Very well then; As prompted by Robert Eickmann:
"THIS IS SATURDAY HOUSE AND THIS IS WHAT IT
IS AND THESE ARE THE ACTIONS I MAKE HAPPEN FOR IT!"
Saturday House is a school of thought founded by Lion Kimbro and
inspired by his teachings: it is expressed through three bodies
called House, Spiriata, and the Six Hour Project.
Core elements of Saturday House:
* Life & Liveliness.
* Solidarity.
* Ideals & Values. (Diverse but working together.)
* Nature, Science, Imagination, Research, Action, Business, Work.
* Working on projects with others, as a team.
* Self-mastery.
* Saturday.
* Giving, and acute Sensitivity, Alertness.
* A readiness to be surprised; Vigorous change.
* Adventure.
I invite as advisors: Robert Eickmann, Brian Dorsey, Jon Dugan,
Daniel Joyce, Josh Kopel, and a leader from the kids who have
recently gotten into action on their own initiative from amongst
the smoldering remains of Saturday House's previous incarnation.
There are others on and off the list who I want for advisors;
Please contact me. With time, we will establish a formal
structure that is made to embody and cultivate our mission, which
is to bring high ideals to reality.
Anyone who speaks against high ideals, or who somehow implies
that high ideals are "weak," or "ineffectual" will be removed
from the Saturday House list swiftly.
Anyone who speaks against dreams, cloud castles, and high
aspirations will be removed from the Saturday House list
swiftly. Do not say "No;" Speak: HOW. Or confess your
inability to understand how.
Before speaking error against dreams & high ideals, I recommend
that the speaker first review the history of the Federation of
Damanhur, and argue their point to the Damanhurians.
I do not care at all if I should wipe out 99% of the mailing list;
The 1% who remain are worth it. The rest of you can burn in the
society and the suffering of your own making.
I do not care how helpless, incapable, or bound internally &
externally that you are: If you hold hope, then you belong. But
if you despise the mission, then I do not care how much time,
money, or capacity you hold: Your capacities are all useless, and
only distract. Pure intentions can find ways; Faltering, at
first, like this very email, but with time and effort, developing
strength. Malevolent intention, however, can only refine
perversion.
There will be objectives, and objectives will add up: We must give
meaning to our work. We cannot afford to waste our lives on petty
hobby projects, art projects without purpose, automatic cat feeders,
and robots that do nothing.
There is softness in Saturday House. Diverse perspectives will be
heard. Objectives will not be come from the random whims of a
dictator, but rather, be driven by sensitivity to dreams, values,
capacities, and vision. There will be games and merry making.
Your creativity will be not only encouraged, but further: WE WILL
MEASURE OUR SUCCESS BY WHETHER EVERYONE'S CREATIVITY HAS COME TO
REALITY. Your interests will be developed into practicality. We
will cultivate skill in sharing dreams, and making dreams real.
We aspire for what is magical, generous, and loving.
These realms are of particular importance to Saturday House:
Science Mathematics Life Hacking Deliberation
Ecology Thought Storytelling Tradition
Open Source Hardware Hacking Mythology Education
Populations Structured Criticism The Arts Transhumanism
Gender Religion Games Cybernetics
Sustainability
Participation is ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. Anyone may leave immediately,
or at any point in the future, forever and ever.
Lurkers are welcome. You do not have to leave the list if you
don't want to participate. If you know that you are against the
mission, though, then I invite you to unsubscribe.
Actions I make happen for the Saturday House:
* I will find a house amongst our participants to hold Saturday
House in, for each Saturday, for the time being.
* I will reinstate income-sensitive, participation-proportional
dues.
* I will create an oath to be recited by all participating.
Something on the order of: "I promise to commit my available
Saturdays to (something useful, something beneficial, something
active, ...) I commit myself to high ideals."
* I will ensure that there are activities: as needed, and as
imagined by participants. But structured much more clearly than
we have structured them in the past, with lines of
accountability.
* I will convene group meetings, where we sort out what's important
to us, and make ourselves accountable to our values and ideals.
We will commit to action, consistency, and imagination.
* Order and structure for our activities. Calendars, teams,
profiles, packets. People appointed to carry out duties in the
name of our ideals, and layers of participation.
* I will ensure that we develop a "Saturday House Way," based on
what we find to work, and where we are headed.
We will restart monthly 6-hour projects, Robert Eickmann & others
willing. Spiriata blends with Saturday House.
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I'm in Chicago at Bucketworks,
conducting field research, so I'll be working by cell phone.
206.427.2545
This email is almost certainly too ham-fisted, "the wrong thing,"
a poor choice of words, an embodiment of so many cataloged errors.
And yet, it is the only thing that makes sense to me at this
moment in time. With time, we will learn the right thing. But for
now, this is what we have to make do with.
After you think, "I don't know -- this doesn't sound like what I
signed up for -- I'm not sure that there's a place for me here;"
Consider whether that is really true. What is it that attracted
you to Open Source development? What is it that provoked your
interest in ecology? What is it about making things that moves
you? What is the dream at the end of your activities?
Those in favor, please say "Aye."
Sincerely,
Lion Kimbro
Laws of Saturday House
1. Thou Shalt Not Testify Against High Ideals.
2. Thou Shalt Not Testify Against High Dreams.
3. Thou Shalt Act, Plan to Act, or, at the very least: Pray to Act.
4. Thou Shalt Show Up.
5. Thou Shalt Treat Other Saturday Housers with Trust, Clarity,
Respect, and Solidarity.
6. Thou Shalt Obey Lion.
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