11.26=7 IC#3: 7 Files hist; T24 K9. #0-1&2. EcoVillageProposal & . #1. "Defying Iranian Revolution".

FIC#3: http://fic.ic.org/ > #0. Community Resources: http://www.ic.org/resources/ Related Links: http://www.ic.org/resources/links.php #330=US#476=06.11.26=7; 10.6:#56 Rally#79: Crisis#24; Capital campaign #41 Chiang KMT Ma Crisis #9: http://tinyurl.com/sbsmf #0-1. IFC Files: EcoVillageProposal '' EcoVillageProposal.pdf : Lunford/Chadwick Eco-village / IC proposal : 105 KB : plunsfo : Nov 23, 2006 '': http://tinyurl.com/yfrpme < [InitiatingIntentionalCommunities] Re: IC Proposal Submitted & Request for inputs: _IC Proposal Submitted _ "" Hello group, I have started this thread as a pigeon hole for people to add their IC proposals to the group collective. I have begun by posting a proposal in the FILES section of the group. It is entitled "Lunsford/Chadwick Eco-Village IC Proposal". This proposal was written near the beginning of this year by a friend and I over a several month period. We actually put a significant amount of thought into it and wrote and rewrote the plan several times. It is also safe to say that the current version is not the final version. We both were/are concerned about where the world is heading and decided that an IC or Eco-Village was a good plan for the future. We both read "Creating a Life Together" by Diana Leafe Christian and decided to incorporate as many lessons learned into our plan as possible. The plan includes mission, vision, membership guidelines, guiding principles, financial and practical information. That being said, it also needs to be said that we have learned that situations change -- sometimes very rapidly. Since we wrote the proposal, we have determined that our chosen geographic location, Costa Rica, is simply not workable for us for a variety of reasons (including immigration and financial reasons.) Today's financial society is primarily based on credit, where the creditor holds most of the power and derives virtually all of the financial benefit. We don't believe this is necessarily a good value for an IC and, consequently, chose not to depend upon creditors to finance the venture. That means cash up front to build and Administer an IC. We also recognize that to start an IC of this nature takes lots of money. And money is something we just don't have at the moment. Both of us have recently experienced changes in our financial situations due to unexpected developments in our lives. We have also found that a significant number of people who are generally interested in establishing IC's are pretty much in the same boat -- we aren't, generally speaking, a wealthy group of people. That presents new dillema's that need to be addressed. So, our plan is currently on hold while we put our heads together to find ways to increase our personal assets base, find a new geographic region/environment in which to locate, and find like-minded people who can participate. Any ideas and suggestions you would like to contribute would certainly be appreciated. And by all means, if there are some ideas in our plan that are workable for you, then by all means use them. Warm wishes, Peter "" #0-2. Summerset Woods Community: http://tinyurl.com/vz9mo #1. Iranian Revolution: http://tinyurl.com/yb2g55 "Defying the Iranian Revolution: From a Minister to the Shah to a Leader of Resistance", by Manouchehr Ganji: http://tinyurl.com/yz9umo Amazon.com: "" About the Author MANOUCHEHR GANJI is the founder and Secretary General of the Flag of Freedom Organization of Iran, .. [&] the Organization for Human Rights for Iran. Dr. Ganji was the Minister of Education of Iran from 1976 to 1979, and Professor of International Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the Tehran University before the revolution. Dr. Ganji has published extensively on law, human rights, and the situation in Iran in English, Farsi, and French. ""