About 25 people gathered Wednesday night for a three hour Occupy Winnipeg meeting.

The camp is gone, but Occupy Winnipeg is hatching plans to continue their social activism and perhaps even re-occupy Memorial Park in the future.

Rob Gaumond, one of the occupiers evicted from the park on Wednesday, said a “new camp committee” will work to prepare a return to the park on March 15.

“That’s the plan,” Gaumond told Metro Winnipeg, noting it still needs to be ratified at a general assembly meeting.

The park could see some tents before then, Gaumond said, albeit temporarily. A large gathering will take place in the park on December 31, a date previously slated as a voluntary end to the now-gone camp, he said.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s tents set up that night, just because of the desire to make a statement,” Gaumond said.

Gaumond attended a three-hour OW meeting Wednesday night with about 25 people.

Discussion about future activism included “the mobile occupy,” which would see weekly social activism accompanied by some tents to bring “the spirit of the camp symbol with us,” Gaumond said.

Meeting-goers discussed details for the first such action, labeled as “Occupy Underground” on Facebook, which will see costumed activists handing out leaflets outside banks in and around the tunnels of Winnipeg Square on Friday.

Kristaps Balodis, also evicted from the park Wednesday, said ten members of OW are living together in two homes. He estimates there are 25 core OW members and about 100 people involved with the movement.

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