Source: August 2, 2010: Online Work Bee

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SolSeed archive migration
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Create maintainable Markdown archive revision
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### Agenda
- Check In
- Review WWWs
- SpaceWiki
- [OnePagePlan](/OnePagePlan)
- Backyard cottage
- What's going on with Disney?
- Book

### Check In
- Ben's had a rough problem at work ... has been working on it for over a week, doesn't see a solution yet, but not a lot of things left to try
- Brandon got a lot of stuff done at work ... didn't get to eat lunch, but still a really good day
- Sequoia went swinging for the first time today
- Shelley is fine ... a little sad because last day of vacation and all sorts of things hoped for done are not yet done ... feels like a lame person (Eeyore)

### WWWs from last time (slightly revised)
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- Shelley ... make sure new ones are washed and neatly prepared ... by Friday
- Shelley ... assess brushes and paint; make list of supplies needed ... by Friday
- Shelley ... send a check to Ryan ... by Tuesday
- Shelley ... snail-mail a caricature to Petter ... by Tuesday (He gave B $20, so B needs to send him a caricature)
- Brandon ... fish for quotes from NewSpace 2010 attendees (2 so far) about how awesome we were ... by next call
- Brandon ... email caricatures to three potential sponsors ... by Wednesday
- Ben and Brandon ... add People section to SpaceX page ... by Saturday
- Ben ... finish newsletter with a SpaceWiki/NewSpace bullet point and pictures ... by next call</s>

### SpaceWiki
- Brandon is sending emails asking users to either give a quote about how awesome we are, or edit their wiki page
- We want to approach SpaceX next week, so need to finish preparing materials this week

### [OnePagePlan](/OnePagePlan)
#### Goals (1 Year)
- Income run rate of $100,000/year (~$9000/month) -- [Brandon](/Brandon)
  - Brandon is really worried about that
  - Need to incorporate a business
- <s>Place: Ownership of a site by Winter Solstice 2010</s>
  - Maybe revise this goal upward?
- Media: Publish 2 SolSeed books, a 6-minute video (and write script for a 15-minute one?), and a great website -- [Ben](/Ben)
  - 2nd book is now moving
  - Website: front page looks cooler, but need to work on it more
- Spiritual Community: Regular, impactful ceremonies led by multiple people -- [Shelley](/Shelley)
  - Going very well ...
  - Next service will be on the Equinox, seed topic: Freedom from Judgement

#### 3rd Quarter Goals
- SpaceWiki:
  - Yellow ... Created sponsor-specific inspiring materials and approached one potential sponsor with those to ask about them sponsoring an event
  - Green ... One thorough sponsorship campaign
  - Super Green ... Five thorough sponsorship campaigns

- Place:
  - Yellow ... firm decision and commitment for pocket cottage timeline
  - Green ... inspiring concept plans for the pocket cottage
  - Super Green ... plans you could build from, and a builder

- Media:
  - Yellow ... work on the big book every other week, average 250 words/week (500 per session)
  - Green ... average 500 words/week for the big book all quarter
  - Super Green ... average 1400 words/week for the big book all quarter

### Backyard cottage
- Ben and Brandon/Shelley should independently consider how we should finance the cottage
  - Loans?
  - Just cash? ($30-50 thousand total?)
  - Who owns it? gets to say what happens to it?
    - Ben says (almost entirely) what happens from the inside paint in
    - Shelley and Brandon have power on what happens to the exterior
  - Rent? Ben could pay a share of property taxes?
  - Utilities? Shelley wouldn't feel like Ben had to contribute much, but Ben would feel guilty if he didn't pay a fair share
  - Should this be a model for how the eco-village will work when it grows larger?
  - Community ownership, or a mechanism for the community to someday buy out the property?

### Disney
They've downloaded the video but haven't said anything yet ... need to ping them and see what's up

### Book
We worked on a "Truth, Beauty, and Values" section, starting with a discussion of science and why we believe in it, and also an "Orbiting Mini-Worlds" section about space colonies, for a total of 799 words.

### WWWs
- Brandon ... check with Ryan that he has received the check ... Tuesday
- Brandon ... talk to Ted about possibly hiring him to work on incorporating a business ... tomorrow
- Brandon ... put color corrected book images onto memory stick ... Tuesday
- Brandon ... contact Kevin about bringing book images by ... Tuesday
- Shelley ... write up a description of the prospective financial system for the 3-person eco-village ... by next call
- Shelley ... schedule time to talk with Brandon about Pocket Cottage 
- Ben ... ping Disney about the video ... by next call
- Ben ... work on SpaceX VP articles and get three of them into decent shape ... by next call
- Ben ... put up photos of the SpaceX VPs so Ryan can work on caricatures ... by Thursday