MINUTES GA FOR 6/28/12

OCCUPY JERSEY CITY

Meeting / General Assembly

Tuesday June 28th, 2012

7pm - 8:30pm

General group discussion occurred in lieu of formal General Assembly

ATTENDING:

William, Eric, Lorsen, Alex, Imran, Erik, Branden, Adam, Mom (and at least 4 other of our homeless friends stopped by to say hi) Billy, others....

OJC signs were made by ALEX and ERIC and held by all.

(Jersey City Peace Movement donated 3 big boxes of VEGAN/VEGETARIAN natural ice-pops and SOY ice cream pops for ALL!)

Basic get-together around 9/11 Fountain in Journal Square

We talked against war and racism and against anti-Semitism and hate against Muslim people.

Other topics included Obama, 9/11, and future of OJC.

MINUTES FOR GA 6/21/12

The Minutes for 6/21/12 have not been submitted. Minute Taker is requested to send the Minutes or a report back of what transpired.

MINUTES FOR GA 6/19/12

The Minutes for 6/19/12 have not been submitted. Minute Taker is requested to send Minutes or a report back of what transpired.

MINUTES FOR GA 6/14/12

The Minutes for 6/14/12 have not been submitted. Minute Taker is requested to submit the Minutes for this GA or send a report back of what transpired.

MINUTES FOR GA 6/12/12

OCCUPY JERSEY CITY - Meeting / General Assembly

June 12, 2012

(An informal General Assembly today with NO Facilitator. Just general political and social discussions.)

ATTENDING:

Lorsen, Imran, Erik, Alex, Chaz

NOTES / 'MINUTES'

Erik

Discussions included:

H.A.A.R.P. ; possible war on Iran and resistance against it; Obama and his ability to drone anywhere; Fascism and Nazi Germany and similarities to some current US policies and how to resist peacefully; our rights here in USA; 'Stop and Frisk"; symbolism in logos and building designs; future of OJC and OWS; possibly moving NEXT TUESDAY'S meeting to MILLER BRANCH LIBRARY at same time (7pm) for a lecture about 'OPERATION BID RIG" (Zenobia mentioned this idea to Erik).

*REMINDER

OJC still has a little over $24. left in METROCARD usage. We could sponsor OJC members to another event.

*Lorsen suggested OJC take a trip to Governor's Island - OR - go to Roxana's Poetry event in July. ALL agreed on this idea.

MINUTES FOR GA 6/7/12

MINUTES OF GA 6/7/12

Minutes were NOT submitted and no notification of cancellation was sent either. Moderator does not know if there was a meeting or not. If meeting was held request is made of the Minute Taker to submit them immediately for posting. Thank you.

MINUTES OF GA - 6/5/12

MINUTES OF GA - 6/5/12

OJC decided several GA's ago to move back outside now that the weather is nice. Tuesday, June 4th was our first day back outside. We met all winter and did some great powerful work.

Here is a brief summary of short meeting, as NO official GA was held.

OCCUPY JERSEY CITY

June 5th - Tuesday- , 2012

7pm - 9pm

Meet-up and discussions at Journal Square 9/11 Fountain

Attending, joined, greeted, stopped by, chatted, etc:

Mom, Norb, Adam, Matt, Alex, Andrea, Anna, Erik and several of our other homeless friends (besides Mom)

Discussions included, past and future of OWS / OJC; NDAA; outreach; past OJC actions; Bilderberg; socialism / capitalism; patriotism; wars; etc.

MINUTES OF GA - 5/31/12

OCCUPY JERSEY CITY - Minutes - 5/31/2012

Facilitator - Alex
Minutes - Erik

ATTENDEES:
ALEX, JOHN, SHARI, ERIK, JOSHUA, LORSEN, IMRAN


AGENDA:


1. FLYERS

-Corrected, updated flyer containing the WePay information was presented to General Assembly for consideration
-Alex proposed we adopt this 2-page document as official OJC literature
-VOTED ON and PASSED unanimously

-Alex and others also proposed OJC spend $60. on our NEW 2-sided flyer - ALL agreed.
-VOTED ON and PASSED unanimously also

-Erik called Miguel to announce this vote
-Miguel confirmed, and actually said HE would put out funds himself and submit for reimbursement (when he gets back from trip this weekend)



2. FOOD NOT BOMBS

-FNB is planning a JUNE 7th meeting (This will be BEFORE our OJC meeting that Thursday)
-Most likely in Journal Square near fountain
-Thinking of doing another benefit show for FNB



ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC.

*Miguel will be in Virginia this weekend and will keep us informed of peaceful actions there
*OJC moves OUTSIDE AGAIN! (First Tuesday in JUNE!)
*Finance report is due first week
*Best wishes to Calvin - hope he is feeling better soon!
*Everyone reminded of JCPM June 9th event at Five Corners Library - Free and Open to ALL!

MINUTES OF GA - 5/24/12

THIS GA WAS CANCELLED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THERE ARE NO MINUTES TO POST.

MINUTES OF GA - 5/22/12

MINUTES FOR THIS GA HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR PUBLISHING AS YET BY MINUTE TAKER DUE TO ILLNESS. WE WILL POST THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.