A MONTHLY EMAIL PUBLICATION of the FIC since 1999. November 26, 2005 1 Help Us Promote www.ic.org 2 Featured Bookshelf Titles At Sale Price 3 New Features At store.ic.org 4 Communities Magazine Issues 5 Join The Fic & Bring More Connection To The World! _________________________________________________________________ 1 HELP US PROMOTE WWW.IC.ORG by Tony Sirna _________________________________________________________________ As I'm sure you all know, http://www.ic.org is a great resource for anyone looking for information on intentional communities in North America. We want to make sure everyone looking for this information has an easy time finding it and we would love your help. We ask that if you have a website that you consider adding a link to the Intentional Communities website. That way if people find your website they can find ours as well. We've set up a page with examples of text and HTML code to make it easy for you. Please see http://www.ic.org/link.php You might also want to link to the online Communities Directory at directory.ic.org. See http://directory.ic.org/link.php for sample text and code. You could even include a link in your email signature. Many people working for the FIC promote our websites in their email signature with something like: ================================================================= Want more community in your life? Check out www.ic.org or ================================================================= Looking for Information on intentional communities, ecovillages, communes, or cohousing? Intentional Communities: www.ic.org Communities Directory: directory.ic.org Community Bookshelf: store.ic.org Thanks for helping other people find the resources that you've already found. Keep the IC movement growing. _________________________________________________________________ 2 FEATURED BOOKSHELF TITLEs at SALE PRICE Review by Catherine Nicosia, Community Bookshelf Manager _________________________________________________________________ These very popular sale titles were offered in the October eNews issue. We still have a limited number of copies in stock. Be sure to place your order soon as we are unable to reorder once our stock has been sold. WE'MOON 2006 DATE BOOK: In The Spirit Of Love from Mother Tongue Ink 2005; 240 pages; spiral bound paperback Created by, for and about women, the We'Moon date books have now reached an important milestone, their twenty-fifth anniversary. The 2006 edition celebrates the spirit of love with a feast of vibrant art that complements the poetry and prose contributed by women from around the world. It is a rich multi-cultural offering of women's culture and spirituality. We'Moon 2006 is also a best-selling appointment book, as well as an astrological and earth rhythms guide. It features a convenient week-at-a-glance format. Combining usefulness and beauty, it will be an important part of your daily life. Regular price $17.00 Sale price $14.00 ---------- WE'MOON ON THE WALL 2006: In The Spirit Of Love from Mother Tongue Ink 2005; 34 pages, paper; folded size 12" x 12" We'Moon On The Wall 2006 is a calendar featuring a selection of the art from the We'Moon 2006 Date Book, along with inspiring writings for each month of the year. It is a celebration of women's art, prose and poetry reflecting this year's theme of the spirit of love. The month-at-a glance format also features information on daily moon phases and signs, along with key astrological information. Visually stunning, this calendar will bring grace to any wall it is hung on. Regular price $13.00 Sale price $10.00 ---------- Shipping/handling on these items as follows 3.00 S/H for first item 1.00 S/H for each additional item Shop online for lower shipping rates and more shipping options. S/H prices are for Standard Mail postal delivery within US. This eNews special offer is valid through [[offerdate]]. Information, catalog, ordering http://store.ic.org/bookshelf Community Bookshelf RR 1 Box 156 Rutledge MO 63563 800-995-8342 bookshelf ( at ) ic ( dot ) org http://store.ic.org/catalog/specials.php _________________________________________________________________ 3 NEW FEATURES at STORE.IC.ORG by Tony Sirna _________________________________________________________________ Starting in late October we introduced some new features at our Intentional Communities Store at http://store.ic.org where we sell FIC products such as the Communities Directory and Communities magazine as well as a variety of books on community. New Features include: * You can create an account and store your information for future shopping, including current order status and orders history. * Accounts use the same username and password as our other ic.org sites * You can store multiple addresses in your account for shipping, billing, gift purchases, etc. * Shipping costs are now calculated in real time based on US Postal Service pricing - typically saving you money on your purchase. We hope you enjoy these new features. Let us know if there are ways we can improve your shopping experience. _________________________________________________________________ 4 COMMUNITIES MAGAZINE ISSUES Current and coming issues Call for articles for winter issue _________________________________________________________________ CURRENT AND UPCOMING ISSUES The theme of the current fall issue of our quarterly publication is Resolving Conflict in Community. The theme of the next (winter) issue, due to be mailed in about 10 days, will be Urban Communities & Ecovillages. This is a Call for Articles for our Spring 2006 issue, Sustainability and Peak Oil, due out in mid-March. * How prepared are we for the expected limitations of Peak Oil, in terms of Power Down, Soft Landing, or Mad Max scenarios? * What cultural, appropriate technology, and sustainability practices can benefit us in hard times? * Which urban and rural intentional communities and organized neighborhoods have these practices in place now? * We're especially seeking articles from cohousers. The deadline for finished articles is December 27, 2005. Please send your article ideas soon to the editorial staff at communities ( at ) ic ( dot ) org, ideally by November 27. 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 _________________________________________________________________ 6 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/membership 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.