== Agenda ==
* Norwescon scuttlebutt
* Earth Day
**Plans for Earth Day vs a service
* Disney
* April newsletter
* Triads
== Norwescon scuttlebutt ==
* 9 new email list members, 1 new member of the wiki
* Should have talked to the Mars Society people more
* [[Ben]] talked to Cory Doctorow and Richard Lovett, and was vocal in a panel where Vernor Vinge and other big SF writers were panelists
* [[Shelley]] gave a copy of ''Parable of the Sower'' to Heather (I promised never to use her last name online, which reminds me I need to go delete it off the SolSeed Services page. Heather who spoke of Balance at our last Service)
== Earth Day ==
* They want interactive booths
** We could use learnings from NorWesCon
** Galaxy-shaped dirt tray for visitors to plant seeds in
* [[KatieV]] has a recycling robot that we could maybe borrow
* Goals for Earth Day (expecting about 3000 people to come through between 10am and 7pm)
** 5 people talked to meaningfully per hour
** Get Mark involved
** Involve folks who are resonant with the eco-village concept and have already been part of our community (Buckman)
* Pick a project that would inspire normal Earth Day celebrators ... that SolSeed could do as a gesture of goodwill and build some momentum among its members and friends without requiring any commitment for the future
** Trash pickup?
** All of us are pledging to reduce our carbon footprint by so much
** Learning to live with less water
** Petition stating "Possibility is alive in South East Portland: I'm on the side of greater possibility" ... vague but easy ...
=== Art project strategy ===
*[[Bringing life]], a vague idea that connects to the spirit of Earth Day
*For SolSeed, [[Bringing life]] means some particular things (eco-village, going to space, etc)
*What we're asking people to do is not to necessarily join our group, but to identify themselves as kindred
** by stating what possibilities they want to nurture, or drawing a picture of it on a small piece of a big blank poster
** by making a mental switch to saying "Who I am is somebody who is open to possibilities that bring life." This is the first step to having people be interested in SolSeed.
* People could get stickers or hand stamps saying "I bring life!"
* Get Stacey and Kevin to do the whole thing?
=== Galaxy planting strategy ===
* Center is an oval pot already planted with white or yellow flowers
* Arms are curved pipes cut in half, empty to start with
* People put a scoop of dirt in an empty spot and then plant a seed
** Bachelor's buttons (small blue flowers)
** Lettuce
== WWWs ==
* Ben:
** Send response to Disney ... by Tuesday
** Print out eco-village visualizations on nice glossy paper ... by next meeting
** Print 200 more trifolds (wording slightly revised to include more events than just conventions) ... by next meeting
** Finish April newsletter ... by next meeting
* Shelley:
** Speak with Mark about the eco-village on April 24 10 am to 7 pm; and have him get involved in the pl the planning, since it's his project.
** Pick a date for dinner with Stacey
** Speak with Stacey about the mural
** Go to Portland Nursery and get lettuce and dirt and a pretty pot with flowers for the center ... by Monday
* Brandon:
** Get a board for the spiral galaxy lettuce planting ... by Tuesday
** Get a board for the Bring Life mural to be drawn on
** Talk to Kevin about the mural