Change Log for IMCB Website

• TO DO
• Reminders
• Repository for reusable text

• Archive of changes for previous years

• PART 1

• PART 2

TO DO

Kristi Coombs suggestions on opening new links on a new page or tab. See TO Do in Website email folder.

Need to update KM pages with new coordinator and email address when decision is finalized.

Look at email from Eric Woudenberg about new Dharma Seed interface and the "secret" Admin facility. Should be in To do folder under Thursday Sangha/Website/Audio

Mention availability of podcasting of IMCB retreat and any teacher via Dharma Seed (RSS Feed) on Recorded Dharma page. Also, Dharma Seed said, " We've add a Podcast icon (  ) next to every talk -- drag this into your iTunes window and the talk will show up in your player's Podcasts section next time you sync."

Statement from Phillip Moffit's website:

Service Opportunities
A substantial amount of effort goes into ensuring that each class goes smoothly. Sangha members are encouraged to volunteer to help set up before class and straighten up afterwards. You may help on a regular or an occasional basis. Jobs include setting up chairs, hanging Buddha’s portraits, greeting new sangha members, and more. This is another opportunity to practice dana and to serve and participate in the Sangha.

Reminders

Main header of a page is Headiing 1; Secondary header is header3

Orientation session: the team is Janet, Giedra, Nancy, and Jennifer. On 3/4/2011 Giedra said: We won't be doing the Q&A in June, July and August and May is iffy.

Activities Newsletter PDF. Create PDF from Ernies's Word document. Name it IMCBActivitiesNewsletter.PDF and FTP it to the Documents folder on the webite server. This file is linked to from the About Us and Calendar pages. DO NOT use Contribute's option for copying the document to the server since it creates a new name for the file in the documents folder, which will cause one of the the links on the website to be incorrect. Do the FTP separately from Contibute only, for example, using AceFTP.

Repository for reusable text

This section contains volatile text that is occassionally removed and later replaced.

• Sample HTML for Dharma Seed descriptions.
  
  Jacques is joined by Antonio and Phillip, two Insight Out Change Makers. Includes Q & A. <br><br>
  <a href="http://insightprisonproject.org/">IPP Website</a><br><br>
  
  
• Expanding page/Beginning class: Check this page or subscribe to our email lists to learn when the next class is scheduled.

• The next class begins Monday, October 12. The class will be co-taught by James Baraz and Kate Janke. Kate will teach while James is away on Oct 26, Nov 2, and Nov 9.
  
  
  
• Monthly Community Potluck
  On Thursday, June 3, we will have our monthly potluck in the monastery dining hall 6 to 7 pm. Please join us. As you enter the monastery, turn left and go through the double doors at the end of the hallway. Please note that the monastery requests that all potluck offerings be vegetarian and free of garlic, onions, scallions, or shallots.
  

• Q&A Orientation for Newcomers to our Sangha

On Thursday Dec 2, we will offer an informal Q&A session for people who are new (or relatively new) to IMCB. It will be in the dining room from 7-7:25 pm. As you enter the monastery, the dining room will be to your left at the end of hall. Come to the potluck at 6 pm or just come to the Q&A session. We have a few materials for you and we would be happy to answer your questions. If you know of any other newcomers, please pass along this invitation.

Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Ave (at Bancroft)
Berkeley, CA 94703

Optional sentence: Come to the potluck beforehand or just come to the orientation.

• On Thursday, January 21, we will begin an effort to recruit people to form new Kalyana Mitta groups to enhance the sense of community within our sangha. Please plan to attend on that evening to learn more. Assistance will be provided to help new groups get started.

• Beginning Meditation Series Begins March 12, 2012

   

  James Baraz will teach a beginning meditation class starting March 12, 2012 for those interested in learning or reviewing the practice of mindfulness. Classes are held on Monday evenings for six successive weeks, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, between Solano and Marin Avenues), Berkeley, CA. Topics for the six meetings are: 

  What is Mindfulness?

  The Four Noble Truths

  The Eightfold Path

  The Five Hindrances

  Qualities of the Heart

  Bringing Practice into Daily Life

  This class is provided on a donation basis, with no pre-registration necessary.

  
  

Teacher Bios

Arinna Weisman has studied Vipassana Meditation since 1979 and has been teaching since 1988. Her root teacher, Ruth Denison, was empowered by the great Burmese master U Bha Khin. She is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley, and is the co-author of A Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation. Her teaching is infused with her political activism and, along with Eric Kolvig, she has been leading retreats for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community since 1991. Website

Removed Items that may be reinstated some day

The following was removed from About Us/Community Building

• Community Building Work Group  

In addition to being a community of Buddhist practitioners who come together to meditate and listen to the Dharma, we are also a caring community, interested in connecting with and helping one another. The Community Building Work Group meets regularly to explore ways to provide connection within the sangha. Currently we are working on three projects:

1. a mentoring program thatl links new practitioners with people who are more experienced in practice

2. an orientation for people new to the Sangha

3. enhancing the membership directory to include skills and services that members have to offer either for pay or on a dana basis.

Everyone is invited to attend these meetings; we are always looking for new ideas and energy. See the Activities Newsletter for the date of the next meeting.

• Membership Directory
  The IMBC membership directory is a list of sangha members and their phone numbers, email addresses, and the geographic area in which they live. You may sign up to be listed at the greeter table or by emailing Linda Gallaher with the above contact information. The directory is emailed as a PDF with a security code to those who signed up; those without computers can request a printed copy. We plan to update the directory twice a year.

Text for diversity removed from Expanding Your Practice page

• Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
  Members of the IMCB community meet regularly to explore racism through the lens of power and privilege. Some resources used are the documentary Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible and a series of vignette exercises for racial diversity training developed by a member of our community. To learn more, pick up a flier about our Healing Racism meetings at the greeter table or email Joyce Kelley or call her at 510-206-1821.

Text for Various Email Inquires; for example, how to join the Bulletin Board

• The IMCB Bulletin Board is a Google Group. You can join on the IMCB website
  at: http://insightberkeley.org/aboutus.html#onlineResources or from the
  Google Group website: http://groups.google.com/group/IMCB-BulletinBoard.
  Once you're a member, compose your email and address it to:
  IMCB-BulletinBoard@googlegroups.com. That's all you need.
  
  Joyce
  for IMCB

Text for Betty's KM Group. Removed from Open KM list 9/29/11

• North Berkeley:  New peer-led group that will meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, 7:30-9:00 p.m. The meeting location is at a private home near Marin Ave & Grizzly Peak Blvd—rides up the hill may be available. We read and discuss books about Buddhist teachings and practice, select aspects of practice to focus on between sessions, and share reflections and questions about our experiences with these practices. Sessions will begin with 15 minutes of sitting, followed by these discussions. If you are interested, please email Betty.