Fledgling Protest takes local form with Occupy Green Bay

    Trying to organize and create that which has not been organized or created can be an interesting and fascinating affair.  I am sure the young organizers of the Occupy movements throughout the country are fast learning this.   Some have asked where the actual “occupation” is here in Green Bay.  As of this Sunday, October 09, 2011, there is none.
One should consider some of the other movements throughout the world of recent.  Movements that were once thought of as absurd, now not only exist, but have or are on the verge of success.  But success does not come easy.  And success is relative. There was a relatively small turn our at the Occupy Green Bay  meeting this Saturday at IQs Tavern to organize for the start of the protest/movement in Green Bay on October 14th.   They did not announce a location yet.  I did not see a “formal” meeting called to order, but as is in these types of events, formality is, well, just a formality.  Those who showed were meeting to arrange basic logistics and get more ideas on location and the general make up of the event.
The views expressed in the video by those who did attend were quite interesting and enlightening.  I interviewed several of the participants of the meeting, as well as Craig Pansier, the general organizer of Occupy Green Bay and the creator of their Facebook page. 
From the humble beginning of the movement, to what has evolved into a national protest, one could expect the numbers of the local protesters to grow once it gets a start and location.  As most of the demonstrations nationwide are permanent sit-ins, it remains to be seen if there will be adequate manpower to conduct a 24/7 protest.