[Strawbale] strawbale community fundraising for family (was re:Death in collapsing SB house)

[Erica Konrad]

We unfortunately cannot make it out from BC but would be happy to donate $ 
if some fund was set up to help out in these tragic times. Please let us 
know.
Thanks
Erica

Erica Konrad/Michael Bowick
New Denver, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Tom" <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca>
To: "GSBN" <GSBN at lists.greenbuilder.com>
Cc: "SB Yahoos" <sb-r-us at yahoogroups.com>; "SB REPP" 
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Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] strawbale community fundraising for family (was 
re:Death in collapsing SB house)


> On 20 Mar 2008,
> David A Bainbridge <bainbrid at alliant.edu> wrote:
>
>> Fundraiser?
>>
>> Whatever the cause - it would seem an appropriate effort to offer
>> support to the family. As alternative people living their own life a
>> contribution from all of us might be a real help.
>>
>> Is there anyone in the area who could help get funds to the family?
>>
>> Perhaps in honor of the spirit of sustainability?
>>
>> David A. Bainbridge
>> Associate Professor, Sustainable Management
>> Marshall Goldsmith School of Management
>> Business & Management Division
>> Alliant International University
>
> Excellent idea, David. I fourth the motion. (I'm on the GSBN DIGEST
> version so I've only seen the second and third responses to this idea from
> Tom the Hahn and el Lupo d'Oz (aka John Glassford).
>
> I would be willing to offer up my Paypal account to receive emailed
> donations from the international SB community. The account has been used
> in the past for other international SB fundraising initiatives like the
> Casas que Cantan fundraisers and library creation fundraisers without any
> hitches as far as I'm aware.
>
> It eliminates the problems associated with to cash cheques or money orders
> drawn on non-Canadian sources and provides instant confirmation of receipt
> and record-keeping.
>
> But first, some thoughts on the idea of offering help.
>
> I've found that in small communities, whenever disaster strikes, the
> neighbours step up immediately to offer assistance in the way of temporary
> housing, food, clothing, cash, incidentals, spiritual comfort etc. and I
> suspect that may be the case in the Quebec community of Shawinigan.
>
> Perhaps what the SB community could do is build the family a new SB house 
> ?
>
> From experience of past fundraising initiatives in the international SB
> community, I don't think that it would be too ambitious suggest that we
> set a goal of building the family a new SB house.
>
> And I suspect that it shouldn't be difficult to round up sufficient
> volunteer labour to erect the shell especially if some of the luminaries
> of the SB/NatBuild movement were able to contribute some time to teaching
> workshops during various phases of the re-construction and especially if
> people attending the learning workshops were to make donations to the
> building fund in lieu of the usual workshop fee.
>
> And I suspect that we have enough design skills within the GSBN group that
> , well, you know.
>
>
> and for the non GSBN lists, Michel Bergeron sent in the additional links
> to stories on the roof collapse:
>
> http://nouvelles.sympatico.msn.radio-canada.ca/GrandTitres/ContentPosting?feedname=CBC_TOPSTORIES_V2_FR&showbyline=True&newsitemid=388770
>
> http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080316/CPACTUALITES/80316018
>
>
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> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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> manually winnow the chaff from my edress in your reply
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