Those that were at the meeting will know that Pema won't be able to
attend meetings for a number of weeks. The chat will be up on the
wiki, but here's a condensed version of what he had to say:

Pema Pera: I have one announcement:
Pema Pera: next week I can't be here, since I'll be flying back to New
York
Pema Pera: from California, where I am now visiting Berkeley
Pema Pera: and the next six weeks or so I will be in Japan
Pema Pera: so these meetings will be at night for me
Pema Pera: so I'll have to skip these weekly meetings for a while
Pema Pera: but of course I'll stay in touch through the email group
Pema Pera: and the wiki
(Tarmel Udimo: did you want to change the time/date?)
Pema Pera: I've thought about that, Tarmel,
Pema Pera: but frankly, I've been terribly oversubscribed
Pema Pera: with very little time for myself
Pema Pera: so I think a break will be good for me :-)
Pema Pera: I'll continue Play as Being of course
Pema Pera: the only question for me is time
Pema Pera: Of all the kira activities, for me Play as Being is the
most important
Pema Pera: and the next most important things are the Kira workshops
Pema Pera: but there are a dozen now, and there is no way that I could
attend them all, no matter how interesting they are
Pema Pera: and , ah yes, I have a day job too :-)
Pema Pera: in astrophysics
Pema Pera: I've been thinking that if I give up trying to come to all
of the workshops of a few types, I can then sample, and jump in to
whatever workshop I like, when I have the time.

So for now Pema will be with us in 'spirit' but in the workshop.

Those present decided that we should continue, and see how we go. We
also decided that as most people were away on holidays, that we needed
to discuss it with the larger group and see what unfolds.

The suggestion was also to continue doing the exercise from last week,
which is now posted under week 13.

See you all next week,
tarmel