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• Growing the Community – Outreach – Advertising
• Business cards
• Quarter Bills
• Website
• Events (like B/W and socials and classes)
• Welcoming
• Book Marks – Autumn is preparing now
• Update – many new people not only attending, but becoming involved in Horizon Oasis
• Cross posting on email lists
• Idea: having a printed calendar, including dates addresses, monthly classes, etc.
• Idea: Barnes and Nobles sometimes distributes bookmarks in books they sell Ken will research

2005 Events

• Black and White Party – over $1,000 in profit!
• Movie night – 9/28 – Lucifer Rising by Kenneth Anger at Carol’s
  • 7pm announcements to come
• Initiations
  • 9/17/05 II°
  • 11/19 IV/PI
  • 12/03 Minerval
• EC Meeting
  • 10/21 – Meet and Greet at A&O
    • 7-11pm, announcements to come
  • 10/22 – Meeting with Banquet
  • See Horizon website to register and event schedule
  • 9/23 – Volunteer meeting – see Onyieh if you would like to help
    • 7pm A&O house
• Fall Equinox – Doug Eakin?????
  • No word yet, will assume that no plans have been made
• 11/12/05 Mass – Baptisms and Confirmation – only those being baptized or confirmed partake in communion – EGC policy.
• Winter Solstice Potluck – volunteer to head up – see Onyieh (Descent of Inanna ritual – Autumn and Melissa????).
  • Ritual will not be held this Winter Solstice.
  • O will ask Autumn about being in charge of the potluck.
• Gnostic Mass – Red Flame discussion – see Jon (first one went very well) 2pm to 2:30pm QAMT mass days
  • Try having discussions after Mass (and clean up!) instead of before Mass, around one hour, ~5-6pm, this will allow for more people to attend, including the Mass team.

2006 Events

• Continue Monthly Classes – suggestions on what type and class volunteering contact Onyieh
  • Heather and Andrei volunteered for classes
• Invocation of Horus – 3/19/2006 – Cast is set exception two roles, Meeting TBD in November – see Onyieh
  • Heather volunteered for one of the roles
• Samhain ritual by Shellay
  • This will be next year (is currently postponed)
• Andrei expressed a willingness to teach classes up in the North End, or to have an open house event.

Long Term Events

• Andrei expressed interest in putting in a bid for the 2008 West Coast Conference
  • This would be a weekend long event, held at a hotel with classes, seminars, etc.
  • Will discuss further at the Officer’s meeting

General Notes

• Discussed planning of community ritual events
  • Heather expressed interest in putting together a ritual
  • In general, Onyieh would need to be notified at least two months in advance for an official event
  • Each person with a proposal may discuss their ideas with Onyieh
• Discussed Alombrados- NOLA camp-in-formation
  • Rebecca had idea to donate Horizon’s duplicate library books after camp is established

Lost Cleaning Agreement

• Rent is now $150 per day
• Dues and/or fundraising to cover what is not by donations
• Find some place cheaper – discussion
• We are looking for a research volunteer
  • Ken volunteered to do research
  • Ken needs Autumn’s original spreadsheet

Katrina Relief – what can we do?

• Non Profit policy – review
• What we can do as Horizon Oasis for other LBs or even Red Cross – raise funds
• Idea: have a Red Cross donation jar at Saturday’s Mass
  • Melissa to advertise
• Idea: have a donation jar for the next few Masses at least
  • Can rotate charities
  • Need to collect a list of local charities
  • Will re-evaluate the need to continue at the next Quarterly meeting
• Idea: have a clothing drive
• Idea: Courtney suggested collecting school supplies- specifically elementary school supplies
• What we can do as Individuals for Individuals (OTO members)
• Email of Thanks from Brandon Williams (fund donation via PayPal (corvus120-at-yahoo-dot-com) for the "Alombrados Fund.")
• What we can do for general help???
• OLOTEAS – collecting feminine items (email from Onyieh)
  • May contact either Anne or Melissa to drop off items for a shipment on Sept 12th or 24th
• Operation Evergreen
  • This Thursday (give or take)
  • 1,000 to 2,000 evacuees
  • Processed at Ft. Lewis
  • Red Cross in charge of finding more permanent space.
• Red Cross Information:
  • http://www.seattleredcross.org/index.htm
  • Disaster Relief Efforts – Orientations this week Tuesday through Saturday, Two hours, 9am, 2pm and 6:30pm – first come first serve.
  • Take online “Introduction to Disaster Services’ before attending orientation
  • Two classes to be taken: Shelter Operations and DSHR (Disaster Services Human Resources) Support
  • Enough staff this week, will need help next week as the next waves of evacuees get to WA.
  • Email Onyieh to fwd email with links
  • Biggest need – Money
  • Not geared up for clothing or other type of donations right now. Good Will (or other orgs) will be set up to receive clothing donations. Evacuees will be given vouchers thy can use at Good Will for clothing.