Cladia's Retreat Notes

SATURDAY

ENGINE

1.      Mission: create a space of sanity and sustainability where people can come for a retreat or workshop and go home with a doggie bag of sanity.  Workshops:

a.       Dharma

b.      Chinese Medicine especially birth

c.       Qigong

d.      Tutoring

e.       Writing workshops!  (& writing books, writing retreats)

f.       Computer gaming camp

g.      Organic farming

h.      Difficult medical problems

i.        Transitions

j.        Collect wonderful people

k.      Webzine, e-book publishing

FINANCIAL MODEL

1.      Investors with a plan to get ourselves bought out

2.      Two businesses, one profitable one not

MODELS TO CHECK OUT

1.      Who else to hook up with?  Could we join not recreate?

2.      Tergar

3.      Tassajara

4.      Green Gulch

5.      Sky Lake, Karme Choling, Gampo

6.      Earth haven

7.      Camphill – healthy people with disabled, mentally ill, dying

8.      Omega

9.      Sand hill – longer time, under 10, hoping to grow to 25-30; dancing rabbit started 20/30, does better

OTHER STUFF

1.      Priority to have no factory farm meat, agribusiness

2.      There could be one building that’s a Buddhist center

3.      Are there other communit

PEOPLE

1.      Other staff?  Only if it helps with outreach

2.      Number: 10-30

a.       We need a critical mass to start

b.      Finders are too few, 80 is too many

TOMORROW

1.      Concrete making the board

2.      Next steps

3.      I ching?

4.      Community in sand

a.       Roles

SUNDAY

ACTION LIST

1.      Name ideas

a.       Name it for the place

2.      Place

a.       Establish our shopping range and core wishes

b.      Look for places

3.      Texture

4.      Spiritual life

a.       Talk to Tergar – advice

b.      Statement about what our spirituality wants to be

                                                              i.      Inclusive

                                                            ii.      Experiential

                                                          iii.      Cultivated

                                                          iv.      Orientated to kindness, gentleness, right life

                                                            v.      Ritual – meet 1x 3mos – Albany is great!

1.      Check out communies

2.      Wooofing

5.      Values

a.       Research sharing/sustainability

b.      Food ethics/financial feasibility

c.       Seriously think through core values, get to core values

6.      Governance structure

a.       *JL write down questions (First, what IS the structure)

b.      Visit other communities

c.       What models are out there?

d.      Link with Michael J to ask if his stuff is relevant *KS

                                                              i.      October conference Montreal?

e.       Communities conferences – FIC? Look up.  (Jorge on board) *CC

                                                              i.      Bring John; also Twin Oaks conference

7.      Financial structure

a.       Try to find an expert – trust vs LLC vs coop?

                                                              i.      *KS contact Ricky, MJ

                                                            ii.      *EH write basic questions

b.      Are we investors, do we expect return?

c.       What’s the power and authority of the owners? (cf governance)

8.      Livelihood – profit *blank business plan EH

a.       Workshops *CC

                                                              i.      Dharma

                                                            ii.      Chinese medicine

                                                          iii.      Writing

                                                          iv.      Qigong, Martial arts

b.      Regular classes

                                                              i.      Sitting

                                                            ii.      Yoga

                                                          iii.      Qigong

c.       Consulting *JB

d.      Retreat center *JB has Karme Choling’s?

                                                              i.      Spiritual

                                                            ii.      Writing

                                                          iii.      Health

e.       Online businesses (depends on expert)

f.       Book writing and publishing

g.      Yoga and meditation as political movements

9.      Livelihood - maintenance

a.       Farming - *research on costs labor etc.

                                                              i.      Wooofers

b.      Maintenance

c.       Housekeeping

                                                              i.      Chore wheel vs dedicated staff member

EH makes blank business plan

We do pieces

Integrate @ next meeting

*Library of books/reading list – budget for that

            * 1 person per person per meeting, @ presents

Closing – burn papers