Sunday Agenda
- Check in
- Opening Blessing
- Review WWWs
- Daily Practice/Metrics
- Weekly event logistics
- Review Agenda
- Summer Solstice
- Wikipedia
- iPhone
- Shiny Green Tribal Convergence
- Spectacle
- Co-conveners
- Evaluation
- Closing Blessing
Check In
- Ben … I had an interesting day spent mostly at my friend Saab’s place … discussions of philosophy and science and motorcyles … and watching the Back to the Future videos
- Brandon … I've had a busy weekend watching my boys and doing stuff with them … I'm planning to read the new Flight in a Cage chapter after this call
Opening Blessing
We open this space with a pledge of safety, of meaning, of connection and friendship. May we fill this space with joy and good work. -- Blessed Be
WW(W)s from last time
Organize the WWWs by person and then due date. 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
- <s>Ben … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s>
- Ben … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing
- Ben … invite Hank and Gus to the Summer Solstice trip … by Thursday
- <s>Ben ... Talk to Elie about the SGTC … by next call</s>
- <s>Brandon … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s>
- Brandon … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing
- Eric … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Eric … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing
WWWs
- Ben … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Ben … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing
- Ben … invite Hank and Gus to the Summer Solstice trip … by tonight
- Ben … try adding a section to the Gaia article on Wikipedia … by next call
- Eric … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Eric … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing
- Eric … schedule Ben’s daily meditation partnering … by next call
- Brandon … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Brandon … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing
- Brandon … ping John Halstead … by Monday
- Brandon … ping Steve Wolfe … by Monday
- Brandon … ping Paul Krafel … by Monday
- Brandon … ping Jon Cleland Host … by Monday
- Brandon … go to PSAS meeting … by Tuesday next
- Brandon … work the August SGTC plan … by next Sunday
Daily Practice (from Sunday to Sunday)
- https://tdp.me/person/brandon-cs-sanders
- https://tdp.me/person/EricOfSolseed
- https://tdp.me/person/SciFiBen
2015-05-10 to 2015-05-16: 14+16+21=51 checkmarks
Metrics (from Sunday to Sunday)
0 … articles published (blog, etc) 0 … net signups to the newsletter for the week (108 total) 1 … conversants from signup (people we are talking or emailing with) 0 … articles added to Gaia.wiki ? … sessions on Gaia.wiki other than us 60 … sessions on Spacewiki.com 89 … sessions on SolSeed.org (including Portland meetup), including 1 from Hieroglyph … a bunch of others are referral spam 2+0+? >= 2 … topical community touches 51 … daily practice checkmarks for the week
Weekly Events Logistics
Weekend Service rotation: Eric, Shelley, Brandon, Ben
- May 30 Service: 9:00 AM PDT, 12:00 EDT (Shelley)
- May 31 Work-Bee: 5:30 PM PST, 20:30 EST
Midweek
- May 28 Work-Bee: 6:30 PM PST, 21:30 EST
Summer Solstice
What time to leave Portland June 20th?
- 1 PM due to Father's Day brunch
Ben will likely not be able to catch a bus on Sunday, will take a vacation day Monday
Wikipedia
- It's a little weird that people aren't coming to us from there
- Ben suggests adding a short section to the Gaia page on the possibility that Gaia could reproduce, listing people and groups who support the concept including Steven Wolfe, Dr. Mautner, and the SolSeed Movement
iPhone
Ben is conflicted because his current phone company shares his politics and is a major force in progressive activism, but having a smartphone would have advantages
- Ben could get a smartphone from Credo, but then Brandon wouldn't get to have his old iPhone be reused (it's locked to AT&T)
Brandon wants to add Ben to their plan so it's free to text
- Also might allow outdoor services
Shiny Green Tribal Convergence
Spectacle
- Science on a Sphere is NOAA's trademarked/patented term, but they have free content we could probably use
- Ben: Hopefully our version would be different enough to not infringe their patent … also, NOAA probably wouldn't care enough to sue us
- Brandon thinks we could buy a sphere that comes in two pieces
- Ben wants one that's 75-100 cm
- NOAA's are super expensive and much bigger
- Brandon found a 24-inch foam ball for $62, but we'll try a cheaper 12-inch to test with
Co-conveners/strategy
- Ben: Eric pointed out that if we just had a "naturalistic religion" event, with some "cherish the earth" themes mixed in that would be more likely to attract John Halstead and Mark Green
- And then if they commit, we might get Michael Dowd
- Brandon: This is tough
- I was excited about this because of the people I met at Pantheacon and Steven Wolfe, but I'm getting lukewarm responses
- I also have to think about how to make an event that will be pleasing for Shelley and the boys
- Intimating that big names might show up worked well for getting Recent Changes Camp off the ground … but I don't really want it to be that way for this event … I want it to work for regular people, not be about "rock stars"
YayLifeTri
- Ben: Can we throw one together?
- Probably not in Brothers, because getting enough bikes there would probably be too much hassle
Evaluation
- Brandon … I had too many browser tabs open … feeling like there's a lot to do, and enjoying it but feeling a little worried
- Ben … I sort of just want to quote/paraphrase Joanna Macy “Whether we feel hopeful or hopeless on any given day we should just be committed to the work” … and I feel like we’re committed to having an awesome event in August, so let’s just do it! Imagine if someone had walked up to Frodo Baggins at the start of his quest and asked “Do you feel hopeful?” Frodo would say something like “Get out of my way, I’ve got something to do!”
Closing Blessing
We close this space having done good work, having renewed our connection and friendship and our sense of meaning. We hold these things in our hearts until we can do this again.
-- Blessed Be