Source: March 17, 2013: Online Work Bee

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== Agenda ==
* Check In
* Review WWWs
* Review Agenda
* Weekly Events Logistics
* Review Equinox
* Possible SolSeed Village location: Waverly Commons
* One Page Plan
* Evaluation

== Check In ==
* Eric ... a bit hung over ... we had a great party ... ron brought some great homemade beer
* Brandon ... Well ... Not hung over ... didnt even have a root beer float; but did have coffee.

== 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 ... send Eric our Sol2013 itinerary ... by next call
* <s>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</s>
* Brandon ... invite M&M for the equinox ... by today
* <s>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 ... 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
* <s>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.</s>

== WWWs ==
* Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Brandon ... add two more images for the SolSeedCreed v2.2 ... by 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 ... check out Les Brasseurs du Temps... by next call 

== Weekly Events Logistics ==
: 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 (Sanders busted ... visiting Grandma - Eric also busted - Poppa's Birthday party time has been moved up earlier!)

: Seeing Nature Readings and Practices: next is 2013-04-21 13:00 EST 

== Equinox ==
* Better technology in Ottawa next year ... speakers that people can hear ... bigger screen ... Camera with a wide enough angle to show everyone.
* Better planning in Portland next year ... send out invitations, plan the agenda ... you know, the basics
* Brandon liked sharing one story from each end
* Portland needs a camera with a wider angle
* Brandon was frustrated by the technology, but really enjoyed the connection
* Eric enjoyed the connection and thought it was the right amount
* Brandon thinks the nori is awful stuff
* Eat the nori like communion?

== Portland EcoHouse Update ==
* Developer only has one lot left out of 18 and the developer doesn't want to think about it right now; seems to be ready to just put up a spec house and see who buys it instead of putting up a custom house.  Brandon is not letting it drop; is still trying to meet with the developer.  Less hopeful than last week but still committed so we will see where it goes.

== One-Page Plan threads ==
Why: '''Life is Precious'''

What: '''Expressing the Arete of Life''' (The Destiny is a big piece of that)
* Vibrantly alive individuals, groups, communities, ecosystems and worlds
** Diverse, self-expressed, empowered, free beings
** Caring relationships that transcend our individual selves
** Community that calls forth the best in us
** Healthy sustainable ecosystems
*** supporting environmental restoration
*** releasing improved life forms on Earth (super trees; ocean trees)
** Life radiating out from Earth to colonize the trillions of empty worlds that await
*** using Dyson trees to send life through our galaxy

How: '''Motivate, Instruct, and Support'''

1. Inspiration and motivation for the elephant 
* Exploring wonderfully '''cool''' things
* Basking in artful expressions of wonder (Arete of life, cosmic religious feeling, etc)
* Creating wonder evoking artifacts
* Promoting books and videos that evoke wonder
* Engaging in individual and collective rituals that infuse our lives with meaning

2. Instructions for the rider (Detailed, Practical Educational Resources)
* Expositions from our world view
** science
** philosophy
** religion (both SolSeed and general ideas about advanced religion/Kindred)
** community
* Recipes
** How to perform various personal growth exercises (meditation etc)
** How to do some scientific experiments yourself
** How to host a particular kind of event
** How to form a new seed community
** How to make cool things

3. Systems and structures that support the rider/elephant

a. SolSeed Communities/Villages
* Recruiting members
* Living in close proximity
* Building eco-friendly structures to live, work, and hold events in
b. Self-aware and Vibrant Kindred Movement
* Holding festivals
* Granting fellowships
* Networking with kindred groups
c. The Religion Developed
* Establishing [[Practices]]
* Developing our canon
d. Founding businesses and non-profits
* Creating organizations who make cool things.


Note:  Cool things are things that strive toward theDestiny

== Evaluation ==
* Brandon ... I feel happy
* Eric ... I felt like we are really getting there, the top of the one page plan is working (Brandon says "Yay!")