== Agenda ==
* Check In
* Review WWWs
* Review Agenda
* Weekly Events Logistics
* Winter Solstice
* Book
== Check In ==
* Ren ... eeehhh
* Sequoia ... zzzZZZzzz
* Patrick ... tap tap tap (video game)
* Shelley ... ahhh, <laughs> I'm well thank you, ahhh
* Petra ... purrrr
* Ben ... feeling accomplished and also at the same time really worried at the stuff I still have to do
* Eric ... crazy busy weekend, lots of fun, but I didn't get a lot of things done that needed doing ... uhh, so oh well
* Brandon ... I'm sleepy and I'm in a funk (not a bad funk, more of a funklet) ... I finished 44 weeks of weight loss and lost 43 pounds.
== WWWs from last time ==
* <s>Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s>
* Brandon ... order some larger rocket motors ... by next call
* Brandon ... get a rocket to pass (speaking object?) ... by next call
* <s>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</s>
* Shelley ... plan out when to buy, when to cook for each menu item ... by next week
* <s>Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s>
* Eric ... make a substantive commit on the book ... by next call (I plead the fifth)
* Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* <s>Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Ben ... make a substantive commit on the book ... by next call</s>
== WWWs ==
* Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Ben ... 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
* Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Brandon ... take some pictures of the hard copy of the book ... by next call
* Brandon ... go shopping for the Solstice ... Tuesday the 18th and Thursday the 20th
* Shelley ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Shelley ... seek to change attending block around the summer solstice ... by next call
== Summer Solstice ==
* Algonquin Park in Ontario: booking opens in February and fills up within a month
** Sometimes there are a lot of blackflies at the time of the Solstice ... midsummer might be better
== Weekly Events Logistics ==
: Service Saturday December 15, 3:30 pm PST 18:30 EST (Eric)
: Rotation: Brandon, Eric, Shelley, Ben
Work-Bee Sunday December 16, 1:30 pm PST 16:30 EST
:In-person service with Vliets: Saturday 9:30 am
:Seeing Nature Readings and Practices: next is December 16th.
== Winter Solstice ==
=== Menu ===
buy everything not otherwise noted on 14th
* Broccoli for 8-12 people (buy on 20th)
* Salad (special!) (clementines, avocado, parmesan) buy on 20th
* Yams (12) (monday)
* Dressing with cranberry chutney (monday)
* Squash stuffed with wild rice
* Rolls (thursday or friday)
* Seasonal Nog
* Pumpkin Pie (thursday) with Ice Cream and real whipped cream (friday)
* Apple Pie (thursday)
* Martinellis
* Coffee ... decaff and caff
* Other hot drinks
* Hot mulled cider
When to make stuff
* Monday: Dressing and chutney, yams, squash
* Thursday: Pies, rolls?
* Friday: Salad, broccoli, rolls?, whipped cream
=== Schedule ===
* Thursday the 20th
** Sanders prepare for rockets and dinner
** Sanders pack for trip to Canby
** Ben arrives from Portland 10:30 PM
* Friday the 21st (Solstice)
** Ben will come down to Portland on Friday morning if it's not Thursday evening
** Maybe some fun in the morning, e.g. a trip to OMSI
** Launch rockets starting at 3:30 PM
** Eat at 6 PM
* Saturday the 22nd (Sabbath)
** Service as usual at 9 AM PST, 12 EST
** Ben needs to be at PDX by 11 AM on Saturday December 23
*** Will probably take the MAX, which takes about half an hour
=== Guest list for dinner ===
* Carol (yes) & Vicki
* Malinda & Sergio (yes)
* Forest (Shelley and Sequoia made him a personalized paper invite)
* Mathew & Molly
* Gus
* Hank (said Maybe)
* Amber
* Ben
* Shelley, Brandon, Sequoia, Ren
* Mickki
=== Guest list for Rockets ===
* Ted, Celeste, Max, Shogi
* Mathew & Molly
* Gus
* Hank
* Amber
== 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
* Audience: Is this book the big book, or a targetted book for outreach?