The criteria we’ve gradually come up with (mostly over drinks at the Craig Street Brew Pub) are:

• female: because when a group of women come together, it’s interesting and unusual. Men change the dynamic. And the skills we want to learn will likely be different from what men want to learn. Or maybe not. But let’s stick with girls-only for now.
• communicators/artists: because we want this project to impact more than just the participants. Participants will commit to sharing their experience each month through a blog, photos, artistic creation, or audio/video piece.
• around 30 years old: because we share similar limitations and life-skills, although some of us are married, have kids, are self-employed, and have other uniquenesses to keep things interesting.
• sorta strangers: because this isn’t just the usual bunch of friends getting together. To ensure a diversity of experiences, we want a diversity of participants. We are “acquaintances” to begin with.