[SDCPJ] Fw: [OccupySD] Occupy Update 12/28

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Raymond Lutz
Sent: Dec 27, 2011 10:55 PM
To: occupysd@citizensoversight.org
Subject: [OccupySD] Occupy Update 12/28

MIC CHECK! -- MIC CHECK!

Occupy Update!

• http://www.copswiki.org/Common/OccupySanDiegoEmailBlast2011Dec28 <== click here for Web Version of this page, for best viewing.
• http://www.copswiki.org/Common/OccupySanDiegoCalendar -- Month-at-a-glance calendar

• Occupy San Diego Email Blasts -- Archive of all Email Blasts
• Occupy San Diego -- Main Occupy San Diego wiki project page
• Detail pages: All Occupy San Diego Media; Occupy San Diego Events; All Occupy San Diego Announcements
• Please help with monetary donations. Need a tax deduction for the tax year? Most donations are tax deductible!
  • Donate To Occupy San Diego: Official donations to the general fund (tax deductible). Activist San Diego manages these funds and we now have a robust finance committee that tracks every dollar. Your contribution are very well spent.
  • Help OSD occupiers attend "Million tents march" in D.C. -- Still needs more funds to help with bus tickets for 12 protestors. See more info here
  • Donate To Citizens Oversight (tax deductible) for the legal defense fund and war chest, including RayLutz's fight against CBRE after his arrest registering voters at Freedom Plaza.
• Send information or respond to this email blast to: osd-feedback@citizensoversight.org
  Multiple team members are involved in creating the blast emails!
• If you have an event you want us to include, please use this submission form: http://www.copswiki.org/Occupy/SubmitEvent

During the first week of our occupation... we didn't know how good we had it. Food table at the far side of the plaza, medical tent to the right of the picture, art in the middle of this picture. The tents shown here represent about 1/3 of the tents in the plaza. The encampment was sanitary and safe. Our sanitation committee picked up the trash twice a day. Fed hundreds of homeless by the food committee. Never forget it!

NOTICE TO MEDIA / DISCLAIMER Occupy San Diego is comprised of many people with diverse opinions. This email does not provide the official position of Occupy San Diego, but is compiled for the use of supporters and occupiers by a number of volunteers. News Media that may subscribe to this email blast should confirm all information from other sources.

NEWS

• Media committee sponsored a teach-in on foswiki (free open source wiki) which is used by the Citizens Oversight web site (this site).
  • Will be archiving historical media. If you have any videos, etc. please consider sending them in and/or learning to catalog them yourself.
  • Contact raylutz@citizensoversight.org if you want to be added to the team to help.
  • More teach-ins will be scheduled in the future. Still need a good place to do this. Panera Bread is our best option for the downtown area. Need wifi and large enough for projector and screen would help.
  • Will be starting a project to list all arrested persons, their court date, etc. and a police ids and mug shots database. Each incident (raid, for example) can include who was arrested and police involved. Will also include a database of complaints. The more organized we are the harder it will be for the police to abuse our rights.
• Demands Committee met and will be placing various documents from various sources that list demands on the project page.
  • Terms will be defined: Demands, issues, goals, tactics, strategies, solutions so we can use these correctly. Ray Lutz will provide a paper on this.
  • Each member of Demands Committee will summarize and present each demands document.
  • Will collect demands for each issue and then proposed teach-ins and discussions on each one.
  • Direct Action committee may find ideas for action related to each issue.
• From report at the GA, direct action committee discussed actions to highlight banking irregularities.
• Don't forget: we have a unified Calendar for Occupy San Diego! It can be found here: Occupy San Diego Calendar. Events are added to Occupy San Diego Events so they appear on the calendar and in this email blast.

LAST MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENT;

• Occupy the New Year at Civic Center WORKING GROUP
  • To plan New Years with Occupy San Diego Dec. 31st.
  • Planning Meeting at Civic Center Plaza at 3-4 PM Wednesday 12/28
  • Note: This meeting HAD been scheduled for the Activist Center previously
  • Possible festivities include (depending on your participation):
    • Bands and music at Civic Center
    • "Ball Drop" at Civic Center; add Occupy symbolism
    • Colorful March/parade thru the Gaslamp and/or other area of concentrated New Years celebrations.
    • Critical Mass participation
    • New Years Wish-List display...Example: I wish for... "my constitutional rights" or....
    • Public announcements of "Wishes for the 2021 New Year"
    • Other signage and artwork
    • have other ideas? Please bring them.
    • Bring your used Christmas Trees - the police may just impound them!
    • Free food and drink? Let's have a Non-alcoholic celebration.

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--  --------------------------------------- Raymond Lutz, National Coordinator Citizens OVersight Projects (COPS) A 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization 771 Jamacha Rd. #148     El Cajon, CA 92019 USA Voice 619-820-5321 http//www.citizensoversight.org