Dear Friends,

We'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the 14 February Groundcrew Meeting, either through being part of the organizing crew or through bringing their personal energy and interest to the event as members of the audience.

We don't yet have a date for the next meeting, and we'll post it here as soon as this is decided. In the meantime, please click on the Resources button to the right for all the links that were mentioned in the presentations.

With best wishes,

Ruth Huber and Bill Ryan
The Swiss Groundcrew

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14 February 2010
Topics for Discussion
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1:30    Ruth Huber
1:50    Jane Bürgermeister
2:35    Ruth Frei
3:00    
    break
3:30    Markus Rüegg
4:15    Bill Ryan
5:35    Ruth Huber
6:00    
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Is Planet Earth out of danger? Bill Ryan from Project Camelot describes how many things that were predicted last year failed to happen, and offers a personal overview of what the coming year might hold in store. Were the warnings wrong... or is our own power of consciousness starting to create real changes in the world?

Ruth Huber [www.ruth-huber.ch], a spiritual teacher and therapist based in Zürich, asks these two important questions: Who are we? And how can we align Spirit, Mind and Body to make a difference in the world?

Whatever happened to the Swine Flu? Jane Bürgermeister [www.theflucase.com], who in 2009 did so much to raise public awareness in Europe by publicizing the dangers of the vaccination program, will talk about what we might expect in 2010 - and why she feels there is good reason for optimism.

Ruth Frei will talk about a revolutionary process, developed in Russia, which enables body tissue and even entire organs to regenerate in a way that seems nothing less than miraculous.

Jim Humble, the inventor of MMS, has spent a few days in Europe, having flown in from Africa where he is now based. Bill Ryan met him and learned what he's been doing for the last twelve months - and why he had to leave Mexico after the Swine Flu outbreak there nine months ago.

The strength of virtual communities: starting new projects - an opportunity to network and form co-operative groups. Markus Rüegg [www.kreative-beziehungen.ch] will show a short film on a community approach to the food that we eat that will stimulate discussion about the benefits of all working together - whatever the future holds.

Venue:

Zürich Volkshaus, Weisser Saal (the July Conference Room)

Cost:  CHF 60

Payment can be by PayPal, or bank transfer. You're also most welcome to pay with cash on the day.
Price reduction possible if needed: please talk to us at the desk when you arrive.


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IMPORTANT - if you're not paying by PayPal, please let us know if you'd like to come: we need to know the numbers for seating.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Our very best wishes to everyone -

Bill Ryan
Ruth Huber

...and all the Swiss Groundcrew

A friendly note about our costs:

One or two people have been wondering about the costs for our events. It's easy to assume that conference organizers make money from holding meetings like ours. This is a misconception. As I [Bill Ryan] said right at the start of this interview with Rebecca Jernigan in September: never organize a conference (a) for fun or (b) to make money. You have to do it for a different reason than that!

The recent David Icke event needed to sell 460 tickets just to break even - and we eventually sold about 650. Only after 460 was any profit made which we could give to David and to some of the crew who had been working hard for months. The ticket price (CHF 85.-) was decided after researching the prices of tickets for David Icke in cities such as Melbourne, Phoenix, Amsterdam and Stockholm. We charged the same amount.

The costs of an event like that are surprisingly large: over CHF 12.000 (for instance) just for the translators and the headsets. Starticket took over CHF 3.000! And that is just the start. At the July Conference (with much lower translation costs and a cheaper venue), we needed to sell 250 tickets to break even - and in the end we sold about 310. At each event we were concerned about whether we would lose money. The Stephen Bassett event in October actually lost money, after giving Steve a few hundred francs to cover his train fare and expenses. So no-one is getting rich from this. Switzerland is an expensive country (things are cheaper in Vilcabamba!)... and we are charging the least we can for everything we do, while remaining realistic. Thanks for understanding this. Bill and Ruth will be happy to answer questions if you still have any.

Venue: Volkshaus, Stauffacherstr. 60, 8004 Zürich : http://volkshaus.ch

Click here for a fully detailed interactive map which shows hotels, restaurants, and all public transport links.

Hotels: There are large numbers of hotels in Zurich, ranging from modest guest houses to large international hotels. Please click here for a hotel list.

Restaurants: Please click here for a restaurant guide and here for an interactive map. (This website might also be useful.) The Volkshaus is in the heart of the city, and is with easy reach of a wide range of facilities.

This second interactive map shows all the hotels, restaurants, and cafés in the immediate vicinity of the Volkshaus.