Minutes – IO Planning Meeting (Thurs) – 12/15/11

CALL OBJECTIVES (Desired Outcomes if Known):

• Share Information, Generate Ideas, Make Decisions (as appropriate)
• Forward The Action on Key Agenda Items
• Get Lots Done and End Call On-Time

CALL AGENDA:

1. Opening the call
2. Welcome Newcomers to this call
3. Check-Ins (30 seconds each)
4. Review Call Objectives and Agenda, Make Additions / Adjustments.
5. CiviCRM and Public Directory Discussion (5 min)

8. Information Sharing.  What it is.
9. Final decision on moving main list to civiCRM (12/8)

1. Can we decide without Michael?
2. Are there any objection from those on this call (Temp Check?)  Not taken.

• Public Directory (OccupyContactList) vis-a-vis a CoC-only accessible directory (12/8)
• 6. IO Call Planning SG:  (5  min)
  11. Reports on our national calls procedures from Call Planning Subgroup
  1. DA call volume down Same with Media (under 10)
  2. Steve describes challenges with facilitation, tighten up process and time-lines and invitation and links to call related docs.
  3. Steve warned Jim Barton of Occ Ashville it is time for OccAsh to host the General Call.
• Clarifying role of call planning subgroup (12/7)
• 7. Engaging new interocc/COC folks (7min)
  13. IO Outreach subgroup?
  1. Outreach sub group has gone quiet. Tammy ready to gen it up.  Nate and Joan interested.
  2. Internal vs External outreach distinction.  Get going on internal outreach and Invitation
  3. InterOcc call and orientation call combined
  1. orientation call
  2. cheat seat
  3. buddy
  4. list of 5 go ahead walt
• Tammy suggested having an inter-CoC call, for the various inter-occupation communication working groups across the movement to talk to each other directly. [Nate (just in the notes, not on the call): there was already one of these... sort of... it was more for discussing the concept of CoCs]
• comprehensive list of tasks (12/8)
• Calling other occupies (12/7)
• What do we call local interoccs/CoCs?
• Are we maintaining a Public Directory and/or CoC directory of working groups contacts?
• 8. MIssion Statement (5min)
  18. Identify next steps
  19. Joan: Bring ideas to Monday meeting
  20. Jay reviews what has been done, voting process and
  1. Short (Tammy)  version with bullets as the starting point.
• Walt idea; and write it as it would go on the Web.
• 9. IO WebTech SG: (5 min)
  22. Ash: Greg will do some aesthetics…. logo
  23. Logo: Old and New
  24. Ash: (subgroup on last call determined that) Occupy 2.0 is off, editorial content is a slippery slope. Tab will be removed from site.
  25. Steve; Need one page that is just a list of all the Occupations nationally with a link to just their webpages or their webpages and Facebook pages.  (we have a link to Occupy Tegether that has much of what you were describing ). Understand, but does that make people want to join  OccTogether or InterOcc?  It’s about marketing.
  26. JR
  27. Contentious Issues process described by Ash
  10. IO Outreach SG:
  11. Announcements Page  (I think this isn’t covered here)
  29. https://docs.google.com/a/interoccupy.org/document/d/12E17Wi431siEYgh7Kx1Epw5zagdwj1JmqMen87D94nQ/edit?authkey=CNGb_4sE&hl=en_US&authkey=CNGb_4sE

  
  

  13. Meta Discussion
  30. What to say here?
  31. Jay’s take on what Meta call IO Purpose, Scope, (Mission in there too) and Role in relationship to the rest of Movement
  32. Occupy wide Unconference session (Walt and Tammy organizing)
  33. Occupy Wide Vision Session Sunday afternoon
  14. Tammy Monday logistics for the InterOccupy retreat
  34. Friends apartment
  35. Skype vs maestro vs Google hang-out  (Multiple video)  straw poll
  1. Start at 10:30 go until…..????
  15. Quick Check Outs
  16. declare world peace