It seems to bring up the issue of "OWS" being used for many kind of actions by people who want to seem to operate under the banner of OWS to bring attention to issues (that affect the people) which have not been satisfied by our courts, Congress or given proper attention by our Corporate MSM.
OWS gives groups of people with issues they feel haven't been addressed a large umbrella with a logo to gain some attention to their cause. Problem is (as you addressed in your post about "99% Declaration"
that some groups could begin to use OWS for their own cause and thereby eventually cause the "OWS" movement to become fractionalized, diluted or even taken over and rebranded into something that corporate MSM (and various entities) could use to undermine the movement in the future. Yet, a rigid structure where every group has to wait to be cleared by a GA Board or Governance could also be problematic.
It will be interesting to see how it turns out. I love the idea of a large Umbrella with the OWS Logo that gives groups cover since the movement is leaderless, but it sure is going to be hard to figure how this works going forward.
What does one do with this group in Maryland? It almost sounds like they are "Tea Party" people who became disenchanted with that group and are now hoping to try "OWS" hoping that will give them a voice? 
But, that's an example of what does OWS really mean?
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"There's a group in suburban MD that wants to start an Occupy... they want to focus only on "Maryland issues" like "student rights" (i.e. what they see as middle-class issues for respectable, middle-class people) and not maintain a relationship with Occupy groups in DC. What does THAT say?? I'm not even sure what "issues that only affect our state/county" mean in the context of Occupy.[/i}
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