<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Chris</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Could you put these minutes on the wiki for me please</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Thanks Jean</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">General assembly minutes - Occupy Sheffield</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">5.00 to 6.00 pm at Peace in the Park 9th June</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Facilitator Andrea</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Minutes Jean </div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Present: Susan Robert Claire Jean Oliver Josh Andrea </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Introductions : Josh is intending to do a dissertation on Occupy Sheffield - I've copied him in to this e-mail - Chris could you put him on the info lists thanks</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Information:</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">We've been invited to take part in Abbeyfield Park festival - funding has just come through for this - we can set up a camp there - 8th July</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Also been invited to the Green Fair on 30th June</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Should we set up a working group for these so it doesn't all fall on one or two peoples' shoulders?</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Andrea will ask Andy if he could design a more up to date leaflet for us to hand out - inc orgs that we have links with - WDM Positive Money etc.- could this include updated Initial Statement?</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Should we do cabarets at these festivals?</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Reports from Working groups</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Street Working Group</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Robert and Susan have 1,000 copies of Positive News to hand out free in Fargate from 12 til 4 every Saturday in August ( comprehensive website on Google)</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">There's a popup tent etc. at Jeans which can also be kept at QMH -</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Michael is in touch with Occupy Nottingham speakers' corner people - we can do this at the same time</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Communication working group</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Chris would like to meet up with two of us to discuss communications - let Andrea know if you'd like to be involved <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor style="RIGHT: auto"></VAR>and she'll arrange a meeting</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Futures working group</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Proposed a discussion board on the website asking everyone who is or has been involved what we should now be doing - we'll discuss this at next GA on Thursday</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Proposal that we have a meeting on the Cathedral Forecourt remembering the camp - Jean will ring barrister Michael Paget to check whether there is any legal reason we shouldn't do this</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Finance working group</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">We had a donation of £10 but need information as to where this should go and how much we have all together. I (Jean)have made a unilateral decision to use £8.50 of this to pay invoice from Quakers for photocopying leaflets there while we were in the camp - hope this is ok</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Next GA Thursday 14th June at the Peace Gardens - moving in to the Winter Gardens if it's raining - bring nibbles so we can say we're having a picnic</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Agenda for Thursday</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Robert's letter from St Pauls - Creating Alternatives</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Trip to Occupy London</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Thanks to Claire for extremely successful cabaret to Robert and Jean and Steve for tarpaulin chairs banners etc and to all who were at Peace in the Park</div>
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