Kawashaway Community Circle Notes
Circle Date
Monday August 8, 2011 – Kawashaway @ Lammas Gathering
Next Two Circles
Sunday September 18, 2011 @ 3pm – Monkey's Party Room, Minneapolis |
Sunday October 16, 2011 @ 3pm – E!'s condo, Minneapolis |
Present
Ehsea*, E!ureka*, Monkey*, Rocky*, Scooter*, Sidthe*, White Ash*, Wolf*
* indicates Steward (7/13=quorum)
Agenda
- Construction
- Lumber arrived for a new dock and replacing the bog walk.
- Repurpose wood from bog walk for walks on Loon Lane
- Building occurred during Lammas.
- Ehsea gave financial report
- Cabin
- Was not torn down- behind schedule.
- Life, weather, and gas prices kept people off the land this year.
- Need to clean out the cabin and the shed.
- Stewards will discuss what is kept and what will go.
- Inventory will be assessed by White Ash, Rocky, and redwing Blackbird.
- A timeline needs to be done for the cabin.
- But perhaps we need a process and not a timeline. We’ve had timelines and they don’t seem to work.
- What will we do with mirrors and chalkboards?
- Need a tent storage space
- Bring out a carport and tarp it.
- Using woodstove from teahouse in the screen house during autumn months.
- The Land Purchase Committee was turned into the Cabin Committee or the Razed and Raised Committee.
- Members – Rocky, Scooter, Princess Buttercup, E!, White Ash, Monkey
- Future plans.
- What kind of building do we want?
- Yurt replacement- cheaper now than in the past.
- Permaculture model.
- Tear down the cabin and see what we miss about the cabin and then decide what to build based off our needs instead of assuming our needs.
- Shack-toe (or whatever)
- Needs trims.
- Ramp is not happening.
- Needs ladders
- How are we spelling this?
- Discussed Smoking Tobacco on the land
- Decided that we know when and where to smoke.
- Land seems off the market
- We could use land purchase money for other reasons- we told people while fundraising that the money would be used for other projects too.
- Fundraising
- Need a call for annual donations.
- Veggie Oil Bus
- Wetdirt brought up and supported by many others
- Transportation issues could be solved.
- Dress it up and have fun
- Do outreach.
- Others mentioned
- Liability
- Insurance
- Storage
- Ownership
- Interest group formed
- Gypsy, Monkey, wetdirt, Tallgrass, Redwing
- Tally Sheet
- Process for handling money
- A form for two faeries to count money and be accountable.
- 3-5 days to get money to Ehsea.
- Salamander and Wolf will draft this --- if Wolf does not want to Quill will replace him.
- Outreach/ The Call
- The call is how we tell people about rules – yet we haven’t had a call.
- Arriving on Land
- New people ring this bell and someone will come get you and show you the land.
- Information and Signage.
- Greeter role.
- Community Circles
- Stewards should email the list saying whether or not they will be able to make the Circle
- Emails confirming participation causes people to want to go...
- Wetdirt will call every Steward to remind them. Give Wetdirt your number if you are a steward.
- Next Circle
- September 18th- Twin Cities at 3- Monkey’s Party room.
- October 16- Twin Cities- E!’s condo- need to talk to Duluth people and make sure this is okay.
- Hinckley does not work- let’s not meet there anymore.
- October 8th and 9th- Woodcutter’s Ball.
Action Items
Action |
Faerie Accountable |
Due Date |
Schedule Razed and Raised circle (repurposing of Land Purchase Gals) |
WA |
August |
Research Veggie Oil bus |
Gypsy, Monkey, wEtDiRt, Tallgrass, Redwing |
August |
Tally Sheet |
Salamander, Wolf, Quill |
August |
Process for Stews to public ally rsvp to Community Circles |
wEtDiRt |
August |
Submitted by Quill Mason
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