[Imc-makerspace] Statement of Purpose and Intents

[Charles Schultz]

I was unable to attend this morning, but I am extremely curious what came
out of the meeting this morning. And beyond that, what things are happening
locally.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 02:36, Colten Jackson <jazzyjackson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good morning all,
>
> Right now (2am) on the front page of reddit.com, which will be seen by a
> few hundred thousand people tomorrow, there are Marines and soldiers of the
> Army posting that they're headed to Wall St in their dress blues (formal
> suits) to stand between policemen and the protesters.
>
> thread here: Calling all Military Veterans of Reddit. We took an oath to
> protect the people and the constitution of the United States of America.
> Meet me on Wall St.<http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/kwtjl/calling_all_military_veterans_of_reddit_we_took/>
>
> There's individuals posting pictures (again getting to the front page,
> originating on pics.reddit.com) with handwritten letters explaining their
> situation and how they got screwed over, being ended with the phrase, "I am
> the 99%."
>
> This is a large jump in popularity among these posts related to
> OccupyWallSt. A lot of people are seeing the movement for the first time,
> and they're developing their perspective on it.
>
> The last thing I want is for the perspective to be swayed (or echoed) by
> CNN, FOX et. al. I want the media people get to be coming from fellow
> countrymen. I know whoever meets up tomorrow can get some good articles
> written about the possibilities and need for this movement, but I don't know
> the best way to get people to hear us instead of their TVs. I'd love to hear
> your ideas.
>
> The first thing I'm doing in the morning (after sending a few introductory
> emails out) is trying my damnedest to open lines of communication with other
> IMCs and makerspaces across the country so we can have a spread out,
> national movement going where we can get ideas and make suggestions to each
> other of how to reach people in our cities. I think there's a lot of power
> in having a local person contextualize it for a locality. Think: "I don't
> see what this protest in NYC has to do with me" vs "I heard on the local
> radio this morning about how people in this community can get together and
> come up with a list of their own grievances to send to wall street and DC"
>
> that's the ultimate goal here - 2 way communication between the communities
> across the country and the epicenters of protest. I want democratically-made
> decisions being made in a hundred cities being shouted out of megaphones on
> wall st and on the national mall (assuming that's where the DC occupation
> lands).
>
> All the while, people who have excluded themselves from the political
> process out of frustration and/or apathy can get involved in direct
> democracy action and experience that democratic process - and see how far
> removed from it we are when we're presented with nothing more than
> Democratic and Republican candidates to vote for when elections come around.
>
>
> With that, I'm still aiming to be in the makerspace at 9am. Please stop by
> and we can organize from there.
>
> Add me on skype if you like and I'll have my laptop set on auto-answer so
> you can stop by anytime via video chat. Handle is 'jazzyjackson'
>
> Can't wait to meet up all you.
>
>
>
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Charles Schultz
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