August 23, 2010: Online Work Bee

Brandon: Really enjoying working on SpaceWiki ... could easily put in many hours on it
Shelley: Had a really nice day with Sequoia, sore from the triathlon yesterday ... her triad is going to reconvene
Sequoia: 10 months old, feels like a big boy
Ben: Had ups and downs ... at work made progress on small bugs that make the app look better (icons that aren't fuzzy) ... intermittently worrying about political and environmental stuff

<s>Shelley ... contact Mark about doing opening words at the next service ... by next call
Brandon ... leave a grateful and inspiring comment on both blogs where SpaceWiki was mentioned ... by Thursday night</s>
Brandon ... setup time to talk to Chris about ArchitectScorecard ... by Saturday
<s>Ben ... start on the ArchitectScorecard page ... by Saturday
Ben ... tend the SpaceWiki.com community (2 comments at least) ... by next call
Ben ... add to Brandon's comments on the blogs ... by next call
Ben ... add up all the words for the book that we've added this quarter ... by next call</s>

Income run rate of $100,000/year (~$9000/month) -- Brandon is really worried about that
Need to incorporate a business
September 2 is the closing deadline for this year's SBIR application process ... not happening
Focus on this in 4th quarter

No other changes

Space industry
Looks like we're not doing the Puerto Rico Space Congress
Sci-fi conventions
Brandon doesn't think those are very fruitful compared to other types ... maybe because they're not about the real world
Environmental, intentional communities
Bioneers: San Rafael, CA, October 15th-17th (Friday-Sunday)
Maybe just Saturday & Sunday ... Shelley definitely can't do Friday
Could we invite SolSeed members from more than just the Pacific NW to meet up at one of these, in lieu of a big unconference we organize ourselves?

Should it be right on the Equinox?
Shelley: Yes ... otherwise what's the point? ... if it's just me and Brandon, so be it
Ben: Maybe ... on the other hand, it would be nice to have more participants ... otherwise it doesn't seem all that meaningful
Brandon: Even if it is Wednesday night, we could probably get Matthew, Molly, Gus, David, some others
Purpose?
Shelley: Serving the needs of the people ... whoever comes is the right people ... we can talk about The Destiny, but don't do anything resembling marketing ... be who we say we are first, then do outreach in a different venue
Brandon: Bundle it with enough meaningful progress on the backyard cottage to get Ben down here? ... I could drive up to Seattle and pick Ben up

Brandon talked to neighbors about architects ... don't necessarily have to talk to Chris
ArchitectScorecard is a good place to start
We should make a list of potential architects and evaluate them against it
How much can we do without talking to them?
Brandon already knows a lot about some nearby architects
Brandon has used a scorecard to good effect in hiring at work

Ask for sponsorship for the site itself, not so much for events? (since the next one will not be for awhile)
For the caricatures?
For the benefit of our work developing the wiki?
Currently we don't get many hits/day, but a sponsor could help with that by linking to us
Work on the Events page, which will help determine which event to go to next
Then we can focus on getting sponsorship for that event

Do we want poems?
Brandon says the current SolSeed book is one book within the "larger book" that will include poems and songs and litanies for services, etc.

Introduction: 601 words, not counting a 20-word bracketed comment
Chapter 1: 564 words added during 3rd quarter 2010 (852 other words), not counting a 4-word to-do note
Chapter 2: 361 words added during 3rd quarter 2010 (485 other words)
Chapter 3: 719 words
Chapter 4: 461 words

Total for 3rd quarter 2010: 2706 words in the first 7 weeks, for an average of 386.6 words/week

Grand total: 4043 words

Brandon ... ping KMF about children's book ... by tomorrow
Brandon ... send more $ to Ryan ... by tomorrow
Brandon ... email Christine and Orange Splot ... by next call
Brandon ... reach out to 5 people to ask about the best space-industry events for us ... by next call
Brandon ... write 500 words on the SolSeed book ... by next call
Shelley ... send email to save the date for the Equinox ... by next call
Shelley ... set up the tour with Matthew and Molly ... by next call
Shelley ... spend 1/2 hour looking up resources for the services that could go into the "larger book" ... by Saturday
Brandon & Shelley ... figure out what would work (if anything) w.r.t. Bioneers ... by next call
Ben ... do an internet search for architects in Portland who might match some criteria on the ArchitectScorecard ... by next call
Ben ... stub out some space-industry event pages and the central page that links to them ... by next call
Ben ... write at least 300 words on the SolSeed book ... by next call
Ben ... draft the August newsletter ... by next call