March 10, 2013: Online Work Bee

Eric ... feeling fine, eager to have our call
Ben ... busy with stuff, including taxes, graphic design stuff and found some time to relax but then berated myself for relaxing (Eric - don't do it!)

Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Brandon ... finish a complete draft of the SolSeedCreed v2.2 (including a commentary page for each stanza and an image to accompany it) ... by next call
Brandon ... write a draft story for the equinox ... by next call
Brandon ... provide an opportunity for Shelley to write a story for the equinox ... by next call
Brandon ... invite Sarvatas for the equinox ... by today
Brandon ... invite M&M for the equinox ... by today
Brandon ... invite R&J&A for the equinox ... by Tuesday
Brandon ... go over the equinox menu with Shelley ... by the next call
<s>Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Ben ... write an outline for a story for the equinox ... by next call
Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Eric ... Clean up draft story for the equinox ... by next call
Eric ... remind J&J and A&Y about the equinox ... by next call</s>

Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Brandon ... finish a complete draft of the SolSeedCreed v2.2 (including a commentary page for each stanza and an image to accompany it) ... by next call
Brandon ... write a draft story for the equinox ... by next call
Brandon ... provide an opportunity for Shelley to write a story for the equinox ... by next call
Brandon ... invite Sarvatas for the equinox ... by today
Brandon ... invite M&M for the equinox ... by today
Brandon ... invite R&J&A for the equinox ... by Tuesday
Brandon ... go over the equinox menu with Shelley ... by the next call]
Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Ben ... prepare my story for the equinox ... by Saturday
Ben ... copy these notes to the wiki ... by tonight
Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Eric ... talk to Michelle, Jessica, and Andrew and see if we can move our Equinox event to coincide with the Portland one ... by tonight
Eric ... look up the old brewery with the spiral deep-time museum ... by next call - Darn, it has been closed and turned into a pub.

Eric will move his event start time back to 6 PM EDT so he can connect with us on Skype at 7 (which is 4 PM PDT, the start time of the Portland event)
Storytelling will start at 4PM/7PM with snacking interspersed (especially in Portland)?
But this only works if we move Eric's event to Saturday or move the Portland event to Sunday!

Service Saturday March 16, 9:00am PDT 12:00 EDT (Shelley) Service Saturday March 23, 9:00am PDT 12:00 EDT (Ben) Rotation: Brandon, Eric, Shelley, Ben

Work-Bee Sunday March 24, 1:30 pm PDST 16:30 EDT (Cancelling next week's Work Bee for the Equinox)

No in-person service with Vliets (birthday party): Saturday March 9, 10:30 am Seeing Nature Readings and Practices: next is 2013-03-17 13:00 EST

In inner SE Portland but farther south & east than the current Sanders house
Are they knocking down existing buildings to build these "brand new custom homes"?
Google Maps imagery suggests that the existing Trillium Family Services building was knocked down
The community shares our environmental values with green building, gardening, and sharing tools, and of course kid-friendliness
Brandon imagines building a house with a 2-story basement that takes up almost the whole footprint of the lot
Bottom story would be a SolSeed sanctuary that is large, very high-ceilinged, beautiful and attractive as a place to visit, with alcoves helping to illustrate deep time
Ben suggests a spiral staircase in the middle
Upper basement would be a workshop (wood and metalworking equipment, 3D printers and other electronics, etc)
Ground floor (normal house size) would have a fellowship hall as a hub for the Waverly Commons community
Top floor(s) would be where the Sanders live
Likely cost: around $800,000
The community already has 5 houses in various stages of construction; there may be 2 or 3 lots left now, but some people will probably drop out of the process
The Sanders found out about this last night, but have pretty much already decided to do it (although the scale may become more modest)

Brandon ... couldn't sleep last night, so excited
Ben ... happy for Brandon and I need the idea to sink in for a while before I decide I believe in it.
Eric ... hopeful that my friend Brandon gets a space that I will be so excited to visit ... my family isn't going to move to Portland, but we are attracted to the concept