Minutes of the meeting on August 17

We at book club have decided to do a small project. Taking the learning to the next level. As we all understand, we all, in one way or the other perceive the current overall global atmosphere as disappointing.

it was realised that we all are dissatisfied, and want to express it. Then why not convert the disappointment into learning!

Here's the proposal.
We'll try writing a collaborative essay "This Dystopia".

The essay is about elaborating the current Social, Political, Moral and Economic conditions and explai as to why its a dystopia.

I understang that its a difficult task, but it is worth the learning that we will have.

So, the essay has been divided in 3 parts:
1. Moral and Social
2. Economic
3. Political.

The topic will be elaborated in global situation and with the historical context.

Here's the breakup of who will be working on what.
1. Political - ASimpleLife
2. Moral and Social - Jarvellis, Dimond will be exploring the effect of Buddhism as a tool and its influence on the morals. (syncing religion and morality)
3. Economic - 

We definitely need more volunteers for this effort. if anyone wishes to work on a topic or a sub-topic, please let me know.

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2500/2500-h/2500-h.htm

Meeting on July-27-2008

Link for Books: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/2671/

1. Lucid Dreaming: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming
2. The Last Question: http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
3. Maus - Art Spiegelman:

The little prince

Those who know French, here's the origenal little prince:
http://www.odaha.com/littleprince.php?f=Francais

Books & Links

The Nine Billion Names of God : http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/9billion_clarke.html

Meeting on July-6-2008

Books

1. Last Question
2. Gösta Berlings Saga
3. The Little Prince

Minutes of the meeting on June 29.

- Meeting time moved from 22:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT.
- Steve joined the TMW book Club.
- Segregation of TMW Book club duties. Roles and Responsibilities identified.
- Kraant has been made the note taker. Vink will be the stand-in note take. ASimpleLife to assist as needed.
- Vink will be the moderator with Kraant's assistance. Role will be to keep order during discussions and enforce time limits. The choices will normally be taken up by voting. So, the moderator's role requirement will be minimal.
- First book discussed: Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.
      Discussion on Writing Style of the author.
      Favourite character in the book and why is that the favourite character
      Favourite Quotes from the book
- Second Book Discussed: Flatland
      Discussion on author's intention of the book
      Discussion based on the Square's perspective (of society and mathematics)
      General philosophical discussion based on the book
- Decision made for the next week's meeting. The books to be discussed are: The Last Question, Gösta Berlings Saga, The Little Prince.
- Links for books Online:
      The Last Question
http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
      Medea:
http://www.greektext.com/library/euripedes/medea/eng/index.html
Google Books
      The Little Prince Online:
http://www.spiritual.com.au/articles/prince/prince_contents.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/
http://www.odaha.com/littleprince.php?f=English
- Kraant and Steve added as the Admin for the book club blog.
- Redemption and Dimond missed the meeting
- Several other books added to the list of recommended books.

Meeting on June-29-2008

Books

1. Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy
2. Flatland - A romance of many dimensions.

About TMW Book Club

Purpose:
The purpose of this book club is to read and enjoy literature.

Original Members:
Vink (Host)
ASimpleLife
Fate
Jarvellis
Redemption
Xaru

Meetings:
All Sundays : 21:00 (GMT) TMW game time. (5:00 PM EST-USA)

Location:
East-most shore of the woodlands. (map 16-1)

Book to Read:
Books to be read will be posted a week before the meeting in the blog with the date of the next meeting as the title.
A follow up post with the details of the meeting will be posted as well.

Ethics:
1. Reading the books is not mandatory
2. Be Nice. Be Courteous to other players.
3. Don't interrupt other players. Give them time to present their idea. Let the debate be healthy.
4. Audio recording and movies are fine too (to get an idea about the story and character development)
5. You may find that you disagree with something that another member of the group has said.
* It is okay to disagree!
* Flaming and/or inappropriate behavior and/or language will not be tolerated.
* Please respect the authority of the moderator.
* Keep on topic, but feel free to introduce information that is relevant to the discussion (historical facts, bio details, book background, related authors or topics).
* If you cite copyrighted material, please appropriately reference your source(s). Also, please don't inappropriately post or distribute copyrighted material.
6. All meetings will start on time.
7. Players should not sit on top of each other. Please sit such that all players are clearly visible.
8. Moderator's word is the last. Though, we will try to be as democratic as possible.

Other Details
* The list of current members will be displayed on the left panel
* The list of suggested books will be displayed and updated in the left panel.
* The books already considered for reading and discussions will be preceded with a (*).
* Books that have already been discussed will be preceded with (***)