October 19, 2009: Online Work Bee
From SolSeed
Planning Game
- Plan Orycon31
- Report on the site for the SolSeed village
- Work on the first three chapters of the book
- Plan the next business meeting -- Next Monday same time same place
- Change the Quarterly Goals
Next Time
- Work on the video
- Brainstorm conferences to attend
- Discuss sites and architects for the village
- Talk about possible reactions of folks feeling pushed out
- Plan the December event -- Winter Solstice Event (brainstorm name)
Orycon31
Next Steps due 10/26/09
- Brandon can work on banner, "Solseed.org: Bringing Life even unto the galaxy"
- Shelley create slideshow of photos of fun/bring life
- Ben create a pledge form (email signup + idea for pledge) by next week ... business card
Later Steps
- tri-fold
- Not printing a poster (discuss later)
- Bob and Brandon work on lifeship
- Shelley research whether chairs/table from home allowed at OryCon; research whether it has a wall
- Ben can design a trifold w/ input from Brandon and Shelley
Message
- Bring Life (definition please?)
- Pictures of the events we've had so far ... exemplars
- Possibly also nonprofits we'd like to hook up with? Water.org, etc.
- Fun
- Pictures of events again
- Possibility ... be part of an SF epic yourself
- Life-ship = good illustration
- Video also, if we have it
- We're like a cross between hippies and technophiles! (Life is Precious --> Destiny amongst the stars)
- Ditto
- Open Source/Wiki ... We change
- And if we're saying "religion," we also say "Wiki-religion!"
- We are a nascent society (industry, religion, social)
- Ultimate concern, poetry, liturgy, hymns, a way of life, ethical principles
- You can be a:
- Friend
- Admirer
- Adherent
- Practitioner
- We are serious about space/The Destiny
- But at the same time, we are about more than just becoming space entrepreneurs
- Clean water, etc.
Goals
- Have Fun
- Recruit 10 new SolSeed members ... have contact info and pledge of support
- Money, time, words for the wiki, etc ... whatever they come up with
- Give each one a copy of Parable of the Sower? T-shirt? Other swag?
- Recruit 10 new Friends of SolSeed ... have contact info and permission to send newsletters
Stuff to bring
- Video (?)
- LifeShip Model
- Architectural Sketches of the SolSeed Village
- One Page Plan ... glossy
- 10 to 20 copies of Parable of the Sower (to show? give away? sell?)
- Banner
- Ben's poster
- Pledge webpage/paper page -- say how they're going to help (edit wiki, volunteer, give money)
- T-shirts
- Table cloth
- Photos of our fun events (trash pickup on Oregon Coast, trash pickup in Washington Park, Seed 2009, Sol 2009) -- maybe playing as a screensaver on a laptop, maybe as a backdrop
