<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Hi All, These are the minutes from tonight's G A, could someone kindly put these on our main web page please. Many Thanks</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Andrea</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Occupy Sheffield General Assembly Monday 19th March 2012</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">6.30pm. General Assembly in Small upstairs room at Quaker Meeting House. A good meeting attended by 13 people.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Facilitated by
Jean.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Update on World Development Conference Manchester 17th March. An economy for the 99%</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">9 members from Occupy Sheffield attended</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Meetings attended:</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Building a solidarity economy: co-operatives and economic justice</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Feedback from Oliver, referenced book by Hillary Wainwright, Reclaim the State. Re: Food systems, Food Sovereinty. Ref: Via Campesina- The
peaseant way.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">A tour through the financial crisis:</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Feedback from Jean, Andrea and Symon, referenced video, David Harvey RSA, The great Depression, The crisis of Capitalism (animated Film)</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Europe's new movements against the economy of the 1%</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Feedback from Jean, Andrea and Symon, Talks from the Indignado's, and a fantastic presentation and talk from Occupy Sheffield's Joe.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Activism and the Law:</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Feedback from Jean and Andrea,</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Point of interest,Cases which are in the public interest could be filed under a Protective Costs Order. Could be a tactic for resisting the cuts.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">There was a strong support for the Occupy Movement.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Announcements</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif">International Day of Co-Operatives meeting</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Quaker Meeting House, Friday 30th March, 6pm-7.30pm, light refreshments available from 5.30pm</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">March is move your Money Month</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Next G A: Saturday 24th March 3pm, Bank Street Arts, Theme of meeting to be Ideas for Peace in the Park event.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif">Agenda</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Fairness Commision at Sheffield City Council</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Events working group meeting held on 16th March at Dove and Rainbow.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Active groups event</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Social Network working group</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Public G
A's</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Occupicnic</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Pop up action Guerilla working group</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Fairness Commision</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">A Sheffield equality group has been recommended by Sheffield City Council fairness commision, It has been sugested that Occupy
Sheffield have a permenant building.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Events Working group</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">A meeting was held on Friday 16th March in the Dove and Rainbow, attended by 7 Occupy members. Various ideas were discussed, Themed G A, Junk fashion show, Question Time Themed event,etc.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Proposals and Idea's to be discussed further at next G A at Bank Street Arts.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Active Groups Event</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">To create an event of active groups e.g Ethical Buisnesses, Charities</font></div><div><font
face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Social Network working group</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">To look into making discussion and web page, facebook, work more effectively. Sarah to look into this.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Public G A's</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Now the weather is getting warmer we will be looking forward to more public discussions, suggested topic, what is Occupy, what are the objectives, and future of Occupy.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Occupicnic</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif">We will be holding weather permitting our first Occupicnic, Sunday 1st April, Devonshire Green, 2pm. This will coincide with our first event of our pop up Guerilla group.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">We will be meeting a 1pm on the 1st April at the bottom of the Moor before the occupic. Bring seeds to scatter. Suggested seeds, Marigolds, Babiton Leaves, and any other seeds you wish to plant along the way.</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Proposals</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Outside Stall, Outreach</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">Summer pop up festival, </font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Regional Conference</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Local Radio slot</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Agenda Item's for next week Monday 26th March Quaker Meeting House 6.30pm</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">May 1st Action</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div></div></div></body></html>