A MONTHLY EMAIL PUBLICATION of the FIC since 1999. August 20, 2005 1 The Communities Directory Book 2 FIC Co-sponsored Events Upcoming 3 Communities Magazine Current & Next Issues 4 Join The FIC & Bring More Connection To The World! _________________________________________________________________ 1 THE COMMUNITIES DIRECTORY BOOK Fourth Print Edition - printer estimates Aug 31 shipment Online Directory growing by Tony Sirna _________________________________________________________________ BRAND NEW PRINT EDITION AT THE PRINTER The print Directory is on the presses and will be ready to ship soon. Our printer has just given us an estimated delivery date of August 31st and we plan to ship out pre-orders as soon as the books are in our hands. Its been a long process from start to finish and we look forward to having the actual book in hand. You can reserve your copy now for $24 (plus shipping) on our website. This is a 20% discount for those ordering direct from the FIC so don't wait until you see it in stores. We're taking preorders as a convenience to our customers. We'll collect your order information now, then charge your card at the time of shipment. The preorder price is not an incentive sale price; depending on our production costs, the price may or may not be increased at publication. Help us promote the new book by telling your friends or better yet, order them a copy! Preorder price direct from FIC is $24 plus S/H. http://store.ic.org/products/communities-directory-2005.html Shipping/handling on this item is as follows 3.00 S/H for first item 1.00 S/H for each additional item S/H prices are for Standard Mail postal delivery within US. Order by phone fax or mail FIC - 138 Twin Oaks Rd - Louisa VA 23093 800-462-8240 fax 540-894-4112 ------------ ONLINE DIRECTORY KEEPS ON GROWING The FIC's free online Directory has now topped 1400 community listings and seems to grow every day. We plan to add new features to the online Directory this fall and winter so contact us at directory ( at ) ic ( dot ) org with suggestions for improvements or bug reports. We can't promise anything but we'd like to make the service meet people's needs as best we can. To browse or search our database of communities go to http://directory.ic.org For instructions on adding or updating a listing go to http://directory.ic.org/neweditors.php To find out more about the directory email directory ( at ) ic ( dot ) org _________________________________________________________________ 3 FIC CO-SPONSORED EVENTS UPCOMING Twin Oaks Communities Conference underway this weekend Ozark Area Community Congress #26 in October _________________________________________________________________ COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE at TWIN OAKS An FIC Co-Sponsored Event August 19 - 21 weekend Twin Oaks Community near Louisa Virginia The Communities Conference at Twin Oaks Community is happening this weekend. Everything is going as planned, the weather is favorable and over 200 people are in attendance! We hope to have a report next month from the organizers. http://www.twinoaks.org/conference. ---------- OZARK AREA COMMUNITY CONGRESS #26 An FIC Co-Sponsored Event Oct 7-9 * Willow Springs MO FIC has agreed to be a co-sponsor for the 26th Ozark Area Community Congress, a bioregional event. Look for further announcements in this newsletter and on our website http://fic.ic.org/artofcmty.html _________________________________________________________________ 4 COMMUNITIES MAGAZINE CURRENT & NEXT ISSUES _________________________________________________________________ The theme of the current issue of our quarterly publication is The Face of Cohousing in 2005. The theme of the next fall 2005 issue will be Resolving Conflict in Community. Get a sample issue, renew or subscribe here http://store.ic.org/products/communities-magazine.html http://store.ic.org/products/communities-magazine-sampl.html Sample issues by surface mail $6 US - $7 Canada - $8 Other Subscriptions one year 4 issues $20 US :: $24 Canada :: $26 Other Order by phone fax or mail FIC * 138 Twin Oaks Rd * Louisa VA 23093 800-462-8240 fax 540-894-4112 _________________________________________________________________ 5 JOIN THE FIC & BRING MORE CONNECTION TO THE WORLD! _________________________________________________________________ If you enjoy the information that reaches you via this newsletter, you're probably the kind of person who likes to bring people together, who appreciates cooperation and community. Those things are important to us, too--so important that we've centered our organization around them. And we'd love to have you with us. This e-newsletter, the Communities Directory, our Bookshelf and online store, Communities magazine, our regular member newsletter, the phone calls and emails we answer every day, the events we sponsor, the workshops we give...these are all part of meeting people's need for greater connection, around the world. Your $30 membership contribution or $100 donation today will help us do an even better job. Please consider joining the FIC now. For more info on membership benefits and to join online using our secure server go to http://store.ic.org/products/fic-membership.html To request a membership form by mail, or to email, or to talk with a human, contact us at RR 1 Box 156 Rutledge MO 63563 800-995-8342 fic ( at ) ic ( dot ) org To learn more about the mission of the organization visit http://fic.ic.org/index.html Thank you for your interest, and thanks for everything you do to promote and sustain community.