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Hello:

Not a great deal of news to report, a few passers by and some queries. The online meeting using Yahoo Instant Messenger did occur but only some new persons came online for brief periods of time. I will be scheduling a new one and will keep you all posted to that effect.

Dan

I updated some of the information on our profile at the F.I.C..'s website. No major changes just some odds and ends.

The directory: http://directory.ic.org/

The site: http://www.ic.org/pnp/cdir/1995/01kozeny.html

Again, seasons bet from us both, Wendy and Dan

Community of Light

We want to co-create a community in a rural area, grow a good portion of our own food, create a profitable cottage industries, and so be self employed. We would keep well the land that we live on and engage in right livelihood. We also want to contribute to the community around us and so benefit our society. Ideally, we would want to be near enough to a good sized town maybe some 50,000 or so, a college community would be something to consider. We could each use our talents, abilities, or professions to provide for ourselves as well extent help to others.

You are all welcome to express your ideas about what our community should be. We are, after all, the persons who will make it up.

There are a lot of ideas that we've discussed but I want everyone to know that what is or has been in issues are meant as working concepts. This whole idea is a work in progress and so let us know what you think.

If you have not been to the Community of Lights web page we now have a listing of communities that are forming. It may be educational to visit some of those sites to see what's new in the community universe See the links at: Community of Light

Thanks, Dan and Wendy

Email Address: creative1@creativeideasforyou.com

Kendra Beyer .......... elfinfary@yahoo.com peace!

I am hoping to meet up with people who are interested in community living. I am a wild crafter, believer in earth medicine. I love to paint, sculpt, sew, and write. My dream is to have the space to grow all medicinal plants and herbs for sale or trade. I am into healthy living.

Justine Ferguson .......... attentionjustine@yahoo.com

Hello

I'm a schoolteacher - a mixture of Pagan and Native American.  I'm curious to find out about your community.  I'm envisioning moving into a community where I can live, work  (as well as work outside of the community) - a place to call home - and not to be isolated from the  'outside' world.  I'd like to share more about myself and hope to learn more about you.

Thank you very much. Look forward to hearing back from you. Warm regards, Justine

A virtual passerby sent this on to us:

8.5 Beautiful Acres For Sale in NM!  Located in the small community of Ramah, New Mexico, with red rock views on two sides, a sizable seasonal pond, abundant wildlife and wonderful neighbors, this spot is indeed a piece of Heaven on Earth.  http://www.emergingearthangels.com/land.html

David Hand
Inner Starlight[tm]
Garnerville NY  USA

james two eagles .......... jamestwoeagles@yahoo.com  

A sister just sent this to me, now it Begins

Love to all of life.

Peace to all of life.

Honor for all of life.

Prayers for all of life. 

From the F.I.C:

We encourage you to review your listing using the link below. If there is anything inaccurate or out of date please update your listing as soon as possible. Listings at directory.ic.org are also used for the FIC's print version of the Communities Directory.

View your listing at:

http://directory.ic.org/records/?action=view&record_id=10486

Just for your information's sake:

Here is an organization, California Farm Link, which attempts to match aspiring farmers with landowners. I've filled out and sent in the questionnaire

They operate mostly in northern California, and I've seen some listings of interest. If we are able to get a match for a farm, we could likely negotiate a sharecrop rental until we got our businesses going, then buy the land on doable payment terms.

Community Forming and Land Opportunities

james two eagles .......... jamestwoeagles@yahoo.com

OK, here's the ic-list which is or means-intentional communities list and their are 3,000 in this country living better lives as well, Healthier and better education. but you go on check out our Page. This link will put on the page which is very self explanatory.

HTTP;//directory.ic.org/21887/great_spirits_land

All things come to those who go after them. ~ Rob Estes

The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears. ~ Bill Vaughn

If you're strong enough, there are no precedents. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

It's your life, your one and only life - so take excellence very personally. ~ Scott Johnson

Nobody knows what is the best s/he can do. ~ Arturo Toscanini

Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right. ~ Horace J. Brown

That's what freedom is all about - a chance to be better. ~ Albert Camus

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give who we are in order to become all that we can become. ~ Max De Pree

The saddest words of tongue or pen are these four words - it might have been. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. ~ Henry James

Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. ~ Franklin P. Jones

If at first you don't succeed, you're in good company. ~ Elden Peterson

It's not who we are that holds us back. it's who we think we're not. ~ Michael Nolan

Ignore people who say it can't be done. ~ Elaine Rideout

Sometimes, the most impenetrable brick walls are made of flesh. ~ Randy Pausch

What is it going to be - reasons or results? ~ Art Turock

If you're going to worry, don't do it. If you do it, don't worry. ~ David Armistead

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. ~ George Washington

My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ~ Louis Pasteur

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. ~ George Washington

A very easy way to give food to the hungry is to set the Hunger Site as your browser's home page. Check out the Hunger Site to see what it is about and how it works.

If you want to research intentional communities this is a good place to start.

Communities Magazine comes out regularly and is a resource for those seeking to explore communities. The directory that is a great primer in the variety of the community universe. You can write them at the address given below. This is their office address.

Communities Magazine, 138 Twin Oaks Road, Louisa VA 23093 USA or call them at: Tel/Fax: 540-894-5126. Their website is at Intentional Communities

The resources on the Northwest Intentional Communities site might be valuable. There are lists of legal documents, process advice etc. They're at: http://www.ic.org/nica/resource.htm

This list of places seeking members, communities forming and the like. It's at the F.I.C.'s website: http://directory.ic.org/iclist/

It might be a place to do research, who knows there may be a place within a relatively short drive.

My yahoo ID is available for use as a means to chat online. I am willing to schedule a time(s) during a given month where we could chat. I am thinking that a Saturday or Sunday would be the best time overall, however I am open to suggestions. Please advise.

If you are a member of our Yahoo group you can access the current polling data, or vote: this is the link to our group This is what we have at "press time"

Would you consider a location outside the United States?

Choices	Votes	%
Outside the U.S. preferred	2	9%
depending on country chosen	5	22%
Neutral - no preference	2	9%
would but not first choice	9	40%
NOT consider outside U.S.	4	18%

Should we have a membership fee of some kind?

Choices	Votes	%
Income of entering members	5	27%
Money making capacity of the community	13	72%

If we had an entry fee what should it be based upon?

Choices	Votes	%
Number of entering members	0	0%
Income of entering members	2	12%
Money making capacity of the community	2	12%
Other	4	25%
A share buying system	8	50%

Areas or regions we'd like to consider: (See the site for details)

Choices	Votes	%
AZ, NM, W. Texas	0	0
Cent. US: NB KS OK DA	0	0
G. Lakes, AK, MO, IL, IN,WI, KY, TN	1	6%
E. KY, E. TN, WVA, W.VA, W.,PA,	2	13%
G. Coast, FL, LA, MS, AL	1	6
E. PA, NY, NH, VT, CT, RH ME, MD	0	0
N. Idaho	1	6
NW/W OR, W. WA,	7	46%
CA, NV, UT, E. OR, E, WA, MT, CO, Wy	3	20%

What kind of climate would you want to live in?

Choices	Votes	%
Tropical	2	8%
Subtropical	5	20%
Forest	7	20%
Woodland/meadow	10	41%
Tundra	0	0%

What land locations would you like?

Choices	Votes	%
Island	14	18%
Peninsula	11	14%
Land bound w/coast	15	19%
land bound no coast	12	15%
High altitude	13	16%
Low altitude	12	15%

What sorts of things would you want to use the land for?

Choices	Votes	%
Farming	20	13%
Raising livestock	14	9%
Raising feed crops	11	7%
Hunting	6	4%
Gathering	16	11%
Fishing	14	9%
Utilitarian crops	10	6%
Fruit bearing trees	23	16%
Lumber/milling	5	3%
Water/solar for alt. power	24	16%

Would you consider a buy/sell/relationship with the outside world?

Choices	Votes	%
Yes	23	100%
No	0	0%

A collection of quotes, sent to me (2)

Be fanatics. When it comes to being, doing, and dreaming the best, be maniacs. ~ A.M. Rosenthal

Your life is not something you find - it's something you create. ~ David Phillips

The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where s/he is going. ~ David Jordan

There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish something. ~ Thomas Edison
My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ~ Louis Pasteur