Where will the gathering be?

We will gather peacefully for silent meditation the morning of July 4th, 2017 from dawn until noon; and a peaceful assembly of free speech and expression from July 1st through the end of Vision Counsel; in the state of Oregon. For directions, click here.

To find out how to get into the gathering without getting a mandatory court appearance ticket, click here and check out the right side-bar. To reach a human being, email Karin.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Waterline Has Been Rescued

For those of you who were following the drama about the waterline taken from the gathering site by the United States Forest Service, we got it back.

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Today was the day the USFS returned the waterline it removed 'as evidence' from the Gathering site about July 10 (during clean up), asserting it was acting to protect long standing water rights and that the Gathering was in violation of them. Fast forwarding past several months of legal communications...The return itself was amicable and respectful. After loading, I was simply required to document that I now was accepting custodial possession by creatively signing the pictured document. That meant crossing out the word 'owner' and writing in 'volunteer community custodian', and also reducing the word 'signature' to 'sign', and then signing with my eviscerated 'mark' as I have been doing consistently since beginning to study law more than two decades ago. (I know, complex... and it is...don't do it unless you really understand that stuff. :-) Anyway, the waterline is now 'returned' and that chapter is closed. All parties are glad it is finished. PXXX is planning to relieve me of it soon. Or perhaps other family wishes to be responsive? If so, get with him....