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ROUGH DRAFT
- Goals/Challenges:
- - to hold the necessary political conversations of the USSF process, and make necessary, definitive decisions
- - evaluate the USSF goals. we're about 100 days out.
- - collective prioritization of our resources
- - checking in with and interacting with the needs of Detroit
Friday, March 26 at Cobo Hall, Rm. D2-13&14
8:30am Light refreshments
AM (9am-1pm)
- 9am (30 min): Welcome, Intros and Orientation, Role of observers [Will, Maureen, Sylvia, AMB]
- 9:30am (15 min): Presentation by Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau [Tapeka]
- 9:45am (15 min): Contextualizing the Detroit goal...Detroit update on conditions - both the struggles and what's advancing. [Rocio, Ahmina, Marian]
- 10:15am (30 min): Fishbowl...Checking in on the Goals [framing our work:)] [George]
- - Strengthen local capacity to improve social conditions, organizing and movement building in Detroit [Oya]
- - Create a space for social movement convergence and strategic discussion [Tammy]
- - Advance social movements agenda for action and transformation [Steph]
- - Build stronger relationships and collaboration between movements [Rishi]
- - Deepen our commitment to international solidarity and common struggle [Jen]
- 10:45am (30 min): Political Conversation and Proposal Review [what all is going to be covered]
- 11:15am (1 hr): program design team lay-out most current knowledge on 5 days {including logistics, plenaries, workshops, culture, DEX, work projects, PMAs, open space, marches and ceremonies and NEEDS} [amb w/pt people]
'* 12:15pm (30 min) Lunch (catered, provided by Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau)
PM (1-6pm)
- 12:45pm (45 min): finance team part 1 [w/resource mob] budget/fundraising updates [possibly w/recommendation on core costs; should include budget updates from language access, youth, intl solidarity, logistics] [steph, sha, michael]
- 1:30pm (2 hrs): Concurrent Working Sessions 1
- - Opening March/Ceremony/1st Day [key participants: Maureen, Tapeka, Walda, Oya] {facilitator: Will}
- - Data Policy + Reviewing Tech Principles [Alfredo, Sylvia, Adele, Cindy] {Adrienne}
- - National PMA [key participants: Steph, Fred]{facilitator: Cindy}
- 3:30pm: USSF office--brief report backs on What We Accomplished
- 3:35pm (15 min): Mapping the USSF space - Constructing the Forum Territory) [Sylvia & Maureen]
- 3:45pm (2.5 hrs) Walking tours of Cobo, Hart Plaza, and "USSF Village," ride People Mover back to USSF Office [Maureen and Tapeka, Kiran videotaping]
- 6:30pm: Community Dinner at Al-Ameer [Maureen and Outreach]
- 8:30pm+: Self-organized meetings, play together
Saturday, March 27 at USSF office
8:30am Light breakfast
AM (9am-1pm)
- 9am (2 hrs): Open (cyber) Space of the USSF: Website & Tech
- - Overview of all websites: Big Picture Tech ussf websites
- - Break-out sessions: How-to
- - Report
- 11am (2 hrs): Political Conversation and Proposal Review
- - Outreach part 1: the state of things w/proposals
- - Security (gender justice, conflict resolution, protection, the city)
- - International participation proposal [Louis]
1pm (45 min): Lunch (catered to USSF office)[including staff meeting]
PM (1:45-6pm)
- 1:45pm (2 hrs) Concurrent Working Sessions 2
- - Detroit Expanded [key participants: Oya + Mallory] {Alicia}
- - Merchandise, ads, sponsorship, corporate money [key participants: Sha, Rocio] {Sylvia}
- - PMA and Program and Culture with ICT Coordination Session [Steph, Walda, Jerome, Kiran, Jamie]{Adrienne}
3:45pm (15 min) Break
- 4pm (2 hrs): Concurrent Working Sessions 3
- - People's Media Center [key participants: Adele and Alfredo] {facilitator: Adrienne}
- - Logistics and Program/Culture date [key participants: Maureen, Tapeka, Walda/Kiran] {Alicia}
- - Language Access: identifying languages for translation/interpretation, equipment [Roberto, Rocio, Louis, Michael] {Cindy}
- 6pm (30 min): we close with brief report backs on What We Accomplished!
7pm: catered dinner at USSF office - invite DLOC
- 9pm+: Self-organized meetings, play together, possible bowling at Garden Bowl
Sunday, March 28 at USSF office
8:30am Full breakfast (catered to USSF office; snacks in afternoon)
(9am-2pm) [most people not flying back out till Sunday evening and later]
- - 9:30-11am Revisiting the goals - how far did we get in resolving major issues this weekend? What will this look like if it is successful...not just logistically, but politically?
- - 11:10-12:30pm Finance Team Part 2 [Steph]:
...Affirmation of our Political Commitments on Core Costs...What is the prioritization? ...T-Shirt Proposal [Rocio]
- - Outreach part 2 [Cindy/Tammy]: report back and mobilization/resource ?s, from here till the forum (work projects, caravans, marches, PMAs, outreach, etc)
- - Recommitting to Strategy: Communications and Outreach
- - Political Conversation and Proposal Review
- Reportbacks and Updates:
- Print/Online Program Update [sha]
- Poster Report [Sha]
- PMA Reportback [Steph - 20 min]
- Logistics update [Syliva]
- - Proposals
- USSF village/tent decision [Indoor vs Outdoor]
CLOSE at 2pm
2:30pm--Tour of Leftist Lounge spaces in Eastern Market
- - See Rishi
Other logistics
Wanna help? Please check with sylvia@ussf2010.org
- Saturday and Sunday at USSF office
- - Projector and screen
- Order Cobo refreshments
- Order Fri dinner
- Buy Sat light breakfast
- Order Sun breakfast
- Buy Sun snacks
Role of Observers
Role of observers
- Welcome, glad you are here
- Mindful participation
- Ask your OC buddy
- In large group, facilitators will prioritize OC reps
- Sorry, you can't vote