Day 10 - Part 4/5- Occupy Richmond General Assembly - Oct. 25, 2011 - Richmond, Virginia
Channel: OccupyRichmond2011
Date: 2011-10-27

Day 10.  Formal Proposals

Isaac-  Working on a flier for occupy richmond to explain in writing the ideology behind our movement
Would like GA to approve 3 bullet points.
1.Corporate influence has corrupted our government through Lobbyism and financial contributions
2.The ability of our government to work for the best interest of the people is failing.
3. Occupy Richmond is a social justice movement dedicated to equal opportunity for all.
---add "we would like everyone to join our movement.
---encourage debate and not vote on this
---issue of non violence should be added
---I do not think this should be debated

TEMP check

Proposal of 4th bullet point WE are a group with different ideologies and acknowledges this as an ongoing process
re reading 3 points plus 4th proposed after temp check.
in spite of our differences added.to point 4.
Vote- Passed 40 to one

Safer Spaces- Important Announcement
Many concerns regarding women's safety
This is unimaginable and Unacceptable
Meeting of women tomorrow after GA at safer spaces tent
Open session with Safer Spaces and the YWCA on how to deal with this more effectively in the future

Stretch Break

Complete minutes of meeting available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1nAhwikEjsl5_25FSRd2JV9BulYoHemtYXN-DJZTXTMI

For more information:  http://www.occupyrichmondva.org