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The General Assembly is the main, consensus-based decision-making body of Occupy Nevada County. We meet every Sunday at Briar Patch Co-op at 4PM in the community room. On this page you can see minutes of previous assemblies as well as the pending agenda for the upcoming meeting. If you want to add an item to the upcoming agenda, please post it to the facilitators forum.
This was posted by my friend Bob Thawley. Check out the website at the bottom: four homes were saved today by direct action, getting bank auctions postponed at the Occupy the Auctions action… by making enough noise and disrupting enough that they can’t conduct business and go away. Bring yr earplugs, your whistles and your percussion instruments. Please come tomorrow (Wednesday, 5/9), if you can, to support a new crew: Occupy the Auctions http://www.occupytheauctions.org/ Happy Direct Actioneering! Janie :0) Proposal “Opening a bank account for the ONC monies – suggested look at El Dorado Savings” Passed Proposal For statement on Nonviolence “Occupy Nevada County is committed to non violence in all its group actions.” Passed Proposal Goodbye party for BofA, who is leaving town, next NC rally April 4th, 4pm Robinson plaza Passed Proposal Occupy Spring April 15th at UU. Time to be announced the film “Just Do It” will be shown after. “ONC will sponsor the nonviolence training called Occupy Spring on April 15th.” Passed Presentation Announcement April 23rd camping at the Main Gate of Beale. 3pm – 9am Shirley 941-320-0291 Proposal: Tech Group Community mailing list to be phased out by the end of April. Passed Temp Check/Discussion Form an Occupy Nevada County Spokes Council – (another organizational structure path for working groups). Announcements Thedreamwalk.org Whole Earth Festival. Deadline for application to have a booth March 31st. Thriveon.org Happiness count Booth at the Fair in NC. Unanswered Questions None. Whiteboard:
Website – steeper learning curve – takes more time to get started and comfortable. Finances – Joe looking into getting a bank account will bring back discovered research (aprox $200) Joe working group Local Farm Freedom quick response for fed raids signup sheet
Proposals Inter Occupy – need to form a committee of correspondence. What is – they have phone conferences weekly on varying topics – participants include many occupies across the country. Volunteers – needed Verbiage - “We officially join the inter-occupy website and forum.” Passed full consensus
Rally discussion – spring will bring the #’s back rallies need promotion more Keep @ earlier time (schools out at – so it’s very busy then) let it go later Could Occupy NC endorse/sponsor/organize for the 99% Spring, by hosting non violence training on the 15th of April for future direct actions kicking off spring actions. Tabled
Regional Occupy Meeting Would like to meet every three months – ONC volunteer to host the next meeting June 23 possible meeting date Proposal – “ONC to host next regional meeting” Passed full consensus Be at the Nevada City City Hall Meeting at 6:30. No Signs, Just Bodies. A way to beat the rain with an instant indoor rally to show support for passing a proposed resolution saying CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE and money is not free speech! Joycee and Jed facilitated.
Lorraine Note Taker: Following announcements, we had Working Group Reports: Non-Violence: Guari reported he has posted on the GA forum a statement re “use of violence” and asks for comment from the Occupy community. Tech group: Emmanuel reports the new website had some glitches which he believes have been cleared up. Encouragement to all to use the new Website. Announcements should be posted by those that are making them on the web. You have to log on separately to post notices (like this one) on the forum, but you just have to log in once. Move to Amend WG: Lorraine made announcement that the Nevada City Council has on it’s 3/14 agenda a resolution to abolish corporate pershood sponsored by an individual named Charly. The working group meets Tuesday evening with Charly to work on this important topice for Wednesday’s City Council Meeting. The meeting takes place at Nevada City Hall 6:30 Wed. 3/14. All occupiers encouraged to attend with signs, bannners, etc. and also to speak during public comment period. Tatiana reported on the Art and Design WG: She is proposing and working on an Earth Day installation for the Sierra College Earth Day celebrations in both GV and in Rocklin April 18 and 19. Perhaps also for Briar-Patch’s celebration April 21. Tatiana has updated the Art and Design WG on the website – see “scene of the crime” Also Tatiana reported our Occupy Mardi Gras parade entry (and us) have been invited to participate in the Chico Parade on May 5. Mia and Tatiana reported on their attendance at the first gathering of the regional Occupy gropus which took place in Chico. They said between 5- and 60 people attended, and tho their process didn’t appear to be as “organized” as ours, all in all great discussions were had and people felt very good about the growing movement. We, Nevada County Occupy has been asked to host the next meeting which is to take place in June (quarterly meetings). Lorraine later made proposal that we actually do host the regional meeting. After discussion with our group it was decided that a small working group would communicate with the regional folks and bring a specific proposal with date to the GA meeting next week. There followed general discussions: first a suggestion from Larry that our signs carry the Occupy Wall Street or Occupy Nevada County words so the public will understand who we are and what we stand for. General discussion followed on the corporate personhood topic and the upcoming City Council meeting in Nevada City. Hey all, I suggest we use El Dorado, which is a small, local bank that has been solvent through all the changes in the economy. El Dorado keeps all their loans and service them themselves, not selling them in secondary mortgage markets. They have strict lending rules, and haven’t foreclosed on anyone. The Peace Center banks there as well. By the way, this is Janie (though Peter agrees with me on this!) |
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