The Basis for Unity Project A Natural Evolution of The Principles of the Occupy Movement

A Social Venture Proposal to Support Occupying the Future… with love…

A Quick Update on Occupy Vancouver

Principles

• Inclusive• Collaborative• Consensus Driven• Transparent• Respectful of Diversity

Some ProjectsCollaborating with NGO’s and First Nations Groups on major pipeline and tanker resistance initiativesOrganizing pipeline workshopWorking with BCTF on a series of actionsWorking with the BC Fed and the Vancouver District and Labour Council on May Day eventEngaging unions to discuss May Day, Day of ActionEngaged with OWS Global Square team that is building the ‘facebook for Occupy’Engaged with StartSomeGood, crowdsourcing team to develop ‘tribesourcing’ modelOrganizing crowdsourcing/’tribesourcing’ workshop

Occupy Vancouver Governance

General Assembly

Meets Sat at 1pm and Wed at 7pm at W2 Media Café, 111 W. Hastings (at Abbott)

Spokes Council Meets Sun at 1pm and Wed at 7pm at W2 Media Café, 111 W. Hastings (at Abbott)

Spokes Council

Occupy Vancouver CommitteesFood Not Bombs

The money spent by the world's governments on weapons in one week is enough to feed all the people on earth for a year. Vancouver Food Not Bombs is the local chapter of an international network of autonomous collectives that challenge this gross misallocation of resources

Direct Action We conduct various actions to raise awareness on issues relating to homelessness, environmental degradation and economic and political injustice!

Media We manage the website, make sure all events and major meetings are livestreamed, and promote Occupy Vancouver via social media.

Occupy Vancouver Working GroupsFloccupy A Floccupation happens when people follow some basic principles: We meet

in public. When we meet, we prepare for the next time we meet. We work out a date, time and place for our next meeting. Each time we meet, we meet for a longer duration than our current meeting. It prepares us psychologically and tactically for occupying public space!

Occupied Vancouver Sun Working Group

We go to print every two weeks and are always looking for those to help with creating content as well as joining our street teams to help with distribution!

OV Environmental Justice Working Group

Focusing its efforts on the raising awareness about and developing actions in relation to the Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines

OV Political Justice Working Group

Focusing on exposing different ways in which money corrupts the political process and exploring strategies to bring about change

OV Economic Justice Working Group

Focusing on exposing the ways in which the centralization of financial power and income inequality leads to substantial social problems, environmental problems etc

OV Labour Strategy Working Group

Focusing its efforts on developing relationships with unions and rank and file so as to organize joint direct actions and events

Occupy Love Is organizing flash mobs, skytrain jams, spontaneous dance events, decentralized dance parties and all kinds of fun activities!

OV Music Festival Working Group

Is organizing a large music festival in the summer that will include music, workshops, booths, food and lots of dancing and fun times!

Occupy Wild Salmon Working Group

For the love and protection of Wild Salmon. A Workgroup started out of OccupyVancouver. Hoping to share concepts about non-violent, creative direct action for change that will ensure the long term sustainability of a precious food sources and a keystone species of our ECO System.

Media Strategy

Occupied Vancouver Sun NewspaperOV Voice: Co-Op RadioOV LivestreamYoutube videos, documentaries etc... We have hundreds of hours of recorded sound and video

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The Basis for Unity Project

Mission Statement

To develop and implement innovative, collaborative models, processes and infrastructure that serves to unify the general public and the institutions that represent the general public

General Problem Statement

Systemic problems require collaboration across all public institutionsThe infrastructure and processes for collaboration across institutions (organizational boundaries) has not been developedThere is too much focus on what divides us and not enough attention paid to our areas of common ground.

Academia

Unions

Social Busines

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Govern-ment

First Nations

GeneralPublic

CollaborationInfrastructure

and Processes

Physical Space

Stakeholders

Political

Justice

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OV Enviro-Justice WG

Stakeholders

OV Economic Justice WG

OV Political Justice WG

Stakeholders

Stakeholders

Areas of Focus

Collaboration Process Considerations

From Networking To CollaborationUnderstanding the Evolution

Networking Coordinating Cooperating Collaborating

Activities Goals Trust

Networking Exchanging information for mutual benefit

Low Trust

Coordination Exchanging information

Modifying activities: regular meetings etc.

Goals are complementary (not

in conflict)

Some Trust

Cooperation Exchanging information

Modifying activities

Sharing resources

Goals are compatible Moderate Trust

Collaboration Exchanging information

Modifying activities

Sharing resources

Co-Creating (sharing risks and rewards)

Some goals are equivalent

High Trust

From Networking To CollaborationUnderstanding the Differences

Consensus Building

Occupy has substantial experience running large group consensus models that include strongly diverging opinions

Alternative consensus and collaboration based models can be explored

Alternative Decision Making Models

ConsensusAlgorithmically based – PartyX, for example

Creating Shared Space...

... that brings stakeholders together 24/7

Physical Space

Basis for Unity TeamFacilitatorsConflict ResolutionTechnology services consulting

Virtual Space

Conversation Spaces• Skype• Facebook Group• Mumble

Information Spaces• Wiki• Google Documents

Offering and Requirements

Services

Process ConsultingCollaboration and consensus building

Web ConsultingCollaboration Infrastructure

Issue Based Workshops

Funding Strategy

Receive Monthly Contributions from Stakeholders

Stakeholder Amount

Unions

First Nations

Academia

Social Business

Government

General Public (TribeSourcing)

Funding Requirements

Ongoing Monthly Requirement

Cost

Executive Director $3000

Volunteer/Outreach $2500

Fundraising/TribeSourcing $2500

Office Lease $2500

Other $2000

$12,000