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Public Media / Photo / Re: Video for Livestream
« on: October 24, 2011, 02:17:24 pm »
thanks mn
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Occupy Nashville Chat / Re: What Group Are You In???
« on: October 24, 2011, 02:12:04 pm »
media, livestream
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Public Media / Photo / Brochure Text - Urgent
« on: October 17, 2011, 11:14:26 am »
the consensus b approves. great work y'all!!
buck
buck
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Occupy Nashville Chat / The Problem with Progressive Stacking
« on: October 16, 2011, 10:55:58 am »
shire - i can whole heartedly agree with that.
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Multimedia / video from the Oct 15th rally/march
« on: October 16, 2011, 10:51:40 am »
great work fruitjelly
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Public Media / Photo / Brochure Text - Urgent
« on: October 16, 2011, 10:41:11 am »
bob - good job. your consensus B approves. the only thing i would like to see included, which is certainly not neccessary and maybe to "thick" to get across is some language re: corporations' power over the shaping of public policy. regardless, i would back this pretty much as is.
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Occupy Nashville Chat / business sector contributors
« on: October 13, 2011, 11:54:01 pm »
dal, who i only know as "revivedvinyl" on the chats has offered us a great proposition.
first, his business - he recycles LPs (records for youngun's ) into products like guitars and guitar pics.
second, his person - dal approached me at the first GA at dragon park with some fantastic concerns and solutions. at the time, he was balancing a couple kids playing nearby and listening in to the GA. he has since written a song, which i have posted numerous times (for the h of it - http://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-wall-st/emergency-call-to-action-prevent-the-forcible-closure-of-occupy-wall-street/215007491900356 ). it's a great song, directed specifically at the occupation.
third, his plan - he has an idea to print pendents with "615", Nashville's area code, on his picks. He wants to donate 60% of his profits to us and include in the packaging a business sized card with ON contact info.
if you haven't heard the song, please listen. it brings a smile to my face every time i hear it, close to a tear.
discuss,
Buck
first, his business - he recycles LPs (records for youngun's ) into products like guitars and guitar pics.
second, his person - dal approached me at the first GA at dragon park with some fantastic concerns and solutions. at the time, he was balancing a couple kids playing nearby and listening in to the GA. he has since written a song, which i have posted numerous times (for the h of it - http://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-wall-st/emergency-call-to-action-prevent-the-forcible-closure-of-occupy-wall-street/215007491900356 ). it's a great song, directed specifically at the occupation.
third, his plan - he has an idea to print pendents with "615", Nashville's area code, on his picks. He wants to donate 60% of his profits to us and include in the packaging a business sized card with ON contact info.
if you haven't heard the song, please listen. it brings a smile to my face every time i hear it, close to a tear.
discuss,
Buck
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Occupy Nashville Chat / News from -New York- Thursday 10-13
« on: October 13, 2011, 11:42:09 pm »
spread the word fb, twits, etc
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Occupy Nashville Chat / The Problem with Progressive Stacking
« on: October 13, 2011, 08:11:45 pm »
folks,
firstly, i think this is an EXCELLENT thread. i can kinda / sorta see where each of you is coming from in your opinions. my primary observation is this is a conversation that needs to be continued in a "policy / philosophy" context rather than a GA next obstacle in front of us context.
i will give a caveat that i have only read the posts once, though thoroughly, and will revisit them. some things did stick in my mind. in no particular order:
psychojediboy - i believe it was you who said "The most basic tenet of democracy is that all people have an equal voice and no one is more or less valuable than another." i whole heartedly agree. in regards to the progressive stack, having each say his piece before one gets seconds only makes sense. isn't that what you would do at the dinner table?
as to different demographics being "preferred" in the stack (ie an economically depressed, specific social group) and getting more weight to their ability to comment, i must honestly say i have a problem with that. i will also freely admit that i don't have a complete comprehension of the "progressive" stack.
one possible solution to any of this ambiguity, especially the individual having their say, would satisfy the short term and benefit the long term. we have established the mission critical working groups. although all of us would admit it has been overwhelming, the next phase needs to be considered. i could see working groups on a myriad of issues: basic human rights being one, subsets of women and or people of color to throw out a couple important ones; i would like to see specific lines of corruption developed for individual sectors of finance and industry. i could go on for days.
bottom line is we are moving to fast now to get consensus on a lot of important things, which in a perfect world would be discussed and resolved before presenting them to the world. no one is to be excluded. however, the group as a whole needs to develop enough trust to give some degree of autonomy to different elements (tech especially. who the hell knows what they're talking about anyway
).
so, my big idea? a "blind" stack. each working group would have x amount of time to deliver a report. ask for dissent. if dissent, ask dissenter to get with the working group, get clear on the issue, move on with the agenda. when it came time for the "blind" stack, pass some shoe boxes around the crowd with random letters / numbers. let it be known that if you don't have anything to say, pass your number to the person nearest you with their hand up. it's a rough idea. one concrete plus is this would make the facilitator's call on speakers absolutely transparent.
as to some concrete, it is happening now reality. psychojediboy's comment "The most basic tenet of democracy is that all people have an equal voice and no one is more or less valuable than another." was used as the ammunition of choice in several scathing reports out of atlanta last sunday.
i won't bore you with the details, but you might have heard about congressman lewis being "dissed" by the atlanta occupation. fox spun this as hard as they could, using exactly psycho.... words. alternative media reported that the congressman, being a veteran of sncc, completely understood what was going on and respected the group / process.
i am firmly convinced that some, though not all, of the media is seeking any crevice in our foundation which they can expand to a fracture. do not be fooled. everything we do is being dissected by all sorts of pundits around the world. the "1%" is not only becoming aware of the pending tidal wave, they are becoming afraid. glenn beck recently announced to bankers, the wealthy, the main stream media "they will drag you out of your houses, into the streets, and kill you" repeatedly in a broadcast. we have skin in this game now. we are up against the best in the business of spin, slander, and manipulation. we must stand united.
sorry. my two cents.
buck
firstly, i think this is an EXCELLENT thread. i can kinda / sorta see where each of you is coming from in your opinions. my primary observation is this is a conversation that needs to be continued in a "policy / philosophy" context rather than a GA next obstacle in front of us context.
i will give a caveat that i have only read the posts once, though thoroughly, and will revisit them. some things did stick in my mind. in no particular order:
psychojediboy - i believe it was you who said "The most basic tenet of democracy is that all people have an equal voice and no one is more or less valuable than another." i whole heartedly agree. in regards to the progressive stack, having each say his piece before one gets seconds only makes sense. isn't that what you would do at the dinner table?
as to different demographics being "preferred" in the stack (ie an economically depressed, specific social group) and getting more weight to their ability to comment, i must honestly say i have a problem with that. i will also freely admit that i don't have a complete comprehension of the "progressive" stack.
one possible solution to any of this ambiguity, especially the individual having their say, would satisfy the short term and benefit the long term. we have established the mission critical working groups. although all of us would admit it has been overwhelming, the next phase needs to be considered. i could see working groups on a myriad of issues: basic human rights being one, subsets of women and or people of color to throw out a couple important ones; i would like to see specific lines of corruption developed for individual sectors of finance and industry. i could go on for days.
bottom line is we are moving to fast now to get consensus on a lot of important things, which in a perfect world would be discussed and resolved before presenting them to the world. no one is to be excluded. however, the group as a whole needs to develop enough trust to give some degree of autonomy to different elements (tech especially. who the hell knows what they're talking about anyway
). so, my big idea? a "blind" stack. each working group would have x amount of time to deliver a report. ask for dissent. if dissent, ask dissenter to get with the working group, get clear on the issue, move on with the agenda. when it came time for the "blind" stack, pass some shoe boxes around the crowd with random letters / numbers. let it be known that if you don't have anything to say, pass your number to the person nearest you with their hand up. it's a rough idea. one concrete plus is this would make the facilitator's call on speakers absolutely transparent.
as to some concrete, it is happening now reality. psychojediboy's comment "The most basic tenet of democracy is that all people have an equal voice and no one is more or less valuable than another." was used as the ammunition of choice in several scathing reports out of atlanta last sunday.
i won't bore you with the details, but you might have heard about congressman lewis being "dissed" by the atlanta occupation. fox spun this as hard as they could, using exactly psycho.... words. alternative media reported that the congressman, being a veteran of sncc, completely understood what was going on and respected the group / process.
i am firmly convinced that some, though not all, of the media is seeking any crevice in our foundation which they can expand to a fracture. do not be fooled. everything we do is being dissected by all sorts of pundits around the world. the "1%" is not only becoming aware of the pending tidal wave, they are becoming afraid. glenn beck recently announced to bankers, the wealthy, the main stream media "they will drag you out of your houses, into the streets, and kill you" repeatedly in a broadcast. we have skin in this game now. we are up against the best in the business of spin, slander, and manipulation. we must stand united.
sorry. my two cents.
buck
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Occupy Nashville Chat / Saturday essentials
« on: October 13, 2011, 07:07:04 pm »
disclaimer- i am not the boss, i don't want to be the boss, but i love team work. saturday is huge. we need focused conversation on this. please do not respond with off topic commentary. if you have a point which you think is valid, please add it or speak your truth. regardless, as my high school english teacher used to sat, we have to "get a wiggle on it" (read: bust ass). i am wide open tomorrow until 3 to field questions, make connections, answer the phone, etc. don't hesitate to contact.
buck
as i see it - open to critique:
1) blast email to all those addys we have
**points of contact, team leaders please send appropriate tech contact your info
**tech - who is appropriate contact, who can do this. what do you need to get it done.
2) press release - in progress - media. Tennessean beat us to the punch and had an article about the rally today.
***who can get it to the press? what press is it being sent to? are we missing any?
3) signage - there are several posts in media, multimedia and general chat for posters / artwork. AMAZING stuff. this needs to hit the streets tomorrow if possible. i have tried to cross reference each forum thread so all of it can be found.
***media, multimedia, outreach, direct action all need a hand in this.
***who can handle printing, delivery of goods to plaza for distribution?
4) points:
***the occupation of nashville is entering its second week
***10/15/11 is a GLOBAL day of action. on every continent, except antartica, there will be "occupy" protests.
please discuss, claim tasks, report back as soon as you can.
---------- Post added at 07:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:03 PM ----------
please also, someone from each team check in to ensure the email went out. i do not have an email for all the working groups (direct action, logistics, i know i have it for tech and media, i think legal)
which begs the question, what are all the groups / committees now? how should each play a role? if you can contact them and bring them to this discussion, let us know.
buck
as i see it - open to critique:
1) blast email to all those addys we have
**points of contact, team leaders please send appropriate tech contact your info
**tech - who is appropriate contact, who can do this. what do you need to get it done.
2) press release - in progress - media. Tennessean beat us to the punch and had an article about the rally today.
***who can get it to the press? what press is it being sent to? are we missing any?
3) signage - there are several posts in media, multimedia and general chat for posters / artwork. AMAZING stuff. this needs to hit the streets tomorrow if possible. i have tried to cross reference each forum thread so all of it can be found.
***media, multimedia, outreach, direct action all need a hand in this.
***who can handle printing, delivery of goods to plaza for distribution?
4) points:
***the occupation of nashville is entering its second week
***10/15/11 is a GLOBAL day of action. on every continent, except antartica, there will be "occupy" protests.
please discuss, claim tasks, report back as soon as you can.
---------- Post added at 07:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:03 PM ----------
please also, someone from each team check in to ensure the email went out. i do not have an email for all the working groups (direct action, logistics, i know i have it for tech and media, i think legal)
which begs the question, what are all the groups / committees now? how should each play a role? if you can contact them and bring them to this discussion, let us know.
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Public Media / Photo / Protest signage
« on: October 13, 2011, 06:42:45 pm »
more ideas at multimedia forum posters / flyers, etc
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Multimedia / Poster for Saturday
« on: October 13, 2011, 06:44:03 pm »
another one
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cb61c84f40&view=att&th=132ff6c81f276954&attid=0.1&disp=safe&realattid=daa6675e0433b3e4_0.1.1&zw
---------- Post added at 06:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:39 PM ----------
excellent stan
---------- Post added at 06:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 PM ----------
more from a signage post elsewhere
Below are 2 links for 8.5 x 11 signs I created. If anyone is interested in additional sizes, please email me at michael@eyemagicgraphics.com
http://www.eyemagicgraphics.com/pdf/...t&flagsign.pdf
http://www.eyemagicgraphics.com/pdf/...ons-8.5x11.pdf
1 more...
http://www.eyemagicgraphics.com/pdf/...&flag-sign.pdf
Last edited by paxromana5777; 10-10-2011 at 11:07 PM. Reason: Another link/sign
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cb61c84f40&view=att&th=132ff6c81f276954&attid=0.1&disp=safe&realattid=daa6675e0433b3e4_0.1.1&zw
---------- Post added at 06:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:39 PM ----------
excellent stan
---------- Post added at 06:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 PM ----------
more from a signage post elsewhere
Below are 2 links for 8.5 x 11 signs I created. If anyone is interested in additional sizes, please email me at michael@eyemagicgraphics.com
http://www.eyemagicgraphics.com/pdf/...t&flagsign.pdf
http://www.eyemagicgraphics.com/pdf/...ons-8.5x11.pdf
1 more...
http://www.eyemagicgraphics.com/pdf/...&flag-sign.pdf
Last edited by paxromana5777; 10-10-2011 at 11:07 PM. Reason: Another link/sign
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Public Media / Photo / random good stuff in the media
« on: October 12, 2011, 10:05:36 pm »
from one of our own, owner of revivedvinyl who makes guitar picks out of recycled LPs (for you youngsters - record albums). he was at the first GA in dragon park, balancing participating and managing kids.
he wrote this song for the occupation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBiTGGiyoCs
he wrote this song for the occupation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBiTGGiyoCs
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Occupy Nashville Chat / Occupy Knoxville
« on: October 12, 2011, 07:43:47 pm »
an email went around from knoxville today. they want to coordinate at some point. i replied we all have more immediate fish to fry but that will be important soon. they have two facebook sites, one of which is x3 bigger than the other so i would start there Occupy Wall St (Knoxville)
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General Discussion / random good stuff in media - national
« on: October 12, 2011, 07:36:26 pm »
statistics:
month before OWS - approximately 160 mentions of the phrase "corporate greed" in the national media. month since = more than x10 at over 1800
occupy together now lists over 1400 meetups nationally
month before OWS - approximately 160 mentions of the phrase "corporate greed" in the national media. month since = more than x10 at over 1800
occupy together now lists over 1400 meetups nationally