A MONTHLY EMAIL PUBLICATION of the FIC since 1999, serving over 5000 subscribers. Feb 22, 2004 1 Spring FIC meeting and co-sponsored Farm Communities event 2 Bookshelf new titles and special offers for the month 3 Communities magazine issues current and upcoming 4 What's new at communitymade.com 5 We want you! Please support the Fellowship by joining. At the end of this letter PLEASE CHECK your mailing address and other contact info. Also see more details on the *status* of your magazine subscription and membership, plus eNews subscribe, unsubscribe, privacy & mailings info. ________________________________________________________________ 1 SPRING FIC MEETING AND CO-SPONSORED EVENT FIC Organization meeting open to the public The Farm Community's Conference & Activist Summit ________________________________________________________________ * FELLOWSHIP FOR INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING Highline Crossing Cohousing in Littleton, Colorado April 30 - May 2, 2004 We invite you to join us and get a glimpse behind the curtain, revealing what the FIC is doing these days and giving you a chance to roll up your sleeves and lend a hand. Please join us! Advance registration will be required as space at this meeting is limited. Some of the past event locations and dates: The Vale community, OH, Oct 2003 The Farm community, TN, May 2003 Goodenough Community, Washington State, Nov 2002 Waterloo, Ontario - From the Ground Up, May 2002 Sonora Cohousing, Tucson, Arizona, October 2001 Check this site occaisonally for updated info http://fic.ic.org/artofcmty.html For more information Jenny Upton: jenny ( at ) ic ( dot ) org ------------------------------ * ------------------------------- * THE FARM COMMUNITY'S CONFERENCE & ACTIVIST SUMMIT An FIC co-sponsored event at The Farm in Summertown TN May 28-30, 2004 Bringing together the leaders in ecovillage design, alternative lifestyle and political movements for an intense and information filled exchange weekend. Last year's Memorial Day Weekend event was an astounding success, with over 200 people working together to change the future...and we still had energy to rock out on Saturday night! If your goal is to take positive steps toward creating a life that fulfills your soul, then we urge you to come to The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee this spring for one of our most anticipated weekend events. The Farm event organizers work very hard to help you maximize your experience. Whether you are in search of intense connections or a chance to taste the peace and freedom that comes from a liberated lifestyle, we guarantee that you will leave fulfilled and with a clearer vision of your path. For more information or to register online http://www.thefarmcommunity.com Thomas ( at ) villagemedia.com ________________________________________________________________ 2 FEATURED BOOKSHELF TITLEs at SALE PRICE The Consensus book specials are offered *only* through eNews. by Alline Anderson, Community Bookshelf manager ________________________________________________________________ We've added seven new titles to the FIC store recently including the beautiful Community & Social Justice Postcard Pack by Syracuse Cultural Workers. http://store.ic.org/products/new-list.html And there is now a wide range of titles on sale across many of the store title categories. Some are closeouts with limited quantities available. Included in the on-sale list: The 60s Communes, The Book of Miso, The Book of Tofu, Building With Earth, Circles of Strength, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, From Asparagus to Zucchini, From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank, How Walmart is Destroying America and What You Can Do About It, Independent Builder, The Natural House, The New Independent Home, The New Laurel's Kitchen, The New Moosewood Cookbook, The Passive Solar House, Round-Trip to Deadsville, Serious Straw Bale. http://store.ic.org/products/specials-list.html Though we apparently had sold these out completely turns out we still have two (2) copies left to sell of the We'Moon desk calendar with layflat binding at $10 plus $3 std mail S/H in US. These will be sold first come first served and only by calling our main office in Missouri 800-995-8342 ----------------------------- * ------------------------------- STILL ON SPECIAL for one more month: our two CCR Consensus books The Fellowship for Intentional Community is proud to continue to offer two of the best books ever published on consensus decision making. Written more than 20 years ago by the Center for Conflict Resolution, FIC acquired the rights to these classics and has kept them in print since 1999. In the past 30 years there has been a groundswell of interest in consensus as a decision-making process that brings people together. Today there is a full menu of books offering a formula for cooking up consensus or presenting a smorgasbord of facilitation techniques for inspiring group participation, yet there is no better introduction to the heart of secular consensus than Building United Judgment or to the soul of dynamic facilitation than A Manual for Group Facilitators. Countless intentional communities, worker collectives, housing co-ops, alternative schools, and other social change groups have benefited from the simple wisdom in these two books, which introduce readers to the magic of working with the whole person (instead of only with our best thinking) and of inviting constructive disagreement (instead of battling for the most votes). Your journey to learning effective and up-tempo consensus starts here. ----------------- A Manual for Group Facilitators by Center for Conflict Resolution Reprinted with a new cover, December 2003 89 pages; paperbound; A Manual for Group Facilitators is an essential tool for anyone facilitating consensus meetings. The manual is valuable not just as an introduction for those new to facilitation but can be a great refresher for the experienced facilitator. Laird Schaub, nationally recognized group process consultant, says "High quality meeting facilitation is neither a parlor trick, nor the result of mastering techniques. It comes instead from adopting a cooperative and agreement-hungry mind set, where you are open to surprises and ever eager for the creative possibilities of new information. It comes from trusting the process, without knowing ahead where it will lead. It comes from working with energy as well as with content. A Manual for Group Facilitators is the best introduction available for creating the kind of meeting culture where these attitudes can flourish." Regular price $16.00 sale $13.00 for eNews subscribers http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004b.html ----------------- Building United Judgment: A Handbook for Consensus Decision Making edited by Center for Conflict Resolution 124 pages; paperbound Building United Judgment is an amazingly effective introduction to consensus decision making. More than just a "how-to" it's a "handbook on how to be the kind of group, and the kind of group member, that can use decision making well." Rob Sandelin, an experienced consensus teacher from Sharingwood Cohousing, says "This is THE consensus process manual. If you have only one consensus book in your library, this is the one to have." Regular price $16.00 sale $13.00 for eNews subscribers http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004c.html ----------------------- * ----------------------- Holiday Cards from Syracuse Cultural Workers We still have a few of the beautiful holiday card sets from Syracuse Cultural Workers, union-printed on recycled paper. Select from 3 designs. 12 to a package. Regular price $9 to $11 per pack Sale $5.00 http://store.ic.org/products/holiday-cards.html ----------------------- * ----------------------- This month's specials valid through March 31, 2004: http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004b.html http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jan2004c.html Continuing holiday clearance special: http://store.ic.org/products/holiday-cards.html Interested in bulk purchase of either Consensus title at discounted prices? Please check these two links http://store.ic.org/products/manual-group-facilitators.html http://store.ic.org/products/building-united-judgment.html Order online, by phone or mailorder Shipping/handling as follows 3.00 S/H for first item 1.00 S/H for each additional item All prices shown here are for Standard Mail postal delivery within US. Enews special offers are valid through [[offerdate]]. Information, catalog, ordering and prices for delivery outside US http://store.ic.org/community-bookshelf.html Community Bookshelf RR 1 Box 156 Rutledge MO 63563 800-995-8342 bookshelf ( at ) ic ( dot ) org ________________________________________________________________ 3 COMMUNITIES MAGAZINE ISSUES ________________________________________________________________ The current issue of Communities magazine is #121 Winter 2003 Thriving in Community Due to be mailed in March will be the following #122 Spring 2004 The Community Seekers' Guide 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 ________________________________________________________________ 4 WHAT'S NEW AT COMMUNITYMADE.COM ________________________________________________________________ communitymade.com introduces a breathtaking silk-painted chakra banner from Patty Mara Gourley (DolphinSmile Studio) at Tierra Nueva Cohousing in California and two new bird song CDs (Birds of Deciduous Woodlands and Birds of Coniferous Woodlands) and a cassette (Hermit Thrush and Stream) from Eleanor Pugh at Lichen Cooperative in Oregon. http://www.communitymade.com/NewList.tpl ________________________________________________________________ 5 WE WANT YOU! TO JOIN THE FIC ________________________________________________________________ Seeking more sense of community in your life? Want to help others discover the benefits of cooperative living? FIC membership benefits include invitations, discounts, credit union access, and a newsletter -- but we think the biggest benefit is the knowledge that you're helping bring into reality the vision of a cooperative world. Read more about membership and sign up online using our secure server http://store.ic.org/products/fic-membership.html More info. Request a membership form to be sent by mail. RR 1 Box 156 Rutledge MO 63563 800-995-8342 fic ( at ) ic ( dot ) org Learn more about the mission of the Fellowship organization http://fic.ic.org/index.html