Part 2/8 - Work Group Announcements - Occupy Richmond General Assembly - Jan. 8, 2012
Channel: OccupyRichmond2011
Date: 2012-01-11

In this segment, individuals representing Work Groups presented to the General Assembly what their respective groups have been working on.

Summary:

Kat:
Finance -- currently have $241
Logistics would like everyone to know that Rent at the Storage Facility is $70 and due on January 20th

Chris Dorsey with Political Action:
Announcement for action at Virginia General Assembly, plans to be outside of Assembly in protest

Jam with Non Violent Workgroup:
Tuesday January 10th there will be a Non Violent Direct Action training by RPEC and the Wayside Center at Friend's Meeting House to begin at 5:30pm

Santos with Education/Outreach:
Has handouts, explains them before handing them out. Document contains: important dates for events and action, to do lists for current or new projects, point people assigned to each of these projects.

Allen S with ? City Council Liaison Group ?
Announcement on City Council for January 23rd, Allen will be point person for focus group to deal with legislation on Free Speech Zone and to make sure it passes
Land Use Commission meeting at 3pm on January 20th

Ron with Coordination Committee:
Announces goals, role and functioning of CoCo -- this WorkGroup can

Josh K with Media:
Announcement on RVAGA.net

Claire with Facilitation Work Group:
Currently working a lot of issues with Facilitation, working on guide/handout to understanding General Assembly and Process.
New People who are interested in Facilitation training and participating with the Facilitation Workgroup may come to General Assembly on Sundays, one hour and thirty minutes ahead of time. May contact Point Person (Isaac) for more information.

Allen S with Facilities Booking:
Announcement on Friend's Meeting House Calendar
Friends Meeting House is available as of 1pm on Sundays -- could be space for work group meetings.

End of Workgroup Announcements.

Minutes by Isaac.  Complete minutes here:  http://occupyrva.org/general-assembly-minutes/january-8-2012/

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http://www.occupyrva.org
http://www.facebook.com/occupyrichmond
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