== Agenda ==
* Check In
* Review WWWs
* Review Agenda
* Next Service Logistics
* 1 hr Book Club - Seed Village
* Decide on Solstice
* Symphony of Science update
* Evaluation
== Check In ==
* Ben ... trying to get less scared and more excited for the trip ... leaving Saturday ... Shelley asks Ben to take pictures and do a slideshow
* Brandon ... made it through a hectic week ... very excited about Symphony of Science connection ... looking forward to having work bee meetings in person
* Shelley ... normally really hate Mother's Day, but had a wonderful Mother's Day this year ... brunch with family
* Sequoia ... has an incredible vocabulary, new words every day ... seems to be thriving
== WWWs from last time ==
* Shelley ... invite Jerry to do the next service ... by tomorrow
* Shelley ... identify and contact the one person she signed up ... by Thursday (possibly Monday)
* Shelley ... take a picture of the lettuce ... by Monday
* Shelley ... create a lettuce picture reminder system ... by Tonight
* Brandon and Shelley ... finish community stories ... by next call
* Brandon and Shelley ... finish reading the book ... by next call
* Brandon, Shelley, and Ben ... review the book, by next call
* Brandon ... get the data on the sign-up sheet to Shelley and Ben ... by Monday
* Brandon ... write one paragraph about the "Orbital Railway Act of 2012" ... by next call
* Ben ... identify and contact one or possibly two people who signed up ... by Monday
* Ben ... create a page for the [[Earth Day 2011]] event on the wiki ... by next call
* Ben ... send a link to Gus of the newly created Earth Day page with another hearty thanks ... by next call
* Ben ... create a "SpaceWiki Calendar" (or something) page on SpaceWiki.com with our plans ... by next call
* Ben ... recontact the Space Elevator guy at Microsoft ... by next call
== Review Agenda ==
== Next Service Logistics ==
6:30pm Friday, May 13, 2011 ... Shelley
Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben
== 1 hr Book Club Call - Seed Village ==
* Memorial Day Weekend
** Shelley and Brandon drive up Saturday morning
** Shelley and Brandon drive back down Monday morning
** See Todd and Casey
** See John Boswell (Symphony of Science)
** Ben's Larp is Sunday afternoon
* Extended Seed Village meeting
** Are we the right people for community? Personal inventories -- Ben
*** Read our stories and discuss
** Vision and goals -- Shelley
** Power, Decision-making, and Governance -- Brandon
*** Bring Ted as an expert?
** NVC, Consensus, ... Communications Training
** Legal entity
=== Daybreak ===
Questions
*Could we get contiguous units?
*Which units (and how many) remain?
*What would happen if/when SolSeed grows beyond Daybreak?
Statements
*We would have to agree to everything on their charter; then to be "in SolSeed" members would have additional constraints (believing in science; wanting to bring life into space)
Cons
* Ben:
** Embedding a space-related sub-community seems challenging
*** Would be nice to all be next to each other, if possible
*** Weird power dynamics with the larger community leadership
** Still quite pricey to move in, especially for Ben (who can't sell a house to help pay for it)
* Brandon:
** Miss the garden
** Proximity to park and school (Daybreak does have its own small park and children's play toys)
* Shelley:
** North Portland location -- is it safe? It's further from my family.
** School for Sequoia -- Spanish immersion available but 10 block walk vs. 1 block for arts school
** Day care for Sequoia is in N Portland through year 3, but we'd planned to be in walking distance for ages 3-6 and now would NOT be.
** Weird social dynamics with people not understanding our vision
** Attached to house where we birthed Sequoia; garden too
** Love my current commute -- not sure if this one OK for bike
** Spending a lot of work hours in meetings and on the grounds of a community that takes "second place" in our hearts compared with SolSeed
Pros
* They do have lots of existing infrastructure (opportunity cost)
** We wouldn't have to build anything
** We wouldn't have to develop the legal entities and those sorts of things
** Would help us solve the problem of where Sequoia would live when he's older, etc.
* Brandon:
** Get to live with Ted; he is a SolSeed member and would probably contribute if we lived together; one of my best friends
** New, sustainably developed, unlike our house
** Maybe someone there will discover us and become a member
* A lot more flexible for Ben's timeline (move in date; also if he starts a family)
* Shelley:
** Potentially a lower mortgage; fits my values of spending less on ourselves and more on "projects" we care about
** Less hassle with construction (disruption to our lives)
** SolSeed events could occur in the shared common space
** Three other kids Sequoia's age; could share childcare and raise our son in a village
== Decide on Solstice ==
* Decide on hike on Saturday June 19
* On the day of the Solstice we'll do a neighborhood picnic (Tuesday June 21)
== Symphony of Science update ==
* Brandon is working on a partnership where the Symphony of Science videos will include links to SolSeed
** The link to SolSeed would include another video about the circles of commitment and "an alternative to religion"
** From there, link to a sign-up for a small monthly donation
** Goal: 0.01% of people who view the video donate
* We would create a nonprofit that John would work for, which would own the rights to his content
** The result might not be SolSeed ... the SolSeed Movement would be a subset?
== Evaluation ==
* Ben ... we discussed a variety of stuff ... it worked, although it was a bit long
* Shelley ... the intellectual content gets precedent over the emotional content ... we should consider at least naming the emotional content more often
* Brandon ... pretty good call
==WWWs==
* Brandon ... decide whether to submit abstract for Space Elevator conference ... by Monday
* Brandon ... schedule an in person with John Boswell for Memorial day weekend ... by Tuesday
* Brandon ... send copy of invoice to Ben ... by Monday
* Brandon ... draft agenda for Power, Decision-making, and Governance section of meeting ... by next Sunday
* Brandon ... contact the remaining people on our list from Earth Day ... by Wednesday
* Shelley ... schedule with Todd and Casey for Memorial day weekend ... by Tuesday
* Shelley ... if U expresses interest, suggest and orientation meeting with Brandon
* Shelley ... to F: want to clearly communicate our vision and clearly understand hers so that we can route people to each other, currently overextended and unable to co-convene, happy to be members of the meetup group
* Shelley ... draft agenda for Vision and Goals section ... by next call
* Ben ... test Kindle with EtherPad ... by Friday
* Ben ... mail a check for 1/3 of the invoice amount ... by Tuesday
* Ben ... draft agenda for Personal Inventories section ... by next call
* Ben ... move these notes to the wiki ... by Monday