Today was quite an interesting day: our first day with creche! Due to room booking
confusions at ALP chaos seemed to reign supreme sweetly challenging everyone to
transcend upheavals ! We more or less managed thanks to all and esp.
Sue who then also after the session got our next term bookings confirmed as
well as our remaining five sessions with creche.
It was great to have Evie back, and her wee Mali seemed to
enjoy the sole attention he got in the creche.
We met in the small office meeting room of Gingerbread in
the Janitors house next to ALP, squeezing 7 folks round the oval table there, once
we finally got started over an hour late, but kept in good spirits by Bill
making us all tea there!
Today's meeting had also a good bit of practical
arrangements on the agenda for to be discussed but we made the wise decisions
that after the double room upheaval we would first settle down for a wee spot
of proper circle council practise, oval table or not... After sharing what we brought for the centre
to represent our learning intent, and check-in of all (Bill, Charly, Iain, Ruth,
Norma, Dazey, Evie and Sue) and with a special welcome given to Norma, - and after re-membering our agreements (as
best as we could, as noone had a written copy!), Iain and Bill hosted the start
of the study of Chapter 3 of our book : "Hazel's cake and measuring gross domestic product".
Our reflections included a shared sense that the natural
environment is indeed the foundation of our livelihoods, and that unpaid work (and
gift economy) indeed holds together the fabric of community, and not what gets
measured in GDP, and our economy tries to turn the natural laws of this cake
upside down.
We only had 10 - 15 minutes today for sharing or studying
the text, and it was agreed to carry on with this very meaty chapter next
session, esp in order to give due considerations to the Calvert-Henderson
Quality of Life indicators coming up
here next. Extra, supplementary study of these indicators is recommended via
calvert-henderson.com for instance.
Next week study:
Ch 3 deepening (host Iain)
Ch 4 (host: Rona)
further ahead:
skipping Ch 5 and tackle it with Louis when he comes in
February
CH 6 (host : Evie)
Ch 7 (host : Sue)
Practical Matters decided:
- · to meet now weekly even though some people might not be able to make it more than fortnightly because missing out one now doesn't mean missing out a month with the slow speed study we seem to have. (Sue and Ruth to secure booking of rooms with ALP)
- · draft flyer for creche supported sessions accepted; date's entered b y hand once above confirmed; Ruth to firm up the digital flyers
- · Evie flyering today during food co-op at ALP
- · Evie and Bill will co-ordinate the planned four 4 Horsemen film cafe nights next year
- · who can will try to get to the 4 Horsemen film showing tonight at Welcoming Cinema club
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