May 13, 2012: Online Work Bee

Agenda

Check In
Review WWWs
Review Agenda
Next Calls' Logistics
Watch Ben's updated video
Summer Solstice trip
Triathlon
Review the tee-shirt design
Lists of invitees
Solstice itself
Evaluation

Check In

Eric ... Happy in the sun ... currently outside enjoying the weather
Ben ... feeling productive, SolSeed homework done ahead of time, got some work done for portland networking, called mom for Mother's Day and she told me to "take a bike ride" and I did and it felt good
Shelley ... emotionally fragile as usual on Mother's Day, but fine
Brandon ... it's gorgeous out right now ... I don't know about on the inside ... don't have clear introspection ... I'm reading a good book about habits

WWWs from last time

<s>Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Ben ... draw a background for the biking shot (second shot) ... by next call
Ben ... review list of names for the triathlon ... by Tuesday
Ben ... draft graphic for the triathlon ... by next call
Ben ... think about symbolic things to do at moment of solstice ... by next call
Ben ... send invitation to Ursula Goodenough ... by next call
Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Brandon ... check with Shelley about how we can work with 4:09 on Wednesday ... by Tuesday
Brandon ... reserve the shelter at cape lookout ... by Tuesday
Brandon ... invite Jonathan Haidt to the Solstice ... by Tuesday
Brandon ... write one blog post ... by next call
Brandon ... bring over the pictures and stuff from the blog posts ... by next call
Brandon ... think about symbolic things to do at moment of solstice ... by next call
Eric ... come up with suggestions for symbolic things to do at moment of solstice ... by next call
Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Eric ... write one more section of chapter 7... by next call
Eric ... work on list of possible topical communities to follow, using http://meetup.com ... by next call
Shelley ... look for a meditation center as a possible topical community ... ongoing
Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s>
Shelley ... get Blue Lake permit ... by next call (did complete a Vancouver lake permit request)
<s>Shelley ... think about symbolic things to do at moment of solstice ... by next call</s>

WWWs

Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Ben ... do another iteration of the triathlon design ... by next call
Ben ... invite my parents, Gus, and Lion to Sol 2012 ... by tomorrow
Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Brandon ... invite your people to the religious method ... by Monday
Brandon ... invite Art, Hank, the Vliets, Paul Krafel, Mathew, Molly, and Ted to Sol 2012 ... by tomorrow
Shelley ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Shelley ... invite Mickki, Lori, and Krista to Sol 2012 ... by tomorrow
Eric ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Eric ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Eric ... do an iteration of the triathlon design ... by next call
Eric ... invite Freeman Dyson and ask for ideas ... by next call

Next Calls' Logistics

Service Saturday May 19, 4pm PDT, (Brandon) Rotation: Brandon, Eric, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben Work-Bee: Sunday May 20, 1:30pm PDT ?In-person service May 19, evening with the Vliets

Solstice

Triathlon

Graphic
Do we create a slight variation on the already popular evolution t-shirt design, or something more true to the concept (starting with early fish and progressing through small mammals) and potentially less popular?
Could compromise by making the fish and rodents cuter
Have a background (ocean with a slope coming out of it) to match popular versions that start with fish or amphibians
Put swimming, running, and biking humans below the evolution progression to illustrate the connection to the triathlon
The human at the end of the evolution progression could be carrying a spear or riding a wheel instead of biking

Adding ourselves to Sol2012#Signup

Moment of Solstice ritual ideas

Eric ... large piece of brass kept hot in a campfire, spray cold water on it and watch the blast of steam ... symbolizing early metalwork
Ben ... stretch out our arms toward the sun
Shelley ... stand in a circle ... some sort of music, maybe drums (Sequoia really loves drums) ... marching or walking pattern ... countdown
Brandon ... on the beach if possible ... giant bonfire if possible ... trips from the fire to the ocean to get water, each participant does the same thing

General idea:
Get 5 drums, one for each of the core people
Each person takes a break from drumming in turn to go get some water
Brandon wants the piece of metal to be sun-shaped

Evaluation

Shelley ... I feel like we made good progress and worked well together toward achieving consensus on values-ridden decisions
Brandon ... I'm excited about what we're planning, looking forward to seeing it happen
Ben ... I felt like the call was a bit rushed, maybe that is what always happens when we have a bunch of agenda items and get in depth on one of them ... maybe an argument for only having a small number of agenda items per week
Eric ... Feeling more and more a part of this group (even though I am thousands of km away), that the ideas we are bouncing back and forth are bringing us together and that what we are doing is tying this group together for the future and that is a key part of what we are doing