Warwick Transition Town initiating group mtg. notes for April 12, 2010 
Location: Steve & Janice Kurkoski's 
Attending: Rick Abbott, Claudia Lewis, Steve & Janice Kurkoski 
Not present: Dan Dibble, Pam Kimball Smith, Clare Green, Keith Ross 
7:30 - 9:30  
  
Updates: 

Mark Fellows, Miryam Williamson and Ed Hawes will no longer be a part of
the 'initiating group' due to time restrictions.  
Clare Green and Keith Ross still want to be included in the meeting
announcements. 
Others in town want to hear what we are up to so we decided to ask Ed
Lemon to make a place on the Warwick web page for these notes and other
links.
Mtg format: "open space" - folks get heard, someone takes simple notes,
leave with clear action items and rough ideas for next mtg date. No
official 'leaders'. We like meeting in peoples homes when possible.
  
Discussion: 

"What exactly do we want to accomplish using this Transition Town process?" 
...official 'membership' in the larger movement?...not necessarily 
...awareness of the problems associated with oil demand outpacing supply 
...economic stability 
...resilience 
  
 Here is the talking point list (in rough order) from the transition
 workshop that Judy Phillips & Tina Clarke did this weekend:
Resilience 
Community 
Local Food 
Health & Environmental Quality: Air, Water, Land, Nature, Wildlife 
Stability in Uncertain Times 
Security - Knowing our neighbors, reducing dependence on oil &
commodities that are becoming more scarce and are outside this region
Quality of Life 
Mutual Support 
History & Character of this Place 
Global Warming/Climate Crisis 
Reduced Dependence on Large Corporations 
Reduced Dependence on Government Funding 
  
Action /Awareness Raising: 

Emphasize our dependence on petroleum products.  Rick presented a sample
poster of a wide assortment of things made from petroleum; made plans to
construct a "petroleum totem" for the town clean-up day (4/24).  Rick
will supply some materials & signage to get it started.

We will plan for a presence at the Plant swap, Memorial Weekend, Old
Home Days, etc. at the next meeting.

We think that Dan still plans to get the reading group going. 
  
Next meeting: week of May 9 - 15