Minutes 12-5-07

Team WANT Minutes

12-5-07

 

Attendees:     Troy, Gina, Seanne, Karen, Barb

 

This was our first call using the new conference bridge.  Not only was the connection improved; the call was recorded, as well, for your listening pleasure. 

 

I.                Housekeeping

 

a.      Website News:  Pictures from the first and best retreat are on the website – take a look!

b.     A user manual for the new conference bridge, Basement Ventures, has been posted on the website.

 

II.              Best Thing Since Last We Met

 

Gina – for two days in a row she has had negative encounters with people.  She realized that she has a choice and can choose whether or not to be "dragged down."  She has taken the first step toward Not.

 

Seanne – she will be visiting her mom this weekend and was feeling guilty about delaying her arrival for something personal.  She had an epiphany and came up with a way to ease her guilt and make her mom happy.  Send a laptop to Santa Barbara early via private airplane.  It worked!

 

Karen – What made Karen happy this week was someone else's happiness, namely Doug.  Doug saw a doctor about the pain in his Achilles tendon and found out that it is entirely treatable and he will still be able to play hockey.

 

Barb – like Gina, realized that she is being "dragged down" by negative energy from a particular individual at work.  She has made progress on ignoring the negativity and refusing to give power to this individual.  Kill 'em with kindness!

 

Troy had his first prostate test today and was told he has the prostate of a teenager J  Great news for someone with a high-risk family history.

 

Gina made an observation – all of our good things are under our control.  We are not waiting for our destiny to find us or for someone to make us happy; we are making our own choices and decisions!

 

III.            Review of Successful Outcome Statements

 

We all reviewed the SOS's that we worked on at the retreat and found that we had several different views on exactly how these should be written and what they should include.  It was discussed that possibly we need to complete a Purpose Statement first.  SO, here is your homework – please complete the Purpose (aka Mission) Statement process on pages 8-12 of your workbooks prior to our next meeting.  Feel free to contact your accountabilibuddies (ABBs) for assistance or ideas along the way.

 

Buddy teams are: 

1.     Karen, Barb, Doug L., Troy

2.     Gina, Seanne, Jim, Doug H.

(Kitty – please touch base with Gina or Troy for a quick catch up)

 

In the meantime, Troy and Gina will continue their research on SOSs.

 

IV.       Miscellaneous Discussion

 

This was a great meeting because we are all clarifying the processes that can be powerful tools to keeping us excited and motivated.

 

Seanne had a great idea for her vision board pictures.  She is going to organize a binder with tabs for her WANT categories.  She will glue her pictures to individual pages so that she and add or remove them at any time.  This allows her WANT book to continually evolve.  Great idea, huh?

 

V.              Next Meeting

 

Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.  Anyone who can or will be in Newport Beach at that time is invited to meet in person at Gina's.