Request for operators of general@, press@ outreach@ email addresses and press phone to declare themselves and their procedures
20:33 Wednesday 16th May 2012
OccupyLSX
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OccupyLSX Proposal: Request for operators of general@, press@ outreach@ email addresses and press phone to declare themselves and their procedures
Submitted 20:33 Wednesday 16th May 2012 by Administrator
BACKGROUND:
On the home page of both the old and new Occupy London websites, the following email addresses and telephone numbers are displayed:
General: general@occupylsx.org Press: press@occupylsx.org Outreach: outreach@occupylsx.org Press phone: +44 (0) 845 299 6175
Because of their prime position on the homepage, any outsider wishing to contact Occupy London will do so using these means, and will be under the impression that they are making 'official' contact.
However, there is currently no information available about who receives any emails and telephone calls made to these places, what process they use to respond to them or how an occupier could request and be granted access to these shared resources. There is no way of knowing if the password to these accounts are secure.
Occupy London values and promotes transparency, accountability and horizontal structure, yet it's primary points of one-to-one contact with the wider world lack all 3 of these, and those who use these contact points appear to have not made any effort to change this state of affairs in the 6 months since they were created.
PROPOSAL
I propose that:
The General Assembly requests that every person who has, or has had, access to send and receive emails or telephone calls from any of these addresses and numbers:
1) Makes themselves known.
2) Explains which addresses or number they have access to, how they came to have access to them, and how others who desire it can gain access to them.
3) Gives an estimate of the number of emails and calls they have received and responded to since they gained access to each address or number.
4) Explains the procedures and processes that they have been using to decide how and whether to respond to or forward incoming communications
5) Is invited to share ideas on how the operation of these and similar addresses and numbers could be made more transparent, accountable and horizontally structured.
For the sake of explicit communication, the General Assembly requests that those announcing their possession of these resources do so in writing, and publish their responses to either the new Occupy London website Press WG forum, or to the mailing list at occupylondon@groupspaces.com
The General Assembly requests that responses are made by the relevant parties within 2 weeks of this proposal being passed at a General Assembly.
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