Scribe: Kim McGoff Conveners: Beth Schermerhorn/ Adam Campbell Time: 12:30pm
Attendees: Beth Schermerhorn, Shari Scofield, Kim McGoff, Liem Doan, Sarah Frick, Earl Martin, Soula Pefkavos, Suzi Carter, Kurt Rosenberger, Joanna Gray, Andrea Gram, Pelham Beck, John Ottenesack, Adam Campbell, Tom Benevento, John Otenasek
Vision of what Harrisonburg :
- Houses that come together: share vehicle, tools, property, minds, time, meals.
- Closer community that is self reliant oil free
- Deal with issues in community to deal with conflict as comes up
Contagious as problems in the world get more serious and people see things are working.
Transition/Transformation Framework – identify an action group that can take it from ideas to action.
The Transition Handbook From oil dependency to local resilience by (Transition Town) (modeled after England) ; provides shared language; starting place
Next step ideas:
- Read Transition Town Guidebook, have book club to talk about ideas, have a meal, begin taking action,
- We need to establish accountability¸ leadership
- Interested establishing reading/action group… Beth, Soula, Tom, Adam,
- Ideas; Potluck / Book group to welcome interested; get clear purpose and goal of group; and evaluate what is working (and what is not) with group. Get each interested person’s intention; reading group… need to get to action discuss
- Want to reach out for others that are interested – reach out to your friends
- Research were else it is working (Bookchin)
Intentional Community Group formulation:
- Monthly potluck – last Sunday evening of the month (5:00pm), starting June 28th
- Bring your own dinner ware
- Beth and Sara offers their home as “hub” of group; Shari offered home;
- Have large group break¬-up into small group discussion and actions (consider breaking Transition Framework into small pieces/sections of head, heart, hand… read it then discuss what do we think?, what have we done?, what could we do?)
- Create a regular tempo, and allow the group to form
- Use Transition as a framework, but do what works for Harrisonburg (community, skills, needs, of citizens and the participants)
- Consider modeling after “eco¬-action” list serve
- Be sure we welcome diversity
