HelpOWS

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This site is to coordinate any kind of support (Food, Supply, etc.) for Occupy Wallstreet. Site will be updated as often as possible to reflect the current status.

Supplies needed on Ground

In general, reusable items are preferred over throw away stuff. For instance Rain Ponchos, Plates/Bowls, etc.

Food

  • Healthy Food
  • Bottled Water
  • We need a refrigerator to store fresh food. Preferably someone in the area. Contact: donate@nycga.net

Medical Supplies

  • Sterile Dressing
  • Ace Bandages
  • Dayquil
  • Bacitracin
  • Red Duct Tape

Clothes

  • Rain protection gear (ponchos)
  • Warm clothes
  • Socks

Electronic Equipment

  • Media Team donations: http://tinyurl.com/wallstreetmedia
  • External hard drives
  • SD cards
  • apple laptops with final cut pro
  • PC laptops with premier or AVID
  • HD cameras
  • cables (USB, FireWire, etc)
  • sound equipment (microphones, lavs, cables, booms, etc.)
  • any other film/video equipment (lights, generators, Gaffer tape, power cables, etc.)

Other Supplies

  • Water bottles (Sport caps preferred)
  • Reusable plates, bowls, utensils

Human Resources

  • shooters (people who can film)
  • editors
  • content producers

Supply Distribution

For donations from afar:

Mail: (No perishable food)

The UPS Store
Re: Occupy Wall Street
118A Fulton St. #205
New York, NY 10038

Questions to Ground Crew

Media Team

  • what OS most of the macs are running? Can send Sno Leo, Tiger, Leo, Lion?

Suggestions to Ground crew

Media Team

Power Supply

Look into film solar panel rolls for powering notebooks:

They are $200 but possibly 1 or 2 can be donated. They work in low light conditions (clouds/rain) and fit into a large backpack for transport. Connect them to a charge controller:

this make sure higher voltage does not boil your battery away. for this setup, a morningstar sunsaver-10 is the ticket. Add one laptop battery, and a small inverter like for a car lighter plug, and you have a 5 9's power system for a laptop.

Furthermore, if solar is not sufficient at any given period, the same power system can be recharged or run by a vehicle, the voltages are the same.

Weather Proofing

You may be interested in something like this, light, hard plastic, waterproof, carry handles. Made for easy setup and teardown.

Also the obvious:

  • Put notebooks etc in large zip-loc bags. Will probably cause overheating. Careful.

Audio

Any kind of windscreen over the camera mic would minimize the wind noise which there is a LOT of on the livestream, making it impossible to hear most of the time if there's a breeze in the treeze. Here's some cheap DIY solutions for a deadcat (furry windscreen):

Has been adressed, new equipment on ground incl. external mic with wind shield.

Sleeping Places

Communication

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