Comments on: Occupy Portland Press Release 10/26/2011

By: Leonard Dixon

Leonard Dixon — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:42:05 +0000

Why was a bunch of anonymous innuendo posted as a “Press Release”?

I’m not seeing much transparency on these posts.
For one thing, posters should state their real full names.

I declare shenanigans on this whole side-trip distraction.

By: occupypdxer

occupypdxer — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:08:28 +0000

Hi. As a committee member, I do not appreciate your lies. The community has donated money to the occupation and that money has only been used for things like gas to run generators and garbage bags. There are absolutely no drugs or alcohol being bought with donated funds. The drugs and alcohol are being purchased by those not participating in the Occupation but simply filtering through and taking advantage of the free food and tent space. We’re doing our best to educate these people and some have actually stopped using drugs and started participating. Please get your facts straight.

By: TRANSPARENCY?

TRANSPARENCY? — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:35:31 +0000

So if committee members and committee ‘heads’ still had their own beer money and pot money, and everything stolen in the camp hadn’t already been traded for drugs, would the idea of ravaging the finance committee even come up?
I’ve seen enough committee members and so-called heads WASTED OUT OF THEIR MINDS since day ONE that I am confused where the idea OF TRUST AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY is coming from?
Disgusted. The donated monies from good people in the community is NOT THERE for drug runs in the middle of the night, when committees have run out of their own drug money at the end of the month. Why not wait a few days until after NOVEMBER FIRST and watch the issue melt away? People just want money for pot etc, so make them wait until they get their own checks – the communal money is NOT FOR YOUR AND YOUR FRIENDS’ DRUG ABUSE.

By: end of the month

end of the month — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:25:59 +0000

I DID make a mental connection between people running out of personal pot/meth money at the end of the month, and the sudden attack on the finance committee. The proposal to make committee heads, who are now out of drug money until the first, as newbies on the finance committee is pretty TRANSPARENT TO ME. JUST PLAIN WRONG – PEOPLE ON COMMITTEES HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED TRUST AND MATURITY THE WAY SOBER PEOPLE HAVE. THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO UNTIL THEY EARN ANY TRUST.

By: Crash

Crash — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:57:48 +0000

This is a storm in a teapot. We will get beyond this spat in a couple of days, as it is the result of rumors, paranoia, and poor communication among busy volunteers who have jobs, families, and lives to maintain in addition to doing the work of Occupy.

The GA decided weeks ago not to “micro-manage” every little thing that committees need to do for food, safety, sanitation, media, etc. Committees were empowered to make decisions using their best judgment, with major issues affecting the whole movement and/or camp reserved for the GA process. The finance committee did err on this, but it was an error of judgment between what they felt needed to be done and what the GA should decide instead.

The GA has been vigilant, called for an intervention, voted in a new Spending Committee structure; and the finance committee individuals have already issued an apology and explanation.

This could be clarified and debated and resolved within two GA meetings. Let’s trust the process and move on to those bigger national and international issues we’re here to confront.

By: deb reitenour

deb reitenour — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:41:59 +0000

The $ is where it has always been-(this is not being reported!) We complain that MSM does not fact check etc… and then we use transparency as our cover-all for lack of fact finding on our media’s end? The finance team announced at the GA on the 21st that they were going to file BUT NO $ was ever moved- the same media/web that posted this also spoke to MSM . Could finance team had been clearer etc… sure? But going on the messages boards (as moderators) talking to the Oregonian and making press releases when not enough information is known is pretty poor on the movement’s behalf- I am asking that the same thing that people are upset about finance over was Worse from media/web side but since $ was not invloved (and it ACTUALLY was not in the case of finance either…)people did not stop and think they just reacted-as if it were against the 1% not fellow 99% who have been working very hard from the start with the movement…
Lets learn from this

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:41:15 +0000

More info from Anonymous:
The original #OccupyPortland release: http://pastebin.com/aH9Vegzt
Another one: http://pastebin.com/0hX0YzWV

By: August

August — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:40:10 +0000

Thanks to whomever proofread this, after it was posted.

By: OccupyPDXkip

OccupyPDXkip — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:37:25 +0000

This is the press release that was sent out at 2 pm. The same release was read at the GA last night as well. As with all things that are not GA approved, the disclaimer was added.

The release was also updated to reflect the changes since it was sent out.

Transparency. It’s a good thing.

By: Craig Seghers

Craig Seghers — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:02:50 +0000

We need full accounting of this in front of the GA from everyone involved…the finance committee, the media committee…everybody involved! Full disclosure. And then we need to fix whatever needs fixing. We have no business marching anywhere or demanding anything until we clean up our own mess. This is no “minor bump the road”.