We’re taking a break from meetings so we can recharge and focus on the Christmas period.
Our next meeting at the Old Convent will be on the 8th January at 7pm.
We’ll have one final social meeting at Curio Lounge Wednesday 11th December at 7pm. See you then!
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
Jeannie has an upcoming Solstice party on 22nd December at Scout hut. Energy and ideas welcome. Please contact us if you are able to help.
We had a successful evening at Goodwill Evening in Stroud yesterday. There was printing, food and goodwill at the Beacon. Please send in some pictures if you have them.
There was a discussion around an XR soup kitchen, some people already want to help with this. It would be good to get clarification on whether we are going to be helping other initiatives that are already established in the town or are we going to do this solo as Stroud XR. What do you think about this?
One group also discussed ideas for an alternative Xmas, and another discussed what an XR social meeting could involve.
An idea that is taking shape (but which remains as yet not fully formed) is that we develop two meeting formats.
One type of meeting could be centred around Working Group Co-ordinators and during which work is imagined, discussed, agreed and planned. The purpose of suggesting this is to reduce time and work commitments for co-ordinators, who presently need to devote two evenings a week. The main output of these meetings will be a list of things to do and names of people who have agreed to do them will be.
Another type of meeting will be more relaxed in format would be centred on the rest of the crew. There is a growing consensus that it might deliver training and discussion. It will have fewer to dos than the Action meeting. It can be a space in which we talk to develop culture, understanding and paths towards adaptation.
