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I’ve got three updates on Occupy, besides reminding people that the Alternative Banking Working Group meets every Sunday from 3-5pm at Columbia (room 1401 in the International Affairs Building at 118th and Amsterdam).

1. Occupy.com has launched! This is a website set up by my friend David Sauvage, and it’s looking awesome and informative.
2. The “find a Credit Union webapp” is looking for UX Designer help. I’ve written about this project before, but in a word we’re helping people figure out which credit unions they are eligible for, if any; the rules can get kind of tricky. We’ve got the basic ideas down but we’d love a thoughtful designer to come in, improve the user experience, and help create a appropriate Occupy look which also doesn’t scare away non-Occupy people.  We also have a development team from ThoughtWorks helping us out, but it would be very helpful to have a New York- based developer to maintain the knowledge. The eligibility rules based on address (but not necessarily on zipcode or borough) are particularly hard (or interesting, depending on how nerdy you are).
3. Not a strictly Occupy issue but did you hear the Vermont Senate has voted to end Corporate Personhood (hat tip reader G. Jones)? Move to Amend has spearheaded this effort. I love their motto: End Corporate Rule, Legalize Democracy. Read about the Vermont vote here.