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GA meeting notes, 2012-11-14

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Occupy DE General Assembly Notes from November 14th, 2012

Due to low attendance, we agreed to suspend the regular rules, and no one is facilitating.

Bernie has nothing to say. One for the records books.

Ten minute discussion was informal. One subject raised – should we make a proposal to use some of ODE funds to apply to Occupy the Debt? All present agreed. We need an update on the current balance of ODE general funds account. One fiduciary agent was present, but another, not present just reimbursed some operating expenses, so we are not sure what exact balance is, until we review the receipts. Consensus was we should make the proposal for 50% of account balance to be used.

A proposal is made to authorize dispersal of funds from ODE general funds, to be use to purchase debt as part of the Occupy the Debt. Occupy the Debt buys debt for pennies on the dollar, for the sole purpose of forgiving, or retiring it. 50% of current balance to be used. Due to lack of quorum at this G.A., this proposal will be posted to the ODE website, and will be voted on at the next G.A.

A proposal was made to suspend regular Occupy De Wed. night G.A.s, until further notice. Occupy Actions and Actions Committee(s) meetings would be called and organized on an ad hoc basis, with communication via the ODE website, facebook page and groups, and e-mail and telephone.

No other proposals.

Reports Back:

Fiduciary committee: as noted in the proposal above, we need to compare receipts for recent reimbursements from the general fund. These were for the past months of internet wireless service and hub. Also, $50 was dispersed to buy soil for the Occupy the Garden action. This money is to be reimbursed from City funds previously secured for the project by Councilman Prado, which is currently being held by the Delaware Center for Horticulture.

Community Outreach:
Several Occupy DE members attended a joint meeting with Sierra Club DE and the DE Solar Energy Coalition, at Silverside Church in Wilmington, on Sat., Nov. 10th. It was held to discuss concerns over changes to the DE Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards, and Solar Renewable Energy Credit pricing. DE Rep. Dennis Williams will likely be bringing new legislation to the floor, early this session, to increase the percentage of required renewable energy in our portfolio, and shorten the time line for compliance. A point was brought regarding current solar power system owners (especially early purchasers, who did not reap significant tax breaks, etc.) not getting the dollar value of renewable energy credits that was originally promised, and now have difficulty paying the financing on their systems. Mr. Williams said he would work to address this in up-coming legislation. Other major lobbying points were: current regulations count the output of Bloom Energy, which generates hydrogen, by burning natural gas, as a component of the renewable portfolio – the largest part, in fact – 30%! Also, reporting energy production for the purpose of calculating what percentage is renewable, is OPTIONAL. There is currently no requirement to divulge this information publicly, so there are several medium to large scale producers who’s energy is not calculated in the total, and there is no way to verify who they are! (I smell an FOIA). There is PLENTY of room for improvement in Delawares progress toward renewable energy production. Our Senators and Reps. need to hear from us.

Occupy the Garden: (at 5th and N. Harrison St.) – Three of us met on Sunday, Nov. 11th, purchased bagged soil and manure, and dug-in and improved the soil in 4 beds, before we ran out daylight. Do to lack of available (and affordable) heavy soil – which is what we were using to amend the current straight compost in the raised beds – we will likely make further amendments, in the early spring.

Report of general concern, regarding the cooling systems of the Salem Nuclear Power Plant – early reports indicated that 5 or 6 were off-line due to extreme conditions brought on by Hurricane Sandy. Bernie has continued to attempt to get updated information on this critical safety issue, to no avail. He will work his channels in the Anti-Nuclear, and Nuclear Watch groups, in the area, and he’ll keep us posted when he gets information on this.

(We knew Bernie actually DID have something to say. So much for the record books).

No more reports back.

Announcements:

Occupy DE is holding it’s 2nd Annual Green Friday People’s Re-Gifting Giveaway, at Rodney Square (across from the Hotel Dupont) on Nov. 23rd, from Noon, until 2pm or when we run out of stuff, or when everyone is tired of being there (if after 2pm). Please contact an ODE member about donations, if you’d like to contribute. We are looking for new, or gently used items that people might wish to gift to others. We could also use bags – paper handle bags, and larger heavy shopping bags. Items can be dropped off directly at the event, but please try to bring them early, so we have time to give them away! All left over items will be donated to Salvation Army and/or Good Will.

Wilmington In Transition is hosting a talk and information session about Time Banks. We are looking to establish a Time Bank in Wilmington and Newark areas. The session is free and open to the public. It is from 3-5 pm, this Sunday, Nov. 18th at St. Stephens Lutheran Church at 1301 Broom St., Wilmington, DE, 19806. Time Banks use human capital instead of money, for members to exchange services. This supports community building, and helps people meet their needs in tough economic times. Plus, the 1% won’t like it a bit – because every hour of service has the same value – one hour! It is egalitarian (and tax-free). Come learn about it, as we explore the options. Everyone has something to offer – and you can brainstorm with others to figure out what it might be!

Finally, the members present at tonight’s G.A. Decided we will not hold a G.A. On Wednesday, Nov. 21st, since it is the night before Thanksgiving Holiday. Above mentioned proposals will be voted on the following Wed. at G.A.

Meeting adjourned (around 8:15pm

GA meeting notes, 2012-10-10

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GA Meeting Notes
Freedom Plaza
Wilmington, DE
2012-10-10

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Meeting start: 1907 hr

Proposal announcements (for next week)

Prospective proposal we move GA to duPont Park. For greater visibility, access to bathrooms, coffee. Near Nomad. Also near Hanover Church. For bad weather.
Grace Church is also available.

Do a cash mob at the local stores and bars.

Does this time work for everybody?

There’s shelter here at Liberty Plaza. But it’s secluded.

We may not need to have a proposal for that.

REPORTS-BACK

Handed out Occupy Student Debt information at DelTech.

Electronic voting, set and rigged. Need to have a paper trail. We could do an action against vote rigging. I talked to Rutgers people who did a survey of rigged voting. Delaware is in top 6 worst, the Delaware voting machines don’t give the voter a receipt. These issues have been raised, they’ll have to be sued to change. Electronic voting machines have to go. There is no way to do a recount with the machines now. We’re working on election reform in Delaware.

ODE Debate

There is a conflicting debated scheduled on Nov. 1, and there’s really no other date at this point available, so the ODE debate is off.

We are partnered with UW.org, and NAACP, on this debate. So we should think of something else to do together with them.

Last week with UniteWomen.org we did client escort training with PP. They’re doing background checks and they’ll follow up with us.

ODE will be awarded the Pacem in Terris Peacemaker Among Us award, Thursday, Oct. 18, dinner at 6 pm. Tickets are $25 and available until Monday. Westminster Presb. Church, Great Hall, through blue doors in the back. Free parking. We should do a mic check.

Wilmington Rally

There’s not a lot of pedestrian traffic but did hand out 14 leaflets. And raised interest of people coming to GAs and actions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Akiva’s moving to Oregon, joining Occupy Ashland. They have a petition going for Move To Amend, and are working on Moving Your Money.

We went to the One-Year for OWS and for DC. At the OWS, we agreed that 3 places need to be Occupied, DC, NY, Wilmington. Contacting intentional communities in Delaware, Christiana Intentional Community wants to meet with us. We need a place for the people who want to come here. We should work with the co-ops in Delaware, for Re-Occupy Delaware. So we’re moving statewide, Occupy Dover is interested. Everybody can participate through the FB working group. Dan Dougherty, co-operative living.i

WDEL/WHYY debates are coming up. We’ll be getting people together this weekend. The LWV debate in Dover is on the …

Garden Action: One of the gardeners is in Puerto Rico for an indefinite time. Spoke with a neighbor, and inspecting the garden, it’s pretty weedy and the amount of produce growing is pretty good. One of the raised beds is empty and may be available, and they’re very interested in getting soil amendments for next year. So if anybody’s up for schlepping and digging we could move forward with that this year, then do more next spring. There are still funds available. They welcome additional help we can give them.

PROPOSALS

1) Proposal 1: Buy an ad in the program for the NAACP dinner coming up, for $75.

Seconded.

Factual Information:

It’s a business card sized ad.

Clarifying Questions:

How much is a quarter page? $350

How many people will see it? I don’t know.

When is this dinner? I think November 17.

Concerns:

I want to foster a relationship with the NAACP, but $75 is a lot for us. There may be opportunities for us to come with other creative ways to collaborate.

Temperature Check: in favor 4

Proposer withdrew the proposal.

2) Proposal 2: Move GA to HB duPont Plaza.

Factual Information:

It’s across from the BrewHaHa on Delaware Avenue.

It’s a lot more visible.

There’s a lot more vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

There are businesses around, the YMCA. Restaurants.

It’s probably a lot louder there, depending on the time of day.

It’s closer to Grace and Hanover churches.

Clarifyng Questions:

What businesses are there and what time do they close? Open at 9 pm? Presto, Wash St. Ale House, Mikimotos…

Why are we moving? Visibility. Bathroom access.

Parking situation? Just like Freedom Plaza, open spaces all around.

Concerns:

When we move inside, that’ll encourage more people coming to GA. Maybe we should start thinking about moving inside now. Options include Hanover and Grace churches.

Proposer accepts revision of proposal to start exploring moving inside.

Factual Information:

We can get in and out of Hanover every week.

Hannah Bonner said Grace Church is willing to let us meet there.

Clarifying Question:

Would we move inside immediately? (There’s no GA next week because of debates.) So we’d meet at Freedom Plaza until them.

Concerns:

Amendments:

Amendment 1: Explore these 2 churches, specifically.

Proposer accepts amendment.

Restated proposal: We start exploring moving GA into one or both of the 2 churches, Hanover and Grace.

Amendment 2: If we find out tomorrow about Hanover then we’ll post to Web site that we’ll meet the following Wednesday at Hanover.

Proposer accepts 2nd amendment as friendly.

(It’s too cold to bare arms!)

Restated proposal: We start exploring moving GA into one or both of the 2 churches, Hanover and Grace. If we…Wednesday the 24th.

Factual Information:

If we can’t unlock the door at Hanover there will be backup.

Clarifying Questions:

Can we have action meetings there too? We can be there 6:30PM to 10pm, so we have flexibility.

Concerns:

Time constraint and travelling if we run out of time.

Temp check: in favor 10 against 0
Binding Vote: in favor 10, against 0

The proposal carries.

General question. Who’s the contact person for Grace Church? Jen. In the event there’s a problem with Hanover, Jen will call Hannah right away.

Location announcement will be on the Web site, FB, and Twitter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tomorrow, Phil Bannowsky is hosting Phil Daniels, 5 pm Newark, Gore Hall, rm. 116.

Tomorrow, another presidential debate. If anybody wants to do a viewing party. There’ll be one at Mark’s house.

Our future governor will be debating on WDEL, Oct. 16, 8-9:30 am, open to the public. Wed. 24th at Widener our future senator will be debating. Tues. 16th UD debates for senators. Wed. 17th UD governor debate. There’ll be actions at both these debates. Candlelight vigil for fracking, on the Wednesday, at 6:30 pm.

We have tickets to get in to the UD debates.

Adam is hosting the Global Noise on the 13th. Meeting at the Port Authority, 625 Orange St.

Hannah and Norris will meet next Wednesday to work on further food give-aways.

Our Web domain lapsed for a short period of time, but it was not lost, and we renewed it for one year. We need to get ownership transferred to an active Occupier.

Meeting adjourned: 2037 hr

GA Meeting Notes, 2012-09-12

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GA Meeting Notes
Spencer Plaza
2012-09-12
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Wall Street has occupied our entire planet. What do you have to say about that?
There are more of us than them and they know it,

OCCUPY.

Meeting start: 1930 hr

10-MINUTE DISCUSSION TOPICS

1) The importance of intentional communities/collectives as an Occupy camp

For people who are unemployed and houseless, to be able to receive a little bit of give-and-take from each other. This is a global movement and a lot of Occupies are doing this. In DC we shared a foreclosed house and lived collectively, they’re doing this in Chattanooga, NY, … also as transitional situations for returning war veterans. It’s better to be in the safety of our own company.

This kind of thing does go on within non-intentional communities through informal work, time-sharing.

The ability to sustain ourselves without having the artificial construct of having a formal job. I work really hard now but not in a formal job. The way it is now you start working when you’re 15 at a job you hate and don’t stop until you retire/die. At some point I would love to start one.

I’ve researched joining existing ones. This is what Cheri Honkala talks about. We have millions of boarded up properties so why are there homeless people?

How are some of these collectives getting access to these properties? Without being harassed by the powers that be. In an urban situation, to occupy an existing property.

Soft-landing for returning veterans, it would have to be self-regulating, but what about PTSD, violence? Urban/agrarian can be synthesized, they’re the future.

In San Francisco we took over the Presidio and a couple other locations. Key was for the group to be under the radar. Homes Not Jails. We held one place for a year, squatting. We did have legal aid to back us.

Oxford House is pretty much the same as an Occupation.

Trebs’ farm is the start of what I see as an intentional community. You can stay there for work. Adverse possession is the legal term for squatter’s rights. The banks have so many properties they can’t keep track of them and once you’re there they have to evict, the same process as a foreclosure. If you can hang in there for 7 years it’s your property (in DC its 23 years). And be peaceful, good neighbors. The police have more urgent issues to deal with than sensible, well-managed households. It works.

REPORTS-BACK

Last week I sent an email to Rev. Andy at Hanover and we talked for a good bit about having a political debate there. He’ll send an email to church members to get their feelings on it. Looking at the weeks before and after the Newark debate.

We went to Delaware Pride Fest in New Castle after the Wells Fargo bank action. Supporting Bernie and Andy by hanging around their GP booth. Another booth was Rainbow Chorale… from Hanover church. Good food, good entertainment.

Bank action before the Pride Fest outside of Wells-Fargo in New Castle. It was pretty hot. We had a couple people who came up to us for further information, a union worker. We got seen by a lot of people, and ignored by a lot of people. It was fairly successful, just for the conversations we had, and people who said they’ll change their bank. A lot more response than I expected. Not because it was Wells Fargo but people were responding to Occupy. Sometimes it feels like it’s not worth doing but this time it really felt we had positive results. It’s a major traffic intersection at a long light. The blinders non-response…it’s what activists are getting throughout the country. People are actively not paying attention. But they will be as the economy declines.

At the Wednesday Wilmington rally we’ve been handing out leaflets to people walking by and getting positive reception from them.

I was able to tell Loretta Walsh personally how grateful we are for her support and the porta-potties.

We can expect more of the same behavior from the new mayor as the old…Or can we?

Last night I spoke with Christian Willauer of …Cornerstone West CCR about the 5th and Harrison garden. For the upcoming year there’s going to be a lot of outreach for greening and parks and revitalization. Regarding planting winter crops, there may be some more money available, so get people together to improve the soil and provide a more reliable source. Because the beds are raised the soil dries out faster, so it needs to be made heavier. We’ll continue to develop the relationship. With a meeting ASAP, weekend after next. Rain barrels. Maybe get city water there.

NON-BINDING PROPOSALS

Make a working group to discuss the intentional community idea. There’s a group already about intentional communities in this area. On Facebook. Dan Dougherty. Intentional Communities of Delaware.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Delaware Chapter of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, next Friday one year anniversary of execution of Troy Davis, 4:30p – 6p, on Rodney Square, Sep. 21. https://www.facebook.com/events/421652114538712/     https://www.facebook.com/groups/DeCEDP/

Newark Community Day this Sunday, 10-5, or 11-4. City of Newark’s Web page.

Tomorrow night, the debate at the JCC. Andy Groff and Alex Pires have been allowed in to debate after a lot of people pestered them. They are allowing Bernie August to set up a table in the lobby.

Next weekend at Theatre N, Last Call at the Oasis, about the world water crisis. Friday, 8 pm, Sat, Sun, noon and 5 pm. http://www.theatren.org/Films/2012/September-2012/Last-Call-at-the-Oasis

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club is having a forum on the environmental justice impacts of the Delaware City Refinery. Thursday, September 20th at 6:30 pm, Delaware City Public Library, 250 5th Street, Delaware City

Next weekend, Sep. 22, in Townsend, 10 am, 6-hr class on environmental advocacy (Sierra Club, coalition…) Coalition building. http://delaware.sierraclub.org/content/environmental-advocacy-training-and-capacity-building-workshop-september-22-2012

Veggie/Fruit Giveaway, Fri, Sep 21, noon, corner of 10th and King. We have tables and leaflets, if you want to bring produce before the event bring it to Terry Apts, Thursday the 20th, between 5pm and 7pm. Call Norris.

Wilmington in Transition film, Thursday, Sep 20, 7 pm, Rodney Chapel, Westminster Presbyterian Church, entrance on 14th St., the back side of the church, between Clayton and Rodney St. Escape from Suburbia. Friday, Sep. 21. WiT Facebook page! Please friend and post content! https://www.facebook.com/WilmingtonInTransition — Relocalization, time-share, gardening, art, skill-sharing, etc.

Make a day of it!

#S17, several of us are going!

Sep 20, noon-3pm Convention Center, Philadelphia, Shale gas Outrage. http://shalegasoutrage.org/ A bunch of us are going.

This Saturday, the Silverside Church Green Fair. Be there or be unGreen and square. 10a-2pm. http://silversidegreenfair.org/

Ignite Wilmington, Sep. 29, sortalikea mini-TED. Topics range, everyday folks give 5-minute talks, on any topic. ignitewilmington.com Looking for speakers if anybody has any ideas. Ignite Wilmington 7 is at The Grand Opera House on Saturday, September 29. E.g., a presentation of the Occupy movement!! Check it out. (An example.)

Bouncing between Ignite, Intentional Community, Fruit/Veggie Giveaway, there’s Wilmington STIR, Sitting Together is Radical. Really cool. Microfinancing. Local, small-granting community improvement. http://wilmingtonstir.org/  https://www.facebook.com/wilmingtonstir Maybe an affinity group with an idea to raise some money…?

Check out the ODE calendar!! https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=calendar.occupyde%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York

occupythecpd.org

Meeting adjourned, 2058 hr

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GA meeting notes, 2012-09-05

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GA Meeting Notes
Spencer Plaza
2012-09-05

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Meeting start: 1920 hr

 

10-MINUTE DISCUSSION

1) Local products give-away, accepting donations. (Finances, raising money.)

(We’re doing a veggie/fruit givaway Sep. 21, and start it up again in the Spring. Drop donations off on the 20th at Norris’s.)

2) Group trip to NY for Sep. 17, S17 and/or Oct. 1

S17 (http://s17nyc.org/), Monday. We want to do an action here, too. S17 Delaware Caravan FB group (https://www.facebook.com/events/261003287351735/). The actions start on the 15th. On the 17th they start at 7 am and go into the night. The caravan would leave from Dover-area around 3 am.

NJ Transit may be a better way to go. $15 round-trip, sans parking. Bolt Bus would get us there around 9 am…There’s a curbside pickup from 4th St. in Wilmington. May go to Penn Station.

Could join up with Philly.

Oct. 1 is also Occupy DC’s anniversary and they’ve invited us down to celebrate together.

REPORT-BACKS

The Money Talks Everybody Else Walks Committee

Met with Rep. Carney, as an individual, and talked with him about Return to Prudent Banking. Mentioned that this is an ODE issue. He and Markell, Coons, Carper, Democrats have the idea that Dodd-Frank will cure all the problems. This is wrong. Many prominent Americans agree with us, Reich, Angelides, Warren, Weill are all saying the banking system is broken and Return to Prudent Banking should be instated. Carney said he’s sympathetic to ODE, jealous we caroled Coons and not him. He made some recommendations: ODE solve education, single-parent homes, crimes on the streets, unemployment. There will be a debate at the JCC Sep. 13, 7 pm (http://www.siegeljcc.org/), including third parties. Carper may even appear! (We’ll do a press release announcing Carney has solicited our help in solving these problems.)

Actions

Loretta Walsh literature distribution, ODE supported her with this in Compton Towers and Triangle neighborhood, fellowship with other volunteers.

We walked in the Labor Day parade, in the torrential rain. The hard-core were there. And actually several politicians. Kovack, Carney, Carper, Coons, Spencer, etc.

Attended the CBTU meeting, had a full agenda.

Went to the Made In America Festival Sunday night in Philly, representing Occupy. Discussion afterwards with people who think Occupy is people who don’t want to work and are lazy, and since he makes $100,000 a year he’s of the 1%. I explained what Occupy is, he was surprised I would hang out with him. And Pearl Jam rocked.

Candidate Meet-Greet

I participated in the 2nd District City Council candidate (Trippi Congo, Kathleen Patterson and here) meet-greet, several other local candidates also participated. Sustainability is terrifyingly off their radar. I alerted some of our representatives about sustainability, Transition Town Initiative, Wilmington in Transition, and also gave them a heads-up about upcoming GA-candidate-meet-greets organized by ODE.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are organizing sponsoring a meet-greet/debate. To be discussed further in the Action committee meeting after the GA.

Veggie/Fruit Give Away Sep. 21, drop donations off at Terry Apts, Thurs, the 20th. 5pm-7pm, 2400 Broom St. The give-away on the 21st, 10th and King, noon. Volunteers be there at noon. This will be the last one until Spring, so clean out your gardens!

Possible proposal: Kris is State Director for Unite Women of DE (http://unitewomen.org/)…. FB (https://www.facebook.com/groups/UniteWomenDelaware/permalink/349948728426787/). and we’d like to ally with ODE, and announce it officially. At a the next GA this will be a proposal.

Next week I’ll have a proposal to deal with the quorum problem. We need to be able to vote on things without having a quorum. Something to the effect of suspending the quorum requirement on a case-by-case basis.  If the quorum hasn’t been met for 2 GAs in a row, then suspend the quorum requirement.

Let’s have a quorum next week to vote on these two issues!

Saturday, 10am-Noon, bank action, at Wells Fargo in New Castle, on Route 13. Afterward we’ll be going to the Delaware Pride Festival, in New Castle, just down the road. ($5 admission.) Saturday, Sep. 8. The Green Party of Delaware will also be there.

Sat, Sep 15, Silverside Church Green Fair, about sustainable food. Beekeeping, vermiculture, composting, Mike McGrath You Bet Your Garden, Wilmington In Transition will be there. 10am-2pm.

We’re keeping the calendar up to date!

Action meeting after the GA!

Meeting adjourned: 2023 hr.

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GA meeting notes, 2012-08-15

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Meeting Notes
Spencer Plaza
2012-08-15
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Meeting start: 1919 hr.

REPORT-BACKS

National Chalking Day, somebody chalked in New Castle, Community Plaza! Occupy Students. And we chalked there too.

Command tent. Will be picked up from VVAW/OSS, this weekend. It’s near the Blue Sage Grill, near Bensalem.

Last night at the Wilmington In Transition meeting, protesting PNC because they’re the 2nd largest financier of mountain top removal for coal (BoA is #1). PNC out-lobbied WSFS to be the exclusive on-campus bank at UD, and students are returning Aug. 24 and Sierra Club will leaflet to steer people away from banking at PNC. Saturday, Aug. 25, Monday, Aug. 27, 12pm-5pm. looking for 2 volunteers for each time slot. Coordinating with EQAT. Contact Stephanie Herron, Stephanie.Herron@SierraClub.org.

Do we want to join with the Sierra Club passing out their materials, and/or also passing out our move-your-money pamphlet as ODE? We’ll ask. It’ll be good to reach out to them. We could pass out Occupy T-shirts for a donation.

Alternate CU in Newark, American Spirit [http://www.americanspirit.org/].

Wilmington Rally, feedback wasn’t as enthusiastic as last week, but it was still good.

Media

Phil Bannowsky is doing how-to-write-a-press-release course, email Phil (link to Web site).

We went to the Del. Ctr of Horticulture, people who are doing Spencer Plaza. Meet and greet for candidates. Even non-Democrats and Republicans. Everybody was there. There were a lot of city people. Made some inroads linking decriminalization to crime. Also linked up with the Sierra Club. Going on the Toxic Tour tomorrow.

Tuesday, debate at the Newark Senior Center, for ALL candidates. Aug. 21, 6 pm. (see Andy’s FB site.)

PROPOSAL (or proto-proposal, since we don’t have a quorum)

Spencer Plaza is supposed to go under construction, so we thought the HB duPont Park area would be a good meeting place, in the middle of things, and plenty of parking. The park represents freedom of speech, from fear, from want.

This doesn’t need to be a proposal, but we can’t make a decision with so few people.

I like the visibility and central location, but my concern is the noise. Is it noisier than Spencer Plaza?? Evan at 7 pm? Yes…but the visibility may compensate. There’s a nearby bar. And it’s in the city, the heart of financial darkness.

We tend to have more people at the meetings when they’re inside. Grace Church is available, but someone from the church has to be there.

Stan Kozinski said they’ll start on Spencer Plaza ASAP after Labor Day.

Hanover Church would like to talk with us more about continuing together in partnership. And there’s Rodney Square.

So we’ll bring it back up next Wednesday, and decide then at any rate.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Delaware Nature Society Environmental Center is hosting another mayoral candidate forum on Aug. 21, 6:30-8pm, at the Russell Peterson Nature Center. Specifically about environmental issues. They’re accepting questions in advance: brenna@delawarenaturesociety.org (before the 20th). Let’s go with ODE shirt.

Shale gas Outrage 2012 Stop Fracking rally, Philadelphia, Sep. 20 and 21. shalegasoutrage.org

The Produce Giveaway, this Friday, 1 pm, donate and/or volunteer, meet at noon in front of the Wilm. Library building.

Prayer Service, 2pm Aug. 19, this Sunday, August Quarterly, (link) Peter Spencer Plaza!!

Anyone who wants to meet with Hanover, see Jen.

Sep. 22, 9a-3p, Blackbird Creek Reserve, Townsend, DE. Environmental group advocacy seminar. Coalition…[link on Occupy FB page]

WeAreWoman march on Saturday, this Saturday, the bus we’ll about know tomorrow. We’ll work toward setting up carpooling, leaving at 8am. See Kris.

Debate next Tuesday at the Newark Senior Center. Voter registration outreach at Goldey-Beacom this Saturday.

Voter disenfranchisment: Delaware’s election system is rigged for this to happen [], with no voter-verified paper receipts. It really is bad. Also, third parties are excluded from debates, this will be an action. http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4846207

Tomorrow I’ll be at duPont Park http://inwilmingtonde.com/places/place.php?p=198 protesting at noon.

Chalking: cannot write on private property, no threatening messages. Can write on public sidewalks.  The only free speech that is not defensible is threatening speech. Think before you chalk.

We have the money stamp.

MovetoAmend.org is launching a caravan doing money stamping events.

PrideFest, Sep. 8, noon to 8 pm.

Meeting adjourned: 2028 hr

Action meeting followed the GA