March 10, 2013: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda == * Check In * Review WWWs * Review Agenda * Equinox * Weekly Events Logistics * Possible SolSeed Village location: Waverly Commons * One Page Plan * Evaluation === Items for next week === * Earth day Portland * Evaluation of Work Bee calls * Moving the work bee start time * Topical Community Protocols == Check In == * Eric ... feeling fine, eager to have our call * Ben ... busy with stuff, including taxes, graphic design stuff and found some time to relax but then berated myself for relaxing (Eric - don't do it!) == WWWs from last time == * Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Brandon ... finish a complete draft of the SolSeedCreed v2.2 (including a commentary page for each stanza and an image to accompany it) ... by next call * Brandon ... write a draft story for the equinox ... by next call * Brandon ... provide an opportunity for Shelley to write a story for the equinox ... by next call * Brandon ... invite Sarvatas for the equinox ... by today * Brandon ... invite M&M for the equinox ... by today * Brandon ... invite R&J&A for the equinox ... by Tuesday * Brandon ... go over the equinox menu with Shelley ... by the next call * <s>Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Ben ... write an outline for a story for the equinox ... by next call * Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Eric ... Clean up draft story for the equinox ... by next call * Eric ... remind J&J and A&Y about the equinox ... by next call</s> == WWWs == * Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Brandon ... finish a complete draft of the SolSeedCreed v2.2 (including a commentary page for each stanza and an image to accompany it) ... by next call * Brandon ... write a draft story for the equinox ... by next call * Brandon ... provide an opportunity for Shelley to write a story for the equinox ... by next call * Brandon ... invite Sarvatas for the equinox ... by today * Brandon ... invite M&M for the equinox ... by today * Brandon ... invite R&J&A for the equinox ... by Tuesday * Brandon ... go over the equinox menu with Shelley ... by the next call] * Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Ben ... prepare my story for the equinox ... by Saturday * Ben ... copy these notes to the wiki ... by tonight * Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing * Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Eric ... talk to Michelle, Jessica, and Andrew and see if we can move our Equinox event to coincide with the Portland one ... by tonight * Eric ... look up the old brewery with the spiral deep-time museum ... by next call - Darn, it has been closed and turned into a pub. == Equinox == * Eric will move his event start time back to 6 PM EDT so he can connect with us on Skype at 7 (which is 4 PM PDT, the start time of the Portland event) * Storytelling will start at 4PM/7PM with snacking interspersed (especially in Portland)? * But this only works if we move Eric's event to Saturday or move the Portland event to Sunday! == Weekly Events Logistics == : Service Saturday March 16, 9:00am PDT 12:00 EDT (Shelley) : Service Saturday March 23, 9:00am PDT 12:00 EDT (Ben) : Rotation: Brandon, Eric, Shelley, Ben : Work-Bee Sunday March 24, 1:30 pm PDST 16:30 EDT (Cancelling next week's Work Bee for the Equinox) :No in-person service with Vliets (birthday party): Saturday March 9, 10:30 am :Seeing Nature Readings and Practices: next is 2013-03-17 13:00 EST == Waverly Commons == * In inner SE Portland but farther south & east than the current Sanders house * Are they knocking down existing buildings to build these "brand new custom homes"? ** Google Maps imagery suggests that the existing Trillium Family Services building was knocked down * The community shares our environmental values with green building, gardening, and sharing tools, and of course kid-friendliness * Brandon imagines building a house with a 2-story basement that takes up almost the whole footprint of the lot ** Bottom story would be a SolSeed sanctuary that is large, very high-ceilinged, beautiful and attractive as a place to visit, with alcoves helping to illustrate deep time *** Ben suggests a spiral staircase in the middle ** Upper basement would be a workshop (wood and metalworking equipment, 3D printers and other electronics, etc) ** Ground floor (normal house size) would have a fellowship hall as a hub for the Waverly Commons community ** Top floor(s) would be where the Sanders live ** Likely cost: around $800,000 * The community already has 5 houses in various stages of construction; there may be 2 or 3 lots left now, but some people will probably drop out of the process * The Sanders found out about this last night, but have pretty much already decided to do it (although the scale may become more modest) == Evaluation == * Brandon ... couldn't sleep last night, so excited * Ben ... happy for Brandon and I need the idea to sink in for a while before I decide I believe in it. * Eric ... hopeful that my friend Brandon gets a space that I will be so excited to visit ... my family isn't going to move to Portland, but we are attracted to the concept