By Stephen Kelly, Chair
1) The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the U.S. is holding classes at our center now and is making a regular financial contribution. They are a 501(3)(c). Susan, my wife, and I are members and we facilitate the classes there, serving pu-erh tea. I’m aspiring to become an instructor. We hope that what is now the official San Diego location of the Taoist Tai Chi Society will grow and there will be more classes and more revenue for Subud San Diego.
2) The restaurant guys next door are slowly getting the restaurant renovated for re-opening. For various reasons, they can’t cut a door in the wall adjacent to our side yard (where they want to have an outdoor patio). However, they would still like to use the yard as a patio. I expect the discussions will advance to the “next stage” within the month.
3) The repairs relating to moisture penetration and mold that I talked about at the meeting in November have been completed including an underground sump pump of which we are very proud. We didn’t find it necessary to draw down the Region’s loan offer because we had some angelic donors, and we sold our baby grand piano. However, the skylights still need to be replaced, and we may request a loan in the future.
4) We’re instituting a video/tape night once a month, and the Dewan is meeting monthly. We refer to the the goals we artculated at the Visioning Workshop for inspiration. We are greatly looking forward to a visit from the RCs in April!
5) In the never-a -dull-moment-this-is-a-test category, last night a 94 year old woman drove her car into the front wall of the hall. The hall was not being used at the time, and no one was hurt. As awful as this incident is, we were fortunate that no major structural damage was incurred. We are working through Subud CA’s insurer on the advice of Henrietta and repairs are already underway. The police were at the scene, and we will be forwarding the details to the insurance company as soon as we have them. Attached are some pictures before and after the repairmen boarded up the wall.
Peace and blessings to all!