Call me "outside media" :)
We are still determining how we can be most effective. We do not yet have a definitive game plan as we are working with other groups as well to determine just what we can bring back to the table.
The current (rough) plan is to start creating a template with which to launch distributed and supporting movements. We would like to see think-tanks dedicated to doing research and providing educational materials and talks, special interest movements which can fly under the OccupyVancouver banner without necessarily BEING the sole public face of OccupyVancouver. This would solve many of the issues of factionalization we've seen, and would actually help strengthen our connection to movements we would like to support. OccupyVancouver needs to reframe itself in the public eye as a movement for socio-economic reform. Once the public can wrap their heads around our primary directive, I think that it becomes easier to manage public perception with regards to both OV directly as well as the movements it supports.
Ideally, we would provide the infrastructure for new movements/submovements to organize quickly, effectively, and with the total summation of knowledge we've accumulated over the past few weeks so that they can be more effective in drawing and maintaining a wide audience.
One such group is already in the works, which aims to bring students, professors, and researchers to the table to arm OV (and friends) with a wealth of knowledge/education.
I can think of several other sub-movements which OV already supports, but I feel could be more effective acting as a distinct and cohesive yet supporting movement to OV. OccupyHousing, OccupyWildSalmon both immediately come to mind.
I personally, would like to see OccupyVancouver reload with the intention of focusing more directly on socio-economic equality to better support the rest of the worldwide occupations.
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I think OV should get back to focusing on socio-economic reform, and a new sub-movement could be created (think "OccupyHomelessness" and "OccupyDrugReform").
A group of us are working on precisely this as this current factionalization is a segregation and NOT a unification.
My plan right now is to create an umbrella organization which can template special interest movements which while they fall under the umbrella of socio-economic inequality, have a much more specific and directed purpose. "OccupyHomelessness" would be the one I hope to see spawned immediately as I homelessness is a very big issue in Vancouver, and it needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, the voice of homelessness within' OV has become muffled in the cacophony of other issues all yelling at the same time. Take a look at a twitter ticker for 10 minutes and you'll see that this is precisely the issue seen by the general public (who's support we want).
I think "OccupyHomelessness" would share much in common with "OccupyEverywhere" but it certainly would have a modified dynamic. I'd like to see OV endorse a zero drugs and alcohol policy as drugs and alcohol are the primary reason people don't feel safe on the site. OccupyHomelessness would very likely not be able to endorse such a policy but could expend greater resources to manage the issue intelligently. Again, we're all here for the same reason but our voices are not all saying the same thing and this creates a lot of confusion in the general public, and this confusion detracts from our movement.
I don't see the factionalization as a problem. Quite the contrary, I think we can turn it into a divide and conquer strategy which would strengthen our causes immensely. I want to see strategically placed movements on every city corner, and in every middle class neighborhood, but I want to do so un-antagonistically. Let's let soccer mom run her own "OccupyVancouver" dome in her gated community. Let's see "OccupyHomelessness" speak directly to the issue of homelessness, with active support from a hundred organizations and let's use OccupyHomelessness as a vehicle to make real concrete demands of our municipality and country. Demands backed by a large number of reputable organizations for social change. If it will be seen as antagonistic by a majority of the population, I'd rather find a more effective strategy.