*Our Meeting* * *For our meeting today (Sunday), we have the following schedule: 10:30 AM - 10:35 AM The Meeting Beginning Ritual. More information here<http://taoism.net/ikuantao/ritual/index.htm> . 10:35 AM - 11:00 AM Bill's Thoughts on the Tao. 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM Derek's Q&A session. 11:25 AM - 11:30 AM Five-minute break. 11:30 AM - 12:25 PM Derek's talk on the Tao Te Ching and Tao-related topics. 12:25 PM - 12:30 PM The Meeting Ending Ritual. The above are Pacific Time. You can always check the current time in Los Angeles by clicking on this link<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=137> . If you would like to see a list of upcoming meetings, please click on this link <http://sites.google.com/site/taoismnet/home/meeting/schedule>. For the Qi Gong part of the meeting, I can turn on the webcam at around 10:00 AM Pacific today. The plan is to do an abbreviated set of 5 repetitions per pattern, and then cover the last (tenth) pattern. We should be able to complete the mini-tutorial today. If you have already registered with GoToWebinar for this year (2012), it should have already sent you reminder messages with instructions on how to attend. If you have not yet registered, you can do so at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/799338230.<https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/799338230>This registration is good for all the meetings scheduled this year, so you only have to do it once. You don't need to go through the same process every week. I am planning to discuss the chapter-ending text from *The Tao of Success*, followed by an in-depth exploration into *Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained*. These books are not required to follow the lecture, but they are available from Amazon.com if you are interested: - The Tao of Success<http://www.amazon.com/dp/1585428159?tag=truetao-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1585428159&adid=0BG3S9M2FRDFTS42FWNW>on Amazon - Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594732043?ie=UTF8&tag=truetao-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594732043> on Amazon - Derek *How to Access the Meeting** * 1. If you have not already done so, register at <https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/505749934> https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/799338230. You only need to do this once. 2. GoToWebinar will send you instructions to attend the meeting by email. Follow those instructions. 3. That's it! Once you get into the meeting, you should be able to see and hear everything. You can always find more information about the Tao Meeting at taoism.net/meeting. You can also contact Bill Bunting at billbunting@xxxxxxxxxxx for assistance if you run into problems. *How to Unsubscribe * You can easily unsubscribe from this mailing list in one of two ways: 1. Send a message to taomeeting-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" as the subject. 2. Visit freelists.org/list/taomeeting and follow the simple instructions there.