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| Occupier Anoki representing OYC by Johnny Nguyen |
Highlights:
Review of Past Corner Occupations
- Occupiers Tammy and Anoki reviewed the Market and 5th Corner Occupation (9 Occupiers, diagonal crossing!) We reviewed watching the newer Corner Occupiers get their feet wet as they talked to new people about important issues, and how fun diagonal crossing was!
- Occupiers David and Anoki reviewed the University and 5th Corner Occupation (10 Occupiers, in support of the OSD Benefit Concert, two shifts.) We discussed tactics and presence, as well as the effects and conversations we had with passer-by. We all loved Mark's mask and flag! We also reviewed representing at the Concert (more "Occupied By The 99%" Table Tents!)
- Occupier Anoki discussed his experiences with walking and holding his sign
Review of Site and Materials
- We agreed tech web site, blog, Twitter, FB, Tumblr, and calendar are all doing well.
- We discussed a new idea pitched by Anoki. Those who attended got a sneak preview. We discussed how to move the project forward and who could help. (Hint: it has to do with foreclosures!)
- We reviewed the designs for the folding business card, talked about content and timing. We have a few days; these are donated by Anoki's company, we get about 1500.
- We discussed possibly selling 1" badges to raise funds
- We discussed possibly setting up a WePay account and tapping the Labor Council for photocopies, since that is our main expense and if we want Occupiers to use these materials, we will have to get them out to them.
- David discussed us using a program called "Twaitter" to automate our Tweets
Schedule and Outreach
- January 8th - Tammy brought information from Occupiers Benjamin and Melissa on the 100th Year Celebration of Free Speech in San Diego. They want to see if we will Occupy the Corners around a notorious area in the Free Speech revolt days. This coincides with Sam's OYC x 100 on Broadway day. We may be able to combine the two and get Occupiers and protesters from the celebration to join us on Broadway after the event.
- Sundays - We consensed for a bit more structure to our schedule as we agreed to ask that everyone try and be available ON FACEBOOK sometime each Sunday with a mindset to see what we are doing this week and how each might be able to take part. We could always use hosts for new areas, so Sunday would be a great day for everyone to check in remotely via Facebook to see what's going on and connect ideas.
- Women Occupy - For the next few weeks Women Occupy will be caroling and they have invited us to join and be present with signs and flyers. At a distance, mind you, as we do not want to interfere with their schtick... it is working well for them. Ask Occupiers Susan and Tammy for more info.
- 2012 - In keeping things fluid and fresh it was proposed we do themed Corner Occupations. We agreed the first theme we should adopt would be to promote the San Diego Move To Amend effort that Pete and Kimberly have been working on. We could all focus on that, gather signatures, and spread the word in a relevant area.
- OccupySD to Washington DC - We agreed to have OYC unofficially and secretly sponsor photographer Johnny N's trip in any way anyone can, be it money, donations, or mental/emotional/spiritual support. Support any Occupier going, obviously, but we agreed his camera and eye would be an asset to that cause.
Thanks for coming out and thank you so much to everyone who has made this an amazing few months! We have really made a statement for ourselves in this movement and hopefully will be just one of many ideas that roll out over the years as we fight off these unhealthy adversaries and their pushes for greed and ignorance!
Happy Holidays and Occupy!
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