greenbelt flier update

sunday 3rd august: finished (?) flier design:

if this isn’t working properly look at: http://flickr.com/photos/lindseyandjenny/2727962501/

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what do you think? this needs to be moreorless the final design due to time constraints. small ammendments can be made though, so constructive criticism sought. it would be great if someone could bring a printed copy tomorrow.

 july 18th:

we had a chat today about various things to do with greenbelt. we made a few provisional decisions, with the proviso that everyone had 10 days to comment or object (seeing as we operate by consensus). those of us there tonight agreed that:

• we will print A6, double sided postcards. the front will be a better version of the above (so long as it isn’t perfect!). the back will look like an actual postcard, so that people can post it to someone who maybe interested in joining threshold. we will also include some more info on the postcard side, such as the first paragraph on the front page of this website (bea to email jenny).
• next time (august’s reflective on the 4th) we will bring whatever contribution we want to put towards printing in an envelope. people can also email (threshold@infinitarian.com) to leave an iou, if they can’t make the 4th. there is no pressure to contribute anything, and if you do feel pressurised bring an empty envelope! whatever money is contributed will effect the number and quality/ recycledness of the fliers we produce (with a sensible limit if much money is contributed…).
• our august social is cancelled, but we will replace it with a meeting at greenbelt. our greenbelt get-together will be on Sunday at 7:30pm in the organic beer tent. we agreed to provide an optional reflective activity based on the jigsaw session. people will do this in their own time, while we chat to those who want to find out more. at the end we will construct a big jigsaw. we will need jigsaw templates, instructions, pens and scissors. those on table saving duty will cut out jigsaw shapes, so that they are not drunk by the time people arrive…

please comment:

one hour preparation – rule or guideline?

jenny wrote: On my sick bed (I got a virus for Christmas) I have been designing a spiritual adventure game for the next reflective meeting (first Monday in January, which I think is the 6th). The only problem is I have exceeded the one hour preparation time we decided upon, so that it didn’t become a chore to plan meetings.Is this a rule or a guideline? Can we individually choose to ignore this, or will this put pressure on people in the future to do bigger and better things, leading to us all disappearing down the exhausted-alt-worship plug-hole?!

john wrote: From the totally theoretical view of someone who is only a virtual hanger-on to this enterprise…I’d prefer it to be a guideline, because sometimes I really get into something and spend hours on it. When this happens, the preparation is actually a lot of fun, and it’s wrong to place arbitrary limits on having fun However, if one does this, it’s probably a good idea to apologise to the group for breaking the guideline, and promise to do something simpler next time.

bea wrote: What John Said – I think its OK as a guideline, and should be taken as an average over time, so that a particular person can spend more than an hour if they really want to, but should try to do something much simpler that takes only 20-30mins prep next time, to make up for it.