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The Subud Greater Seattle Dewan met Saturday morning May 9th to review and adopt the revised budget as prepared by Treasurer Oswald Norton. The new budget is based on the current situation, with no Airbnb income and a donation level based on the average for the year so far. Under this scenario, our projected shortfall for the year would be around $4,000.

The Airbnb listing is being changed to a whole house rental rather than individual rooms. We are not yet projecting the income that whole house rental might generate, due to the uncertainty of the current social and economic situation.

Your Dewan is monitoring the budget and will keep you informed of our financial status. If you would like a copy of the revised budget please contact Oswald Norton at onorton@hotmail.com. Thank you, Oswald, for all your hard work on the budget revisions.

Subud Greater Seattle’s Building in 1974

The Tuesday Men’s Helper schedule has been updated through September. It is found via the drop down from Latihan Schedule and is also here:

Subud Tuesday 2020 Men’s Helper Schedule
Quiet Time 11am. Latihan via phone until further notice.

May 12 – Paul E Nelson
May 19 – Elisha Gullixson
May 26 – Aakarsh Gottumukkala
June 2 – Sebastian Tedrow
June 9 – Paul E Nelson
June 16 – Elisha Gullixson
June 23 – Aakarsh Gottumukkala
June 30 – Sebastian Tedrow
July 7 – Paul E Nelson
July 14 – Elisha Gullixson
July 21 – Aakarsh Gottumukkala
July 28 – Sebastian Tedrow
August 4 – Paul E Nelson
August 11 – Elisha Gullixson
August 18 – Aakarsh Gottumukkala
August 25 – Sebastian Tedrow
September 1 – Paul E Nelson
September 8 – Elisha Gullixson
September 15 – Aakarsh Gottumukkala
September 22 – Sebastian Tedrow
September 29 – Paul E Nelson

From Rayma Norton:

Subud Greater Seattle latihans:

Every week on Fridays via phone ‘Til Further Notice.

Quiet starts at 7:45PM, latihan at 8PM.

Call-in information

Men and women may dial in on any of the following numbers, then use either the men’s or women’s code below to access your call:

1 (425) 436-6260
1 (712) 832-8330
1 (605) 475-2879
 
Women’s latihan line: use access code 242 6147
Men’s latihan line: use access code 863 2438

Menucha

Menucha Map

It is not certain if the Menucha gathering will be happening this November. In the near future there will be a survey going out to get an idea of how many people would be interested in attending Menucha this year, and the decision will be based on member response to the survey. Could we also stage our Regional Congress on the Sunday afternoon of Menucha?

Would you be interested in a Zoom meeting to gather member input? Leave a reply above.

Pretesting for Regional Positions

Subud PNW’s Board Members’ terms are nearly up. If you would like to pretest to see if you have the ability and capacity to serve on the Regional Board please ask your local helpers to test with you after latihan.

Donations

Please consider an extra donation to Subud Pacific Northwest – Greater Seattle at this time. There is no Airbnb business scheduled in April and only a few bookings at the end of May. This means our usual income is WAY DOWN, so if you can help, please consider doing so. Thanks for considering! SGS Chair, Jim O’Halloran.

Springtime at Spring Street Center

Our very own Lucinda O’Halloran shared these photos of our “new” dogwood trees in bloom on the parking strip at Spring Street Center. Nice to enjoy the blossoms, even from a distance! No sign of locust roots from the previous trees, either!

Sheltering in Place 

The Subud Greater Seattle Committee hopes everyone is hanging in there during this unusual time. We hope you had a lovely and meaningful Easter, even if you were unable to gather with family as you might have liked. We hope the phone in Latihans have succeeded in helping you feel continued connection with your spiritual community. The Sunday Zoom meetings at noon have provided another way to stay in touch. The meeting ID is 2064225002. 

Book Release 

Several Subud members attended the virtual book release party Saturday night for Paul Nelson’s new book, A Time Before Slaughter/Pig War: & Other Songs of Cascadia. If you would like some sheltering in place reading, you can order it at atimebeforeslaughter.com. 

Ramadan 

Begins April 24.