Occupy Chicago – 10am Emergency GA Minutes
Date / Time: 10/4/2011 10am
Location: Jackson and LaSalle
Agenda:

1. Press release concerning staying mobile and moving.
2. Housing
3. Everyone needs the National Lawyers guild hotline: 773-309-1198

 
Moderator: Evelyn
Press Release:

• Reads press release.
  • Move or risk citation or Arrest.
  • Cannot remain stationary.
    • We must mobilize. Locate different places. Remain mobile.
      • Plan of action decides at emergency GA at 2:30 last night:
        • comply with police. Mobile occupation carts.
        • The movement will become mobile.
      • In light of this we need box truck
        • Someone volunteers one.
    • Stack: Storage question: how far away?
      • Ideally what we are looking for is one in west loop that can serve both as warming center and storage.
    • Stack: Question: have we spoken with lawyers?
      • Yes we have.
      • We plan to stay here.
    • Stack: committee to plan civil disobedience in resposne?
    • Stack: Dick Riley, Chicago independent media.
      • Existing law is moving picket line.
      • Congressional hotel example
      • Must have stategy to park stuff until you have the numbers to force it.
      • Anti-war March will bring a thousand people on Saturday.
      • Idea is that there is a presence here.
      • Maintaining visibility is the Key.
    • Stack: outreach committee is on this and should handle the discussion of civil disobedience. Strategy must stay together.
    • Stack: I get that we can’t do small movements? What can we do now to keep it legal?
    • Stack: our current tactic is not sustainable. We will stay here but our stuff will not. We will be organized and patient. We will not be seen as rabble rousers.
• Housing
  • Stack: What is our housing situation?
  • Stack: Organizing our presence.
    • Movement center called Grace place. Church that headquarters a number of organizations. Three stories. We should get in touch with them. [This solves problem post meeting].
    • Must work out the schedule for a permanent presence. This is the most important thing. The whole world knows about it. It is not the presence of our sleeping bags, but us that counts.
• Other:
  • Stack: Watch out for people who are trying to incite violence.
  • Stack: question: is there a plan for scheduled marches.
    • Housing it is up to us. Marches outreach committee plans it.
  • Stack: Putting the minutes online. Read minutes and disseminate this information.
  • Stack: One of the things we have a big issue about is a number of homeless people who are not part of the movement taking advantage of our materials.
  • Stack: Cab drivers union offers help with transportation.
  • Stack: Everyone needs the National Lawyers guild hotline: 773-309-1198
  • Stack: “Homeless problem” discussion. The homeless are our comrades, we need not disparage them.
  • Stack: Whatever the workshop is tonight, can someone take the minutes?