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Great success on Spokes Council budget proposal

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Still from the presentation

Tech Ops presented two parts of our four part budget proposal at – the amazing – Monday’s Spokes Council (preview our beta live tweets reader (http://livetweets NULL.occupy NULL.net/display/2012-01-09)). The proposal, presented by @jake (http://www NULL.nycga NULL.net/members/jakedeg/) and @matt (http://www NULL.nycga NULL.net/members/mattlepacek/), was very well received. The tone of our proposal was amazing and the visual presentation knocked the socks off those at Spokes.

The Spokes Council chose to accept both proposals. (Minutes (http://www NULL.nycga NULL.net/2012/01/09/nyc-operational-spokes-council-192012-summary/))

  1. $1500 – 855-NYCGA-411 Voice Services – PASSED
  2. $1216.77 – Slicehost.com hosting Oct 20 – Dec 20 – PASSED
We will attempt to bring part’s 3 and 4 to Wednesday (1/11) Spokes.
Update (1/12): Wednesday Spokes (1/11) found consensus on the final two proposals.
  1. $3241.19 – for new media hub & database server- PASSED
  2. $942.99 + $322.86/month - LIVESTREAM HD SUPER-CHARGE kit.- PASSED w/ modified Consensus
The Livestream HD kit originally included a Verizon 4G internet hot spot. The body felt that using Verizon while our labor allies are currently on strike was uncouth. Tech agreed to remove it from the budget.
View the presentation after the jump… Continue reading →

Funding Proposal (Overview)

NOTE: This proposal was submitted to the Facilitation Working Group on 1/5/11 in anticipation of a presentation at Spokes Council on Friday 1/6/11. It is also viewable on the main nycga.net site here (http://www NULL.nycga NULL.net/2012/01/06/tech-ops-working-group-budget-for-phone-services-hosting-reimbursement-infrastructure-operating-costs-and-livestreaming-in-hd/). For a more detailed cost breakdown of this proposal, check out the itemized post. Also, the whole thing is available as a PDF, here: Tech Ops Funding Proposal MERGED

The Technology Operations group of the New York City General Assembly strives to provide tools that enable our movement to connect and communicate with each other and the world through technology. We provide as many tools we can to support OWS and the broader Occupy Movement as we all transform the world. Some of our more notable projects include tools that many people in the movement use every day: Continue reading →