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Declaration of intent to participate in #UnitedGA
On 3/1/2012, the Occupy San Diego General Assembly consented to the following proposal in which they declare:
"The Occupy San Diego General Assembly consents to participate in the #UnitedGA on March 17th, 2012."
The original proposal presented to Occupy San Diego on February 28th, 2012 can be found here: pastebin.com/ZQKJH5VQ
This is a proposal for the _____GA requesting that they participate in a UnitedGA on March 17th, with the possibility of holding a UnitedGA every 17th.
Nothing at all needs to be created for this. There will be no central website for #UnitedGA, so as to avoid central control, corruption and infiltration, the idea will simply be added to the website of participating GA's. The only things each participating occupy GA needs to do is agree to participate in the #UnitedGA on the 17th, include a UnitedGA section on their website, and declare their participation to @SynchronizeOWS so that they may be put in contact with all other participating GA's and twitter accounts.
The UnitedGA is simply all participating General Assemblies in the country voting on the same issues at the same moment on the 17th of March; potentially every 17th if the participating GA's decide to do so.
THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE INDIVIDUAL GA's IS THE TIME OF DAY THEY MEET ON THE 17th SO THEY CAN ALL HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME AROUND THE COUNTRY. 4:00pm in California, 7:00pm in New York etc.
Livestreaming gives each GA extra accountability.
Each participating occupy will be put in contact with every other participating occupy prior to the 17th so that the vote count from each GA can be called into twitter@SynchronizeOWS, AND other participating twitter accounts to be announced, AND on #UnitedGA, AND on participating GA websites. A national modified consensus will be determined. This will ensure maximum accountability in addition to livestreaming of the GA's whenever possible.
We would begin by focusing on a couple simple issues in the first UnitedGA to get a feel for it. I suggest that they be: "should America have any involvement in exploiting the Alberta Tar Sands." And: "are corporations people." BUT THE ISSUES DISCUSSED AND VOTED UPON IN THE FIRST UNITED GA ARE NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS PROPOSAL. The issues discussed and voted on in UnitedGA, as well as the specifics and details of this and future UnitedGA's will be determined by all participating occupy GA's, in a manner that they agree upon.
Certain aspects of this proposal are left intentionally open BECAUSE NEITHER I, NOR ANY ONE PERSON SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OF THE SPECIFICS OF THIS BROAD IDEA. This proposal is only concerned with getting all participating GA's to focus on and vote upon the same issues at the same time on the 17th of March, with the possibility of holding another UnitedGA each 17th. This proposal is simply asking for ______GA to participate in UnitedGA on March 17th.
#UnitedGA is the existing hashtag for it. UnitedGA@live.com is the email address. 907-299-6644 is my phone number.
Thank you all for your time and effort,
Lucid Wilcox
ANSWERS TO FAQ:
- #1. No GA has any control over any other GA and no GA is obligated to participate in the UnitedGA. Also, UnitedGA IS NOT A GOVERNING BODY, it does not in any way control any individual GA, it is not an organization unto itself, it wont even have a website.
- #2. This proposal is meant only to establish that: "GA's discuss and vote upon the same issues at the same time on the 17th." In this way, the UnitedGA is left open to being created by each individual participating GA. This proposal intentionally does not include every detail of logistics. It is meant to be just formal and structured enough to work, while intentionally not controlling the idea. A DIRECTLY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS MUST BE CREATED BY DIRECTLY DEMOCRATIC MEANS.
- #3. GA's deciding to discuss and vote upon the same issues at the same moment on the 17th is meant to provide a 'national occupy sentiment' whereby we may express a common voice on issues that are important to all of us.
- #4. When we all raise our hands to show support or opposition in GA, we are voting, even if consensus is the desired effect of it. If you dont like the word 'voting' then use the term 'temperature check' or 'show of hands' or anything else your semantically comfortable with.
- #5. Carefully re-read the proposal if you have any other questions, or call 907-299-6644 at any time.
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A working group formed and posed questions to Mr. Wilcox regarding transparency, ability to suggest process for #UnitedGA between Occupations and not a centralized group, and ability to help determine discusssion/agenda items for March 17th and future #UnitedGA's. Questions were answered sufficiently enough for the group to consent to participate. The decision was made to move forward and begin compiling questions and suggestions for March 17th.
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