March 13, 2011: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda == * Check In * Review WWWs * Kindred 2011 * Space conferences * Seed Village == Check In == * Ben ... May be sick, got lots of sleep last night (though interrupted at 7am by Birthright Israel phone interview), still really sleepy * Shelley ... Upset, hands are raw and cracked and a ton of laundry to fold * Brandon ... like tsunami water, full of sediment, rough and churny ... not peaceful and at ease * Sequoia ... does not understand "Spring Forward" ... words are improving a lot though * Petra ... furry as usual == WWWs from last time == * <s>Brandon ... Email Shelley all the WWWs ... by tonight * Brandon ... Contact Steve Sibelman to talk about potential lawyers for the HMO ... by next call * Brandon ... Get a call with Ben and Jason together (Saturday Evening 8:30, Tuesday Evening 8:30, Wednesday Evening 8:30) * Brandon ... invite all members by declaration to join the conversation ... by next call * Brandon ... ping Kevin again (twice) on progress on Happy in the Sun ... by next call * Brandon ... ask John to lunch/coffee ... by next call</s> * Brandon ... Convene the co-conveners for [[Kindred 2011]] ... by next call * Shelley ... Contact Sabin Green guy to ask how they structured their deal, the steps they followed, how they converted to a condo association ... by tomorrow (couldn't find contact info) * Shelley ... Get ahold of Molly, Sabin Green contact, earth day theme (face-painting and tee-shirts?) ... by tonight (she hasn't responded yet) * <s>Shelley ... Contact Jerry about hike and next service ... by tonight * Ben ... Tell Gus that we want to have a strategy session where we work out a theme and feel to unify everyone in our Earth Day booth ... by Tuesday * Ben ... Prepare the next service call ... by Saturday morning</s> * Ben ... Get Daybreak bylaws and look them over ... by next call * <s>Brandon, Shelley, Ben ... get examples of the aesthetic and scale we're thinking of for the ADU (sketches, or pictures, or???) ... by next call * Brandon, Shelley, Ben ... fill in numbers for the contract sketch to communicate deposit, loan, and mortgage ... by next call</s> == Kindred 2011 == * Brandon is thinking this may be too much to tackle this year ** Shelley agrees 100% ** The energy it would take needs to go to the business * We'll still do something on the Solstice, but way less formal and with no other organizations invited * We're kind of doing a mini-Kindred with the Earth Day event == Space conferences == * Brandon decided not to go to the SBIR Conference after all ** Not worth the money, time, and family capital required == [[Seed Village]] == * Some of the notes from this are stored on Ben's computer === Ben/Sanders Contract concept === * Ben makes a deposit now for after condo-conversion ... $15k ... basically 10% of total budgeted costs * Estimated Soft Costs: Brandon $20-25k, Shelley $40-70k * Estimated Hard Costs: Brandon $110-130k, Shelley $80-110k * Shelley and Brandon get loan for all construction costs * We build the ADU * Convert entire property into condo association ... can we? * Ben's deposit converts into down-payment on the ADU condo * Ben gets a mortage for the ADU condo ... about $1100 per month? === Condo Association Bylaws === * Protection for the community when someone sells (right of first refusal at a minimum) * Protection for the equity of the condo owners (right to sell at market value?) ==WWWs== * Brandon ... contact TypeWith.Me about lost SeedVillage page ... by next call * Brandon ... let Gus, Andrew, Ted, Arthur, Mickki, and Mercer know about lack of Kindred 2011 plans ... by next call * Shelley ... work on ritual for Equinox and share a draft with Brandon and Ben ... by Sunday * Shelley ... send out an invitation reminder ... tonight * Ben ... Get Daybreak bylaws and look them over ... by next call