Sunday GA Minutes 12/11/11

Facilitator – Matt
Stack taker – Pat
Note taker – Roshan

Committee members present:

• Pat Boyle – Film & video working group
• Ben – 24/7, Occupy Auraria
• Candace – Outreach, GA procedures
• Dana – Occupy Auraria
• Martin – statement of purpose working group, non-violence, film & video working group
• Matt – sanitation/beautification, welcoming & info
• Roshan – admin, GA Procedures

Committee Announcements

• Welcoming & Info: we need help finding the info materials that were taken in the last
• Beautification: we need brooms & shovels
• 24/7: we needs people to help pick up/distribute donations – people with cars
• 24/7: want to remind us that they are having an open committee meeting at 5pm on Tuesday at which all are welcome to attend and participate in

Outside groups:

• Candace – next Sunday 6:30 pm, there is a meeting with the Five Points community at 27th & Welton (Douglass Center) for planning a general strike on Feb. 14
• There is a need for a van to help shuttle a class up to the Walmart action tomorrow
• Thunderdome – there is a carpool tomorrow meeting on the Broadway side of the Denver Public Library starting at 8am to go to Loveland for the Walmart action

General Announcements

• The Film & Video working group is looking for filmmakers, videographers, graphic designers, editors, etc. for putting together short films to help spread info about Occupy Denver and eventually make a documentary.  If interested, contact: pwboyle@umail.iu.edu (720) 243-0994
• Kerri announced that the signs she received money to print have been printed, are awesome, and will be brought to the protest tomorrow

Agenda:

• Proposal for Get Involved Nights for this week
• Tuesdays: two breakouts are proposed – one for discussing the upcoming march on Saturday and during the holidays, and one for direct actions that OD should take in the future
• Thursday: fish bowl caucus for women
• VOTE PASSED unanimously
• Kerri brings Proposal for releasing funds for gas money for carpool
• Need about $20 per car for gas round-trip, want to have the money before hand to fill the tanks
• Only requesting money for 2 people, so a total of $40 is requested
• Concern is brought that since finance committee is not present, there may be problems with getting the money to people by 8am tomorrow morning
• Candace offered that she is willing to give her own money and get reimbursed by finance later
• Modification is brought to set aside as $20 per car, up to five cars
• Modification was accepted
• Candace will get $100, seek to be reimbursed by finance committee later
• A man who was present generously donated $50 on the spot.  Candace will still contribute the $100, so there will be $150 available for gas.  Any left over will be returned to Occupy Denver
• Modification was brought that receipts for gas must be brought and any money not used would be returned to Occupy Denver
• VOTE PASSED unanimously
• There was a question brought about what to do with the items that were collected from the last raid in safe houses – how do we redistribute these items efficiently, fairly, etc?
• Pat offered the use of his pickup truck
• 24/7 said that they are in charge of donation of physical items and have been asking for people to get this sort of thing done.
• They suggest that people who still have items in their homes to come to their open committee meeting this Tuesday at 5pm
• Suggestion was also brought to organize a car line that and that 24/7 could liaise between the people holding items and the occupation
• Crucial part is that people email 24/7@occupydenver.org if they have items from the raids to coordinate their return
• 24/7 asks that we establish a real system to prevent against loss of donated items once they are distributed
• 24/7 suggested that this issue be taken on in their committee because it is really their area of operation anyway

General assembly ended at 7:50pm