Planning the Training for the Gathering.

No worries about the job; we all do what we must in this system while we work for change. The formal gathering itself is the 31st to the 3rd; there was a plan last year to do a training before the gathering started—let’s not get into the plans, the boycotts, the recriminations, the calls for accountability, the question of payment—but the upshot is that we agreed to have it a day ahead this year, and Delphine has been bottom-lining that effort. @triciafromphilly I keep reminding folks that we are all organizers, we are all participants. All who can get there a day early are welcome; @oswgwhe says that we have some camping space for the night of Wed., the 30th.

The original intent was for the organizers to go through the training, but as far as I know it was never limited to just organizers, but anyone who was drawn to take it.

Delphine said Sarah Campbell and Claire Baird of the Catalyst project will be facilitator, and possibly others in a one day one night notable event.culminating with a march on the Capitol.

99Rise taught me the lesson that our Loomio planning group is not yet ready to put on this Summer's gathering, but we are ready to do the training on Wed Aug 30. At that event we can unify a group to plan for a Sacramento Gathering for next year, to prepare for a 2016 gathering in Washington DC.

99Rise has taught us how to "work" the halls of power. We work Sacramento. Then we work Washington DC.

Our training this year will be crucial to unify a group to plan for next year. We have to think long term. A warm up gathering in Sacramento next year in 2015 could prepare us for a culminating event in 2016 in D.C.

So ... now we must focus on getting many willing learners here for our Wed Aug 30 training in Sac.

I meant Wednesday July 30, not August 30.

To be clear, the whole week-long gathering is not foreclosed. However 99Rise has taught us our errors and so we must concentrate on the training on Wed July 30. We might, by then, if people are willing to embrace the difficult training, have people and resources which as of today are still unwilling to do much.

I missed the part where 99 Rise "taught" us. What are you talking about?

Those few in Sacramento who participated with 99Rise learned lessons for which there is, as yet, no discussion that will allow the teaching to be spread.

To wit. 99Rise succeeded so brilliantly during its two week occupation of the Capitol, that until what they did is known, our plans and discussion will suffer, accordingly as we do not start asking what did they teach, and how can we learn, and how does it relate to our plans for this summer?

Whereas I welcome 99Rise to the gathering, I am not ready to put aside our planning. I am not sure that you are suggesting that, so please clarify?

Certainly our planning goes forward and 99Rise will enhance it by their participation. Especially on our Training day. And they want to participate fully.