OnePagePlan
From SolSeed
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Core Values/Beliefs
- Life is precious ... being alive ... happy in the sun
- The Destiny of SolSeed is to take root amongst the stars (openness to audacious possibilities/optmism)
- Be starfarer now (openness to audacious possibilities/optimism)
- Presence ... mindfulness ... in the now
- Nurture body, mind and spirit (SelfLove)
- We ALL are precious SolSeed (openness/welcoming differences) (community) (Empathy)
- Acting Upstream ... like Buckminster Fuller's trim-tab concept (Wisdom)
Purpose/North Star
To bring life even unto the galaxy
Actions
- Build a SolSeed village/society
- Touch every one in the speculative fiction world
- Become a player in the space industry
- Incorporate the SolSeed Society nonprofit to do or contribute to charitable work
Targets (3 Years)
Year Ending: 12/31/2012
Place: We can point to a SolSeed village
Resources: Yearly budget is $1 million
Industry: We are making money from something core to launching life to another world, eventually another star system
- Questions:
- What discipline? (rocketry, power beaming, biotech, water filtration, server farms in space?)
- Can it support people with reasonable confidence?
- Win prizes, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants?
- Venture capital is harder
Vision: Our vision is clearly articulated in all core media
- Website
- Books
- Videos
- Events
- Blog? Facebook? Other Web 2.0 madness?
Goals (1 Year)
- Income run rate of $100,000/year (~$9000/month) -- Brandon
- Place: Ownership of a site by Winter Solstice 2010 -- Mark
- Media: Publish 2 SolSeed books, a 15 minute video, and a great website -- Ben
- Spiritual Community: Regular, impactful ceremonies led by multiple people -- Shelley
Key Initiatives (Annual Priorities)
- Design Village (Architectural Program)
- NorWesCon booth (April 1-4, 2010) that creates a stir
- Exhibit at one space industry conference
1st Quarter Goals, due 3/31/2010
- Finish children's book
- Yellow: All art done
- Green: Art and text assembled and finalized
- Super green: Book self-published, have hard copy
- NorWesCon
- Yellow: Be signed up for a table, plan is written
- Green: Have elements for NorWesCon plan ready to go
- Earth Day
- Yellow: Signed up for the event
- Green: Brochures done, giveaway plan
- Super green: Fully ready for the event
4th Quarter Theme
Preparing the soil
Other Thoughts
- Distributed working groups are okay, but avoid getting tied to their negative aspects
