Oct. 9 at Laughing Horse Bookstore 7pm

AGENDA:

*Upcoming Wednesdays at St. Francis
*5th and 2nd Wednesdays
*Updates: website, taskforce
*PSR Beyond Oil Conf. Sponsorship
*Speakers Bureau
*Post Carbon Inst. Relocalization Network

Present: Mike, Jeremy, Nellie, Robin, Jonathan, Mark

Introductions: Mark is traveling from SF to Sea. and back to create a pilot for an independent documentary. He would like to stay in touch with PPO.

*Upcoming Wednesdays at St. Francis
Nov. 1 - host: Jerry opens: Mike, Robin
Nov. 15 - Speaker/movie host: Mike
Nov. 22 - NO MEETING

*5th and 2nd Wednesdays
- Jeremy notes that attendance is lowest for 2nd Wed. and asks if a meeting with more resources for more experienced "preparers" would be of value.
Robin proposes facilitated open floor
Mike proposes open-ended question topics
(open mic, lightning talks, or community ideas, mini presentations 10 min.)
Robin will bottom-line 2nd Wed. and she requests organizations and contacts info
- Mike will bottom-line 5th Wed. potlucks

*Updates: website, taskforce
- Escape from Suburbia to be released soon
- Website: new Resources Page, mailing list features is in progress (Thanks Jeremy!)
- Taskforce: ended phase one, each subgroup presented drafts of findings about impacts. In theory OSD staff will complile readable report that will still be open for editing. Next Thursday Oct.19 will begin Recommendation phase.
David finds theme that we "can't talk about peak oil by itself" and refers instead to general economic slowdown. Most drafts are posted on thecrashcourse.

*PSR Beyond Oil Conf. Sponsorship
Nov. 18 - we agree to cosponsor and get specifics later

*Speakers Bureau
Oct. 11 David will walk through agenda
Oct. 18 - we'll need as many electronic (laptop) resources as possible for powerpoint content building and organization. Need more than one CPU with content.
Mike says: need lots of different presentations for various opportunities
Jeremy asks about handling workflow questions such as "how do I get a speaker on this date?"
Robin wants orientation meeting for new people.

*Post Carbon Inst. Relocalization Network
Does PPO want to become part of the Relocalization Network?
What exactly does that entail?
We agree to open dialog with PCI

Adjourn