This years Vision Council was very different from last years.
Whilst the first Vision Council had more diverse representation from more European Countries, the second was more focused and concentrated.

The mood was also different, last year we had the joy of co-creating the first major gathering of bioregional PANs in Europe, of expanding and discovering our kin family. This year, the Calendar Change was our central focus.

The location in Westmalle, Belgium- kindly facilitated by the kin of PAN-Dromeda, was excellent. About 50 kin formed the circle and everyone fully participated. All decisions were taken by consensus and the quality of attention and focus in the circle was very high. There were representatives from the bioregional PANs of Belgium, Holland, Italy, U.K., Germany, Hungary, and Portugal amongst others in attendance.

The first subject for discussion was the co-operative creation of free calendars. Last year we decided to create the Universal Calendar together. This is an art calendar that contains only pictures and the symbols of the synchronic order. It is accompanied by an explanatory text that has been translated into many different European languages. This allowed us to print economically one calendar that could then be distributed throughout Europe.

This has been successful, but has also brought much learning. Calendar distribution- for a new calendar with a different start date from the already existing one- is uncharted territory and brings new challenges. We have now established decent distribution channels for the Universal Calendar and because of the increasing popularity of the 13 Moon Calendar it is selling as well 7 moons into the year as bit was at the beginning. It is, however, not easy to convince some retailers of this.

These lessons have led us to seeing that one of the core activities of PAN is essentially the free- or by donation- distribution of calendars and that this year we have to take on directly the challenge of making the calendar change explicable to as many people as possible.

To best facilitate this we have decided to create two calendars for the year of the Great Calendar Change, Blue Crystal Storm. The first one will be a planetary calendar. This will be a very simple and straightforward 13 Moon Calendar that will include an introduction and explanation of why and how to use the calendar. It will not, however, contain the synchronic codes of the 13:20 order of time. This calendar will be targeted for mass distribution and several magazines will be approached about including it as a cover mount. The goal of this calendar is to do something we haven't achieved before: to communicate the importance of calendar reform as an urgent environmental and social issue in plain, rational language that everyone can understand.

Of course, many people are also open to being introduced to the synchronic codes of time, so a second galactic calendar containing the 13:20 order will also be printed. This will allow us, it was felt, the best possible chance of reaching as many people as possible. It was also agreed that both calendars will be made available as downloadable versions.

The production of the Universal Calendar and other tools will also continue, but the free calendars will be a central Planet Art Network focus for fundraising and distribution.

The second decision taken by consensus was to back the International Festival of Peace being proposed by PAN UK for the Day Out Of Time. The purpose of this event, which will be held on the Greenwich Meridian- the current planetary timeline- will be to highlight the issue of calendar change in a way that can engage the world's media interest. It will not be a replacement for individual bioregional Day Out Of Time celebrations, but it will be supported by PAN Europe as a single and unifying focus. If you wish to participate in the creation of this event, please contact PAN UK through www.wavespell.net.

The third session focused on Education and particularly Children’s Education and a range of ideas and solutions were proposed and discussed. A concise summing up of this could be simplification and more simplification.

In fact, we have had to create a new word to describe the nature of the calendar: simplex. That is something that looks complex, but is actually simple.

The shamanic spirit of the Vision Council was very strong and manifested in the form of inspired drumming circles and dancing. The growing bonds between us as people was also great to experience. The vision circles are becoming the nervous system of the Planet Art Network and the visions of community, consensus and collective action that are woven in them are becoming the fabric of our dream of living in the New Time.

Many thanks to the kin of PAN-Dromeda for hosting. this gathering, also to PAN UR for their facilitation, everyone at Westmalle and De Ritten and , of course, all of the kin who came for making it happen.

If you would like to communicate with the kin who attended the Vision Council, you can do so by joining the email group at:

http://groups.msn.com/PAN-EuropeWeb

Inlakech

Mark Heley
White Galactic Wind
PAN Zion Galactic Culture Research Base, GreenWitch, London
Kin 100. Galactic kali 11

One Time. One People. One Planet.