Proposal to Initiate Networking Among Still-Active Occupy Units

Initiate Networking Among Still-Active Occupy Units

Occupy Tacoma take on the task of initiating effective connection and coordination (networking) among all the still-active Occupy units in the United States for the purpose of a common effort to speak to and impact public policy and economic practices in order to improve significantly the [...]

Platinum Coinage

I propose that Occupy Tacoma adopt the following resolution:

Whereas the people of the Unites States and the membership of Occupy Tacoma understand that government cannot continually create money by virtue of borrowing and not reclaim most of that money by virtue of taxation (because to do so would, should, and will INAPPROPRIATELY devalue the [...]

Proposal For Single Systems Administrator

It is hereby proposed that a single systems administrator be accountable for the preservation of our domain names (OccupyTacoma.org, and Occupy-Tacoma.org and other names adopted by the General Assembly) and the hosting of our blog and forum applications on one or more Internet hosting services. This responsibility will include the selection of which providers will [...]

Proposal on Administrative Web Access and Privileges

Occupy Tacoma is a voluntary, consensus-based organization of activists. In that spirit, I propose we adopt the following 3 2 measures:

Occupy Tacoma reaffirms its traditional and continuing policy that passwords and administrative duties and access to our web presence be based on the approval of the voting membership, not [...]

Proposal to Support City Council Resolution Encouraging Constitutional Amendment

I propose that Occupy Tacoma stand in solidarity with

Move To Amend Tacoma tacoma@movetoamend.org, Washington Public Campaigns martin@washclean.org, The Pierce Progressive www.thepierceprogressive.org, WashPIRG mfuentes@washpirg.org, Fuse Washington alex@fusewashington.org, and Move On Tacoma tacomamoveon@gmail.com

In their request that the Tacoma City Council adopt a resolution declaring that Corporations are not people and that money is not [...]

Proposal to Encourage Moving Money to Credit Unions

I propose that Occupy Tacoma adopt a formal position regarding the concept of moving money from the big banks to local credit unions. That Occupy Tacoma publish a statement such as:

Occupy Tacoma urges people and local businesses to invest their money responsibly. The major Wall Street “too-big-to-fail” banks and lenders, such as Bank of [...]

Proposal for Occupy Tacoma to Support Walmart Workers Strike

I welcome anyone to contribute to writing the language of this proposal. I also welcome anyone to run with this and bring it to the next GA. Please consider that timeliness in our response matters.

Walmart is the largest private employer in the world, and workers have long complained of low pay and lack of [...]

Proposal for Occupy Tacoma to Support Chicago Teacher Union's Strike

As of today, the third-largest school district in the country is on strike. This has ramifications for us, both because it is during an election campaign season, and also because we’re just days away from September 17, the 1-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

This proposal replaces Daniel’s now-withdrawn proposal, which received [...]

Chicago Teachers' Union on Strike

NOTE: This proposal has been withdrawn and reintroduced in a revised form. Please continue discussion at the new proposal by clicking here. Further comments on this thread have been disabled. Please make further comments at the new proposal. —editor

This is a proposal that Daniel, someone who has not participated in [...]

Proposal to Oppose Proposition 1240 The Charter School Initiative

A person who is not registered with the Occupy Tacoma website has made a proposal for us to consider. He submitted it via the form on the Submit A Proposal page. I am posting it for him and hope he comes to a GA to present it.