May Day People's Assembly & Movement Report Backs
Occupy Anonymous Wed 9 Apr 2014 10:43PMPublicSeen by 36
On past days of action Assemblies have been a source of tension for groups of #Occupy to coordinate horizontally in a fair manner. In the rush to hold the event the gathering, agenda & facilitation team often favors NYC stakeholders.
To avoid multiple assemblies in multiple locations these groups have decided to turn the assembly over to the global movement in honor of the workers we celebrate on May Day.
All groups who can establish a connection to the Occupy movement through past participation and if their work is in line with the #NYCGA Statement of Solidarity are welcome to present.
We propose to build a facitation team before the assembly from who is at Liberty Plaza by 6:30 PM on May First.
proposal by Occupy Anonymous Closed Mon 28 Apr 2014 4:08AM
The reaction looks good to create the team the day of at Liberty Plaza May 1st 630 PM.
To keep the effort horizontal creating a facilitation team the day of an assembly has had advantages on past days of action.
This allows for anyone interested to participate avoiding historical hierarchies and past organizational relationship.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 11 | 73 | 44 |   | |
| Abstain | 4 | 27 | 16 |    | |
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 10 | 40 |
15 of 25 votes cast (60% participation)
Occupy Anonymous
Wed 9 Apr 2014 10:49PM
As the discussion admin & person proposing it just wouldn't be cool to wave fingers in any manner.
Dallas
Thu 10 Apr 2014 2:46AM
Having a facilitation team selected in advance may keep some from attending at all if they don't feel comfortable with the persons selected. Picking a team on the spot is more organic in terms of facilitation being in tune with the group as a whole.
Dan ShockleyFri 18 Apr 2014 4:23AM
This makes a lot of sense. The folks who actually show up should get to consense on who facilitates. Furthermore, as someone else said, not having preordained facilitators means that people might feel more inclined to attend in the first place.
aimanFri 18 Apr 2014 6:06AM
fair is good.
JackieSun 20 Apr 2014 4:45PM
Not in NYC;
Otherwise +1 and would like to follow the mechanics, best practices for forming facilitation teams at NatGat GAs.
EricZenSat 26 Apr 2014 10:39PM
I'm hearing a pretty strong argument that so much action is taking place on May Day that 7:30pm NYC time is a more fair, inclusive and therefore appropriate time.
AnonSat 26 Apr 2014 11:05PM
Direct democracy & transparency is always what's best for the whole. <3
Sally GSun 27 Apr 2014 5:12AM
not sure I will be there that evening; just all work together, PLEASE!
Dallas ·Thu 10 Apr 2014 2:56AM
This might call for a separate discussion and/or proposal, but with all this talk about being globally inclusive, has anyone been thinking about ways to integrate Loomio + livestream to (finally) include folks outsaide the "studio audience" as it were?