________________________________________________________________ News from THE FELLOWSHIP for INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY Promoting Community Living & Cooperative Lifestyles Communities magazine, Directory, Video and more http://www.ic.org/ fic ( at ) ic ( dot ) org 800-995-8342 ________________________________________________________________ ^[[refnum]]^ A MONTHLY EMAIL PUBLICATION of the FIC since 1999, serving over 4000 subscribers. Jun 20, 2003 1 New book by editor of Communities magazine - special offer 2 Twin Oaks/FIC Communities Conference - 12th annual - Labor Day 3 Communities magazine issues now and future 4 communitymade.com new 5 We want you! Please support the Fellowship by joining. Your magazine subscription status (if any) * [[substatus]] * Your FIC membership status (if any) * [[membstatus]] * 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 NEW BOOK BY DIANA CHRISTIAN now in stock and offered as our FEATURED BOOKSHELF TITLE at SALE PRICE This offer made *only* through eNews. by Alline Anderson, Community Bookshelf manager ________________________________________________________________ Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities by Diana Leafe Christian 2003, 272 pages The much-anticipated Creating a Life Together is finally here, and I'm happy to report that it was well worth the wait. Our own Diana Christian, editor of Communities magazine, has written the penultimate book on intentional communities. Creating a Life Together is an excellent guide to launching and sustaining successful communities--and avoiding the typical mistakes in the process. Distilling the wisdom from dozens of successful community projects, it outlines what works, what doesn't work, and how not to reinvent the wheel. It provides step-by-step, practical advice on everything from the role of founders to vision documents, decision-making, agreements, legal options, buying and financing land, sustainable site design, and communication, group process, and dealing well with conflict. Along with community profiles, cautionary tales, and ample resources for learning more, Creating a Life Together is the most up-to-date resource available on making your community dream come true. We're thrilled to have it in Community Bookshelf's inventory, and feel sure that you'll like it just as much as we do! Creating a Life Together Regular price $23.00 sale $18.40 (20% off) Order this title online, by phone or mailorder http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-jun2003a.html 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. Offer 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 ________________________________________________________________ 2 LABOR DAY TWIN OAKS/FIC COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE ________________________________________________________________ TWIN OAKS 12th ANNUAL COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER An FIC Co-Sponsored Event * Labor Day Weekend Aug 29 - Sep 1 Twin Oaks Community near Louisa Virginia One of the things I love best about the Communities Conference at Twin Oaks is that it's the perfect opportunity to directly connect people who are looking for a community with communities who are looking for new members. There are generally representatives from about 25 different communities (eco- villages, co-ops, and more) who come to talk about their style of group living, and meet people who might be interested in their group. Some people are not necessarily looking for a community to live in, but are interested in learning more. There'll be the chance to find out about the "nitty-gritty" of community living at our workshops on group decision-making, sustainability, intentional relationships, group living skills, and more. The Conference is co-sponsored by the Fellowship for Intentional Community, the Federation of Egalitarian Communities and Twin Oaks Community. Twin Oaks Communities Conference 138 Twin Oaks Rd Louisa VA 23093 540-894-5126 conference ( at ) twinoaks.org http://www.twinoaks.org/conference ________________________________________________________________ 3 COMMUNITIES MAGAZINE ISSUES up soon and due later this year ________________________________________________________________ Up next and due to be mailed in early-July is the exciting Lovers in Community theme summer issue with articles including: Make It or Break It which shows how community life intensifies whatıs already present in love relationships: strong ones grow richer and stronger in community; weak ones fall apart faster. Breaking Up (While Staying in Community), which suggests you donıt have to leave the community when you break up. With enough kindness and impartiality from your community, you can both heal and stay right where you are. Relationships in the Crucible, which describes a community relationship process which put people's hearts and souls on the line, publicly?and apparently worked well indeed. Lovers, Friends, and Parents, describing what happens at a community that puts together multiple intimate relationships, deep commitment to children and shared parenting, and dedication to honesty and vulnerability. 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 800-995-8342 ________________________________________________________________ 4 COMMUNITYMADE.COM -- BIRD SONG TAPES AND CDS ADDED TO STORE ________________________________________________________________ This month communitymade.com introduces the bird song and natural sound CDs and cassettes of Lichen Co-op member Eleanor Pugh. We're not only excited about these products (see her description of how she makes the recordings on any product page), we're happy to see the balance of communities represented on communitymade.com shift a bit geographically--we've had five communities in the southeast and only one in the west up till now--this makes it five and two! (We hope as we grow we'll get more representation from communities in other parts of the country.) http://www.communitymade.com/communities/lichen-products.html Based on customer requests we have also added lists of all products on one page. To view all products grouped by community http://www.communitymade.com/ViewAllbyCommunity-NoG.html (Press the Graphics button to get pictures; this page might be a slow load for some if we made pictures appear by default.) View all products grouped by product category http://www.communitymade.com/ViewAllbyCategory-NoG.html ________________________________________________________________ 5 WE WANT YOU! 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