== Agenda ==
* Check in
* Opening Blessing
* Review WWWs
* Weekly event logistics
* Reform Pagans
* Review Agenda
* Viventibus Mundos
* Who are we?
** Are we still Gaia's People?
* Evaluations
* Closing Blessing
== Next business call ==
* Foundation
* SolSeed Creed
* New Videos
== Check-in ==
* Eric … Church was good this morning, but we talked too much to people :-)
* Shawn … I'm getting anxious about San Francisco and Europe trips, and the amount of days I'll have to work on things … Habitica is helping me stay focused and sane
* Ben … I am nauseous and wishing that I had got up earlier this morning. This is the first full day of my trial stay at Ryan House. I am nervous about that.
== Opening Blessing ==
We come together after another week, to discuss how we proceed for another week and beyond. May our anxieties prove to be helpful and not a hindrance, and may we accomplish all the things that we are here to set out to do in alignment with our highest aspirations.
--Blessed Be
== Personal WWWs from last time ==
* Ben: Write 3 pages of my novel
** It’s gotten to the point where it’s not something I think about as “something I do”... used to be a semi-regular habit and it’s not anymore … also feeling an inferiority complex after reading a really good novel
** Shawn suggests 750words.com
* Ben: Getting better at serving Gaia through getting better at producing media
** For this week: schedule an informational interview with the UW Center for Creative Conservation
** Left a message but they're probably all on vacation
* Shawn: Finish reading ''Into the Cool'' (65 pages to go)
** The book is dense enough that this goal wasn't realistic
* Shawn: Do a Ph.D. program to get Credibility and Contacts in order to spread the idea of what I am trying to do
** For this week: <s>Sign up for GREs</s> and get through <s>the verbal part</s> 3 chapters of the GRE study book
** Too many other things going on ... didn't estimate how much time it would take vs. how much time I would have ... hard to tell people "I need to study instead of doing something fun with you before you leave for 2 months"
* Eric: First "step" for Buckleberry is to build autonomous quadcopters that collect twigs
** For this week: Research at least <s>6</s> 3 different <s>quad</s>copters (Spreadsheet)
** It's hard to block off enough time because there's so much time blocked off already
** Habitica might help -- Just Signed up for Habitica --
== Group WW(W)s ==
* Shawn … contact someone at Windward about visiting … after talking to Scott about visiting him in Hood River
* Everyone … choose the one thing about the [[Viventibus Mundos]] ritual we most want to change, for discussion next meeting
== Personal WWWs ==
* Ben: Write 3 pages of my novel
* Shawn: Finish Verbal GRE section, start Analytical GRE section
* Shawn: Finish ''Into the Cool''
* Eric: First "step" for Buckleberry is to build autonomous quadcopters that collect twigs
** For this week: Research at least 1 different copter per day
== Weekly Events Logistics ==
:Service rotation: Eric, Shawn, Ben
* September 8th Service: 10 AM PST / 13:00 EST … Eric
* September 9th Business Call: 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 EST, on Zoom
== Reform Pagans ==
* Are we looking to start a collaboration, or just tell their members about this other group they might be interested in?
** Looking at a collaboration, not committed to it
== Viventibus Mundos ritual contents and the SolSeed Creed ==
Reminding our elephants
* Too esoteric? Explain the concept in the Creed?
* It's one of the key differences between SolSeed and other religions that are just about whipping your elephant to force it to do the right thing
** Thirdhand: research shows that this leads to depression, anger, agitation, and sneaking off to do fun things that are bad for you
*** Positive reinforcement works better
== Evaluation ==
* Shawn … I am happy with the focus and the moving forward with trying new things, and looking forward to continuing and possibly involving more people.
* Ben … I am nervous about spending so much time on the WWWs that we don’t get to other things much. This is probably my general difficulty with change. I will get over it.
* Eric … I’m excited about spending so much time on WWWs because it feels like something shiny and new and I am attracted to shiny, new things … I’m thinking that it will become a real productivity enhancement to have you guys as my secret group working on making my life more aligned with this group.
== Closing Blessing ==
We can’t do a closing blessing, Ben has to go!
-- Blessed Be