Sunday Agenda
- Check in
- Opening Blessing
- Review WWWs
- Weekly event logistics
- Review Agenda
- August Event
- Evaluation
- Closing Blessing
Check In
- Brandon … packing away … moving is very real
- Ben … I haven’t started packing yet, but I now have a solid list of apartment options to compare
Opening Blessing
The ocean is massive. A thick blanket of liquid water that signifies home. May our gratitude for this incredibly hospitable world propel us toward our highest aspirations. --Blessed Be
WW(W)s from long ago
Organize the WW(W)s by person and then due date if desired. We’ll start checking in on topical community protocol and meditation for each mini-period between workbees. Holacracy founder Brian Robertson says these are bad: http://holacracy.org/blog/the-insanity-of-the-what-by-when
- Brandon … meditate regularly with Eric ... ongoing
- Ben … meditate regularly with Eric ... ongoing
- Eric … meditate regularly with Ben ... ongoing
- Eric … meditate regularly with Brandon ... ongoing
WWWs
- Brandon … meditate regularly with Eric ... ongoing
- Ben … meditate regularly with Eric ... ongoing
- Ben … create a page on the SolSeed wiki for the Shaping Change Conference … by Thursday
- Ben … finish a draft of the newsletter … by Thursday
- Eric … meditate regularly with Ben ... ongoing
- Eric … meditate regularly with Brandon ... ongoing
Weekly Events Logistics
Midweek
- June 23 Work-Bee: 6:30 PM PST / 21:30 EST
Weekend Service rotation: Eric, Ben, Shelley, Brandon
- June 25 Service: 8 AM PST / 11 EST … Eric (Shelley and Brandon will be doing triathlon)
- June 25 Earthseed Solstice event: ? … John
- June 26 Business Call: 5:30 PM PST / 20:30 EST
August event
What
- We've asked Ola to lead an Earthseed service on Sunday morning August 14.
- Unconference
- Focus question: It’s been 18 years since OEB published Parable of the Talents. What can we learn from Acorn? What do we envision for our Acorn-like ecovillage?
When / Schedule
Friday August 12th to Sunday the 14th
- Friday … 4T Trail
- Opening circle at the Vietnam Memorial
- Council Crest session
- Marquam Shelter session
- Downtown sessions
- Could diverge widely in space, e.g. to Powells, the river (kayaks?), maybe even an Eastside ecovillage
- Closing session/circle back at the Zoo
- Will require placing a hard time constraint on the end of the downtown sessions, and likely some cat-herding
- Saturday … Tryon Life Community Farm
- Should have a tour as an available session
- Problem: Eric and Michelle have to be downtown in early afternoon for belly-dancing
- Sunday
- Earthseed service in the morning at forest next to Sanders’ place?
- Other processing of what we've seen
Where
- The Sanders' new place
- 4T Trail … good way to introduce Ola (and her sister) to Portland
- Arboretum? … indoor space near the 4T Trail
- Marquam Shelter … on the 4T Trail and a good place to discuss the New Story
- Could be a place to stop for lunch and some sessions
- Powell's City of Books? … could do this as part of the 4T Trail expedition
- Mother Earth School Campus at Tryon? … it's an existing, well-established ecovillage
- Ecovillages in SE Portland? … demonstrate that you don't have to move into rural areas to do it
- On the Willamette in kayaks
Who
- Us, including the Sanders, Saumurs, and Ben
- Ola (and sister?)
- The Halsteads?
- SolSeed Portland Meetup members
- Gaia’s People Portland Meetup members
- The ecovillage people who have the property in Sandy? CampOma … http://www.meetup.com/db34e20e-4b93-4524-a259-7b84487b6e4f/
General point: humility is important when trying to learn from Octavia
General comments
- Brandon ... The dissonance between the life I am currently leading, and one in which I contribute to the founding of an Acorn is pretty tremendous.
- Ben … I can see that. Here I am looking at moving from one single-person apartment to another without seriously considering whether it might be time to try a group house.
- Ben … that would be good to discuss at the un-conference. How do you make a major life shift? And, how badly do we want to?
Evaluation
- Brandon … really excited about the August event (Kindred Festival) or (Shiny Green Festival)
- Ben … me too!
Blessing
We are grateful to our home, the Earth, and our even greater home, the Universe. May our efforts to make smaller homes, that honor our higher aspirations to act in service of life, bear fruit. --Blessed Be