July 7, 2011: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda == * Check In * Review WWWs * Review Agenda * Next Service Logistics * Space Elevator Conference * One Page Plan * Whatever falls out of the One Page Plan (e.g., The Other Book (tm)) * Make [[Seed-Village-Decisions]] about pursuing basement option * Evaluation == Check In == * Shelley ... had such a good day ... strawberry picking with Sequoia * Brandon ... was sick today ... foot is almost healed * Ben ... kind of stressed at work ... juggling lots of tasks ... had nice feedback * Sequoia ... also had a good day ... picked strawberries and blueberries ... played in garden ... kept repeating "Dexter fell ... funny hahaha!" because he saw Dexter fall off the fence == WWWs from last time == * <s>Brandon ... give Jason a status update ... by next call * Shelley ... find camera and upload hike photos ... by Monday * Shelley ... let Jerry know about the next service ... by Tonight</s> == WWWs == * Brandon ... get ticket to space elevator conference ... by July 10 (website was broken today) * Brandon ... invite John to meet us during the Space Elevator Conference ... by tomorrow * Shelley ... invite Jerry to next service ... by tonight * Ben ... contact Bryan and David about Shelley watching Brandon's talk ... by tonight * Ben ... look up mass of Edwards elevator design ... by next call == Next Service Logistics == 10am Saturday July 9, 2011 ... Brandon Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben Shelley will invite Jerry right now == Space Elevator Conference == * Updates to the website? ** A page on the Space Elevator, at a minimum ** Caricatures (and articles) of all the speakers? ** Still considering solutions to the spam problem * Shelley will come up with Sequoia on Saturday, to avoid missing work ** But won't attend the conference ** Brandon can take the train so Shelley can have the car === Brandon's talk: Bootstrap the Space Elevator via Solar Driven Railroad === * Give a partial practice talk on July 16 ** Probably just for Shelley, Jerry, and Ben * Give a complete practice talk on July 24 ** Keith L because he's looked into the tech details ** Someone with good presentation skills * PowerPoint due by July 29 * Presentation on August 14 * Full supporting paper isn't due until August 29 == [[OnePagePlan]] == ===2011 1 Year Goals === * Village: Start construction on either a backyard cottage or a renovated basement living space * Outreach: Two more contributing members * Media: Finish the two books and maintain SpaceWiki * Spiritual practice: Maintain the spiritual practice (weekly service calls, in-person solstice and equinox events) * Service: $10,000 or 200 hour contribution (or some combination) to a service project that brings life * Industry: Apply for an SBIR grant related to launching life to another world (possibly a space catapult) ===2011 3rd Quarter Goals, due 9/30/2011=== Seed Village * Yellow: Get a good sense for the cost of the basement option (practically a bid) * Green: Either decide not to do the basement option, or create concept plans for the basement * Super Green: Get at least two bids for construction of the basement option Outreach * Yellow: Identify one likely Meetup Group in Portland to participate in * Green: Identify at least 4 prospective SolSeed members by declaration by attending meetups for that group * Super Green: Hold a meetup for that group that introduces SolSeed Media * Yellow: ** Attend the Space Elevator Conference with our SpaceWiki table ** Put out a 2nd-Quarter Report newsletter * Green: Brandon gives a talk at the Space Elevator Conference that he's really proud of * Super Green: Publish a draft of SolSeed: Helping Life Thrive, On Earth And Beyond (sans pictures) Spiritual practice * Yellow: Have an equinox celebration * Green: ** Maintain the weekly calls ** Experiment with some sort of daily practice that lasts at least two weeks * Super Green: Interview at least three people in great detail about their reactions to the church concept == Evaluation == * Shelley ... thought we did good (start, all the way through, end) * Ben ... productive, made progress on an actual project, a little sad that we missed an agenda item * Brandon ... I like actually working on things during the call ... more rewarding than discussing future work ... on the other hand, we didn't get WWWs figured out very well as a result