After it got too dark for the meeting to continue in Monroe Park (the public park closes at sunset), about 80 people interested in continuing the discussion met at the VCU Compass located between Hibbs Hall and the VCU Library. A wide range of topics was discussed. -SP
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General Assembly, 10/6
Posted on October 7, 2011
(EDIT (Friday, 7:00pm) 50+ people met at The Compass on VCU Campus shortly following the General Assembly meeting to continue community discourse regarding the Occupy Richmond movement. This gathering did not make any decisions on behalf of the community, but through modified consensus, proposes the following "agreements and tools" as a starting point to work from in future Assembly structure. Again, this is NOT an official stance of the Occupy Richmond movement but rather an offer of some starting points that must be ratified, in General Assembly, through modified consensus, before their official adoption by The Movement. Please make revisions and suggestions, post them here in the comments (we will have a forum operational in the next few days... contact us at "occupyrichmond@gmail.com" if you can help with this!), discuss amongst other organizers, and perhaps evolve it into a format to propose at the General Assembly on October 15th in Monroe Park. This a collective movement, and the only way to reflect the opinions of all is for all to voice their opinions/concerns/ideas. -Josh)
Preface
After dark, on 10/6/2011, the Occupy Richmond community continued conversation at the VCU compass directly after the 5:30 meeting at Monroe Park. Out of this discussion, the community arrived at consensus on the following, very general points of identity and in regards to tools we find effective for the facilitation of respectful and effective communication and decision making in a large group.
We offer up these agreements and tools to future, hopefully larger gatherings of the General Assembly for continued discussion, knowing that as the Assembly and community grows, these Agreements and Tools may change and be added to.
Identity Agreements
1) We stand in solidarity with the occupy movement, on Wall Street, around the country and around the world.
2) We are together.
3) We are nonviolent, in action, word and in our relationships.
4) We are the 99%.
Tools We Use
1) We gather in General Assembly to make decisions.
2) We make decisions by modified consensus (90%).
3) We utilize a "stack" to queue speakers. We respect the speaker and the stack.
4) When in General Assembly, we find it productive for the group to sit while the speaker stands.
5) We use the people's mic and hand gestures to communicate effectively, without amplification, in groups.
Glossary
General Assembly | The Occupy Richmond Community, gathered for the purpose of group discussion, collective decision making, and solidarity.
Stack | the queue of people who would like to speak to the group, either on a new subject, or in response to a previous point. The stack on the evening of 10/6 formed as a standing line of people
People's Mic | A tool used to spread a speaker's words across a crowd without artificial amplification. The speaker yells "mic check" at which point the Assembly responds "mic check!" The speaker then begins to speak in units of about 4-8 words, then pauses briefly, at which point the Assembly repeats together what the speaker said. This ensures everyone in the Assembly both hears (audibly) and listens (processes) the speaker's words and ideas.
Hand Gestures | The Assembly uses a number of hand gestures to signal agreement, disagreement, the desire to respond directly, etc. Hopefully, clear demonstrations of these hand gestures will be posted soon.
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