== Agenda ==
* Check In
* Review WWWs
* Review Agenda
* Weekly Events Logistics
* Solstice
** Menu
** Theme
* Book
* Evaluation
== Check In ==
* Brandon ... sick
* Shelley ... we got our Christmas/Yule tree today ... it's out on the car getting rained on
* Ren ... also sick
* Eric ... I'm good, glad to be in the basement where I can't see how gray and rainy and cold it is
* Ben ... Sad that my internet is down which is why I am giving you guys a virtual tour of Seattle. Did see a good movie about an hour ago at the Pacific Science Center (.1 km behind me) with exploding butterflies which I emailed Paul Krafel about.
* Sequoia ... zzz
== WWWs from last time ==
* Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* <s>Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Ben ... reserve frickin' bus tickets ... by next call
* Shelley ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Eric... learn about the Git command line ... by next call</s>
== WWW ==
* Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Brandon ... order some larger rocket motors ... by next call
* Brandon ... get a rocket to pass (speaking object?) ... by next call
* Brandon ... spend 1 hour on the book ... by next call
* Shelley ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Shelley ... plan out when to buy, when to cook for each menu item ... by next week
* Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Eric ... make a substantive commit on the book ... by next call
* Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Ben ... make a substantive commit on the book ... by next call
== Weekly Events Logistics ==
: Service Saturday December 8, 9 am PST 12:00 EST ... (Brandon)
: Saturday December 15, we'll try 3:30 pm PST 18:30 EST (Eric)
: Rotation: Brandon, Eric, Shelley, Ben
Work-Bee Sunday December 9, 1:30 pm PST 16:30 EST
:In-person service with Vliets: Saturday 10:30 am
:Seeing Nature Readings and Practices: None this week, next is December 16th.
== Solstice ==
* Likely to be a small, intimate gathering
* No paper invitations this year
=== Menu ===
* Broccoli
* Salad (special!)
* Yams
* Dressing with cranberry chutney
* Squash stuffed with wild rice
* Rolls
* Seasonal Nog
* Pumpkin Pie with Ice Cream and real whipped cream
* Apple Pie
* Martinellis
* Coffee ... decaff and caff
* Other hot drinks
* Hot mulled cider
=== Theme ===
* Decorations
** Little rocket ships hung from the ceiling on a chain like a garland (after we launched them earlier that day)
** Woodsy things like holly
** Yule tree ... put rocket engines on it?
*** http://www.telovation.com/photos/christmas-tree-rocket.jpg
*** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LgDvwMfnak
* Enlist Carol and Vicki's help for the conversation
* Start light, but eventually deepen the conversation
** Start out with things that each person will no doubt have a story that goes with it
** "Tell us about a time when you ..."
** But then move into deeper conversation, like what we want for ourselves and our community(ies)
** Have the table as one conversation for much of the evening
* Have several topics set out ahead of time
** Darkness and light
** Space travel
** What important things have happened this year
** What directions do we see ourselves sending our "rockets"
** Any physical places we want to go e.g., 'Algonquin'
** What is your launching pad (where do you feel safest to vision and dream)?
** What journey are you on, and what journey would you like to be on?
* Participatory event (possibly to start the evening)
** Everyone has a new glass of martinellis to drink ... pour contents back into the punch bowl ... all our thoughts, wishes, etc are mingled in this bowl ... and then we re-dish out
** Symbolic words when pouring for each other, e.g. "We bring life to you"
== Book ==
* Brandon likes starting with "A Book of Life, v0.1" and letting it continue to grow
* Could we eventually include ''Seeing Nature'' and even the ''Parables'' books?
* Eric needs to know how to copy and paste in Powershell
== Evaluation ==
* Shelley ... I feel good about our decision to deepen the conversation at dinner and our method for doing so ... I also feel good that Ren just fell asleep
* Ben ... I feel distracted, find it difficult to hear people and concentrate with noise and frustrated. (Shelley wishes you a healed internet soon)
* Brandon ... I just want to work on dubdubs and heal myself. (Ben wishes you a healed self soon)
* Eric ... I feel like I'm going to git up this learning curve soon (Shelley: did he say he's coming to visit soon?) I'm hoping to add this conversation piece to my end of things (possibly to the wine-and-cheese portion)