(1) This week
@ Klamath Free School;
(2)
Permaculture Study Group update; and
(3)
Decentralizing the Free School calendar.
(1) This
week @ Klamath Free School
D-I-Y
WEDNESDAY – July 4th – No class
Instead of a
class, do some do-it-yourself independence and read the first part of
the Declaration of Independence. The part before the list of
complaints against the King lays out the basis of what it means to be
America. (Relatedly, here is something I wrote last year on "Why
Independence Day is my favorite holiday." - >
http://transitionvoice.com/2011/07/why-independence-day-is-my-favorite-holiday/.)
THINKING
THINGS THROUGH THURSDAY – July 5th – CLASS CANCELLED
The talk on
Privatization has been postponed.
FILM SCHOOL
NIGHT – July 7th – 8:30 p.m. - 249 East Main Street
Nanook of the
North
This 1922
silent film was the first feature-length documentary. The film
follows Nanook, an Inuit (eskimo) hunter, as he pursues life in the
harsh conditions of northern Canada, in the Hudson Bay region. If you
like people, you'll love this movie! 79 minutes.
(2)
Permaculture Study Group update
The
Permaculture Study Group decided to proceed by meeting every other
week to discuss a new lecture in a college-level course on
permaculture videotaped at North Carolina State University. The first
lecture we will discuss (which runs an hour and twenty minutes) can
be viewed here:
http://mediasite.online.ncsu.edu/online/Viewer/?peid=a2e6edb63ab4478d831a0f8a026a2a641d
.
(The whole
course is here:
http://mediasite.online.ncsu.edu/online/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=f5a893e7-4b7c-4b79-80fd-52dcd1ced715
.)
We haven't
decided on when and where to meet the week of July 8 through 14. If
you're interested in watching the video and the joining us in a
discussion, let me know and I will make sure you get the details on
the next meeting.
(3)
Decentralizing the Free School calendar.
Recruiting
class leaders, arranging places and times, and drafting the printed
calendar is too much for one or two people to keep up on a continuing
basis. Unless people want to take up these tasks (either once or on a
continuing basis), I propose we move to a more sustainable model in
which people who want or are persuaded to teach something decide on
the place and time and we post it on the website and send around
emails and those of you on Facebook could post things there (please).
I plan to keep the 'Thinking Things Through' series going most
Thursday nights at Green Way. CeCe is planning on a regular
meditation and spiritual support group meeting at her house. Alicia
has mentioned doing group walks or personal fitness training at Moore
Park. Alicia and Jim have expressed interest in keeping a movie night
going in potluck form at people's homes. And Ed has suggested a
playwriting support group and possibly an improv/standup night. I
also hope to schedule some how-to/do-it-yourself types classes I have
already talked to people about, as well as recruit people to do more
in the coming months, so if you have some skills or knowledge to
share, let me know! So (if we proceed with this model) we will still
have lots going on, but it won't be planned too far in advance, there
won't be a printed schedule.