May 8, 2011: Online Work Bee
From SolSeed
Contents |
Agenda
- Check In
- Review WWWs
- Review Agenda
- Next Service Logistics
- 1 hr Book Club - Seed Village
- Decide on Solstice
- Symphony of Science update
- Evaluation
Check In
- Ben ... trying to get less scared and more excited for the trip ... leaving Saturday ... Shelley asks Ben to take pictures and do a slideshow
- Brandon ... made it through a hectic week ... very excited about Symphony of Science connection ... looking forward to having work bee meetings in person
- Shelley ... normally really hate Mother's Day, but had a wonderful Mother's Day this year ... brunch with family
- Sequoia ... has an incredible vocabulary, new words every day ... seems to be thriving
WWWs from last time
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Shelley ... invite Jerry to do the next service ... by tomorrow - Shelley ... identify and contact the one person she signed up ... by Thursday (possibly Monday)
- Shelley ... take a picture of the lettuce ... by Monday
- Shelley ... create a lettuce picture reminder system ... by Tonight
- Brandon and Shelley ... finish community stories ... by next call
- Brandon and Shelley ... finish reading the book ... by next call
- Brandon, Shelley, and Ben ... review the book, by next call
- Brandon ... get the data on the sign-up sheet to Shelley and Ben ... by Monday
- Brandon ... write one paragraph about the "Orbital Railway Act of 2012" ... by next call
- Ben ... identify and contact one or possibly two people who signed up ... by Monday
- Ben ... create a page for the Earth Day 2011 event on the wiki ... by next call
- Ben ... send a link to Gus of the newly created Earth Day page with another hearty thanks ... by next call
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Ben ... create a "SpaceWiki Calendar" (or something) page on SpaceWiki.com with our plans ... by next call - Ben ... recontact the Space Elevator guy at Microsoft ... by next call
Review Agenda
Next Service Logistics
6:30pm Friday, May 13, 2011 ... Shelley Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben
1 hr Book Club Call - Seed Village
- Memorial Day Weekend
- Shelley and Brandon drive up Saturday morning
- Shelley and Brandon drive back down Monday morning
- See Todd and Casey
- See John Boswell (Symphony of Science)
- Ben's Larp is Sunday afternoon
- Extended Seed Village meeting
- Are we the right people for community? Personal inventories -- Ben
- Read our stories and discuss
- Vision and goals -- Shelley
- Power, Decision-making, and Governance -- Brandon
- Bring Ted as an expert?
- NVC, Consensus, ... Communications Training
- Legal entity
- Are we the right people for community? Personal inventories -- Ben
Daybreak
Questions
- Could we get contiguous units?
- Which units (and how many) remain?
- What would happen if/when SolSeed grows beyond Daybreak?
Statements
- We would have to agree to everything on their charter; then to be "in SolSeed" members would have additional constraints (believing in science; wanting to bring life into space)
Cons
- Ben:
- Embedding a space-related sub-community seems challenging
- Would be nice to all be next to each other, if possible
- Weird power dynamics with the larger community leadership
- Still quite pricey to move in, especially for Ben (who can't sell a house to help pay for it)
- Embedding a space-related sub-community seems challenging
- Brandon:
- Miss the garden
- Proximity to park and school (Daybreak does have its own small park and children's play toys)
- Shelley:
- North Portland location -- is it safe? It's further from my family.
- School for Sequoia -- Spanish immersion available but 10 block walk vs. 1 block for arts school
- Day care for Sequoia is in N Portland through year 3, but we'd planned to be in walking distance for ages 3-6 and now would NOT be.
- Weird social dynamics with people not understanding our vision
- Attached to house where we birthed Sequoia; garden too
- Love my current commute -- not sure if this one OK for bike
- Spending a lot of work hours in meetings and on the grounds of a community that takes "second place" in our hearts compared with SolSeed
Pros
- They do have lots of existing infrastructure (opportunity cost)
- We wouldn't have to build anything
- We wouldn't have to develop the legal entities and those sorts of things
- Would help us solve the problem of where Sequoia would live when he's older, etc.
- Brandon:
- Get to live with Ted; he is a SolSeed member and would probably contribute if we lived together; one of my best friends
- New, sustainably developed, unlike our house
- Maybe someone there will discover us and become a member
- A lot more flexible for Ben's timeline (move in date; also if he starts a family)
- Shelley:
- Potentially a lower mortgage; fits my values of spending less on ourselves and more on "projects" we care about
- Less hassle with construction (disruption to our lives)
- SolSeed events could occur in the shared common space
- Three other kids Sequoia's age; could share childcare and raise our son in a village
Decide on Solstice
- Decide on hike on Saturday June 19
- On the day of the Solstice we'll do a neighborhood picnic (Tuesday June 21)
Symphony of Science update
- Brandon is working on a partnership where the Symphony of Science videos will include links to SolSeed
- The link to SolSeed would include another video about the circles of commitment and "an alternative to religion"
- From there, link to a sign-up for a small monthly donation
- Goal: 0.01% of people who view the video donate
- We would create a nonprofit that John would work for, which would own the rights to his content
- The result might not be SolSeed ... the SolSeed Movement would be a subset?
Evaluation
- Ben ... we discussed a variety of stuff ... it worked, although it was a bit long
- Shelley ... the intellectual content gets precedent over the emotional content ... we should consider at least naming the emotional content more often
- Brandon ... pretty good call
WWWs
- Brandon ... decide whether to submit abstract for Space Elevator conference ... by Monday
- Brandon ... schedule an in person with John Boswell for Memorial day weekend ... by Tuesday
- Brandon ... send copy of invoice to Ben ... by Monday
- Brandon ... draft agenda for Power, Decision-making, and Governance section of meeting ... by next Sunday
- Brandon ... contact the remaining people on our list from Earth Day ... by Wednesday
- Shelley ... schedule with Todd and Casey for Memorial day weekend ... by Tuesday
- Shelley ... if U expresses interest, suggest and orientation meeting with Brandon
- Shelley ... to F: want to clearly communicate our vision and clearly understand hers so that we can route people to each other, currently overextended and unable to co-convene, happy to be members of the meetup group
- Shelley ... draft agenda for Vision and Goals section ... by next call
- Ben ... test Kindle with EtherPad ... by Friday
- Ben ... mail a check for 1/3 of the invoice amount ... by Tuesday
- Ben ... draft agenda for Personal Inventories section ... by next call
- Ben ... move these notes to the wiki ... by Monday
