Spokes Notes #F24

[Bishop Zareh]

Spokes Council Partial Notes #F24

__Welcome Wagon

March 7th, Occupy Austin at Kite Festival

+ recycling action, entering kites

+ teach-ins on kite making, occupy the sky

+ 10am - 3pm, zilker, potluck brunch

+ still working out details

+ has working group info sheets, they will distributed to new people

mission, contact info, top 3 goals, top 3 needs,

compiling a database of all wgs

Needs: 

+ was to fill out info sheet

__AISD

Events:

+ combining Sunday sign making with other wgs

+ March 2nd, Friday, rally at … 3pm, 

march at 4:15, 17th & congress with speakers

+ Tomorrow is the last day to opt out of IDEA, parents are unaware, proposing they extend the deadline, 

+ School Board meeting next monday, during the GA. will be ruling on STARR testing, OccupyAISD will be occupying the board meeting, AISD building on 6th, west 

Needs:

+ sign making materials

+ people to come to march

__Bank Action

+ Phone-a-thon, Saturday at 1pm, get in touch, bank act...@occupyaustin.org

+ Call members of Council about Bank Divestment from Bank of America tomorrow morning. "I support City Council to divest from BOA"

+ Suggests creating point contacts for community organizations

+ Attend Council Meeting from 10-3:30, on Thursday, bring signs about Big Banks

__EcoAction

+ Feb 29th, Screening in Austin & Fredrisburg and Lockhart,

we need people to show up.

Delivering letters to Monsanto and Mayors offices.

Need Livestreamers and Livetweeters

The movie is "The World According to Monsanto" 

CQ: What to do if you would like to travel to other cities?

A: email us

Lockhart 217 West … St, 3-6pm, on F29

__Media

Needs:

+ help with writing and editing press releases. quick edits and approval.

+ need photos for the Occuzine of Occupy Austin events

__Infoscribes

+ Each working group has their own sub-calendar

+ WGs can edit their own calendar events if they want to

See Cory after meeting to get setup

__Food

+ Greeting to Chinese peoples

+ Kitchen is moving

+ Contact us foodoccu...@gmail.com

+ Asking how to feed people at actions

Needs:

+ Better storage facility

+ Roster of cooks

+ More transportation help

__Corporate Personhood

+ Have made a resolution for City Council. Are pursuing 

+ Working with other community groups and endorse it

+ Change.org Petition: linked from the End Corporate Personhood Facebook page

Needs:

+ Sign the petition, reach out to Austin and surrounding area

__InterOcc

+ Meeting on Monday, 10:30pm, on Skype call, reaching out to Portland

+ Weekly calls reach out to different Occupys 

__DISCUSSION__

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[Lainie]

Hey...the kite festival is on March 4th, not March 7th.

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