Below are both in-person events we've organized for ourselves, and other events where some of us might gather to work on this pattern language.

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Bowen Island January 22-23, 2012 DRAFT Full Project Team Meetings Agenda (at Dave's house, 340 View Royal Pl, Bowen Island BC): Directions to Bowen Island

Attendees: Core Team plus Raines Cohen, Betsy Morris, Michael Wolf, Dan Doherty, and Kate Sutherland; Kathy McGrenera will join us for Saturday evening only

Saturday January 21: 17:00 onwards -- guests arrive (dinner at Dave's approx 18:00 onwards, followed by games evening)

Sunday January 22: Group Pattern Language Project Marketing Meeting

08:00 - 09:00 breakfast

09:00 - 16:00 (including 1 hour break for lunch)

1. check-ins (whole group)
2. review purpose of the day (whole group)
3. marketing needs and opportunities discussion, including possible break-out groups to address:
   • brochures
   • pitches to and liaison with organizations that can help spread the word (see list on this Google Doc)
   • mailings, including managing, coordinating and consolidating mailing lists
   • outside events/conferences to attend (especially upcoming IAF North America conference in May)
   • events to put on ourselves
   • community PODs ("People Of the Deck?") getting together locally in 4-5 major areas
   • creating the Group Works "learning community" promised in the brochure and on our website
   • which outside websites to promote on and how
   • using our own websites for promotion and marketing (including decisions on which content to maintain where)
   • using the phone app for marketing
   • using the available analytics to develop marketing strategy
   • collecting and posting more blurbs/reviews
   • Second Life app
   • advertising
   • other?
4. creation of ongoing marketing teams and developing a "who will do what by when" list and agreement on coordinating our messaging (whole group)

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  • Birthing announcement
  • Right livelihood: how can we build businesses using the deck and language? What can we share? How can we build on one others' work?
  • website platform
  • naming games

18:00 - 21:00 whole group celebratory dinner (out)

Monday January 23: Group Pattern Language Project Community-Building and Next Steps Meeting

(note: some participants may choose to spend some or all of the day implementing Sunday's decisions rather than working on the agenda below)

08:00 - 09:00 breakfast

09:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 17:00 (with lunch in between)

1. check-ins (whole group)
2. purpose of the day (whole group)
3. what's next for the pattern language -- discussion including possible break-out groups to discuss:
   • more decks? including translation, decks for different audiences
   • more apps?
   • game nights and/or other events?
   • story collection and/or peer-to-peer help and/or other enhancements to the functionality and scope of the website (this is related to the Group Works "learning community" discussion from Sunday)
   • other?
4. the longer vision: how else can we help improve group process?

17:00 wrap-up and farewells

Bowen Island January 20-21, 2012 DRAFT Core Team Meetings Agenda (at Dave's house, 340 View Royal Pl, Bowen Island BC):

Friday January 20: Core Team Gathering (facilitated by Chris Corrigan) -- this day's agenda subject to change by Chris

08:00 - 09:00 arrival and breakfast

09:00 - 17:00 check-ins; review purpose of the day; shared context/perspective on issues that have come up during our work together to date; discussion of how we each see our roles on the project evolving going forward and our personal vision of the project's future; development of a shared vision and consensus on roles; consensus on membership of the Core Team and of the Board going forward; agreement on groundrules for Core Team and Board activities going forward; (includes 1 hour break for lunch)

18:00 - 21:00 celebratory dinner (out); if agenda above is not finished, resume meeting 19:00 - 22:00

Saturday January 21: Core Team Planning Meeting

08:00 - 09:00 breakfast

09:00 - 13:00 and 15:00 - 17:00 (with lunch and break in between)

1. check-ins
2. review purpose of the day
3. group assessment of what needs to be done over the next few months (re: the deck, the download version, the phone app, other activities)
4. timeline development and assignment of work (consistent with roles agreed upon yesterday Friday)
5. schedule of future meetings and events
6. decisions on (a) access to 'working files', (b) website editing/permission rights/moderation, (c) getting intellectual capital rights waivers, and (d) "shareholder loan" clearing
7. if necessary calling a 'Board Meeting' for any approvals, signatures etc. required for promissory notes, 501c3 or other documents.

17:00 - 18:00 arrival and welcome of attendees for following two days' meetings (some may arrive Sunday morning)

18:00 - 21:00 welcome dinner and playing games with the cards (at Dave's)