### Agenda
- Next [SolSeed service](/SolSeed_service) on Equinox, March 20
- Theme/Seed: Balance?
- Poem: "Buddha's Dogs"
- Guided meditation (with [Meg](/Meg)?)
- [Heather](/Heather)'s work/home balance issues might give her ideas to lead a discussion with
- Pagan ritual with newspaper pots where we would each plant a seed, then water the seed of the person next to you, and maybe say "what you're planting"
- Song choices:
- [Shelley](/Shelley) to learn guitar for "Spirit of Life"
- [Ben](/Ben) suggests "Ye Earthborn Children of a Star"
- Monthly [Newsletter](/Newsletter)
- Send it to the Facebook group too
- Include a picture from the children's book
- Insight from this weekend
- If we were building the [eco-village](/SolSeedVillage), it would be great to live there with people who are part of the [GreaterMovement](/GreaterMovement)
- [Ben](/Ben): ["Cultural creatives"](http://culturalcreatives.org/) is a name that comes close to describing this movement
- [Brandon](/Brandon) would prefer to live with people over half of which are "his tribe," literalists w.r.t. [TheDestiny](/TheDestiny) and want to work on it directly
- But definitely not space colonization enthusiasts who don't share the values
- If we call it the "SolSeed Eco-Village," it doesn't have to repel people who aren't about space, since [SolSeed](/SolSeed) means "the body of all [life](/life)"
- [Shelley](/Shelley) is not a literalist but likes doing the services (and helping with newsletters, etc)
- Only three people so far are interested in making [TheDestiny](/TheDestiny) central to their lives: [Brandon](/Brandon), [Ben](/Ben), and [Kevin](/Kevin)
- Recruiting ideas
- For literalists, start with the set of space enthusiasts and narrow down to people who share the values
- Focus on web presence? [Ben](/Ben) and [Kevin](/Kevin) both found [SolSeed](/SolSeed) through the web (but then, it was just a wiki at that point)
- Conferences and conventions
- For the greater movement, could ex. recruit people from an Earth Day event who might be interested in the eco-village
### February 2010 newsletter text
#### Where we're going (the current [OnePagePlan](/OnePagePlan))
Here are the 2010 goals from our One-Page Plan, with the names of people who will drive the work for each:
- Spiritual Community: Regular, impactful "SolSeed services" in Portland, led by multiple people -- [Shelley](/Shelley)
- Industry: Income run rate of $100,000/year (~$9000/month) by year's end -- [Brandon](/Brandon)
- Place: Ownership of a site for the nucleus of a [SolSeed Village](/SolSeed_Village) by Winter Solstice 2010 -- [Mark](/Mark)
- Media: Publish two [SolSeed books](/SolSeed_books), two videos, and a great website -- [Ben](/Ben)
And here are the 3-year targets:
- Place: We can point to a SolSeed village
- Resources: Yearly budget is $1 million
- Industry: We are making money from something core to launching life to another world, and eventually another star system
- Vision: Our vision is clearly articulated in all core media (website, books, videos, events, Facebook page, etc)
#### Progress So Far this Year
- We just had our first small (16 people) service and potluck in Portland on February 6, with the "seed theme" of [Empathy](/Empathy).
- [Brandon](/Brandon) has bought the domain spacewiki.com, to become a clearinghouse for info on major figures in the space industry, and talked to a dozen caricaturists who might help us attract interest at space industry conferences.
- We've identified some vacant lots and connected buildings as a potential site for a SolSeed eco-village **(include pictures)**.
- Most of the art for our children's book, *Happy in the Sun,* has been completed, with seven pages left to go. Then we'll scan it all in, add the text, and self-publish under a Creative Commons license.
**(Picture of art from the book goes here)**
### WWWs
- Brandon: add mdesmondobrien to list ... by next Sunday
- Brandon: figure out pictures for the newsletter and send to Ben ... by tomorrow
- Shelley:
- Work on guitar ... by March 13
- Send "save the date email" ... by Sunday
- Contact the Sibleman's about music ... by Sunday
- Ben:
- Send a PDF of the simple 1-color logo for the program ... by tonight
- Re-contact NorWesCon again ... by Sunday
- Send newsletter ... by Tuesday
- Contact one person in a quest to get permission to use "Down To Earth" song ... by Sunday
- Create a copy of the video with disclaimer in place of credits
- Later, look into stock photo companies who might have images to replace the Creative Commons ShareAlike-licensed photos in [Pick a Future](/Pick_a_Future)