Wow, what a great meeting. First, everyone jumped in and really made the meeting happen. It’s easy to get stuff done when everyone does a little bit. Thank you for sharing your dreams…and then cleaning up. Our friendly yet firm facilitators Bonnie and Kim did a great job keeping the meeting on track too.
And then there was Chris Carlsson’s book talk and the discussion that followed. It’s important to highlight those citizen-powered social experiments that work. His new book Nowtopia does just that. It’s the good news about what’s going on in the world. The movements described in Nowtopia inspire hope and offer folks more constructive ways of relating to each other and the planet.
For those who couldn’t make it last night, you have another chance to see Chris 7pm tomorrow (Saturday Aug. 23rd) at Red Hill Books in Bernal Heights. Check here for more info.
Our next meeting is Thursday, September 18th. Janet Carter from Untraining is going to create an experience for us about race and white priviledge. This promises to be a liberating exploration. Details to follow.
We hope to see you then.
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Note: my computer died at the meeting, so I lost a number of announcements. Ugh. Sorry y’all! Below are the announcements of those that typed them again. If your announcement got erased, feel free to send it to me. I’ll add it to the below.
MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Name: Kim Connector
Passion: sf culture: art, music, fashion, food
Needs: need places, people and shops to visit in san francisco
Gifts: social skills, inimate knowledge of san francisco’s scene, organization and food
E-mail: thebrainpoolconnector@yahoo.com
Name: Neal
Passion: culture and culture change, bringing people together to live into constructive narratives
Needs: culture change projects
Gifts: two CDs of the Kooks, which Kim gave me, so I’m passing them on
E-mail: gorenflo@gmail.com
Name: Brian Castellani
Passion:yoga / video podcasting / traveling
Needs: apple help / final cut pro help
Gifts:networking / people / business relationships
E-mail: brian.castellani@gmail.com
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