November 8, 2010: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda == * Check In * Review WWWs * OnePagePlan * Books * SpaceVision ... report and followup * Seed 2011 * Services == Check In == * Shelley ... has a friend who thinks humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs ... feels good ... working really hard to get grand rounds done on Tuesday Nov 16 (presentation about a study on some interns) ... Brandon supportive * Sequoia ... zzzZZZzzz ... had photos taken today ... he was cute (as usual) * Ben ... mostly recovered from trip ... work continues to be weird ... trying to figure out what to do that is useful ... learning to be good at self-direction * Brandon ... got a lot done today on the Oregon FTW project and felt good about that == WWWs from last time == * <s>Brandon ... get together portraits/hardware shots for sponsors and program committee ... by Thursday * Brandon ... get our existing caricatures printed out somehow ... by tomorrow * Brandon ... get battery for laptop ... by Thursday * Brandon ... reserve motel room ... by tomorrow * Brandon ... make sure the SpaceWiki sign-up script is working, maybe update it ... by Thursday</s> * Brandon ... upgrade MediaWiki on the SpaceWiki website ... by Thursday * <s>Ben ... invite Julie to the service calls ... by Sunday * Ben ... prepare script for the service ... by Sunday * Ben ... print out a campus map ... by tonight * Ben ... find portraits of conference speakers and put them on Ryan's page ... by Thursday</s> * Ben ... check out the Church of Reality ... by call after next * <s>Shelley ... research Meebo or possibly Skype for multi-way videoconference ... by Thursday</s> * Shelley ... write a draft Craigslist ad for potential [[SolSeedVillage]] members ... by next call * Shelley ... do invitation for Longest Night Festival 2 ... by Thanksgiving * <s>Shelley ... call Falcon's Crest Lodge to see if they have a Saturday-Monday time slot open ... by next call</s> == [[OnePagePlan]] == === 4th Quarter Goals === * Spiritual Practice: ** Yellow: Solstice celebration ... UnConference moved to 1st quarter 2011 ** No other change == Books == * Brandon will create a publication plan this week to publish the children's book by Thanksgiving * Brandon's vision for the bigger book: ** Title: ''SolSeed: The Book of Life'' ** Includes kid's book, big book, some hymns and poems *** Useful as material for services ** Publish a new version maybe every year ... only a few copies for core members ** How to write it? *** On the wiki? ... formatting and poem copyrights could be issues *** Brandon hates working with MS Word *** OpenOffice? ** Parts of it (like the [[SolSeed book|"big book"]]) can be published in other ways * Purpose of the "big book" ** So people who resonate with [[The Destiny]] might discover us *** Ex. we could a copy in each bag handed out to attendees of a convention *** Carry copies around with us to hand out to people who might be kindred *** Making it short and having a good hook in the intro and inspiring pictures would be good for this ** To inspire the current members *** Or at any rate, only people who are already really interested *** In this version, the trifolds (and wiki) serve the purpose of initially drawing people in *** Shelley is okay if we don't go this way as long as the bigger book, ''The Book of Life,'' is just for us == SpaceVision followup == * Ping the NASA outreach guy * Ping the moon society guy ... see about getting reciprocal links going * Ping Chris Carberry at Explore Mars * Ping Will Watson about the directory of businesses * Ping Steve Brody about the eMBA from ISU * Ping Larry from Jacobs about something * Ping Rick Hanton about [[SpaceWiki]] contest and SEDs promotion (Brandon's favorite idea) ** $1000 for the SEDS chapter that contributes most meaningfully to SpaceWiki over maybe 2 months ** Maybe $500 for second place ** Send out notes every 2 weeks about who's in the lead * Make sure the SpaceWiki sign-up script is working, maybe update it * Upgrade MediaWiki on http://SpaceWiki.com * Look into Space Access Society Conference and others * Think about cube-sats for future SolSeed business? == Unconference Event == * [http://amajesticmountainretreat.com/ Majestic Mountain Retreat] instead of Falcon's Crest ** Smaller ... might only sleep 14-16 (not counting sleeping bags) ** Not in a town ... could be a disadvantage if we need supplies ** Cheaper than Falcon's Crest, even with fees for each additional person after first 4 * Be more choosy about who we invite? ** Advertise widely and have people apply for spots? ** Charging people to cover costs would also help give us a high selection bar ** Scholarships for people who write stuff on SpaceWiki? ==WWWs== * Brandon ... content for next week's service ... * Brandon ... upgrade MediaWiki on the SpaceWiki website ... by call after next * Brandon ... create plan with Kevin to publish children's book ... by Wednesday * Brandon ... email Shelley WWWs ... right after call * Brandon ... print out the current version of the [[SolSeed book]] ... by next call * Brandon ... organize date with Shelley to read book and discuss (perhaps on Thursday on way to Eugene) ... by next call * Brandon ... Ping Rick Hanton about SpaceWiki contest and SEDs promotion ... by next call * Ben ... reorganize [[SolSeed book]] table of contents ... by tonight * Ben ... gather some royalty-free images for the book (IStockPhoto, Getty Images) ... by next call * Ben ... write 500 words for the book ... by next call * Ben ... add NewSpace and SpaceVision to the SpaceWiki main page ... by next call * Ben ... check out the Church of Reality ... by next call * Shelley ... create a system for checking WWWs ... by next call * Shelley ... write a draft Craigslist ad for potential [[SolSeedVillage]] members ... by next call * Shelley ... do invitation for Longest Night Festival 2 ... by Thanksgiving * Shelley ... contact Majestic Mountain Retreat for dates and to verify how many it sleeps ... by next call * Shelley ... start forcing bulbs for Seed 2011 ==Closing Words== Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. : - Howard Thurman