SeedVillage: [[Power, Decision-making, and Governance]] ... [[Basement Contractors]]
Goals: [[SolSeed Goals]]
== Agenda ==
* Check In
* Review WWWs
* Review Agenda
* Tabulate hours and $$ given to others
* Next Service Logistics
* Winter Solstice
* Meetup date
* Awakening Science Foundation report
* Video(s)
* Evaluation
== Check In ==
* Ben ... now a member of the get money out of politics working group at Occupy Seattle
* Sequoia ... still pretty into helicopters ... rockets not so much
* Shelley ... omnifocus is working well to manage my tasks and I feel good about that
* Brandon ... tired
== WWWs from last time ==
* <s>Brandon ... cultivate 100yss community (to report back about) ... by next call
* Brandon ... recreate revised SolSeed Meetup description and send email ... by tonight
* Shelley ... ping Jerry about bringing the reading for the next service ... by tonight
* Shelley ... ask someone from Rose City Astronomers about seeing stars on the Solstice ... by next call (no response yet)
* Ben ... look up sunset time for the Solstice ... by next call</s>
== WWWs ==
* Brandon ... schedule something for the meetup (January) ... by next call
* Brandon ... schedule Nick for a conversation about SolSeed ... by next call
* Shelley ... prepare the next service ... by next service
* Ben ... write up description of the Solstice event ... by next call
* Ben ... send message for Lori to Shelley ... by next call
== Tabulate hours and $$ given to others (not SolSeed) in the past week ==
* Ben: 5 hrs at activist events to get money out of politics
* Brandon and Shelley: 5 hrs with Buckman Community Association, $5 to Unity Church
== Next Service Logistics ==
:Saturday November 19, 2011 ... Shelley
:Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben
== Winter Solstice ==
Schedule of events
* Make the hot chocolate and wasale
* Optional meet at [[Seed Village]] at 4:30 (just after sunset)
* Meet at Mt. Taber at 5 PM
* Dark hike (with red flashlights) with hope of seeing stars
** Hot chocolate and a snack at the top (dried fruit, homeade crackers, etc)
* Arrive back at house no later than 7 PM
* Semiformal sit-down dinner
* Party
* Service
** Darkness ceremony
Who are we inviting?
* Brandon: No total strangers
* Shelley: No neighbors or co-workers
* Brainstorming
** 4 Brandon, Shelley, Ben, Sequoia
** 2 Ben's parents (likely)
** 2 Shelley's dad (Shelley is asking him now)
** 2 Arthur and Mickki? (may be in town)
** 4 Meg and Lyric?
** 4 Heather and John?
** 18 total
Mission of the event
* Celebrate the Solstice
* Have a meaningful ritual that inspires reverence for life, connectedness
Stuff we need
* Handmade invitations
* Flashlights that shine red light
* Hot chocolate
* Dried fruit, granola bars, and/or homemade crackers
* Yule log
== Meetup date ==
Saturday January 7th, starting at 6 PM
== Awakening Science Foundation ==
Trying to get our board together
* $1000/yr contribution required
* Two fairly locked-in members, two potential ones, and two more sort of courting
Inquiry to Templeton Foundation for a grant
* Should hear back in November
* It takes at least six months to get money from a grant
New video released this past week
Brandon will try to talk to some of the potential members (people who were inspired by the videos) before putting up a website
* Find out how to appeal to people who would donate to Science Action Network
Twice-a-week meetings between Brandon and John B continue
Brandon did a draft budget, which looks worrisome
== Video(s) ==
It occurred to Ben that working on his proposed video for Lori's song might help motivate her to work on a song for our video
* Shelley thinks Ben should post on Lori's Facebook page
We could consider hiring John B to do an auto-tuned song
* Would cost less if Ben still does the visuals
== Evaluation ==
* Shelley ... I was in a terrible mood when we started and now I feel great
* Ben ... really glad that Shelley is excited
* Brandon ... was tired when we started this call, now convinced I won't have to sleep ever again ... also, I really really like it when we have all the WWWs crossed off