GA Minutes (1/31/12)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by bobbie| Leave a comment

GA Minutes 1/31/12

IKE BOX 7 PM

Facilitator: Bill                                                                                                                                                               Stackers: Bill/Kirk                                                                                                                                                      Scribe: Bobbie                                                                                                                 Livestreaming: Judith

In Attendance:  Greg, Stacey, Bobbie, Nancy, Ann, Judith, Guest, Laurie, Linda, Peter B, MaryAnna, Michael L, Sarah, Kirk, Kenneth, Joan, Debra, James, Joel, John, Jennifer, Joel, Ian, Brad, Michele, Jen, Sandy, Gordy, Daniel, Carmen, Curtis, Lynne, Jeremy, Ariel, Jerry, Stan, Guest

Agenda:
A moment of silence: Nancy

Hand Signals: Kirk

Announcements                                                                                                                                    1.Information                                                                                                                                                                   2. Calendar

Action

Proposals                                                                                                                                                                     Committee Reports

Announcements (Information):

  1. Nancy: Doug and Mickey are still walking, pushing a buggy, and needing shoes; donate funds to Darla at the Chinese Restaurant behind Rock’n’Rogers on Market. Doug is reporting on Facebook; Gordy has Doug’s cell phone number. Doug received the scarves from Fire Dog Lake.
  2. James: For the Feb 1 event, his land can hold 15 campers and his home will hold approximately 4; Kirk’s land can hold 2 campers and he can take in a couple more; Debra’s place has a vacant room inside and outside can take a few; Stacey has room for 3-4 campers.
  3. Nancy: She needs a check for $125 to rent the IKE Box for the Feb 1 event; Peter will drop it off.
  4. Portland Occupy has two buses coming to the Feb 1 event.
  5. Ian: A couple of actions for the Feb 1 event regarding ALEC supporters include bestowing an ‘award’ to Whisnant, the chair of ALEC in OR, and placing caution tape on ALEC affiliated politicians.  Stacey has posted ALEC information on OSO.
  6. Greg: The West and East steps of the Capitol have been reserved for the Feb 1 event, too.
  7. MaryAnna: She will remind Sarah Vick to bring coffee pots to the Feb 1 event.
  8. Ann: There will be leafleting during the day on Feb 1 regarding the State Bank presentation at Louck’s at 6.  (See Calendar below.)
  9. There will be a surprise ‘dance’ on the Capitol steps sometime in the afternoon on Feb 1.
  10. Nancy: To effect change, we must actively lobby, and attend committee meetings, throughout the Legislative session which is a short one.  Dan echoed Nancy saying it was good practice to prepare for next year’s long session.
  11. Ian and Greg: Use Celly to text Feb 1 updates @OSOGAalert 23559; for flash mob: @justfun 23559; for EGT information: @noegtpdx 23559.
  12. There will be a GA from approximately 5-7 on Feb 1, and depending on weather, may be on the Capitol Steps or in IKE Box.
  13. Peter: He reminded GA that Bill 4139 is different from Bill 4040 and is for the purpose of having the state’s money to community banks or CUs, and the target date is Jan 1, 2014.
  14. Bill: Go to the Forum and click on “view active topics” in the upper left to find the recent positing regarding the Legislation bills; Nancy stated that the 2012 session is posted at the OR Legislation web site.
  15. Jennifer: She has two boxes of hand and foot warmers from Fire Dog Lake; Debra will be the keeper of them.
  16. Sandy: There is a Marion Polk Move To Amend study group starting up. Details to come.
  17. Peter: He suggested that pre-registration is best for this Saturday’s Feb 4 Awakening the Dream event.
  18. Bobbie: Anyone wanting to take and post minutes, facilitate and/or stack should volunteer.
  19. Bill: The Ty Curtis Band is a bluesy rock and a great band (See Calendar for Feb 18)
  20. Kirk: He and Bill wrote a letter of intent, in the Scribe’s notebook, that they have paid $50 for the name Occupy Oregon, to be used only if needed re JK and/or if a large majority (90% was suggested) of GAs in Oregon want to have a ‘whole state’ GA name.
  21. Peter: There is a hearing on Thursday, Feb 2 re the JK issue and during the mediation, if JK drops his charges, Peter will drop his counter charges.
  22. Dan: There will be a ‘trade related’ piece of legislation coming up so please watch for it.
  23. Carmen: The Earth Charter discussion will be held over until next week because of all the activity around the Feb 1 event.
  24. Nancy/Bill: The meeting house will be open this Friday as Michele will obtain the key and open it for informal discussions, etc.

Announcements: (CALENDAR)

  1. Wed Feb 1 at 8-5 is Legislative Day at the State Capitol.  (See Announcements above.)
  2. Wed Feb 1 at 6 pm in Louck’s Auditorium at the Main Library, a State Bank Forum, with panel, will take place.
  3. Sat Feb 4 at 12:30-5:30 pm at Unitarian Universalist (UU) Congregation, 5090 Center St NE at Cordon Rd, Awakening the Dreamer Symposium about changing the world.  Register at http://bit.ly/awakenreg.  This is a Peaceworks/UU event.
  4. Wed Feb 8 at 7 pm at Peaceworks Office, 104 Commercial St NE, Fair Trade Information Forum.  Occupy Salem Educational Event.
  5. Sat Feb 11 at 7-10 pm in Portland, Calvin Hecocta will present Black Fire Epitaph on behalf of Leonard Peltier.  There will be poetry, music and stories.  Suggested donation of $10 but no one will be turned away.
  6. Mon Feb 13 at 5:30 pm at the Capitol, the Oregon Community College Association will make a presentation regarding the education bill.
  7. Wed Feb 18 at 6-11 pm, in the Grand Ballroom 187 High St NE, Salem featuring The Ty Curtis Band and Dr Atomic’s Medicine Show “Give Peace a Dance” $15 advance on-line; buy 5, get one free; $18 at door.
  8. Thurs Feb 23 at 6:30 pm, 1730 Commercial St SE in SEIU 503’s Salem conference room, the Fair Trade Campaign will host the Fair Trade Road Show.
  9. Wed Mar 7 at 7 pm at Peaceworks Office, 104 Commercial St NE, Presentation on Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Concept.  Occupy Salem Educational Event.

Proposals / Results (Passed, Rejected, Tabled)

  1. Carmen:  Earth Charter will postpone it’s presentation and make a proposal next week because Legislative events are the priority this week.
  1. Debra:  A Port-a-Potty may be desirable, especially on James’ land where as many as 15 people will camp.  Ian proposed that $150 be appropriated for the cost of one Port-a-Potty so that if it is determined at the last minute, funds would be available to rent one.  It passed.

ACTION

For the several weeks the Oregon Legislation will be in session, Occupy members are asked to attend committee meetings, talk with representatives or their staff, and in general be visible.  See Announcements 2-15 for related information.

Committee Reports

  1. Carmen: Earth Charter is postponing its presentation.  (See Proposals above.)
  2. Nancy: PAT has done what it can for tomorrow’s events.  She does not have all the details, but expects the Portland Occupy members to be organized and make tomorrow’s events go smoothly.  She announced she has a new job and must end her role in the event planning because of conflict of interest.
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