Matt Darcey
1/28/2012 GA Motion
All motions 1-5 are to be placed on old business for wednesday Feb 1st. NONE OF THESE MOTIONS have been ADOPTED by the GA as of 1/28/2012, that will be know on Wednesday FEB 1st, 2012 after they are voted on by the GA.
Motion 1: Establishing an Outreach Committee (passed) (passed 1/28/12) (Ratified 2/1/12)
Who:
Outreach Committee: Amy Anderson, Karen Bernal, Elizabeth la Plante, David Keenan, Nathan Sands, David Jacors
What, Where, When, How:
Establish an outreach committee within O.S. in Sacramento
Establish the outreach committee effective feb 1, 2024
Establish dir by convening the group of people referenced above and soliciting other members
What would change & how would the changes help Occupy Sacramento:
Establishing OutReach Committee,would help OS by maximizing the participation in and enable the forming of alliances with, locally, regionally and nationally based individuals or groups and to maximize the participation of these individuals and groups in O.S. activities.
Motion 2: (passed 1/28/12) (Ratified 2/1/12; Motion was amended edits pending)
Quick summary: the motion was changed to call for a full board election as well as requiring the board to take all steps necessary to regain full control over finances)
Who:
Financial Committee:
What, Where, When, How:
propose the election of a new financial committee member (3 minimum next GA or ASAP)
What would change & how would the changes help Occupy Sacramento:
Replace current standing committee members
Motion 3: (passed)(passed 1/28/12) (Ratified 2/1/12)
Who:
Outreach Working Group
What, Where, When, How:
Do we want to support occupy woodland & LCLAA by being included on the flyer for the annual Cesar Chavez march flyer. near the end of march
What would change & how would the changes help Occupy Sacramento:
show solidarity
Motion 4 : (passed 1/28/12) (withdrawn 2/1/12)
Who:
Coordinating working group
What, Where, When, How:
if the parks and rec department of the city of Sacramento try to barricade/block the access to Cesar Chavez plaza the local of occupy Sacramento. then those that wish can have a sit-in at the park. Ultimately what could happen is that demonstrators could be arrested in the park. The date of this will be established when and if blocks/barricades are put up in or around the park/plaza.
What would change & how would the changes help Occupy Sacramento:
nothing would change in occupy Sacramento except that if the parks and rec department of the city of sac try to barricade/block the park then protesters would be willing to stop the $90,000 project.
Motion 5: (passed 1/28/12) (Ratified 2/1/12)
Who:
Coordinating working group/ PR working group
What, Where, When, How:
On Feb 14 - in a couple of Tuesdays, it is Valentine's Day. In order to raise awareness about women's issues like rapes, domestic violence, I propose having women's events in the park. I have resisted a V-day event online for a vagina monologues reading. Potentially having a men's group event as well. I am contacting women groups/orgs in the community as well a the other V-day events rested online. I will contact women/mens/gender students professors to give a teach-in as well. I need help so peace talk to me after the GA for more info. Thank you
What would change & how would the changes help Occupy Sacramento:
help with men/women's issues that can work within occupy Sacramento.
Motion Proposed 2/1/12 (Emergency Item)(Passed and Rafitied)
Temp check regarding agendizing as emergency motion – consensus.
Vote – 18 for, 0 against.
AGENDIZED AS EMERGENCY MOTION.
Temp check regarding motion – consensus.
Vote – 17 for, 0 against.
OS Foreclosure Action Team Emergency Motion (Lisa)
MOTION: Propose that OS approve the OS Foreclosure Action Team signing the following letter from OccupyModesto to AG Harris, urging a moratorium on foreclosures and evictions while she conducts investigations and amend procedures to fairly handle financial issues. OccupyModesto is asking other California Occupies to join in and approve the letter. Continued pressure on AG for a moratorium is a goal of the OS Foreclosure Action Team and signing this letter would apply more pressure and serve as an act of solidarity with other California Occupies working on foreclosure action. OccupyModesto needs the signature before the next GA scheduled for Saturday, February 4. Therefore the proposal must be considered as an emergency proposal today.
The letter reads as follows:
Kamala Harris – Attorney General of California
Attorney General’s Office
California State Department of Justice
Sacramento, CA 94244-2552
Honorable Attorney General Harris:
We have great appreciation of the announcement you made regarding the formation of the Mortgage Fraud Task Force to bring to justice those who committed mortgage fraud. It is your stated duty to conduct a fair and complete investigation into not only the misconduct in loan servicing and foreclosure practices, but also into the securitization of mortgages in California. We are hopeful that your investigation into mortgage fraud in California will result in both accountability and consequence against those who broke the law. It is also our hope that the consequences will go beyond the simple execution of fines and restrictions on the banks and finance institutions who knowingly committed fraudulent acts against our fellow citizens. We believe that incarceration is the only real and effective punishment that will send the correct message to these individuals.
As you stated in your press conference, Stockton is the number one city in America for foreclosures. Other cities in the Central Valley have also been hard hit by foreclosures that have severely impacted our families and communities. Given the disproportionate devastation here, we ask that any monetary settlements would reflect this fact.
Many fraudulent practices have been used against those who have fallen behind in mortgage payments, are in foreclosure, or who have lost their homes to foreclosure. You discussed acts committed by scammers who rented homes to unsuspecting persons by those who had absolutely no legal right to do so. There are obviously other types of fraud that are being perpetrated against Californians, some by lenders, brokers, and lawyers. We have the utmost disdain for these practices. Our communities have been devastated by those who are committing these fraudulent practices. We strongly urge that your office issue a moratorium on foreclosures and evictions until your investigations are complete and amended procedures are in effect to fairly handle financial issues.
We, the undersigned commend you for your efforts and will stand by you in those efforts to ensure justice is done for Californians affected by the economic disaster brought to our communities by these individuals and institutions.
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