August 18, 2010: Online Work Bee

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Agenda

  • Check In
  • Review WWWs
  • Review OnePagePlan
  • Neighborhood picnic report
  • Backyard cottage
  • SpaceWiki
  • Book

Check In

  • Ben ... guess still recovering from sister's wedding
  • Brandon ... working very hard at work, slowly paying off, feel good about it
  • Sequoia ... over his fever ... had a great poop this afternoon ... all over everything
  • Shelley ... finally done with 4 job-related lectures and 2 morning reports for the summer, will get a break from job on Saturday and then run a triathlon on Sunday

WWWs from last time

  • Brandon: Send out 10 more requests for positive quotes about SpaceWiki ... by next call
  • Ben: Send email to Christina asking her to contact Desiree
  • Shelley ... write up a description of the prospective financial system for the 3-person eco-village ... by next call
  • Brandon and Shelley ... schedule a time to talk about the cottage ... immediately after this call

OnePagePlan

Goals (1 Year)

  • Income run rate of $100,000/year (~$9000/month) -- Brandon is really worried about that
    • Need to incorporate a business
    • September 2 is the closing deadline for this year's SBIR application process ... seems unrealistic, but barely possible if Brandon takes some time off work
  • Place: Ownership of a site by Winter Solstice 2010
  • Media: Publish 2 SolSeed books, a 6-minute video (and write script for a 15-minute one), and a great website -- Ben
    • Used to say we would finish the 15-minute video ... Brandon agrees this is a good recalibration
    • Website: front page looks cooler, but need to work on it more next quarter
  • Spiritual Community: Regular, impactful ceremonies led by multiple people -- Shelley
    • Next service will be on the Equinox, seed topic: Freedom from Judgement

Neighborhood picnic

  • 300-400 people came through
  • Mural went well ... not specifically SolSeed, just a Buckman-related mural
  • Didn't talk about SolSeed at all ... just supporting the neighborhood
    • Our name did appear on the newsletter

Backyard Cottage

EcoVillage Draft (from Shelley and Brandon conversation)

Who owns what?

  • Condo model
    • EcoVillage owns all property and outside grounds
    • Occupants own living space from the inside paint inward
  • EcoVillage has the first right of refusal on any sale of a living space
  • Upon expulsion, EcoVillage must buy living space back at a fair market value
    • In case of disagreement, value is determined by an independent 3rd party agreed to by both EcoVillage and current occupant with cost split between them

How are decisions made?

  • By consensus of the community
    • If this isn't resolving, then appeal to a vote of the board of directors
  • Board is elected by full members according to bylaws
    • At first, we'll be so small that everyone can be a board member
    • Size should max out at 5-7

Who is eligible to join?

  • Offsite trial period (path to membership)?
    • Have them live nearby at first, in rental housing?
    • Trillium Hollow model
  • Onsite: provisional membership for first year, full membership thereafter
  • Each family must include 1 SolSeed member in good standing
  • Until the eco-village includes 6 family units, all new family units must be accepted by full consensus of all EcoVillage members

Next steps

Building the Cottage

  • Molly and Matthew have a tour of little cottages set up for Brandon and Shelley ... take the tour
  • Hire an architect for concept plans
    • Create a scorecard for our architect
      • Create ArchitectScorecard page, fill in to best of ability
      • Talk to Chris, ask questions, probe for considerations

Forming the Organization

  • Talk to Trillium Hollow (Charles)
  • Talk to Daybreak (Ted to arrange)
  • Study other existing intentional communities
  • Create an organization (probably an LLC) and give it some financial resources
  • Sell the land and exterior of the existing house to said organization

SpaceWiki

  • Sponsorship-campaign packet (quotes, photos, etc) is in progress
  • Need to ask people to try to keep the irreverent tone instead of copying dry prose from Wikipedia

Book

  • Ben added 130 words to the "Orbiting Mini-Worlds" section of Chapter 4, Living in Space
  • Brandon had writer's block

WWWs

  • Shelley ... contact Mark about doing opening words at the next service ... by next call
  • Brandon ... leave a grateful and inspiring comment on both blogs where SpaceWiki was mentioned ... by Thursday night
  • Brandon ... setup time to talk to Chris about ArchitectScorecard ... by Saturday
  • Ben ... start on the ArchitectScorecard page ... by Saturday
  • Ben ... tend the SpaceWiki.com community (2 comments at least) ... by next call
  • Ben ... add to Brandon's comments ... by next call
  • Ben ... add up all the words for the book that we've added this quarter ... by next call
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