Greetings Everyone!
Much has been happening with CCC over the past six months as we continue to take root, expand, and evolve - individually, and as a community. This issue of CCC Magazine is a perfect mirror of this new growth, as we have more than ever to share with you this time - fresh new adventures, articles, stories, insights, poetry, art, photography, cartoons, music, and video offerings from our diversely gifted community!
Here's what's new for the Summer/Fall Season:
New Directors
Our first Annual General Meeting on June 7th witnessed the addition of 3 new directors to our Core Team. We’d like to extend a very warm welcome to Gary Blechingberg, Gail Ward, and Femke Woud. Gary will be assisting with Web Development, Gail is our new Bookkeeper, and Femke is our new Events Co-ordinator. Three cheers for our new team members - we are really excited to have them on board!
Keep an eye on the website's Core Team page a little later in the Fall, as we'll be updating the info there to tell you a little more about each one of these wonderful people. If you'd like to read the full story of the first Annual General Meeting, you can read the AGM MINUTES here.
NEWS
Events
We started things off in March with a CCC Family Gathering in Fairfield, a chance for CCC members to gather together for hot drinks and tasty treats, heart-sharing, networking, and warm conversation. After that, it was our First Annual AGM in June, our second annual Summer Solstice Celebration on June 21st, and our first Sacred Sites Cruise on July 4th.
The first Cruise was such a hit that we’re now organizing a second one for August 29th. You can read more about it on our August Events pages. The cruise is now full, but we are keeping a waiting list.
Membership
We now have Membership Cards! If you are a member and do not yet have your card, please let us know and we'll send it to you.
For those who became members a year ago (last Fall), please contact us to renew your membership and get your new card!
You can become a CCC Member in exchange for a minimum $20 donation/year.
Benefits of Membership:
*A CCC Membership Card
*A listing in the Service Directory, if you have a service to offer
*Events postings on Community Events pages
*Discounts on events, as advertised, when you present your Membership Card (for example: upcoming Cruise) *Invitations to special CCC events
Becoming a Member has never been simpler. If you would like more information, please let us know! consciouscentredcommunity@gmail.com
Website
We now have PayPal on our Donations Page, as well as the Service Directory and Events Directory, to make giving donations much easier.
We've also just added an Events Archive, so you can visit all of our past events.
New On Line Forum
CCC has a new On Line Forum! You can now connect with other CCC'rs through an interactive forum that Gary Blechingberg has set up for us. Come and take a look, add a new topic to the discussion area, and read info posted by other CCC'rs. This has great potential for a conscious community bulletin board. If you're new to Victoria, sign up and get connected to the area with the support of your neighbours. If you're looking for a particular service, or have one to offer, here's a place to share with others what you have and what you need.
This is a much simpler alternative to Facebook for those who would like to get involved in discussions, but don't feel like setting up an entire Facebook account.
Gary’s instructions for joining:
"An online metaphysical forum has been set up as a way of creating a dynamic, interactive sharing of information and messages between like minded folks in the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands area. It's free and easy to use.
The address is: www.spiritualvictoria.proboards.com
It's a way that folks can discuss a metaphysical topic that might be interesting to them. People can reply to the topic and all messages are stored permanently in the forum for later reference. Links to videos or websites can be shared. Members can announce events that are coming up, seminars, courses, meditations, and so on. It's a way to stay connected and interactive with CCC members and other people who are interested in the conscious/metaphysical/spiritual area.
Go to www.spiritualvictoria.proboards.com and click on 'Register'. Fill out the information on the page that pops up by entering your name (or pseudo-name or nickname) and an email address. This email address will be hidden from others online unless you choose to make it public. Fill out your age (which you can also make hidden), gender, and security letters (which keeps automated spammers from registering).
After you continue, it will send a verification code to the email address you listed. Enter that, and you are in!
From that point, you can start sharing messages with other like-minded folks.
Hope to see you there! "
We'd like to thank Gary for putting the Forum together and for offering to moderate it - much gratitude!
Coming Soon
In addition to the August 29th Cruise, we will soon be planning our 2nd Annual Celebration, coming in late Fall. We look forward to much more conscious community co-creation in the coming months - virtually, and in real-time!
For now, please do go and enjoy the veritable FEAST laid out before you - this abundant and inspired harvest of CCC Magazine, Summer/Fall 2009!
Namaste,
CCC
