Our new course this Autumn

A very warm welcome to our new course this Autumn. We start Wednesday 9th October now.

We welcome you to get in touch with us and to book your place.

The first session will include you sharing your experiences of consensus or consent forming conversations. You might wish to prepare yourself by jotting down a few thoughts of

1. what you have experienced as hindering consent or consensus forming in meeting
2. and what you have experienced as what does
3. plus: what does 'consent' or 'consensus' mean to you?
4. why and when do \|YOU think we need it?

Just a few starter questions - questions we will revisit in the course of the autumn terms and check how our perceptions may have changed or not.

Here is our flyer - please feel free to download and share it widely also as print out (2 to a page gives you 2 A5 flyers) thank you!

SEED Circle Council Training Autumn 2013

Here is an amazon link to the first text we look at:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Consensus-Through-Conversation-High-Commitment-Decisions/dp/1576754197
 You can also get a peek in there to help you decided whether you want to buy this little book.
We strongly recommend you do.
If you can not afford it - we will be able to copy some excerpts of it for you at printing cost.

Here is also a copy of the Circle Council P&P (Principles and Practise) you might find useful to refer to during the course.

PeerSpirit Circle Guidelines

Fell free to do your own research on materials for Circle Council and wise decision making processes in what ever form: we will be welcoming them all in our learning.
Thank you for your interest and looking forward to see you soon,

Anneruth, Bill and Rona

A Deeper Democracy is Possible: sponsor learning and attend events

You might be interested in supporting these knowing about these wonderful people needing your support
http://www.dsgscotlandevents2013.co.uk/our-training-sponsorship-indiegogo-campaign.html

find out more about them and sponsor them here
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dynamic-self-governance-aka-sociocracy-group-training

and here is Kim's video

and these wonderful events need your support - please spread the word far and wide, Scotland needs you:

DSG Scotland Events 2013 Online Brochure

Meeting the Mystery of Money: stage 2 and Scotland

Life at SEED has been underground these last months, and now some of  us managed to be free for this interesting opportunity, now fully booked.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/152808665/Meeting-the-Mystery-of-Money-part-2

The plans for autumn are to reconvene in the refurbished Tollcross Community Centre and explore studying of Sociocracy and to get prepared on the road to the Scottish Referendum 2014 .
Who knows (and we would hope!) the workshop on Bute will provide some real action outcome, too, that can weave into everything, including the forthcoming Co-investigation at ALP. For background on that see Paulo Freire reading group notes on forum.

A Real Economy in the Making: Talk and Discussion

We are pleased that Louis AND Sandra will be joining us next week for Circle Council, Thursday 14th March, 9.30 am - 11.30am. Numbers are limited, so please book a place..

There is also another opportunity to meet Louis and Sandra on Wednesday Night:

Please share widely, using either this blog post link or download the flyer from here: 

also - please share via facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/events/168093870006902/

Session catch up!!

So Say We  - who sat round the table on the 28th February in the SECC

H folks, here is a wee session catch up. Sorry for radio silence, but our wee group is changing track as of April. Meanwhile, now in March, we will have opportunity to finish reading the Dare to Care book each in their own time, meet Louis in the middle of the month, and sum up the core elements of Circle Council Practice.

The Thursday morning timing has been very difficult for all of us to keep up with, and it de facto excluded some people.
At the end of the month we will be clearer as to where and when we would like to take our initiative further. It has never been so obvious as now, in these dire times of socalled welfare reform, lack of meaningful work opportunities, and above all lack of knowledge and time as to how to address the multiple complex interconnected causes and effects of an economy in tatters, that we all need to stand tall and walk side by side, heal many a divide, and make the shift from consumer society to cocreater communities.

And it is happening, folks!!!

Some of us have been able to attend yesterdays event in the SECC, The Thinking Together Assembly, with SosayScotland
See this wee video clip of the last moments of the intensive day there (filming the final photo shoot with maybe a third or forth of the people who came to think together):

One of us could attend as well as in the University of the West of Scotland the seminar on the Anthill Process of the Iceland People Assembly ; organised by Stephen Elstub, Senior Lecturer Politics  and presented by Bjarni Snæbjörn Jónsson, The Anthill Iceland

More reflections and followups of both days still to follow. Watch this space!

Notes from 7th February

Present: Rona (host), Iain (guardian) and Bill and Ruth
Apologies: Evie and Norma


First we confirmed our newly formulated Circle Guidelines:

CARE RESPONS-ABLY FOR ONESELF

a/ Ask for what we need

b/ Deep Listening


CARE RESPONS-ABLY FOR OTHERS

a/ Honour Ripple Space

b/ Listen with Curiosity and Compassion

c/ Offer What We Can


CARE RESPONS-ABLY FOR OUR TIME AND SPACE

a/ Honour Time-keeping

b/ Incorporate Lightness

c/ Value Agreements Made

d/ Talk to the Centre

e/ Honour the Talking Piece

Here just a few reflections on the thoughts that came up when  studying

Chapter 8
Our common illusion about money

and
Chapter 9
SIMPLICITY AND THE HEALING OF OUR FINANCIAL WORLD


Main thing found: we still think of money as 'our' money as if it is something we own.
The fact that the money we have in our pockets or accounts has in fact very little to do with us other than that we consent taking it as a sign of value return for our work, blurs the real facts that the value decisions made (wages/prices/interest) are based upon deeply flawed societal processes (debt base money creation; the slavery of mortgages, etc)

how can we change our attitude?

The intriguing and still very alien sounding notion of receiving and giving anything as GIFT rather than as 'due', tied to a confusing mix of basic needs needs for status.... how can we free ourselves from this tangle?

"Changing the financial institutions"
Louis's notion of how this entrenched system could be changed seems foggy and unclear, if not unrealistic.

Yes, Love can play a part in how we heal our relationship with money but money=love makes no sense, as money is only a conduit and in that, actually, neutral.
If choose and are able to bestow the conduit with love, love can flow through money,. In fact, that is nothing new neither, as people have done that (loving giving of money) since money is about.

Money, the way how it is worked with, needs to be understood first with clear thinking before one can speak of 'redeeming' it.

 

Practical points decided upon:

1. Iain will write up our Circle Agreements on an A3 sheet of paper which we then can use colour on to create a beautiful wall piece
2. Louis to be invited for the 28th of February to join in with Circle first and then share more 
3. next week's reading: Ch10 + 11; Host Bill b/f; Ch12+13 Iain with Ruth as backup
4. decided to go ahead next week's session, 14th Feb; 9.30am, even though being school holiday might mean the mothers amongst us might not be able to come

 session on 14th had to be cancelled after all;
same program now for 21st February, same time same place  

Notes from 24th January

Thursday, 7th February, we have our next session,
Check for reading prep down below Rona's report from the 24th, as the session on the 31st had to be cancelled:

A Galgael event image: making a Brighid's cross demonstrates the Way of Circle, too, as it can only be made by going round and round and round!

Notes from 24th Jan

By Rona
Host Evie 
Guardian Iain
Scribe Rona
Evie read a poem ,one vision, from the book.
Bill wrote agreements on flip chart        ( more work and thinking to be done on agreements )

Chapter 6         Community initiatives
We looked at each of the three Global initiatives in turn.
 Global Eco villages -
A powerful vision.
Group shared  knowledge of  similar initiatives they knew of .
Camphill Aberdeen , built by Pioneers who fled from the Third Reich .European
European Rainbow Camps
Was this people opting out of change and not making change ?
After a short discussion it was agreed generally that these inspiring places offer hope and a vision that brings a different way more possible.

Local exchange or community currency network.
People addressing poverty . Communities trying to stay connected Brings people together.
 Can it work on a large scale ?
Could we use an alternative currency ?  We also discussed Time Banks ,
 People  still say my money.
Andy Wightman says the poor do not have lawyers.
Land ownership always comes up.- Take the land and do it.

Basic Income Network
Great idea , Utopian, Unrealistic, Could happen but will take 50 -100 years.
It could happen with ease.Our broken souls. A mixture of feelings but agreed we should strive for a fairer system.
Iain pointed out that there was good things happening-Plasma reactors being released on 30th January. World peace being declared.

Chapter 7  True stability and Freedom
Focus is always on making enough money to live on and buy what you think you need.Society structures how we respond on a personal level.
Survival and success.
Again if you opt out and look for alternatives are you helping to make changes
Is there ever a well deserved profit ?
Profit beyond need is decadent
.Difficult to understand how having love at the core of any transaction becomes less to do with  money and more to do with need.
We ran out of time so Anneruth suggested we use the forum to finish chapter 7. Every one agreed

We then spent some more time on agreements. Also agreed to finalise them on the forum and then print them out for a wall chart. Rona will laminate it.

Bill sang a song to finish off.

Everyone agreed they felt much better after participating in the circle.

  Next week 
Rona ( with support from Anneruth if needed ) to host chapters
8 (Our Common Illusion about money) and
9 (Simplicity and the Healing of our Financial World)
Bill to host Chapters 10 (Twelve Questions to ask about a Financial Transaction)
 and 11 (Our Money System and its need for restructuring)

 

Just for fun: lets dance round and round in Transylvania!

3 Paulo Freire Reading group sessions at ALP

With our recommendation:

ALP Paulo Freire: the first three 2013 session by

New Year starting

Just a quick note to say that last week, on the 10th of January, we had no Circle Council Practise session due to illness in last minute. Bill, Evie and Ruth were there, but because there was also no crerhe worker, we just spend the time catching up.

Tomorrow is next session with same schedule:

Next Session:

Thursday, 17th January, 9.30am - 11.30am ALP, Tollcross  with creche

back in room 2 - yeppeah! so we can create a proper circle again! The Oval Table was ok, esp as it made us appreciate the benefit of a proper circle shape again!

This next session Plan:
Py. 1:Host Ruth: revising our Circle Agreements;  Guardian: Evie
Pt.2: Host: Evie; Book study;  Guardian: Ruth
Ch 6: Community based initiatives & Ch7: True stability and freedom

Scribes: tbc

Circle Practice #7 - 13th December 2012

Wishing all an enlightening midwinter circle holiday!

DaretoCare 13^th December 

Attended:  Bill Evie Sue Ian Norma Christopher and Charlie

Scribe minutes: Christopher; written up by Evie

We did our Check in and all said how we felt in the here and now, mostly people rejoiced in being there and set up on time, recalling the previous session were the room difficulty caused us to run late.

Agreements were spoken by the group

It was decided that in light of new people and to gain good understanding and ownership of the agreements we would revisit them in the new year.

Chapter three: Hazels cake and measuring gross domestic product {GDP}

Charlie reflected on GDP. Perhaps that’s why it's called ‘gross’ profit.

Ian said that whilst the whole chapter is clear and how it applies to us, he finds the whole GDP bit hard to understand.

Others continued to say stuff that was repeated from previous weeks. I felt that we had reached a great understanding and familiarity of this subject; it seemed to surround the group.  A personal reflection was that I wanted to do something positive to heal the issues with GDP. I decided to offer that we move chapter 4 for these very reasons. The group laughed and agreed. 

Chapter 4: Alone and togetherness in our survival issues

Started me thinking about solutions

Babies are frightened when born because of the feeling hunger, and so cry profusely because the pain of hunger in their tummy is so immense to the tiny infant.  I started thinking it would be good to explore our feelings of childhood growing up and survival.

I asked the group if they would be willing to explore it together?

Talking round

Sue says everything changed when I lived in Sudan. I learned to have an acceptance and appreciation of the moment, a positive attitude with those around me.  I need never really worry about survival. Observation as I write this up sometime after the session is that we skipped to what changed rather than explored childhood.

Norma suggested we have different perspectives on survival, financial, personal, and emotional. Norma recalled too be alone without the mobile on the street left her vulnerable. Like beings able to live well, keep a clean house, cook, etc. out nature is to adapt. Need to open our minds.

Bill discusses coming from a different time, a pay generation, and baby boomers, I have a great occupational pension, and have relaxed comfortable life, in a good economic state. Not sure that will happen again for future generations. I'm worried about the planet. Things like community crops in pots will spread and is our future. I have a lot of emotional support in Edinburgh.

Lost scribes own words sadly.

Ian discussed his fragile medical condition. I wouldn't last that long without big pharma. People in the states are waking up to the ideas like their taxes are paid to the queen.

Charlie discussed FEAR. Worry is concern tainted with fear, promotes survival. Water the UN says that a human being doesn't have the right to water, to self-preservation. Be aware at all times, expect the unexpected, never unregistered anyone. Respect all life in its Many forms.

Are we alone in our survival "under GDP"

What could we do to change that in our communities? (Quick answers)

Sue

We are encouraged to be independent, which is a crucial flaw in society. People who didn't want you to admit to failures, which is self-destructive and negative. Good to have the trust in other people to go to them and say how I feel.

Norma

I was brought up to believe that I should do something great. I don't believe that, its self-confidence. It's actually fine to shout out and have a voice. Why not!

Bill

Louis four defined ions in this chapter are... He seems to suggest that it's dead dimple to move from the society we are in now. To share financial support fairly. Into sure this is so easy. We have the abundance kitty. Maybe it does work out, as it works out in restaurants when we have shared like that.

Ian

Love is the answer

Charlie

Surviving alone is addressed by concentrating on core needs. Water, food shelter, the UN is not a good thing, if you look past the surface.

Bill suggested we read the articles of from the book. The three declarations of human rights at the end of the chapter, Bill read these allowed for us all to hear. 

Something to say about the chapter in the last five minutes?

That we can start redressing the evils of capitalism changing ourselves, it's the place to start.

checkout

Next Session:

Thursday, 10th January, 9.30am - 11.30am ALP, Tollcross  with creche

back in room 2 - yeppeah! so we can create a proper circle again! The Oval Table was ok, esp as it made us appreciate the benefit of a proper circle shape again!

This next session Plan:
Py. 1:Host Ruth: revising our Circle Agreements;  Guardian: Evie
Pt.2: Host: Evie; Book study;  Guardian: Ruth
Ch 6: Community based initiatives & Ch7: True stability and freedom

Scribes: tbc

Circle Practice #6 - 6th December 2012

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

Circle Practice #5 - 22nd November

Session Notes by Rona:

Host Bill, Guardian Iain, with Betty , Anneruth, Rona and joined by John (an AL guest) for part of time..

Bill read out bits of chapter 2: Ownership and the Gifts of the Earth.

 In the chapter Louis described an inner experience he had in 1987.

We discussed the similar ideas in other cultures such as native American and Gaelic culture. i.e. Not possible to own a hill or the sky.

The group generally agreed with the idea we are only stewards of the earth  and should be  looking after it for future generations.

Bill described his experience of living with people who had nothing but were the most generous he had come across.

We agreed that material things are not what makes us happy, we were fooled and  conned into massive consumerism time after time

(well some of us ) The need to possess

Bill felt he was the least spiritual in the group and was at odds with the idea that" this surge of love rising up from below,which I experienced as the love of mother earth" (page 9)

We then looked at The Four Actions Louis outlined to move to an economy that was fair sustainable and caring.

We felt that there were some inspirational examples of  how things have been changing that way already.

.Iain is investigating St Germaine Prosperity fund .

other samples included:

Pollock Free State and the Galgael (Govan)

Rudolph Steiner Schools and Camphill (world wide)

The Common Good land. 

We agreed that cultures which had remained closer to the natural world were the ones that seemed  to care and share for each other. 

It was difficult to see  though how this could change the financial sector as it seemed too huge. 

Next time, 6th December:  Chapter 3 -hosted by Iain and Rona hosting Ch#4

Other homework:

Over the next two weeks we would also think about the option to have weekly study circle, partly to make better headway with the book, partly also because the benefit of weekly Circle Council practice was missed. Additional consideration were that if one misses a session in a weekly cycle one can get back quicker, rather than a month's gap.

Implications on childcare need to be thought through and all voices heard.

Study Circle now weekly with Creche!

Flyer updated as of 6th December: join us now next week, 13th

Great Opportunity! Our Study Circle now with Crèche! 

Beat the economic blues by educating yourself about REAL economy!

6 sessions with crèche have been scheduled

and can be continued if there is demand

starts this Tomorrow

2 December sessions (6th and 13th)

will recommence beginning of January

for 4 more Thursday sessions

(dates to be confirmed)

SEIZE THE DAY

TODAY

and book your place!

and: PASS THE WORD!!

The Four Horsemen film this Thursday

Free showing of the Four Horseman Film
This Thursday, 6th December, 6.30pm - 9pm
at ALP 

by the Welcoming Cinema Club

Cinema, the art that welcomes all! The Welcoming Cinema Club is part of the Welcoming Project and the Tollcross Community Centre on 117 Fountainbridge. Every Thursday from 6:30 to 9 come along and watch a movie from different communities for free. Edinburgh EH3 9QG

come along and educate yourself!

click here

for more selected clips of film click here

   
SEED will revisit the film next year again, with the view of kick starting more dialogue on its themes and 27 principles Ross Ashcroft and team have identified.

You can read the 27 principles here
http://www.renegadeeconomist.com/fourhorsemenfilm/the-27-principles.html

"The .... list is neither definitive nor exhaustive, but it summarizes the main points of Four Horsemen: The Survival Manual and is provided here as a starting point for further discussion.

Creating a set of principles on which to base a successful process of global political and economic change has to be a collaborative project. To this end everyone is welcome to comment or make suggestions for their improvement."

or you can get the book  here 

Please stay in touch and join in the dialogue now : A better world IS possible!
It depends on us making and sustaining the whole-picture connection TOGETHER.

Circle Council Practice #4 - 8th November

This time we forgot to agree on a scribe, so, today, on the eve of session #5, we have nothing written up of our 4th session!

Well, lets make a valiant effort to remember what was two weeks ago.

Present were Anneruth, Betty, Bill, Charlie, Dazey, Rona and Sue, with apologies from Evie (who urgently needs childcare!) and Iain.

Setting the centre:
Bill brought a Mayan frog (well, one made out of metal!) to honour what had value to them and his connection with Nicaragua. Charlie brought a crystal he uses to cleanse water. Rona brought fruits of the earth, Sue a little tiny booklet called the name of which I have forgotten, but it's one sentence sayings referred to simplicity and small is beautiful, and I brought a handmade glass pendant I got given in Germany that week - and as I have a picture of that I add it here

As celebratory opening of Circle we went round reading each one reading one page/sentence of the pearls of simplicity of Sues little book.
To welcome Charlie back and Betty anew, we went slowly over the agreements.

As Dazey had not managed to prepare his reading and as Iain had not managed to come in this time, I had to step in and take us through the two 'host-less' sections, second part of the intro which was still outstanding and Ch. 1. I did not find it easy hosting because a) I was not fully prepared to do the hosting and b) our chosen method of studying is different from last term (where we read aloud page by page of the chosen texts) and most folks had not read the chapters yet in depth.
To get more hard copy texts was an issue identified, and action is being taken.

Intro core points:

• To welcome the very personal nature of the book, esp the beginning of it. Louis shared his personal journey, and his unique way of seeing, finding and relating to universal truths underpinning a sane economy.
• moving from fear to love in our relationship with money. For Louis those 2 are fundamental 'rightful' forces of human nature influencing our choices in life and in economy - fear disables, love enables caring for everything. That outcome was felt to make sense, but the notion of the two being 'rightful' was being questioned: "How can it be 'rightful' to have fear?" (what does he mean, really?)
• Louis Plan of Action: the wish to start a platform of conversation on Dare to Care and people working together: question arose where was the 'platform' - how active is it, and how does it work to join in if one is not online sort of person? 

Ch #1 Core points:

quote from p3:

MY INTENTION

I am writing this bookwith the intention for all humanityto see and dream a visionof a new economic foundationand be able to implement it.I believe that our need for vision is deepand I want to make my contribution toward itby sharing insights and revelations I received over the yearsin my search for an answer to the question: How we can resolve our financial and economic issues andestablish peace on Earth?

• introducing the notion of stage 1, the 'Garden' section of the book: we are curious to learn over the weeks to come why Louis introduces this notion, dream or vision. Are we to 'revert' to a paradisaical state? But we are living in cities now,  most of mankind? 
• stage 2: 'a love based economy', an intellectual and emotional inner structure as foundation for new culture. Good idea. But how could that be realised when glitz and glamour tempts people at every corner and traps them, what ever their money supply (eg also the so-called poor)? The hugeness of the brainwash all societies are living in was felt ... 
• part 3: "A Care First World"  a portal stage/phase where Care-First as a measure opens the gate to the Garden made manifest? Sounds easy, but as not knowing what the balanced wellbeing of each being (hnman or non human) intrinsically means - how can we make choices, alone and together?

All in all, the reflections on the readings so far was mainly critical and curious as what Louis sees the way forward is for a complex and rather fundamental process of structural transformation of society!

It was decided to ask Louis to come at a later session (not the next one on the 22nd as original thought) so we have had more time to read and reflect on his book before he comes.

Homework:

reading the next 3 chapters

Bill to host Ch #2

Charlie & Iain Ch  #3

Rona & Dazey Ch # 4

and we see how far we get on with it all in 2 weeks on the 22nd of November

Rona and Sue will via ALP further investigate child care possibilities for Evie

Circle council practise number 3 Thurs 25th October.

Write up by Sue - from memory:

Well, our start time was a little earlier than last time so we are moving in the right direction !  It was good to welcome Rona to the group and Evie’s son was a welcome visitor. We appreciated that Bill came despite little sleep.

We reviewed the agreements in the circle and all noted them to increase our ownership of them.

Ruth again prepared for the centre, so it would still be good if the rest of us put thought into bringing something to it.

I read my poem ‘It’s Criminal’ and felt the circle was an appropriate and  sufficiently supportive group to read it to for the first time. I appreciate the comments that people made.

We all talked about our recollections of the previous discussion of the book.

The Introduction (pt 1)

Ruth invited us to talk about our own personal relationship to money, which we did. Louis is highlighting concepts which are not new. There was a general agreement that it is the intention behind the use of money that is important.  

There was discussion about companies that use sustainability as a marketing ploy and fail to live up to the principles of a love economy.

The personal journey

Gave opinions about whether the love economy principles are likely to ripple out from a local to a global institutional level. Heart –warming examples were given on a local level and there was discussion about how doubting the ripple  effect can feed into creating failure/self-fulfilling prophecies.

There was discussion about the language in which the book is written, and the personal spiritual experience which informed the direction of his theories. We agreed that we could read for the content regardless of feelings which the language may evoke, and talked about what->

Next

We agreed to continue discussion of our reading next week.  Louis will come to the  following meeting and we thought that we may want to invite him back again later when we are further through the book.

When hosting a chapter we agreed to invite people to think about .

1.     What facts have you learned?
2.    What are your feelings about this chapter?
3.   What action might you take as a result?

Hosts for next session on the 8^th of November – as far as we remember right now – were to be:

Intro revisited            Iain or Ruth?

Chapter 1                  Christopher

Ch. 2                          Bill

Ch. 3                          Evie

Ch. 4                          Rona

In general: we wish to progress a bit faster now through the chapters, to get ready for Louis!