### Agenda
- Check In
- Review WWWs
- Review Agenda
- Next Service Logistics
- Read Eric's user page
- Major Events: Equinox
- Book
- Evaluation
### Check In
- Ben ... okay, reading the Borrowers books ... there is a character named Tom Goodenough (real last name)
- Shelley ... don't feel well physically, but ok otherwise ... still have to work hard on laundry
- Brandon ... excited about Eric, the most recent member on SolSeed.org
- Sequoia ... great! had a great day, always asking "How was your day?" and wanting others to ask him the same, pushing boundaries, responds to boundaries
### WWWs from last time
- <s>Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing (just SolSeed for now)
- Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Brandon ... talk to Shelley about conferences ... by next call</s>
- Brandon ... finish the Preface and introduction ... by next call (worked on it a lot, about 4 hours)
- <s>Shelley ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
- Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Shelley ... ping Meg about food and content for the Sabbath service ... by tomorrow</s>
- Shelley ... mail the invitation and check to Lori ... by next call (don't have her address yet)
- <s>Shelley ... go to Joanne's to get stuff for the equinox with Kristianne ... by next call
- Shelley ... get reading for the traditional service ... by Saturday
- Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
- Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
- Ben ... write a section on Passion, Empathy, and Wisdom ... by next call
- Ben ... start on the background for the second shot of Something You Learn ... by next call
- Ben ... explore Portland's historical attributes ... by next call</s>
### WWWs
- Shelley ... call Lori ... tomorrow
- Shelley ... mail the last invitations ... by next call
- Shelley ... go to Portland Nursery to buy planting activity materials, and do test plantings ... by next call
- Shelley ... work on the gathering song with Brandon ... by next call
- Brandon ... make my opening for the equinox ... by next call
- Brandon ... nutrient cycle demo planned ... by next call
- Brandon ... look into a sun light ... by next call
- Brandon ... put in 4 good hours on chapter 1&2 of the book ... by next call
### Next Service Logistics
Regular Service Saturday March 3, 3pm (Ben)
Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben
### Equinox
Attending
- Kristianne and Family (helping)
- Heather and Family (helping)
Handmade invitations sent
- Jeff & Family
- Emily & Family
- Laura & Family
- Mabel & Family
- All of Sequoia's classmates and his teachers
Electronic invitations posted
- Meetup.com group
- Facebook group
Haven't sent invitations yet
- Usher Milligans
- Ben's parents
Schedule
- 9:30 Brief Opening (Brandon)
- Family Activities
- Earth seasons demonstration (Ben)
- The nutrient cycle (Brandon)
- Planting and watering (Shelley & Heather)
- Making ribbon things for dance (Shelley & Kristianne)
- 10:15 Gathering dance
- 10:30 Brief Concert (Lori)
- Have most people sit on mats on the floor, with chairs around the edge of the room
- Blessing before the brunch
- 11:00 Brunch
TODOS:
- clean up the cat's poop in the back yard
- clean the back porch
### Book
Covers
- Front cover picture: a thriving family, nature, community etc
- Back cover picture: life spreading out from Earth
- Back cover explains the two parts in brief
Preface by Brandon
- Happy in the sun
- More or less alive
Introduction to the book
- Describes the two major parts of the book and how they relate (perhaps points out some specific treats from each part)
Part 1: A Vision for Life
- Chapter 1: Life - It's our epic story
- Life is worthy of veneration
- The upward spiral of life
- The "body of all life"
- Who you are
- Your calling
- Chapter 2: Bringing life to ourselves
- Getting into action
- Science-based spirituality
- Religion-shaped hole
- Multiple Selves
- The Divided Self
- The motivation paradox
- Passion, empathy, and wisdom
- *More?*
- Chapter 3: Reconnecting with Mother Earth (bring life to our world)
- A scientific creation myth
- Two ways of living
- People are animals too
- Avoiding the other extreme
- An end to progress?
- Crossing the gap
- What can I do?
- Chapter 4: Building a society that brings life (bring life to each other and our communities)
- Our eco-village vision (as an example) (?)
- Gatherings of kindred
- The broader movement *(unfinished)*
- *More*
Part 2: The SolSeed Movement
- Chapter 5: Thriving on Earth
- Defining what we mean by "Starfarer"
- Growing the movement
- Forming SolSeed communities
- Spiritual practices
- SolSeed businesses
- SolSeed education
- Chapter 6: Taking root amongst the stars (bring life to our solar system and beyond)
- Orbiting mini-worlds
- Biospheres 3, 4, 5, etc.
- Terraforming/ecopoeisis: a multi-species joint venture
- Adapting to new worlds
- Generations between the stars
- On our own, far from home
- Coexisting with alien biospheres
- Uplift and psychopoeisis
- Chapter 7: Getting involved (Call to action)
- Tell the world who you are
- *Attend events*
- Cultivate a topical community
- *Join the work bees*
- *More?*
### Evaluation
- Brandon ... I feel really good about where the book is headed
- Shelley ... I feel good about the call, I felt it was productive and that we moved along and didn't get bogged down
- Ben ... I agree with Shelley, and the book is pretty good too, and needs a lot of work