January 18, 2010: Online Work Bee

Theme/seed concept brainstorming
Something about where the SolSeedMovement is currently going
Something appropos to the moment
Environmental focus ... what is one action I could take
Advocacy? (write your senator, look at emails from environmental groups)
Individual actions? (bike riding, replace bulbs w/ CFLs, etc)
Other action-focused ideas
Eco-village
Brandon: But have a greater focus on non-business-specific, inspirational concepts, focused around appreciation of Life
Birth of Gaia out of Chaos (UU sermon)
Reading like the one at church today
Discussion of the Destiny as a possible theme
If we have a church it will almost certainly have to be a church of TheDestiny as well as a church of life
Visualize something on a laptop from the Hubble Space Telescope or something like it

Theme based on one of the values
Empathy (probably doing this for Feb. 6)
Others for later
Life is precious
The Destiny, Be starfarer now
Presence / mindfulness / being in the now, Nurture body, mind and spirit (SelfLove)
We ALL are precious SolSeed (openness/welcoming differences) (community) (Empathy)
Acting Upstream (Wisdom)

Google searches for "space" and "wiki" are about 70,000/month
We could buy the spacewiki.com domain for $900
.org is owned by Apogee Books ... don't know if we can buy it
Shelley: but do we really want another project?
To make this useful for bringing in searchers, we can't just forward it to solseed.org
Could have public-domain news articles, space images
Could mimic the icannwiki success by going to space-industry conferences, registering users with caricatures, and building connection with the most important space players (?)
Ray started icannwiki, got a booth at an actual ICANN meeting and had caricatures done and posted on the wall, making the attendees curious
This could be a fast way to get "in" with space industry players as well
Caricatures are a successful meme
But do we want a bunch of people who are drawn in solely by that?
Goal would be to create a Who's Who of the space field
Should we look to see if someone is already doing something similar?
Would work toward having a space business ... need relationships in the industry first
Sponsorships ... where would we get them?
Not the first time, other than SolSeedMovement itself

Deadline for getting a dealer booth was last month, and we would need a Washington State business license
Brandon is wondering if the work to do sci-fi conventions is worth it
Just get a table ... how many of our previous ideas can we still use?
Ideas from last time
"Gaian" aesthetic - green shag carpet, potted plants?
Give away healthy non-processed food as "party favors" (Apples maybe? or dried fruit?)
Must be careful about not violating sanitation rules ... etc
Labeled with SolSeed or in a cute little bag?
Tea bags ... want people eating it right in front of everybody
Seed packets! ... come with a button that says "I'm planting Seeds"
Remote Controlled Helicopters ... raffle to win it ... probably not, if we don't have a booth
Pictures of space and the Galaxy
Karoake?
Goals
Get our name out there in the science fiction world
Stretch goal: get new members