General Assembly Information

Stand by for notes from previous general assemblies. Notetakers are in process of digitizing information. The current

General Assembly 9 PM 10/6
Proposal: We will occupy both North and South Parks of SW 3rd/4th and Madison/Main
Proposal passes.

General Assembly 7AM 10/7
Proposal: We will consolidate camp to occupy only the south block to accommodate the marathon.
Proposal passes.

Proposal: If the police were to begin removing us at 9 AM because of a standing permit with the Portland Marathon, we will sit down peacefully and not resist arrest.
Proposal passes.

Proposal: We will have a team of occupiers communicate directly with the Portland Marathon to know of our intention to stay on the South Park, understanding they have had a long-standing permit and we want to work alongside them and share the space. As occupiers, we believe public space should be shared and used by all.
Proposal passes.
Follow-through: Committee has formed and begun conversation with the Portland Marathon Committee.

Proposal: We will have a team of occupiers from Media Committee communicate directly through a Press Conference at 8:45 AM 10/7 in front of the Elk Circle.
Proposal passes.
Follow-through: Media group held press conference at 8:45 AM. Announced decisions to occupy south park and that we will be communicating directly with Portland Marathon to share the space. We also communicated that if at 9 AM, the Police took action to remove us, we would have a peaceful sit-down and not resist arrest. We thanked the people of Portland for coming out to support Occupy Portland. We thanked the movement nationally and internationally. Camp headcount was at over 650 occupiers and it was peaceful with no injuries or incidents. Through openness and friendship, the camp has been fed well, kept clean, and kept safe.

A consensus was reached at the evening general assembly of 10/6 that the hours of General Assembly shall be: 7 A.M. and 7 P.M. We urge all concerned citizens to come and participate in these general assemblies. We will do our best to post agenda as soon as it is assembled as well as tweet it.

We request all involved to learn about consensus process before participating. Workshops will be held regularly and times can be found here: http://occupypdx.org/occupation/infoshare-classes/

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