs, be ready to be nimble!

AGENDA:  
4-5PM: General Assembly:

EVENTS: 

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DAWG pop-up proposal for 4/7/12 GA

04/06/2012 in Consensus / Process, Direct Action WG, Next GA location & agenda, Working Groups

 

Pop- up Proposal:

With input from the GA and DAWG participants, we have come up with this proposed vision for which we seek approval to move forward with.

To increase diversity of participants, accessibility to the Occupy Central Vermont Movement, and visibility of this movement, we propose to have “pop-up” occupy gatherings every other Saturday (with some variance) throughout the warmer months, starting in May and going through September, potentially into October.

These events would happen in different towns throughout the geographic area defined as Central Vermont.   The organizers would be responsible for making connections in towns we would hold events and making sure that we are connected to the resources, issues, and people in those locations.

Events would hold a number of different activities including a free store and library, alternative health care options or resources, information tables, youth activities, educational workshops and the weekly general assembly.     Educational workshop offerings would vary from week to week and could include political/ movement education or discussion as well as skills share information.   We would work with workshop hosts to build ALL workshops around the “occupy framework”, addressing the disparity of wealth and hording of power among so few.

As we enter community around Central Vermont, we will work to identify specific community issues for that area and address them in our time there.  This might look like a workshop on a specific topic OR it might look like a work session with OCVT participants to help clean up an area, plant a community garden, picket outside of a local institution which is not supporting its community, or some other related activity.  These activities would need to align to the occupy framework and be articulated as such.

 

Sample Day’s agenda:

10 AM   set up and social time

11 AM   workshop slots

12 PM    Lunch and social time

1 PM      Workshop slots

2 PM      Workshop slots

3- 5 PM General Assembly

As workshops are happening, other activities can be happening also. Some workshops might be one hour, some might be two.   Kids activities can happen at a set time during the day or run throughout the event.  Free store and health care would ideally be available through the whole time, with some things like massage being at set times


In initial discussions, the DAWG agreed that we would need to let each location be built and billed as needed.  In some towns, we might seek a permit, in others we would not.   We would also have to play our outreach into each location by ear, balancing safety, accessibility and information sharing.   We would look to our connections in each community to help define the best way to enter and do outreach.

 

The Direct Action Work Group would be organizational support, but functionality of organizing would happen through a sub-group focusing only on this.   The DAWG has identified various supporting roles that would need to be filled for this project to happen.  We believe OCVT has the capacity to fill these roles and encourage a OCVT members to step into these roles, even if they seem outside of their comfort zone, there are multiple layers of support available and this is an achievable, albeit ambitious, undertaking if many people carry the load together.

Role responsibilities

LONG TERM ROLES

  • Primary Coordinator: 
    • Holder of the broad vision and organizational tasks.
    • Ensures other roles are filled and supported.
    • Creates continuity between events
    • Entry point person for others to connect with general planning or work.
    • Takes on role for duration of warmer months (with support from others as needed)
  • Coordinating Organizers:
    • Will organize different “sections” of the event, being responsible for only one part, but making sure that part happens at every event, ie: someone keeping track of the Free Store throughout the summer and ensuring the functionality of that piece.

SHORT TERM ROLES

  • Weekly Organizer:
    • Takes on role for ONE WEEK (or more if desired)
    • Responsible for connecting with the point people for the different activities/ offerings at each location; will ensure that those people have the support they need to ensure the activity happening.
    • Will help identify specific community issues and implement ways to address them in collaboration with the Education and Empowerment workgroup.
    •  Will reach out to OCVT members who live in that community and other identified allies/ supporters whom we should connect with prior to coming.
    • The Primary Coordinator will support the Weekly Organizer in identifying a site within the desired community, Weekly Organizer will be responsible for working with the town if needed (permits and such).
    • Will work to fill the education and skills workshop slots.
    • Will collect information from workshop presenters for use in outreach.
  • Point People: (in general)
    • Will be supported by both the weekly organizer and the coordinating organizer.
    • Responsible for “section” of the event happening, filling roles, making sure basic needs are met (tables, tents, chairs, etc).
  • Workshop point person
    • Responsible for bringing needed materials for workshop and identifying help as needed.
    • Will give a paragraph description of the workshop to the PO no less than one week ahead of the event.
  • Free Store point person
    • Responsible for bringing free store items to the site, setting up and breaking down.
  • Health Care point person
    • Will connect with health care providers to allow for some sort of health services to be offered during the event.   This may include herbalists, naturopaths, nurses, masseuses
  • Tabling point person
    • Will help identify people/ orgs interested in tabling and ensure they have the support they need to come. (Tablers will have to bring own tables)
  • Kids/ youth Activities point person
    • Will work with self or other groups/ individuals to have some activities available during the workshop slots.
    • Will be responsible for bringing any materials they need

 

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Next OCV GA — 4/7/12

04/06/2012 in Next GA location & agenda

Next OCVT General Assembly – Saturday, April 7 from 3-5PM at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, East Montpelier Room

Agenda: 
  • Introductions: 5 min
  • WG Reports Back 10 min
  • WG Ops 20 min: any group open to bring up a topic for mutual aid or coordination from other WGs
    • working group energy, shortages: eg. media, some groups low activity
    • recruitment
  • WG Breakouts: 30 min — groups that don’t need the time because they’re meeting regularly can meet up with another group that needs support
  • WG Proposals: 40 min:
  • Announcements/New WG formations: 10 Min
  • Soap Box
Upcoming April Events: 

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