General Assembly – 7th November – 6pm
General Assembly – 7th November – 6pm
Facilitators: Ania & Sharon
Minutes: Mark
- G.A. Planning of topics & Process and how we might change it
- Report from meeting with Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU)
- Groups and need for volunteers
1. G.A. Planning – Topics / agenda points:
A proposal was agreed last week that this GA would be used as a ‘Planning’ GA to discuss and agree the themes and topics of the GAs for the week. This is to allow everyone to input into what is discussed at GA.
The following topics were suggested:
- Call for real issues
- Debates
- Discussion for direction of Occupy movement
- Student spoke of untapped student support
- Unions and DCTU proposal
- Future of march
- 1pm GA – structure, focus, retain?
- Having Thursday GA at 7pm?
- Reports from global Occupy movement – daily? At one GA?
- Referendum on the bailout
- Consensus
- To be discussed - Process for voting / decision making within Occupy
- Campaign on budget
- Call for discussion / working group on housing
- Occupy LSX (London Stock Exchange) wants co-operation relationship
- Need for discussion on future ODS decision making process called for again . Include examples from elsewhere, others to share experience
- Media issues: Marches, advertising, exposure , use of online Forum
- Fluoridisation? Longer discussion requested
- Outreach discussion – camp volunteers. Giving camp issues more time.
- Specific relevant political issues
- Friday 11/11/11 – will GA happen?
List of suggested topics was read back and discussed to prioritise and fix dates. Following were prioritised:
Tuesday 8th November GA: Friday 11/11/11 event + Saturday 12/11/11 march + DCTU – Trade Unions 26/11/11 March initial discussion
Wednesday 9th Nov GA: Other global Occupy actions – active protest + DCTU representatives present – discussion /feedback
Thursday 10th Nov GA: Consensus & decision-making within Occupy
- DCTU meeting feedback / discussion points:
- Co-operative march on 26/11/11
- Future assembly
- Meeting of DCTU march planning attended by ODS people in personal capacity for information
- Minutes of DCTU meeting distributed
- DCTU are marching anyway but reiteration of necessity of banners being dropped if they are to be entertained by ODS
- DCTU will have 5 people speaking with a large platform
–they want one ODS speaker
- General disagreements of trade union / banners / other party involvement
Proposed to allow four representatives from DCTU to attend Wed 9th Nov GA to participate in discussion. PASSED to allow notification to them; final agreement on their attendance to be discussed tomorrow at Tues 8th Nov GA.
- 3. Working groups:
- FOOD: 4 hour shifts asked. Public meeting, 3pm Friday.
- OUTREACH: no members present
- Request for general assistance – drying laundry, general duties
- FACILITATORS – call out for more facilitators and announcement of facilitation training following present GA
- Call for live stream operator
- MEDIA – Request for media skilled people & future training session
- EVENTS: Friday, large event from 3pm and request for volunteers and getting the word out.
- Friday’s event – stage, music face painting, general carnival atmosphere, comedy, poetry.
- Call for sound and/or stage experienced people. Reiteration of need for all volunteers
- Suggestion for environment work group. People volunteered
- Suggestion of Group for housing
- Actions Group – have been busy with camp duties
- Call for more volunteers
Please note the minutes posted on 8th November were updated slightly on 9th November as there were a couple of points missing or unclear.
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