== Agenda ==
* Check-in
* Review WWWs from last time
* Write Agenda
* Equinox ... JC's email
* Service logistics
* Space Elevator Conference
* Spiritual practice
* Evaluate Call
== Check-in ==
* Shelley ... had a fun day windsurfing ... worried I'll fall asleep during the call without laundry to fold
* Ben ... driving self crazy worrying about politics ... the debt ceiling
* Brandon ... tired ... had a fun day
* Sequoia ... sleeping ... being watched on the baby monitor ... also had a very fun day
== WWWs from last time ==
* <s>Shelley ... invite Jerry to next service ... tomorrow
* Shelley ... research 350.org and Moving Planet ... by next call</s>
* Brandon ... call Reach about whether they sell properties ... by next call
* <s>Brandon ... email WWWs to Shelley ... by tonight</s>
* Brandon ... present to Shelley and Ben ... Sunday at 8:30 PM
* <s>Brandon ... make sure the website comes back online ... tonight
* Brandon and Shelley ... take picture of reading Happy in the Sun to Sequoia and send it to Ben ... by Saturday
* Ben ... post the notes on the wiki ... by tomorrow
* Ben ... send out the newsletter ... by Sunday
* Ben ... write 300 words on the book ... by next call
* Ben, Shelley, and Brandon ... read http://www.tarabrach.com/howtomeditate.html and tweak our meditation for the next week</s>
== WWWs ==
* Shelley ... invite Jerry to the service (will be at Jerry's house) ... by tomorrow
* Shelley ... register our event on www.moving-planet.org ... by next call
* Shelley ... check whether on call for 350.org day ... by next call
* Shelley ... invite Heather and Meg ... by next call
* Ben ... look into legal issues of hosting events such as organized bike rides, and insurance ... by next call
* Ben ... add pictures to SpaceWiki for Ryan to caricature ... by Sunday
* Ben ... add more stuff to the Space Elevator article ... by next call
* Brandon ... back up SolSeed.org, TheSanders.us, and SpaceWiki.com ... by next call
* Brandon ... check with SE Uplift about whether we can get in under their insurance rider ... by next call
* Brandon ... respond to Julie about SolSeed events, picnic ... by tomorrow
* Brandon ... upload slides for presentation ... by tomorrow
* Brandon ... send Ben a copy of the slides ... by tonight
* Brandon ... touch base with Ryan ... by next call
== Equinox ==
* 3-mile bike loop starting and ending at OMSI, going over bridges
** Talk about OMSI's history as a fossil-fuel-fired power plant, now transformed
** Maybe a watermelon feed at the end, or in a park in the middle
** Take a picture of bikes and/or watermelons in the shape of the number 350?
*** A bridge or the courthouse could serve as a point to take photos from
*** Maybe take photos of one digit at a time
** Watermelons carried on each bike as an eye-catcher?
=== Julie ===
* in Portland Sept 15-18
* "At a minimum it would be nice to have a picnic together."
== Service logistics ==
10am Saturday July 30, 2011 ... Shelley (unless Jerry wants to lead)
Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben
== Space Elevator Conference ==
* Slides are due tomorrow
* Brandon will do several 1-on-1 practice presentations
** August 9th, 8:30 PM with Ben
* Meanwhile, SpaceWiki needs improvements
** Add articles for things like StarTram, or improve quality of existing articles, one at a time, when we have spare time
** Need outreach strategy to get links
== Spiritual Practice ==
Evaluation of Tara Brach results
* Sitting up straight? Ben had mixed results
* Shelley experimented with position ... has a comfortable position
* Brandon slouches real nice
* Ben ... one thing I like to observe is perspective ... tried meditating on the bus
* Shelley ... liked the gentle way she addressed the techniques (tips and tricks) ... not the thing itself ... presence and awareness is the thing
* Ben ... felt like it helped me yesterday when I was getting worked up about politics ... quiet music, pretty picture etc ... I felt calmer, distracted me from going round and round on the same depressing topics ... don't like thinking about these things (kind of like meta-cognition ... worried it might break my brain)
* Shelley ... my ability to be present and enjoy my day has improved ... also my ability to have a sense of humor about troubles, not get stuck in being mean and upset
* Brandon ... have a lot to do ... plugging away ... unfortunate event with ASF, but was able to roll with it
== Evaluation ==
* Brandon ... don't like the lateness ... don't like Thursday's, like Sunday's better ... but enjoyed the call
* Ben ... I don't like lateness either
* Shelley ... I don't like Thursdays either, and also don't like not having laundry to fold, because it's easier to get distracted