April 11, 2010: Online Work Bee

Agenda

9 new email list members, 1 new member of the wiki
Should have talked to the Mars Society people more
Ben talked to Cory Doctorow and Richard Lovett, and was vocal in a panel where Vernor Vinge and other big SF writers were panelists

Shelley gave a copy of Parable of the Sower to Heather (I promised never to use her last name online, which reminds me I need to go delete it off the SolSeed Services page. Heather who spoke of Balance at our last Service)

They want interactive booths
- We could use learnings from NorWesCon
- Galaxy-shaped dirt tray for visitors to plant seeds in
KatieV has a recycling robot that we could maybe borrow
Goals for Earth Day (expecting about 3000 people to come through between 10am and 7pm)
- 5 people talked to meaningfully per hour
- Get Mark involved
- Involve folks who are resonant with the eco-village concept and have already been part of our community (Buckman)
Pick a project that would inspire normal Earth Day celebrators ... that SolSeed could do as a gesture of goodwill and build some momentum among its members and friends without requiring any commitment for the future
- Trash pickup?
- All of us are pledging to reduce our carbon footprint by so much
- Learning to live with less water
- Petition stating "Possibility is alive in South East Portland: I'm on the side of greater possibility" ... vague but easy ...

Bringing life, a vague idea that connects to the spirit of Earth Day
For SolSeed, Bringing life means some particular things (eco-village, going to space, etc)
What we're asking people to do is not to necessarily join our group, but to identify themselves as kindred
- by stating what possibilities they want to nurture, or drawing a picture of it on a small piece of a big blank poster
- by making a mental switch to saying "Who I am is somebody who is open to possibilities that bring life." This is the first step to having people be interested in SolSeed.
People could get stickers or hand stamps saying "I bring life!"
Get Stacey and Kevin to do the whole thing?

Center is an oval pot already planted with white or yellow flowers
Arms are curved pipes cut in half, empty to start with
People put a scoop of dirt in an empty spot and then plant a seed
- Bachelor's buttons (small blue flowers)
- Lettuce

Ben:
- Send response to Disney ... by Tuesday
- Print out eco-village visualizations on nice glossy paper ... by next meeting
- Print 200 more trifolds (wording slightly revised to include more events than just conventions) ... by next meeting
- Finish April newsletter ... by next meeting
Shelley:
- Speak with Mark about the eco-village on April 24 10 am to 7 pm; and have him get involved in the pl the planning, since it's his project.
- Pick a date for dinner with Stacey
- Speak with Stacey about the mural
- Go to Portland Nursery and get lettuce and dirt and a pretty pot with flowers for the center ... by Monday
Brandon:
- Get a board for the spiral galaxy lettuce planting ... by Tuesday
- Get a board for the Bring Life mural to be drawn on
- Talk to Kevin about the mural