July 26, 2015: Business Call

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== Sunday Agenda == * Check in * Opening Blessing * Review WWWs * Daily Practice/Metrics * Weekly event logistics * Review Agenda * Shiny Green Festival ** Logistics schedule ** Post invitation to Facebook groups Lupa suggested * Evaluation * Closing Blessing == Check In == * Ben … I’m kind of sleepy too. But we had a fun weekend. * Brandon … The Big Float was awesome, and Ren slept for 45-60 minutes of it … but it was kind of rainy, and no new Gaia's People members showed up == Opening Blessing == As we come together, may we find within ourselves and within our group the resources we need to be who we aspire to be. May this call advance the work, may it bring life, may it hasten the Great Birthing. -- Blessed Be == WW(W)s from last time == Organize the WWWs by person and then due date. We’ll start checking in on topical community protocol and meditation for each mini-period between workbees. Holacracy founder Brian Robertson says these are bad: http://holacracy.org/blog/the-insanity-of-the-what-by-when * <s>Ben … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s> * Ben … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing * <s>Ben … finish and send the newsletter … by Tuesday</s> * Ben ... do more web searches for Gaia reproduction ... by next call * Eric … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Eric … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing * <s>Brandon … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s> * <s>Brandon … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing</s> == WWWs == * Ben … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Ben … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing * Ben ... do more web searches for Gaia reproduction ... by next call * Ben … fix too wide image on http://gaia.wiki/Shiny_Green_Festival … by Monday * Ben … post event or invitation to https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnorthwestpagans/ … by Monday * Eric … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Eric … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing * Brandon … meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing * Brandon … follow your topical community protocol for this period ... ongoing * Brandon … put together proposal for Sunday 4T … by Tuesday * Brandon … bounce the proposal off Shelley, Eric, John, Keith, and Lupa … by Tuesday == Daily Practice (from Sunday to Sunday) == * https://tdp.me/person/brandon-cs-sanders * https://tdp.me/person/EricOfSolseed * https://tdp.me/person/SciFiBen 2015-07-19 to 2015-07-25: 24+7+0=31 checkmarks == Metrics (from Sunday to Sunday) == :0 … articles published (blog, etc) :0 … net signups to the newsletter for the week (111 total) :1 … conversants from signup (people we are talking or emailing with) :0 … articles added to Gaia.wiki :16 … sessions on Gaia.wiki other than us :102 … sessions on Spacewiki.com :80 … sessions on SolSeed.org (including Portland meetup) :24 … Dedicants of Gaia’s People (Ottawa) :26 … Dedicants of Gaia's People (Portland) :26 … Spacefarers of SolSeed-Ottawa :37 … Spacefarers of SolSeed (Portland) :0+1+0=1 … topical community touches :31 … daily practice checkmarks for the week == Weekly Events Logistics == Midweek * July 30 Work-Bee: 6:30 PM PST, 21:30 EST (Brandon out at the redwoods) Weekend :Service rotation: Eric, Shelley, Brandon, Ben * August 1 Service: 9 AM PDT (Ben) (Sanders out at the redwoods) * August 2 Business Call: 5:30 PM PDT, 20:30 EDT (Brandon out at the redwoods) == Shiny Green Festival == * Do we want a special planning call, given that Brandon is unavailable for the next business call and one of the work bees? * Saumurs arrive on the evening of Tuesday August 4 and can help set things up === Logistics === The Halsteads arrive on Sunday; we need to have an advance plan for where to have sessions with them * Look for trails near the visitor center that have shade but also grassy areas where we could sit next to the trail? * Other options: coffee shops, the Seed Village, a canoe trip? * Build the schedule around the 4T Trail ** Start near the Zoo (maybe on the grass next to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial) ** Hike up to Council Crest for our first session ** Try to scatter other sessions along the route, e.g. at downtown coffee shops *** Near the lower tram stop: Ross Island Grocery and Cafe at Corbett Ave & Curry St, or the Heritage Tree Park at Barbur Blvd and Naito Pkwy *** Between the trolley and the MAX: Multnomah County Central Library or Case Study Coffee Roasters or the Sunshine Cafe, etc Rough draft of Sunday schedule: {| border=1 ! time ! activity ! location |- | 0800 | setup | |- | 0830 | coffee, pastries, fruit, chat | near Vietnam Memorial |- | 0900 | morning circle | near Vietnam Memorial |- | 0930 | hike | Marquam Trail |- | 1015 | session 2.1 | Council Crest |- | 1100 | hike, tram, trolley | OHSU area |- | 1230 | lunch, session 2.2 | Somewhere on the waterfront |- | 1330 | session 2.3 | TBD |- | 1500 | session 2.4 | TBD |- | 1700 | evening circle | near Vietnam Memorial? |} == Evaluation == * Ben … It’s a little scary how soon this is and how many details we still have to get firmed up * Brandon … Excited and potentially overwhelmed, but I refuse to let that happen == Closing Blessing == We came here to find the resources we need, to be who we aspire to be, and to draw together others who share our aspirations. This we have done. May we continue to do this work until we have got this festival put together. --Blessed Be