Facilitator – Spencer
Stack-taker – Robby
Timekeeper – Dave
Minutes – Lainie
Stack-taker – Robby
Timekeeper – Dave
Minutes – Lainie
Intro
- Kevin has a rap about hand signals!
Committee Report-backs
- Anton
- Web
- Brochure is on the website:
- Legal
- Please send email to legal if you were a witness to tonight’s arrest
- City appears to be moving to shut down 24/7 occupation
- Legal team looking into taking up cause of legal issues surrounding homelessness
- Jessica
- Question about CT’s
- Point of Information: Boston further along in fundraising
- Kevin
- Facilitation
- We need more facilitators!
- Workshop Sunday (location TBA) at 7 PM
- Reminder to use proposal forms!
- Proposal log at info desk at City Hall
- Yatzel
- Direct Action
- Contingents leaving for Houston Sunday afternoon and Monday morning
- Gas has been covered
- No specifics yet on action
- Talk to Yatzel to join
- Michelle
- Women’s Group
- Collaborative Statement addressing sexism in OA
Announcements
- Jamie
- Austin/Travis County EMS wants agenda item on ballot to protect them from privatization.
- See Jamie to sign petition
- Jessica
- Women’s Group meeting on Mondays
- 9 PM
- Location TBA
- Support and empowerment of women
- Women-only first half, all welcome 2nd half
- International Human Rights March
- 12/10/2011 @2 PM
- Meet at Capitol, march down Congress
- Michelle
- Pranksterism workshop/teachin
- Sunday, 12/11 3 PM @ Capitol
- Bring Credit Card Mailers
- Matt
- Campaign to End Death Penalty
- Teach-in @Monkeywrench re: Mumia Abu Jamal
- 12/9 @ 7 PM
- Kevin
- Occupy Caroling
- Options include:
- Barton Creek Mall
- Zilker Park @ the tree
- Point of information: Occupy Music Facebook Page
- Dave
- March for Children of East Austin
- Saturday, 12/10 11 AM @ Allen Elementary
- Info on OA Calendar
- Michelle
- Informational Assembly
- Fridays, Sundays, Tuesdays 7 PM @ City Hall
- Informal discussions
- Jessica
- OA Barter Market
- 12/18 1-6 PM location TBD
- Bring items to trade, skills, services, etc
- We don’t need the dollar!
Proposals
- Yoshi
- Proposes OA acquire land and supplies needed to create a community
- Proposal tabled for working group
- Justin
- Proposes we withdraw proposal to give $500 to “We the People” occupiers
- Says they demand we pay them $500, but do not want any resources from us
- PoI: Some are still on board with Occupy & we need to do better job reaching out
- CQ: What was the $500 for?
- Cedric was going to buy warm clothes
- CQ: How does the splinter group feel about the donated food?
- They are still eating donated food
- PoI: Cedric made initial proposal & he’s on stack to withdraw
- PoI: Phrog says there are other ways to help besides cash
- CQ: Why aren’t we talking to them?
- It’s been discussed, and Cedric has been threatened with violence
- They are the majority sleeping out
- Stack opened for discussion
- Cedric: We are outnumbered
- Cedric: We are about to be closed down
- Cedric: Withdraws request for funds
- Cedric: Wants to shut it down
- Yoshi: Help them. Kill them with kindness
- Yoshi: Bless your enemy
- Anton: Cedric was threatened w/violence
- Anton: Unreasonable to expect him to continue to hold down the fort
- Anton: Concerns about co-optment
- CQ: Are they calling themselves Occupy Austin?
- No. They are calling themselves We The People
- Jessica: If they are getting violent, we shouldn’t support them
- Dave: In favor of rescinding
- Dave: Our comrades have been pushed out and forced to leave
- Yatzel: Neutral, but fine with rescinding
- Yatzel: Wants us to consider being open to offering support
- Michelle: has been an advocate for City Hall, but had to stop going b/c of threats
- Michelle: Will leave movement if money is not rescinded
- Yatzel: Reminds of police neutrality policy
- Moving on to concerns
- If we don’t pay, we might see more violence
- Proposal does not include how to tell them
- Concerns for Cedric’s safety
- <3 Friendly Amendments <3
- After GA, we all confront the bully
- Passed
- Amend proposal to rescind $500 & make clear that we are rescinding because threats of violence & explain to Pops that he’s not part of Occupy movement
- Passed
- Find Cedric a place to sleep and pack up our shit
- Not Passed
- Make it very clear what we are willing to give them to make sure they don’t want it
- Not sure whether this passed or didn’t
- More discussion
- Someone: ONE person is not the group
- John: There’s no reason to give anyone cash
- John: Volunteers to sit with Cedric
- Kevin: For rescinding & making clear they are no longer with Occupy
- Kevin: We need to address the violence
- Kevin: We need to talk to them & seek representation
- Yoshi: Rescinding con
- Yoshi: Moving forward, request receipts
- Yoshi: Funds reflect our hard work. Cash is king
- Discussion Extended
- Cedric: Why are we supplying the enemy
- Dillon: Pops was “slinging” (drug reference)
- Dillon: We should kick out Pops
- Dillon: Ask police to escort them out
- Megan: If an individual is violent, we need to hold that person accountable
- Someone: These sound like personal issues, unrelated to the proposal
- Chicago: The root of the problem is the move to the Capitol
- Concerns
- What ARE we offering
- Keep it concise
- We’re not respecting that those who brought it now want to rescind
- Friendly amendments
- Either sleep there or shut it down
- Rejected
- Stop police neutrality
- Rejected
- Reminder that individuals are welcome to call police if they are personally threatened
- Proposal passed
- Rescind $500 with friendly amendments that passed
- Yatzel
- Proposes request for additional $75 for food for Direct Action: Port blockade in Houston
- Cedric donated food stamp card
- Proposal rescinded
- All (or most) participants went to City Hall to confront Pops and others who have threatened violence.
Tags: General Assembly, minutes
