July 28, 2011: Online Work Bee
From SolSeed
Contents |
Agenda
- Check-in
- Review WWWs from last time
- Write Agenda
- Equinox ... JC's email
- Service logistics
- Space Elevator Conference
- Spiritual practice
- Evaluate Call
Check-in
- Shelley ... had a fun day windsurfing ... worried I'll fall asleep during the call without laundry to fold
- Ben ... driving self crazy worrying about politics ... the debt ceiling
- Brandon ... tired ... had a fun day
- Sequoia ... sleeping ... being watched on the baby monitor ... also had a very fun day
WWWs from last time
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Shelley ... invite Jerry to next service ... tomorrow - Shelley ... research 350.org and Moving Planet ... by next call
- Brandon ... call Reach about whether they sell properties ... by next call
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Brandon ... email WWWs to Shelley ... by tonight - Brandon ... present to Shelley and Ben ... Sunday at 8:30 PM
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Brandon ... make sure the website comes back online ... tonight - Brandon and Shelley ... take picture of reading Happy in the Sun to Sequoia and send it to Ben ... by Saturday
- Ben ... post the notes on the wiki ... by tomorrow
- Ben ... send out the newsletter ... by Sunday
- Ben ... write 300 words on the book ... by next call
- Ben, Shelley, and Brandon ... read http://www.tarabrach.com/howtomeditate.html and tweak our meditation for the next week
WWWs
- Shelley ... invite Jerry to the service (will be at Jerry's house) ... by tomorrow
- Shelley ... register our event on www.moving-planet.org ... by next call
- Shelley ... check whether on call for 350.org day ... by next call
- Shelley ... invite Heather and Meg ... by next call
- Ben ... look into legal issues of hosting events such as organized bike rides, and insurance ... by next call
- Ben ... add pictures to SpaceWiki for Ryan to caricature ... by Sunday
- Ben ... add more stuff to the Space Elevator article ... by next call
- Brandon ... back up SolSeed.org, TheSanders.us, and SpaceWiki.com ... by next call
- Brandon ... check with SE Uplift about whether we can get in under their insurance rider ... by next call
- Brandon ... respond to Julie about SolSeed events, picnic ... by tomorrow
- Brandon ... upload slides for presentation ... by tomorrow
- Brandon ... send Ben a copy of the slides ... by tonight
- Brandon ... touch base with Ryan ... by next call
Equinox
- 3-mile bike loop starting and ending at OMSI, going over bridges
- Talk about OMSI's history as a fossil-fuel-fired power plant, now transformed
- Maybe a watermelon feed at the end, or in a park in the middle
- Take a picture of bikes and/or watermelons in the shape of the number 350?
- A bridge or the courthouse could serve as a point to take photos from
- Maybe take photos of one digit at a time
- Watermelons carried on each bike as an eye-catcher?
Julie
- in Portland Sept 15-18
- "At a minimum it would be nice to have a picnic together."
Service logistics
10am Saturday July 30, 2011 ... Shelley (unless Jerry wants to lead) Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben
Space Elevator Conference
- Slides are due tomorrow
- Brandon will do several 1-on-1 practice presentations
- August 9th, 8:30 PM with Ben
- Meanwhile, SpaceWiki needs improvements
- Add articles for things like StarTram, or improve quality of existing articles, one at a time, when we have spare time
- Need outreach strategy to get links
Spiritual Practice
Evaluation of Tara Brach results
- Sitting up straight? Ben had mixed results
- Shelley experimented with position ... has a comfortable position
- Brandon slouches real nice
- Ben ... one thing I like to observe is perspective ... tried meditating on the bus
- Shelley ... liked the gentle way she addressed the techniques (tips and tricks) ... not the thing itself ... presence and awareness is the thing
- Ben ... felt like it helped me yesterday when I was getting worked up about politics ... quiet music, pretty picture etc ... I felt calmer, distracted me from going round and round on the same depressing topics ... don't like thinking about these things (kind of like meta-cognition ... worried it might break my brain)
- Shelley ... my ability to be present and enjoy my day has improved ... also my ability to have a sense of humor about troubles, not get stuck in being mean and upset
- Brandon ... have a lot to do ... plugging away ... unfortunate event with ASF, but was able to roll with it
Evaluation
- Brandon ... don't like the lateness ... don't like Thursday's, like Sunday's better ... but enjoyed the call
- Ben ... I don't like lateness either
- Shelley ... I don't like Thursdays either, and also don't like not having laundry to fold, because it's easier to get distracted
