Source: 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