Below are both events we've organized for ourselves, and other events where some of us might gather to work on this pattern language.
Future
July 18-21 on Bowen Island at Dave Pollard's house, contact Daniel Lindenberger for more info.
October 4 is Christopher Alexander's birthday (1936). We think we should do something to celebrate! What are your ideas? Add 'em here.
NCDD is holding shorter regional conferences this fall instead of one big national event. Events include Oct. 29 in Cupertino, CA and Nov. 13 in Portland, OR. Who wants to get involved?
5th Annual International Conference on "ENGAGING THE OTHER: The Power of Compassion": November 19-21, 2010 in San Francisco Bay Area (Rohnert Park), CA. Anyone going to this one?
Pattern Review Calls
These are to review specific patterns. Being convened by Sue Woehrlin, Dave Pollard, and Daniel Lindenberger. Anyone is welcome so long as they are somewhat up to speed on the project; please RSVP in advance to one of these three convenors if you plan to attend.
Next call: None Scheduled, anyone want to convene something?
Old call-in info for tele-meetings, probably needs to shift to freeconference.net or some other service in future:
201-793-9022, code 4930808 (Skype: +9900827044930808)
(Backup is 605-475-4333, code 701706)
Past
Thursday, July 8, 2010 in Portland, OR. At Daybreak Cohousing, hosted by Ted Ernst. Contact Tree for more info.
June 1, 2010 in Portland, OR: Tree made the first ever public presentation about the pattern language project as one of the evening speakers at the Village Building Convergence, with assistance from Dave Pollard.
Bowen Island + Seattle, April 2010 - The most productive pattern session ever!
March 29, 11:30am(ish) to 4pm, Berkeley Cohousing (2220 Sacramento St.) in Berkeley, CA. Contact Kaliya Hamlin.
Show and tell
March 6, 2010. Dave Pollard and Sue Woehrlin.
February 26, 2010, 1:30-3:00PM (west coast time) — on the phone/net — The first of perhaps many virtual gatherings for people to do "show & tell" on patterns they've worked on, and for us to collectively contemplate one or more patterns. We looked at Accordion, and made some edits and added some thughts to the discussion there.
Presenting: Kaliya & Nancy
Attended: John Abbe, Tree Bressen, Malcolm Best, Kaliya Hamlin, Nancy Glock-Grueneich
February 7-8, 2010 — Berkeley, CA — About 10 of us are planning to meet up in person for two days to write patterns together. Participants are expected to already be familiar with the project (at least having read some main docs on the website) and ready to roll, contact Tree for more info. We're starting with Sunday brunch 11am at Fat Apples, then meeting the rest of the time at Epworth United Methodist Church. Hope to see ya there!
It was great - see this news item: Session in Progress in Berkeley
January 25th, 2010 following Fabulous Facilitators (9-11am) in Berkeley. Kaliya Hamlin will be supporting the conversation and Raines Cohen has offered the location at Berkeley Co-Housing Community until 4pm. Think of this as a warmup for pattern writing when Tree comes to town in February. Please register here.
October 30—November 1, 2009 — Portland, OR — Current Challenges for Patterns, Pattern Language, and Sustainability sponsored by Portland Urban Architecture Research Lab (PUARL), in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. Tree Bressen Sue Woerhlin
September 21-23, 2009 — San Diego — IAP2 2009: Making Sustainable Decisions Nancy Glock-Grueneich, Tim Bonnemann, Leanne Nurse
Eugene December 2008 gathering
Does anyone know of good lists out there of group dynamics related events?
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