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Dave is facilitating, Faygo on stack, Morgan on minutes and video

Committee & Working Group Report-backs
Urban Outreach, Brother Carter - Had a foreclosure march last week, then a massive regional protest on Monday...both were great successes. We need to keep getting better at getting flyers out. Upcoming is the Monsanto action on March 16-17. Still planning the upcoming planning forum/summit, with the goal of getting input from a wider diversity of outside groups. April 7th plans in development about re-occupying Freemont Park. On the 8th, International Women's Day, Brother Carter bullhorned for an hour and a half.
24 Hour Working Group, Faygo - A few people who went out of town for a while came back, which is good. One new friend stayed a night. Been busy passing out flyers and participating in the marches.
Foreclosure Action Team, Cathy - Going to Modesto tomorrow to meet up with other central valley foreclosure working groups, teach-ins. Monday morning, H & 8th St, Occupy The Crime Scene event. Planning to occupy a Woodland home on Tuesday.
Communications Committee, Kim & Autumn - March 31st is the Cesar Chavez march in Southside Park. Kim made $100 selling our t-shirts on Monday. Bring your recyclables to the GAs so the deposits can go to Occupy Sac. Friday March 16-17 is the Monsanto event. Please only email Kim via kim.occupysacto@gmail.com. Occupy Education rocked hard, Occupy Sac did great as legal observers. New livestream account setup, with link on the website, and tons of great footage from Monday's event. Autumn is making press passes for any of us media folks, contact autumn@occupysac.com. Amy and Kim are planning gender-related event on the 28th.

Old Business
Occu-Farm Recognition, Anne - David Tat Chow has almost three acres he's been fighting to keep control of. The farm is named Full Circle Farm ,and working hard to get non-Monsanto seeds, a chicken coop has been made. His ex-wife took a loan out on the farm she didn't own, and Tat never signed this. There is also no title insurance company involved with this process, which is all far from kosher. Hoping to get approval by the GA recognizing Tat's farm as a viable property for us to occupy, and for us to start supporting related events. Last week, Tat was threatened (while on a bike) by a sheriff (in a big car). Question on why this farm is not a project of foreclosure committee, and explained that it is not in the city and not effective to sit there out of the way. Passes 10 to 0, 3 abstain.

New Business
InterOccupy Proposal, Robert & Matt - National gathering process in planning for July 4th in Philadelphia. Consensus based process for finding shared visions, and this process is even more important than the eventual event. The conference call and online system is excellent and the work is surprisingly productive. Even Philadelphia will be based on direct participation. Seems to be a 50-50 split between folks focusing on reforming existing structures, and those focusing on manifesting our future society. InterOccupy.org to download, and Matt will post on OccupySac.com. PLEASE download and review this, even though we can take our time passing it. Passed for agenda on Wednesday.
Prohibit Sea from GA, David - Should we prohibit Sea from the GA? Stack Points Made: This issue is being worked on by people outside the GA. We do not have any authority or method to enforce people being where we meet in public places. Are we an all-inclusive group, or aren't we? OWS has a banning and mediation process, and he has been a frequent disruption. We can't afford to set this precedent with our small group. Some people burnt out by dealing with this issue, and people have likely left the movement due to his behavior. Autumn offers friendly amendment for group mediation with Sea where people can directly share their concerns with him. David agrees to withdraw the motion until a hopeful mediation process is completed.

Announcements
Peoples' Summit, Bill - Been involved with Occ Sac a lot in October, but has been travelling around and involved with national conversations...especially around violence vs non-violence in the Occupy movement. Seems to be a realization that Occupy is at the heart a non-violent movement, and trying to move into a national strategy. Upcoming G8 is still in Chicago, and NATO was moved to Camp David. Originally going to have a peoples' summit the week before G8, but now thinking about making it more of a global summit through the whole month of May. Related to the National Gathering, but separate, complimentary, and preliminary. Very similar to our Values, Visions & Priorities discussions every Saturday at 2pm...pretty much the early local conversations building up to this.
Sarah - Please sign up to donate time, materials, etc, for our beloved full-timers. Trying to coordinate extra action on the 28th: please bring poems, anything you want to say on these issues, and shave your head with her if you're up for it.
Communications Committee, Kim - OccupySac.com website now has tools for people to sign up to volunteer for general help, committees, and working groups. Already brought in two volunteers! WOOT!
Foreclosures, David - JewishVoiceForPeace.org is sponsoring a conference in town on this issue, March 16-17 starting at noon on Friday, all day Saturday (though it conflicts with Monsanto event). Sabeel Sacramento is one of the main sponsors, or Friends of Sabeel North America.
Communications Committee, Autumn - Email addresses @OccupySac.com now available for committees and working groups.
24 Hour Faygo - Got a phone with email and video now! 247@occupysac.com.
Robert - Got the tents and tables back from Danny Garza, great job Faygo & Sarah! More than enough for the info table, hopefully get it setup every day. Need a closet nearby for storage...otherwise have to pay for storage. Also, we are listed on the flyer for Cesar Chavez park and we'll try to get a table setup there, signup sheet for that on Wednesday.

Livestream recording of GA ( partly audio, partly video) ....Portions are very good quality

52:30 David J. makes the motion "General Assembly decide to prohibit Sea from Attendance at the General Assembly meetings"
Objections to the motion because of motions require working group sponcering

55:22 BC says the motion should be blocked. Already brought to General Assembly.....Sea was brought up at the March forum.
56:00 He(BC) mentions the topic coming up at the Stratagy Session
57:44 Autum
57:55 Sara
58:36 Ann
59:39 Darcy
1:02:33 Trish "We have to put our Big Girl Panties on"
1:03:33 Fago
1:04:00 Morgan reports that NVCC is not progressing "Process is not coherantly" he report that we have been informally been meeting with Sea.
Ann states that Sea has been very cooperative.
Fago states that Sea was not alowed to return to the General Assembly until......
1:06:34 David responds to the Stack comments.
1:07:24 Video returns, Audio: much better quality
1:08:35 Trish
1:09:22 Ann
1:11:30 Autum
1:12:06 Autum Friendly amendment
1:13:14 Group mediation session
1:13:37 David proposes Tabling the motion
1:14:36 David withdraws motion
1:15:09 BC comments that this has already been delt with.
1:15:58 David restates that there is a mediation process is on going now.
1:16:30 We lost 300 people on day.....
1:17:50 End of BC comments


Good Job, Morgan

I attempted to keep my motion simple and direct. This was a motion I decided to make in an effort to address a stalled process. Sea's actions at the Stratagy forum again , illustrated combative and disurptive behavior. I felt it was time to mention the elephant in the room.

Several conferance attendies have mentioned a lack of trust and a desire to build community. At the Visions group, just before the GA, several mentioned a desire to create consiousness raising and a paradym shift. I found this valuble.

Several of the comments made during the stack, were accounts of previous actions taken on the "Issue". Comments were also made that the NVCC group was in progress mediating a solution and that the issues is being handled. Being part of the NVCC, I knew that this was incorrect, but it was going to need my checking into this. I took the option to withdraw my motion after hearing several points of view.

I want to view the GA recordings and follow up on some of the comments. The speed and emotional tenor of the process overwhelmed me. I am sure that reviewing the video will help to change my mind and show me a new direction. The job of raising consiousness and making the paradym shift are mine. I can only do that for myself and it may happen for others if they are willing to take the time to relook at events like the stack on my motion yesterday.

David

Well someone finally brought it up... I think if someone is being disruptive, referring them to NVC or something like that is the way to go. Im tired of OS meetings not being announced because people are trying to avoid Sea (then he shows up anyway). Better to address issues head-on.

Nathan,

I see your posts often and you seem like a good source of info. I need some contact with the coordinating comittee. Specificly, The coordinating committee was told that we were working on the Sea Issue. Our efforts failed to get Sea to a meeting and so there was no Arbitration or any other kind of intervention process. What I heard Saturday during the stack was that there was a process underway and it was offered that I hold off until that process yeilded something. I withdrew my motion to follow up on these claims. It seems that attendies of the GA and maybe the coordingating Committee were not aware that efforts with Sea did not materialize.

My understanding is that most of the coordinating committee was close to banning Sea from Occupy Sacramento. Tiffany's efforts to make lemonade were valiant but also did not go anywhere. The Coordinating committee was perswaded to wait for us to make some progress in working with Sea, but our progress was obstructed. After observing Sea at the stratagy session again attacking the facilitator, I was reminded that NVCC dropped the ball by not informing that committee that we had not made progress. I am hopeful that Sea could meet with us and that our skills could give him some insight, but the avoidance has so far won out. Can you help me communicate with the coordinating committee or have some of those individual contact me?

David----Committed to nonviolent communications and awakening to men's roles in domestic violence. It is time for us to stop dominating each other. It is time to stop the one percent from their dominance and release them from their illusion of privilage and their seperation from what is alive.

Video now online here:

http://www.livestream.com/occupysacto/v ... b76b464068