Occupy Sydney General Assembly Agenda June 20 2012

Agenda For Occupy  Sydney General Assembly Wednesday June 20th


attend online at  http://www.facebook.com/groups/occupysyddneyga/

AGENDA ITEM: PROPOSAL : that the order of business be changed to have announcements last.


                     General Assembly Agenda Wednesday June 20


AGENDA for Wednesday June 20 General Assembly (6-30pm @ Martin Place & online via Facebook Group )


Reportbacks: 


Reportback from Blake of Occupy Austin who was with us here on State of Occupy in US ...


Report from Luke Skinner of Occupy Perth ( online)


Reportback from the Occupation Working Group (incomplete)


Agenda:


AGENDA ITEM: A PROPOSAL that Occupy  Sydney adopt purpose specific crowd funding platforms i.e. sound systems , loud hailers, livestreaming backpack : heres an example of a platform I use for other projects http://www.indiegogo.com/ (posted by Occupy  Sydney ) (Lanz)


AGENDA ITEM: PROPOSAL THAT AMBER & GLEN WALL BE REIMBURSED / PARKING FINES PAID (total amount under $400) from Legals Fund.Wallace Amber &  Glenn William Wall placed a request at a GA some months ago for reimbursement of fines for parking offences .These were incurred on some of the many occasions when Amber arrived at short notice to assist occupiers under stress from police attacks. I understand that Wenny Theresia in her capacity as curator of Legals Funds is across the matter but has responsibly asked the GA to reaffirm the previous consent.


AGENDA ITEM: Occupy  Sydney Policy on Paying / assisting with Fines. Following a lengthy discourse on a particular fines payment request which became controversial (in this group) a policy or protocol should be put in place as a point of reference. This could be a) that we pay them b) that we do not pay them c) that we assess on a case by case basis d) that we pay in this instance but not in that. Some other protocol altogether . PROPOSAL: That we accept the aforementioned statement as the basis for a WORKING GROUP to form to recommend back to GA a firm and fair policy which incorporates the diverse values of the people within Occupy  Sydney . I would be happy to form this working group (as I'm known for fairness & impartiality (LOL) ) and encourage Jacquelene Drinkall Alex Parissi and others who are passionate about their viewpoint to participate in this WG. I recommend that the Working Group be notified at all GAs and reportback in a month to give all interested adequate time to participate.


AGENDA ITEM: ( Jacquelene Drinkall ) Parking fines only be paid by legal budget (as passed already), but that this should be a last resort and case by case occurrence, only when written dispute letters (help given by osyd if necessary) have failled to have fines withdrawn. Fines only paid if the payee agrees to supply receipt and sincere thanks to Occupy  Sydney for this payment. No use use of the money for other purposes will be tolerated, and nor will boasting about using the money for other purposes, as this is considered to against the principals of Occupy  Sydney. Fines are not to be paid out of the any other osyd budget (as already blocked) unless that budget is considered to have a generous surplus where campaign building, materials creative action and information desk pamplets etc. are more than covered.AGENDA ITEM: Parking fines only be paid by legal budget (as passed already), but that this should be a last resort and case by case occurrence, only when written dispute letters (help given by osyd if necessary) have failled to have fines withdrawn. Fines only paid if the payee agrees to supply receipt and sincere thanks to Occupy  Sydney for this payment. No use use of the money for other purposes will be tolerated, and nor will boasting about using the money for other purposes, as this is considered to against the core values of Occupy  Sydney. Fines are not to be paid out of the any other osyd budget (as already blocked) unless that budget is considered to have a generous surplus where campaign building, materials creative action and information desk pamplets etc. are more than covered.


AGENDA ITEM: ( Jacquelene Drinkall ) Donation to Creative Action after a day of non-stop work for #M12 be returned by way of osyd budget whenever possible. This money was ordered to be given to Shelly, who spent all this money on a meal for two a half people, one of whom had strong ideological opposition to the purchase of food from Woollies. In contrast Creative Action needs funds and donations for new banner material and paints etc. for collective actions centred around the storage of Little Fish art trolley at Martin Place.


 AGENDA ITEM :: Proposal that Occupy  Sydney endorse & send letter of solidarity to the U.S.Occupy National Gathering | June 30 - July 4 2012 http://ow.ly/bDb0e (IF ACCEPTED BY GA EMAIL ACCEPTANCE TO: info@occupynationalgathering.com


Agenda item: Need people at the site until the 27th. 


2. Proposal for a marque. Local Council event worker prepared to fight for occupy sydneys right to have a marque. 


3. Proposal for a new occupy sydney petition calling for an injunction on secret nsw police operation named guilding that targeted the occupy sydney protests and for all citizens to be free from police harassment .Proposal from Greens councillor irene doutney whose prepared to put pressure on the government to stop operation guilding etc in support of any occupy sydney campaign action around that.


ANNOUNCEMENTS:


The October 13-15 Anniversary Working Group meets at 5pm at the Occupy Site.


A working group will form online Occupy Sydney Events  ... role will be to advise Occupy  Sydney participants of potential to develop OSYD events... Group will convene here http://www.facebook.com/groups/399866986732395/ please ask to join if interested in participating


OCCUPATION: Call for Occupiers.Nights and mornings. Due to Darcy and Sadaka leaving and Shelly needing time to process other essential business the Occupation is again critically under manned. Especially interested in having people around who engage well with the public and are able to put out the Occupy message effectively (whatever that means to you ) .Critical times are mornings and evenings. EVEN IF YOU CAN MAKE IT FOR 2 HOURS PER WEEK.


Call for reportbacks from all working groups to next wednesday 27 June GA Proposal that all working groups which do not report (and are not known to be active) be considered defunct.


Occupy  Sydney Solidarity Banner Workshop — Sunday, July 1 at 10:00am at Occupy  Sydney Occupation Martin Place.


STOP POLICE BRUTALITY! STOP POLICE INVESTIGATING POLICE! BAN THE TASERS! REMINDER this Thursday, 21st June, we will hold our monthly meeting at 7.00p.m in the Redfern Community Centre, Hugo st, Redfern


CHRIS RETALLACKS EXPOSE::


Thursday
6:00pm until 9:00pm
Fire Gallery (aka: Little Fish). 22 Enmore Rd, Newtown
Fire Gallery (aka: Little Fish)
Thurs 21st June. 6pm. 
22 Enmore Rd, Newtown


At Chris Retallack's solo exhibition expect to see a smorgasbord of visual delights. The oil paintings are conceptual, surreal and abstract. The concepts relate to life and death in the animal kingdom along with paintings of local performances.  


http://facebook.com/events/120308641442095/


SQUAT ART PROJECT 
Friday 22 June
Squat Art Project is fuelled by an alternative trash economy. It’s DIY, and free like a mangy dog roaming through bins living off scraps making love in the open. Fuck waiting for art galleries to notice us or getting knockbacks for government grants. And fuck living in f...See More http://www.facebook.com/events/199861086787135/


AN ACTION PACKED FREE SCHOOL OF OCCUPY SYDNEY


Starting at Iberoamerican Plaza, Central Station, next to the Devonshire/Chalmers St exit (Sydney)
Yet another different free school...


We talk alot about popular education...


Paulo Freire: "In problem-posing education, people develop their power to perceive critically the way they exist in the world with which and in which they find themselves; they come to see the ...See More http://www.facebook.com/events/150965461704537/


SOLIDARITY With HONDURAS


Saturday, June 23, 2012
11:00am until 12:15pm
Iberoamerican Plaza, Central Station, near Devonshire Street (Sydney, Australia)
RALLY: International Day of Solidarity with Honduras
Saturday 23 June 2012 @ 11am


Denounce the coup in Honduras!
End the Political Killings, Human Rights Violations and Environmental Exploitation!
...See More http://www.facebook.com/events/244419742337364/


WALK TOGETHER SYDNEY
Saturday, June 23, 2012
1:00pm until 4:00pm
It's time to walk together!


Walk Together is an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate all that we have in common, to call for an end to the politics of fear and division and to recognise that we've all come from different beginnings to be a part of the Australian ...See More
http://www.facebook.com/events/158754417588080/


WORLD REFUGEE DAY PROTEST SYDNEY SUNDAY JUNE 24


1:00pm until 3:30pm
*End mandatory detention—20 years too long! 
*Free the refugees!
*No offshore processing!
*No deportations!
*No crime to seek asylum, no crime to bring the boats!
...See More


http://www.www.facebook.com/events/158754417588080/




Events beyond the next GA 


July 1 OCCUPY SYDNEY SOLIDARITY BANNER WORKSHOP... 


RALLY FOR JULIAN ASSANGE 1 JULY by WACA http://www.facebook.com/events/150965461704537/


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some occupy sydney related links follow please send yours for inclusion.


Official site http://occupysydney.org.au not currently regularly maintained


http://occupysydney.blogspot.com


http://occupysydney.org they've stayed on the economic issues.


http://occupysydney.net ( http:occupysydney.wordpress.com )


http://occupysydney.wall.fm developing as a resource


Occupy Sydney Media Twitter http://twitter.com/occupysydney


http://twitter.com/occupysydney


Occupy Sydney ZINE http://www.scribd.com/doc/95304967/Occupy-Sydney-Zine-2012-06-01-I7V3-eBook-Small


Occupy Sydney Legals Tribune http://www.scribd.com/doc/97093128/OS-Legals-Tribune-for-Screen


Please notify other links to be posted here on the agenda.