meeting space: DONE

[Jake Schumann]

Mia booked the UU Church from 2-4 through April.  Also, lets try and adopt the oppressed hand symbol used by OB.  We can talk about that tomorrow night though.

 

Jake Schumann

Volunteer Coordinator

Peace & Justice Center

60 Lake Street, Suite 1C

Burlington, VT 05401

802.863.2345 ext 9

 

[Thomas Grace]

What do we have for this week and next? Did I miss that?

[Jake Schumann]

the UU is available for those weeks as I understand it

[Eric Davis]

This is awesome! Thanks to everyone that made this happen!

-Eric

p.s. I forget from our previous conversations is there a mometary cost associated with this space?

[Jake Schumann]

approx. $60 per GA

 

From: occupy-burlington-f...@googlegroups.com [mailto:occupy-burlington-f...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric Davis
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Subject: Re: meeting space: DONE

 

This is awesome! Thanks to everyone that made this happen!

[Eric Davis]

Almost seems like there should have been more discussion with finance?

[Andrew Sullivan]

I think meeting at the UU Church is great. I liked meeting at the Library. I don't like the idea of paying to rent out a space for GA's. I don't like the idea of going to Ben Cohen for cash to rent out a space for GA's. If, or when, we go to Ben Cohen to ask for cash, it should be for something that will be mighty, phenomenal, and earth-moving. However, the fact that he has been generous toward OWS is great, and I hope that we will look to him for donations in the future. I'd rather have the GA's in the park for the next few months in order to make sure they remain extremely concise. I will say that the last two GA's have been more efficient than some others. 

[Thomas Grace]

At last week's GA we passed the hat and raised 101 dollars. I don't think getting together the $60 for a space is a huge hurdle. Of course, I'd rather not have to pay for space too. But I believe having a reliable space which we can publicize and include in flyers/promotional materials, etc... is more than worth the cost. I belive the lack of a reliable public meeting space has been a limiting factor for us since the camp was disbanded. Outside meetings, I think, aren't an option if our goal is to get more people involved during the winter.   

[Eric Davis]

I totally agree with the benefits of having a more permanent space.

It just seems to me that this went from discussion to implementation quickly bringing with it a not insignificant financial commitment.

It seems to me there are some options that may not incur costs, i.e. fletcher free library that it might have been nice to pursue before committing to a paid space.

-Eric

[Brett Williams]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Eric Davis <ericpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It just seems to me that this went from discussion to implementation quickly
> bringing with it a not insignificant financial commitment.

We are NOT committed to the UU yet, not even really for this Sunday
(though they're expecting us). Some initiative was taken in making a
reservation for us for this week in particular because the office
closes on Thursday and the Facilitation meeting is on Friday, so we
didn't get a chance to meet before some action needed to be taken. If
someone has a better proposal at the Facilitation meeting (in a few
hours, 5pm Levity) for where to meet, it'll be fine to tell the UU
that we're not meeting there Sunday after all (it's my impression they
were already given the impression that we weren't 100% sure).

The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington likes us a lot.
They have an active Occupy group there (Incidentally, I don't
understand why that isn't yet officially a WG!?) that just planned an
awesome teach-in all about their duty and commitment to support social
justice. I think they are willing to be very flexible and supportive
about this.

> It seems to me there are some options that may not incur costs, i.e.
> fletcher free library that it might have been nice to pursue before
> committing to a paid space.

The Library will let us meet once a month. We could be tricky about
it, but given that we're also (without being tricky, just actually
being autonomous/uncoordinated) reserving space there all the time for
various WG meetings I think we probably shouldn't push our luck.
(Pushing for policy changes at the library is another long-term
option-- I'd love if they could adopt a participatory consensus-based
scheduling process.)

We could consider meeting once a month at the Library and three times
at the UU (or Edmunds or whatever), but I'd be strongly against it
myself. Consistency is worth way more to us than $60. If we get the
GA in a consistent space for the rest of the winter, I'll personally
volunteer to stand out flyering in the cold telling people where they
can find us; I will not of course volunteer to go out in the cold
telling people "Come to our GAs! They're somewhere! Hang out on
online and see if you can find out!" :P

<3,
mungojelly

[Sydney Stieler]

So the UU Church is booked from 2-4 for GAs starting this Sunday
(1/22) through April?

Again, how would people feel about meeting in person before the GA to
discuss finances?

+--<3
SYDNEY

[Stephen Marshall]

On 1/20/2012 2:16 PM, Sydney Stieler wrote:

> Again, how would people feel about meeting in person before the GA to
> discuss finances?
>
> +--<3
> SYDNEY
>
>

I am not thrilled about a special meeting. I am not thrilled about the
request. Making your case will be difficult. No rushing.

Stephen Marshall
11 Hungerford Terrace (out back)
Burlington Vermont 05401
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