March 6, 2011: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda == * Check In * Review WWWs * SpaceWiki: Make a schedule of events for the year * Seed Village: Start reverse timeline * Earth Day * Equinox Celebration == Check In == * Brandon ... "old" ... been injuring myself playing basketball * Shelley ... went to the snow this weekend, that was fun ... I have equanimity * Sequoia ... putting him to sleep was smooth ... Brandon sang him a bunch of new songs ... Sequoia had fun in the snow too * Ben ... Had a good day ... Emerald City Comicon ... yesterday was miserable (hadn't paid March rent yet) ... missed the cool parts of Comicon ... internet got installed * Petra ... furry == WWWs from last time == * <s>Brandon ... send Shelley her WWWs ... tonight * Brandon ... create DVD of [[Pick a Future]] to send to Lori ... by next call * Brandon ... ping Kevin about Happy in the Sun ... by Wednesday * Brandon and Shelley ... send invitation for City Repair Team Interest brunch, including a save the date for the equinox ... by tonight * Brandon and Shelley ... discuss the [[Seed Village]] plan ... tomorrow night</s> * Brandon ... invite all members by declaration to join the conversation ... by next call * Brandon ... another test copy of "Happy in the Sun" ... by next call * Brandon ... ask John to level up ... by next call * Brandon ... Convene the co-conveners for [[Kindred 2011]] ... by next call * <s>Shelley ... notify Meg, Heather about brunch and equinox ... by tomorrow * Shelley ... notify Laura about brunch and equinox ... by Tuesday * Shelley ... request for vacation around June 21 ... by next call * Shelley ... make revision of the "who we are" ... by next call * Ben ... survive move to new apartment ... by next call * Ben ... create rough draft of the SpaceWiki event schedule ... by next call</s> == Space conferences: Make a schedule for the year == * Brandon is probably going by himself to the SBIR Conference April 10-12, Madison Wisconsin ** Not a SpaceWiki thing ... focused on space catapult project * NewSpace Conference: July 28-31st, NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA ** We can't go ourselves ... get interns or somebody to represent us there? ** We could get the badges they hand out to include our caricatures * Space Elevator Conference: August 12-14, Redmond, WA * <s>AIAA: September 29 (too close to equinox, too large)</s> * SpaceVision: October 27-30, Boulder Colorado == [[Seed Village]] == === Partial reverse timeline === * March 25, 2012 ... The landscaping is completed * February 25, 2012 ... Move-in * January 25, 2012 ... Hardscape is completed * December 25, 2011 ... The Seed Pod and covered walkway is completed * June 25, 2011 ... workable blueprints for the Seed Pod complete * May 27-June 5, 2011 ... Bike shelter built by our VBC group? * May 8, 2011 ... workable blueprints for the bike shelter complete * May 1, 2011 ... Concept plans for shelter and ADU complete * April 10, 2011 ... Concept plans far enough along to show at Earth Day * March 25, 2011 ... Contract and Financing Determined * March 19, 2011 ... Architects Chosen and Process/Timeline Agreed Upon * March 19, 2011 ... Contract with Ben Agreed Upon === Ben/Sanders Contract concept === * Ben makes a deposit now for after condo-conversion * 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 mortgage for the ADU condo ... is one needed for such a small dwelling? * Earthy and/or techno-exuberant in aesthetic ... green in construction and built to last === 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?) == Earth Day == * Gus ... Green Grange, ET Agriculture * Unifying theme: the value of thinking globally, looking at Earth from above? == Equinox Hike == * 10 AM (March 20): convene at the [[Seed Village]] and carpool to a hike ** The same one Brandon and Shelley did on their wedding * Everyone brings a sack lunch ==WWWs== * 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 on progress on Happy in the Sun ... by next call * Brandon ... ask John to lunch/coffee ... by next call * 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 * Shelley ... Get ahold of Molly, Sabin Green contact, earth day theme (face-painting and tee-shirts?) ... by tonight * 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 * Ben ... Get Daybreak bylaws and look them over ... by next call * 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