August 23, 2010: Online Work Bee

== Agenda == * Check In * Review WWWs * Review [[OnePagePlan]] * Conferences/Conventions * Newsletters * Equinox Celebration * Backyard cottage * SpaceWiki * Book == Check In == * [[Brandon]]: Really enjoying working on SpaceWiki ... could easily put in many hours on it * [[Shelley]]: Had a really nice day with Sequoia, sore from the triathlon yesterday ... her triad is going to reconvene * [[Sequoia]]: 10 months old, feels like a big boy * [[Ben]]: Had ups and downs ... at work made progress on small bugs that make the app look better (icons that aren't fuzzy) ... intermittently worrying about political and environmental stuff == WWWs from last time == * <s>Shelley ... contact Mark about doing opening words at the next service ... by next call * Brandon ... leave a grateful and inspiring comment on both blogs where SpaceWiki was mentioned ... by Thursday night</s> * Brandon ... setup time to talk to Chris about [[ArchitectScorecard]] ... by Saturday * <s>Ben ... start on the [[ArchitectScorecard]] page ... by Saturday * Ben ... tend the SpaceWiki.com community (2 comments at least) ... by next call * Ben ... add to Brandon's comments on the blogs ... by next call * Ben ... add up all the words for the book that we've added this quarter ... by next call</s> == [[OnePagePlan]] == === Goals (1 Year) === * Income run rate of $100,000/year (~$9000/month) -- Brandon is really worried about that ** Need to incorporate a business ** September 2 is the closing deadline for this year's SBIR application process ... not happening ** Focus on this in 4th quarter ''No other changes'' == Conferences/Conventions == * Space industry ** Looks like we're not doing the [http://leeward.crowdvine.com/ Puerto Rico Space Congress] * Sci-fi conventions ** Brandon doesn't think those are very fruitful compared to other types ... maybe because they're not about the real world * Environmental, intentional communities ** [http://www.bioneers.org/conference Bioneers]: San Rafael, CA, October 15th-17th (Friday-Sunday) *** Maybe just Saturday & Sunday ... Shelley definitely can't do Friday ** Could we invite SolSeed members from more than just the Pacific NW to meet up at one of these, in lieu of a big unconference we organize ourselves? == Newsletters == === SolSeed August newsletter === * Major point for the upcoming Equinox celebration * Second mural painting at the sponsored neighborhood picnic * Update on the SolSeed book projects === First Eco-Village list message === * Get Matthew and Molly to write something? * Talk about the constitution-like document we've been working on == Equinox Celebration == * Should it be right on the Equinox? ** Shelley: Yes ... otherwise what's the point? ... if it's just me and Brandon, so be it ** Ben: Maybe ... on the other hand, it would be nice to have more participants ... otherwise it doesn't seem all that meaningful ** Brandon: Even if it is Wednesday night, we could probably get Matthew, Molly, Gus, David, some others * Purpose? ** Shelley: Serving the needs of the people ... whoever comes is the right people ... we can talk about [[The Destiny]], but don't do anything resembling marketing ... be who we say we are first, ''then'' do outreach in a different venue ** Brandon: Bundle it with enough meaningful progress on the backyard cottage to get Ben down here? ... I could drive up to Seattle and pick Ben up == Backyard Cottage == * Brandon talked to neighbors about architects ... don't necessarily have to talk to Chris * [[ArchitectScorecard]] is a good place to start ** We should make a list of potential architects and evaluate them against it *** How much can we do without talking to them? *** Brandon already knows a lot about some nearby architects ** Brandon has used a scorecard to good effect in hiring at work == SpaceWiki == * Ask for sponsorship for the site itself, not so much for events? (since the next one will not be for awhile) ** For the caricatures? ** For the benefit of our work developing the wiki? * Currently we don't get many hits/day, but a sponsor could help with that by linking to us * Work on the Events page, which will help determine which event to go to next ** Then we can focus on getting sponsorship for that event == Book == * Do we want poems? ** Brandon says the current [[SolSeed book]] is one book within the "larger book" that will include poems and songs and litanies for services, etc. === Current stats === * Introduction: '''601''' words, not counting a 20-word bracketed comment * Chapter 1: '''564''' words added during 3rd quarter 2010 (852 other words), not counting a 4-word to-do note * Chapter 2: '''361''' words added during 3rd quarter 2010 (485 other words) * Chapter 3: '''719''' words * Chapter 4: '''461''' words Total for 3rd quarter 2010: '''2706''' words in the first 7 weeks, for an average of '''386.6''' words/week Grand total: 4043 words ==WWWs== * Brandon ... ping KMF about children's book ... by tomorrow * Brandon ... send more $ to Ryan ... by tomorrow * Brandon ... email Christine and Orange Splot ... by next call * Brandon ... reach out to 5 people to ask about the best space-industry events for us ... by next call * Brandon ... write 500 words on the [[SolSeed book]] ... by next call * Shelley ... send email to save the date for the Equinox ... by next call * Shelley ... set up the tour with Matthew and Molly ... by next call * Shelley ... spend 1/2 hour looking up resources for the services that could go into the "larger book" ... by Saturday * Brandon & Shelley ... figure out what would work (if anything) w.r.t. Bioneers ... by next call * Ben ... do an internet search for architects in Portland who might match some criteria on the [[ArchitectScorecard]] ... by next call * Ben ... stub out some space-industry event pages and the central page that links to them ... by next call * Ben ... write at least 300 words on the [[SolSeed book]] ... by next call * Ben ... draft the August newsletter ... by next call