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House Meeting Issues + other issues to be addressed
Have Community Behind Me + other issues to be addressed
at Regular House Meetings
Date: 3/18/2010 12:04:47 PM ( 14 y ) ... viewed 1637 times
BEGINNING WITH FEELINGS
House Meeting March 18, 2010
Q: What kind of guidance regarding feelings?
A: Start with Seed Dreams.
What is the end goal?
Ends Goals I see:
A functional household
with functional spaces.
Issues above board.
Clear and quick communications.
Readiness to receive more flow of new energy.
Making the House Ready for New Community Members.
Clearing of the Old.
Clearing of areas in the yard that is possible...
simply tidy up of areas that are cluttered.
We will adddress larger deposits of stuff later.
Do the simple stuff.
Area on the way to the garden.
Bench near the Goddess Grove.
Completion of Area (D)...my responsibility.
Getting a live in community behind me.
Realistic assessment of where we are
regarding finances, ownership, rents now and
in the future. Dome shift.
8;55 AM
March 18, 2010
SEED DREAM FOR LESLIE
Have a Community behind me.
Feel it. Know it. Experience it.
That's the Seed Dream I am planting this morning
here at home.
This is my first morning back after being out of
town to the Natural Product Expo West.
I left last Wednesday. My last stop out of town
was with Hani, of Mid East Foods. I bought lamb
to take with me.
Broken play: I need to get a new portable burner to take,
or make sure I have my crock pot.
I need to make a list in advance of what to take.
HAVE A COMMUNITY BEHIND ME
That is the Seed Dream I will plant.
TOP OF MY GAME
Lots of experiences, in spite of lack of sleep,
indicating I am in moments of being at the top of my game.
working out the last of the bugs.
Really learning how the NPEW works.
TEACHING NEST YEAR AT THE SHOW?
I was really on the top of my game as far as understanding
some intricacies of the issues on the national stage.
I asked good questions.
Numbers of the leaders at the VIP Dinner were not
addresses the issues that need to be discussed now.
NEW SPONSORS-OLD SPONSORS
New Sponsors: HIgh Country Kambucha
New (Updated from past) Bronner's Magic Soaps
NEW--POWERFUL!!
Eden Foods.
Anna: Need help clearing my food closets.
Lots of new organic food coming in and needs to be organized.
Will bring in from the EG Mobile.
MEET with me tomorrow at 10 AM Friday for other assignments.
CONSENSUS HERE?
I appreciate and want to hear more from the person
who put the note on the corkboard
RE: Grant HIll Housing Coop
The note says"
engaging and fun community
committed to sustainability, social justice, and conscious living.
Enjoying weekly meetings and meals.
sharing chores
pooling resources by buy most food
maintaining a food garden.
This are all great things to review for living
in the Enchanted Garden Intentional Community.
Consensus format for here?
I would love to have a model here that works closer to
consensus. The map needs to be the Enchanted Garden
and its intentions. The maturing community here will
all be in sync with what the Enchanted Garden asks of us.
Each member will be honored for their deep connection
to spirit and earth and their imput will be clearly highly
regarded. Our model will be more like Camelot, a Round Table
Model. There is definitely a leader here, and teams of leaders
over various aspects of the community living, helping
to integrate and assist new live-in and extended community
members (who do not live here) to pitch in.
MY NEEDS
I need a team behind me here to be in the flow of
advancing the cause of the Enchanted Garden and the projects
that Spirit, Angels and Earth send through to be done.
DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE, ETHICS, and FOOD
This is the latest project that I am focused on now.
I will need assistance from others.
I am building a bridge between GE, Conventional, and Organic Ag.
I am creating a forum where GMO and Organic Lovers and all
flavors in between can dialogue. There is great power in dialogue
and connection. I am not into debate, yelling, or protest.
That is not going to take us home. Listening, connection,
valueing each other, these will get us home here and within
those in the dialogue.
I will post participants in the dialogue
This are the leaders in all aspects of agriculture,
and commerce ranging from Biotech to Organic and all in
between. I am making alliances that I have been made before
and that is my intention. Creating these dialogue is valuable
and its members will financially express their appreeciation.
It is going to take a staff to ground the success of the dialogue.
DEPARTMENTS AT HOME
AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT
Record keeping
House Keeping
Garden Care+++++++
The garden here needs to be adopted by all who live
here, even if that means only have a conscious relationship with
one plant.
KITCHEN CLARIFICATION
The main kitchen is intended to be for vegetarian
stove prep only. You can eat vegetarian and nurishing Tradition
foods (including meat) in the dining room.
Be sensitive that we are a community in archetype that honors
many different kinds of food prep and dietary regimens.
We are here to support whole, pure, and natural diet choices
from Vegan, to vegetarian, to nourishing traditions (meat eating...
We support industry through our spending dollars, individually
and collectively.
We support local farmers and merchants.
We favor pasture fed foods, grass fed.
We eat desserts here.
We use the finest ingredients, and these are supported
by our sponsors. We test foods here. We comment on foods
here. We survey foods here. We recommend brands we like here
that are reported on the Plant Your Dream Blog and our many
other web outreaches.
PROJECTIONS
STAFF EMPLOYMENT
We have trained staff that helps with editing of blogs,
production of graphics, and film.
We trade hours as part of living here,
and we pay as well for additional hours of work.
EVENTS
We offer events on a regular basis.
We acknowledge many holidays and special events
during the year and celebrate these together.
Solstices, equinoxes, Jewish and Christian Holidays,
+ what ever else we can honor; We watch DVD's here.
We are here to be of service to the SDSU community
of students, staff, and faculty.
We are a finishing school for the cream of the crop
persent and future environmental and sustainable leaders.
We pride ourselves here our nurturing each other's dreams.
(This one needs work here).
WE ARE ALL SENSITIVE AND SENSITIVES
The profile here includes residents who have sensitive
perceptions. Numbers of us are in touch with forces of growth
and inspiration that are not commonly acknowledged.
We all have dreams here and work toward them.
++++ The way we support those in need here, needs to be
clarified.
We help one another here. We volunteer for each other here.
We look out for ways to help each other and community here...
++++discuss.
CLEARING SPACE HERE
Clearing Space here needs to be ongoing and part of living here.
We cannot afford the high cost here of clutter or stagnating energy.
I acknowledge my own hoarding tendencies and I am working
toward this. I acknowledge I take on more than is humanly possible
and often succeed at what I take on. The cost is messes around me
and a need--that is built into the system--for help from others.
I do not always know what I am doing until I wake up that morning.
I cannot always plan ahead. Sorry.
There are times that those who choice to live here will be asked
to help out. Please practice saying no and say yes. Know when to
say each. No is a good answer. You do not have to feel guilty if you
say "no." Please do not make things more difficult through adding
unnecessary energy and emotion into the mix when you say 'No."
Your time is valuable. Each person here has their own life
and priorities.
There is also a central theme here and other themes to be identified
that our our commonground for living together.
IMPOSSIBLE LIVING CONDITIONS
We have many conditions here that look seemingly
impossible and that are not comfortable.
We are each choosing to live together.
No one is compelled to live here.
Please decide constantly that you want to be here.
Please do not lay trips on me or others here
regarding your choice to live here.
We have conditions here that can only be resolved
through ongoing meetings and communications
in between meetings.
HOUSE UPKEEP
New proposal to look at and discuss.
We now pay 12 hours per month for outside cleaning.
How many more hours per person are needed to maintain a standard
of upkeep and deep cleaning?
Proposal: We will go from 12 hours to 15 per person.
You can do some of the work yourself and pay less,
or not do the work and pay more.
These are the "House Joys" each person is asked to do
on a regular daily basis"
+++++discuss and add
These are the UDU and W UPKEEP and MONTLY UPKEEP
we can outsource and each pay for or do ourselves.
This will involved an increase in rent asked per month.
You will continue to have the option to lower your
monthly rent through doing a trade for service valued
at $10.00 per hour.
i.e, we each pay $120.00 more per month or do 12 hours
of work per month toward work trade valued at $10.00.
[ If you want to value your trade
for $20.00 per hour, they we will pay in $20.00 more per
hour up front each month.)
+++ any questions?
FUNDS and FUNDING
We all have dreams here.
There is not enough money in this moment to
improve everything we would like to improve.
The more we work together, the more we can
have all our needs met here.
There are no limits here on what is possible.
LIMITS
I do not claim to be all seeing or perfect.
I am what and who I am.
I love to love. I love to care for others.
I am the primary visionary here.
I accept that others here are more skilled in many areas
where I have human weakness.
I make mistakes. I forgive fast. I live with others who
do not hold grudges++++
if you have a tendency to hold grudges, please consider
your own issues and make a choice regarding living here.
BE HONEST
We are not here to manipulate or use unseen forces
to control one another.
Please honor your own boundaries and the boundaries of others.
+++++
This is something to discuss
GRADUATION TIME
This home is not intended to be a permanent residence
for long term living by those who find extreme stress iiving here.
+++ Please monitor your own needs.
There are natural times when we each move in and move on,
and move out. Sometimes a person can shift their own
consciousness from one space to another, and continue to live
her.
Ask if you clarification.+++++
MOVING ON GRADUATION
I want to know far in advance when a person plans to move
out. We are not here just to rent rooms. It takes time
to five the right person (at times) who will next have the
opportunity to live here.
Technically, this is a month to month living arrangement.
I ask 45 days notice at a minimum.
You are asked to pay last month rent here when you move in.
Other times, other arrangements are made.
Graduation--moving out--can be done with grace.
Honor as well, the request to move on, when you are asked.
+++ If you need clarification, ask.
TRANSITION PHASE
We are in a phase now when there are a number of people
who are graduating.
There are other new people who are waiting to move in.
I do not yet know some of these people.
They may be coming from far away, distant countries.
RENTS AND FINANCES
We are in shfting relationship to ownership and rents.
This has been an ongoing issue with too much drama.
I own 5% of the house, and likely will negotiate for more.
My intention is to buy the house. There are plans in the works.
I am open to other co-owners.
Rents have not been adjusted for some rooms.
We are in a situation where one or more dwellings
will no longer be rented, but will be shared.
There will likely be more rent needed as one of these
structures move from private residence to community
shared.
+++ This needs to be understood.
RECORD KEEPING
I am looking for more help with record keeping.
Some may come from outside. This needs to be handled.
I can no longer waste valuable time doing record keeping.
there is a great deal of record keeping asks here.
More later.
Thanks,
Leslie
sharing rent and housing expenses...
FOLLOW UP WITH NEW DIALOGUE MEMBERS
I want to nurture by Dialogue new members and get them
on Facebook
SEAMLESS INTEGRATION
Use new energy to plant deeper my intentions,
and Clear the Space between. This involved communication
of feelings as well as dumping stuff out of the space.
This involves getting rid of clutter.
PASSSOVER PREP
Passover comes March 28.
This is the origins of Spring Cleaning.
Spring Clean.
Start with your space in refrigerator.
Advanced work:
Those who are using the downstairs frigs,
clear them and get rid of the old.
Maximize the use of the downstairs refrig spaces.
=++++ Does anything have to be discussed
about frig space?
Do you have enough?
Do you have too much?
Clean Your shelves in the frig.
label any products you want to keep with a date
the date today.
Get rid of what you do not need that is old.
Wipe down your shelf.
LESLIE TO DO:
SPEND TIME THIS AM CLEARING AND GETTING
THINGS OUT OF EG MOBILE
MANY FOLLOW UPS TO DO
FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS EXPO WEST
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