### Agenda
- Check In
- Review WWWs
- Next Service
- Earth Day
- Seed Village
- Space Catapult
### Check In
- Shelley ... pretty tired, but delivered diabetes lecture today ... just have to do charting, then can go to bed
- Ben ... checked in some code at work ... twice in one day ... feeling more tired than usual
- Sequoia ... had a rough day ... got whacked on the head by a branch, then hit his mouth on a pole
- Brandon ... old and dispirited
### WWWs from last time
- <s>Brandon ... contact TypeWith.Me about lost SeedVillage page ... by next call</s> (they haven't gotten back to him)
- <s>Brandon ... let Gus, Andrew, Ted, Arthur, Mickki,</s> and Mercer <s>know about lack of Kindred 2011 plans ... by next call
- Shelley ... work on ritual for Equinox</s> and share a draft with Brandon and Ben ... by Sunday
- <s>Shelley ... send out an invitation reminder ... tonight</s>
- Ben ... read the Daybreak bylaws ... by next call
### Next Service
- Saturday at 10am
- Invite Jerry to attend and deliver the service
### [Seed Village](/Seed_Village)
- We have a contract document
- Cost of the first two phases, getting us to concept plans, is about $4500
- Shelley is reading *Creating a Life Together*
- Doesn't talk a lot about values, spiritual practice, warm fuzzy things ... mainly about financial structure, land use, decision-making process
- 90% of communities fail (75% of cohousing groups)
- Maybe we should all read the book before starting with the architects?
- We wouldn't have drawings for Earth Day in that case
- Maybe check to make sure they could even get those drawings done in time if we started now
- If we want to do consensus, we should all get training in it
- Tree Bressen might be a good choice for training
- Do a book club call Sunday April 3 at 2:30
- Other options to consider
- All moving to an existing intentional community?
- Trying to take it over from within would cause lots of bitterness
- There is a similar issue with Buckman neighborhood, but not as bad probably
- Renting the house next door
- Buying Mel's house
- Would be more expensive than the ADU when including repairs, but would make more long-term financial sense
#### Ben/Sanders Contract concept
- Ben makes a deposit now for after condo-conversion ... $15k ... basically 10% of total budgeted costs
- Might not actually be a condo association, but something along those lines
- Estimated Soft Costs: $20-25k
- Estimated Hard Costs: $110-130k
- Shelley and Brandon get loan for all construction costs
- We build the ADU
- Convert entire property into condo association ... can we?
- Ben's deposit converts into down-payment on the ADU condo
- Ben gets a mortage for the ADU condo ... about $1100 per month?
- By paying back the mortgage, Ben will effectively pay back all costs associated with the ADU design and construction
### Space Catapult
- "Star Tram" article suggests that building a full-scale working device would be around $20 billion
- Probably limits the possibilities for this as a SolSeed business venture
### WWWs
- Brandon ... contact the TypeWith.Me people one more time ... by next call
- Shelley ... invite Jerry to do the service ... by tomorrow
- Shelley ... obtain and peruse the Daybreak bylaws to see if they have stuff we can use ... by next call
- Ben ... find a contact for Sabin Green ... by next call
- Ben ... buy a copy of *Creating a Life Together* ... by next call
- Brandon, Shelley, and Ben ... think more about whether to start down the ADU path ... by next call