== Agenda ==
* Good News/Check In
* Review WWWs
* Weekly Events Logistics
* Review Agenda
* Update from LUF & Keith
* Update for [[GaiasHeartbeat]]
* Update on Solstice
* Kindred gathering
* Website next steps (including advertising experiments)
* Evaluation
== Good News ==
* Keith ... I got firewood
* Brandon ... I made good progress on the website this morning ... very close to updating it
* Eric ... I just got back from a quick shopping trip to the mall to buy baby supplies for three needy kids that Michelle's church is supporting ... felt good
* Ben ... I'm almost done resurrecting my laptop to the extent possible
== WWWs from last time ==
* Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* <s>Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Ben ... put together sheet music for Psalm of Solstice ... by next call
* Ben ... reach out to Gus about TimeLapse videos that would be appropriate for a 1-2 second breathing cycle ... by next call
* Ben ... come up a with a list of 5 people who could attend Kindred ... by next call
* Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Brandon ... make the noted changes to the website ... by next week</s> (not online yet)
* Brandon ... put together a funding proposal for the first Kindred event ... by (December 29th) call after next
* <s>Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Eric ... check about the work bee on Dec 15 ... by next week
* Eric ... post about a Kindred event to the SolSeed Facebook group like the LUF facebook post on the same subject ... by next week.
* Eric ... come up a with a list of 5 people who could attend Kindred ... by next call
* Keith ... come up a with a list of 5 people who could attend Kindred ... by next call</s>
== WWWs ==
* Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Ben ... write a draft of an "invitation to co-convene" letter to Heather Johnson ... by next week
* Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Brandon ... push up the changes to the website ... by Monday
* Brandon ... put together a funding proposal for the first Kindred event ... by next week
* Brandon ... write a draft of an "invitation to co-convene" letter to John Boswell ... by next week
* Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
* Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
* Eric ... Check out Plan and WorldVision and sponsor a child through one... by next week
* Eric ... Write an invitation to Connie Barlow and Michael Dowd, evolutionary spirituality re Kindred Festival ... Exuberence about Life and Truth about REALizing science, life, humanity ... by next week
* Keith ... Write an invitation to TK, CELSS guy [supportive of life via technology, sciences, and/or community] ... by next week
== Weekly Events Logistics ==
Service rotation: Eric, Shelley, Brandon, Ben
* December 14 Service: 9:00 am PDT (12:00 EDT) (Shelley)
* December 21 Service: 9:00 am PDT (12:00 EDT) (Brandon) *** SOLSTICE ... 3/4 in person :-) ***
* December 15 Work-Bee: 1:30 pm PDT (16:30 EDT)
* December 22 Work-Bee: 1:30 pm PDT (16:30 EDT) (Eric and Sanders out ... Xmas at the Schoepflins)
== Updates from LUF & Keith ==
* LUF: Couple posts on forums ... not much real activity ... not a whole lot on topic
* Personally: Shopping for LED lighting for indoor gardening
** Outdoor gardens have failed due to Houston heat and humidity
== Gaia's Heartbeat video ==
* John and Will have finished a draft version, and Brandon gave them feedback
* They should have another draft by early this week, which Brandon will send out to the rest of the group
== Solstice ==
* Portland: Invitations are out
* Ottawa: Eric bought the fireworks ... still need more parachutes for the less-expendable rockets
== Kindred 2015 - June 19th to 22nd? ==
* Five People Lists (we'd be stoked if these folks showed up)
** Keith: TK (former LUF), RH (former LUF), EH (LUF), CL (LUF), NDGT/BN scientists.
** Ben's ideas
*** Sci-fi writers who strongly value life and ecosystems:
**** David B, author of ''Earth'' and the Uplift series
**** Kim S R, author of the Mars trilogy
**** Craig D, author of "Demand Ecology"
**** Eric's addition: Gregory B, author of ''Beyond Infinity''
**** Keith's addition: Bruce S, Viridian Movement
*** Seattle-area environmental activists:
**** Michael F, who works with 350.org, Climate Reality, and Plant for the Planet
**** Bruce H, shareholder advocacy activist with Newground Social Investment
** Eric:
*** Freeman D
*** Michael D
*** Connie B
*** Gretta V
*** Bill N
* Potential CoConveners (Besides us)
** John Boswell, Symphony of Science / Terra Lumina
** Terry Kok, Faerie Hill Ecovillage, CELSS guru
** Connie Barlow and Michael Dowd, evolutionary spirituality
** Michael L, Liftport Group, and/or Bryan Laubscher, Space Elevator Conference
** Andrew G & Nathan, Portland State Aerospace Society
** Andrew S, Windward
** Ingrid M, former president of LUF (does costuming and graphics for video games)
** Heather J, Whidbey Island Institute
** Bruce S, http://www.viridiandesign.org/
** Marcin J, http://opensourceecology.org/
* What's in common ... or maybe better yet, what is the venn diagram?
** Green (ecologically conscious)
** Shiny (technologically exuberant, particularly interested in space)
** Spread Life off planet
** Religious-esque
** Communal living?
* Timing
** Spring 2015, or around the Summer Solstice
* Strategy
** Brandon suggests we say Summer 2014 when talking with potential co-conveners, and wait for pushback on that
** If the pushback is "I'm too busy," ask to be introduced to a deputy they can delegate this to
== Website ===
There is a little more signal than we thought (people who are getting to the first opt-in, via the We Believe micro-site). 7 unique people so far
== Evaluation ==
* Brandon ... the skype was pretty good ... I'm getting excited about Kindred Festival
* Keith ... skype was improved. Kindred seems to be progressing.
* Ben ... startlement (in a good way) ... with more people we are suddenly getting through more items
* Eric ... happy about how the calls are going (smoother and faster) ... intrigued by Kindred Festival that's maybe going to be something bigger than we've done before