General Assembly Notes March 2 2013

General Assembly notes March 2, 2013

Jonathan facilitated, Meggen took notes

[Read Occupy Asheville General Agreements]

Reminder:  Meetings on Mondays are on hiatus until further notice
    (NVDAT is still meeting Tuesdays at 5PM at Battery Park Book Exchange)


Finance:
OA still has several hundred in the account--what should we do with it?
Suggestion to think this over and try to make a decision at April or May GA.
Possibilities:

•     divide among existing working groups
•     hold onto for legal defense
•     donate to charities (such as Beloved House)
•     AHN and VFP are good candidates since they are stand-alone organizations
•     VFP could hold onto it and keep it for legal defense
•     give more to Ben Scales

[Discussion about Tuesday’s protest at Buncombe County building re: energy rate hikes.  Consensus to make treasury funds available for arrestees who meet criteria.  Sorry these notes were not posted until after this event.]


Cecil Bothwell’s Civil Liberties Resolution
    Cecil has been getting feedback from various folks including Occupy members
    March 25th public safety meeting will be next public discussion
        -he is expecting support from Hunt and Pelly, maybe Smith
    He would like a letter of endorsement from Occupy Asheville and for OA folks to     submit public comments to City Council
    NVDAT will work on drafting a letter, and OA can do consensus process online     (post on blog, email chains, etc.)

    Question raised about the value of OA’s endorsement, especially given our small numbers these days
    Comment:  we should give Cecil our support if he’s asking for it

Consensus:  support NVDAT in drafting letter, put it on blog/email for discussion
    if not blocks/dissent after a reasonable amount of time, OA will endorse