[GSBN] GSBN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5
Enga Lokey
enga at thelokeys.net
Tue Mar 31 02:21:41 UTC 2020
Is there a way to just give bank details so that a percentage doesn’t get syphoned off by the app?
Enga
> On 31 Mar 2020, at 5:36 am, <jim at manyhandsbuilders.com> <jim at manyhandsbuilders.com> wrote:
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> I will contribute too!
>
> Jim Reiland
> Many Hands Builders
> 541-899-1166
> 541-200-9546 cell
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> 1. Re: [Gsbn] Important GSBN News (Dodson Harper)
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> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:26:20 +0000
> From: "Dodson Harper" <dodson at reginc.com>
> To: "Global Sustainable Building Network"
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> Network" <gsbn at lists.sustainablesources.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSBN] [Gsbn] Important GSBN News
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> Bill
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> I might have a server I could donate. Can you get a hold of me offline and
> let me know what your requirements for a new server are?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dodson Harper, P.E. S.E.
> Principal
> REG
> Resource Engineering Group
> Direct: 970.713.0986
> Cell: 970.209.3938
> dodson at reginc.com
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "bobregon" <bobregon at austin.rr.com>
> To: "Global Sustainable Building Network"
> <gsbn at lists.sustainablesources.com>
> Sent: 3/30/2020 12:16:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [GSBN] [Gsbn] Important GSBN News
>
>> Same here
>> Ben Obregon
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Mark Jensen <bigmconst at gmail.com>
>> Date: 3/30/20 11:59 AM (GMT-06:00)
>> To: Global Sustainable Building Network
>> <gsbn at lists.sustainablesources.com>
>> Subject: Re: [GSBN] [Gsbn] Important GSBN News
>>
>> I concur with Nehemiah. I would be willing to contribute.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:55 AM Nehemiah Stone
>> <nehemiah at stoneenergyassc.com> wrote:
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> If you start a go-fund-me page, I would put $50 in to help the cause,
>>> and I am sure that many others would too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nehemiah
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stone Energy Associates
>>>
>>> PO Box 324 Loomis, CA 95650
>>>
>>> (916) 663-1225
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ?There is infinite hope, only not for us.? Franz Kafka ?There is no
>>> hope, except for us.? Jonathon Franzen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: GSBN <gsbn-bounces at lists.sustainablesources.com> On Behalf Of
>>> Bill Christensen
>>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 7:55 PM
>>> To: David Arkin, AIA <david at arkintilt.com>
>>> Cc:gsbn at lists.sustainablesources.com
>>> Subject: Re: [GSBN] [Gsbn] Important GSBN News
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Straw Bale Registry server started giving me problems just last
>>> week... it is currently offline, and since we're under "stay at home"
>>> orders here in Austin, TX, it'll probably be next week at the
>>> earliest, possibly the week after that before I can address the
>>> problem. The Registry is the only thing on that server.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Registry server and the software that runs the Registry are both
>>> pretty old. I've been wanting to completely overhaul it and expand
>>> the scope for years, but I don't have any funding to do that - We
>>> received some funding to build it initially (shout out to Catherine
>>> Wanek), but there's been pretty much nothing ever since.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have the data from the Registry downloaded of course. I suspect
>>> it'll take a fair bit of work to make it usable. I also suspect that
>>> the contact info for a fair number of the listed buildings is waaaay
>>> out of date as we've done nothing to remind people to update their
>>> listings for a very long time. But we do have location info, if
>>> someone wanted to follow up on that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can see some of the data by going to
>>> http://web.archive.org/web/20190904143620/http://sbregistry.sustainabl
>>> esources.com/search.straw
>>> <http://web.archive.org/web/20190904143620/http:/sbregistry.sustainablesou
> rces.com/search.straw>.
>>> They didn't archive all the way down in many cases, and of course
>>> they could only see the info which is publicly visible. A lot of SB
>>> people are pretty adamant about their privacy and we took pains to
>>> insure that we could collect data about their SBs without making it
>>> public except in a general aggregate form.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Remember also that some years into this project, State Farm decided to
>>> use the Registry to identify and deny insurance to SB homes - the
>>> exact opposite of our intent. That resulted in further restrictions
>>> on what identifying info we were able and willing to share. I'm
>>> pretty sure that occurred prior to the oldest data on archive.org
>>> (2011).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/27/20 8:55 PM, David Arkin, AIA wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Bill / GSBN and Sustainable Sources:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this finds you well, in these times in particular.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was looking for the Straw Bale Registry and the link provided by
>>>> Google wouldn?t open ? curious if it now has a new address as well,
>>>> or otherwise?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One of our members has a project idea to query the registry for their
>>>> insurance and finance experience, and ideally the information
>>>> gathered is made available to others who might be struggling with one
>>>> or both of these, both potential homeowners as well as many current
>>>> ones located in fire-prone areas in particular.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would be please to hear your thoughts on the survey project, and
>>>> whether it could be added to the database or just solicited
>>>> separately.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Be well, stay kind,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David / CASBA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 22, 2020, at 9:22 PM, Bill Christensen
>>>>> <billc at sustainablesources.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a couple of important news items:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) GSBN has moved to a new server, and the address has changed.
>>>>> Please be sure that you use the address
>>>>> "gsbn at lists.sustainablesources.com" (we added the "lists." part to
>>>>> the previous address) in all future emails. I may be able to get
>>>>> the old address to forward over to the new, but it'll be best if you
>>>>> just use the new address.
>>>>>
>>>>> We were offline for a while in the fall due to software issues, and
>>>>> I'll be forwarding the two emails the list received during our
>>>>> downtime to the list as soon as I'm done with this one.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) I now have time to put together something I've wanted to do for a
>>>>> long time: an online video meeting. We can use Zoom or GoToMeeting
>>>>> - I'm open to suggestions - and talk about what is going on in the
>>>>> world of Straw, Earth, and Sustainable Building.
>>>>>
>>>>> The idea would be to have quarterly or monthly video meetups, record
>>>>> them, and post them to YouTube or similar.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first one would probably just be a round-table type free for
>>>>> all, but later ones could center on a particular topic or a
>>>>> presentation by one of our esteemed contributors.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking that the first meeting could be sometime in February.
>>>>> Let's discuss dates and times and, if anyone is particularly
>>>>> familiar with various technologies, that too.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bill Christensen
>>>>> http://SustainableSources.com <http://sustainablesources.com/>
>>>>> http://LinkedIn.com/in/billc108 <http://linkedin.com/in/billc108>
>>>>>
>>>>> ?A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other
>>>>> invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and
>>>>> Tequila.????Mitch Ratcliffe
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * * * * *
>>>>
>>>> Arkin Tilt Architects
>>>>
>>>> Ecological Planning & Design
>>>>
>>>> 1101 8th St. #180, Berkeley, CA
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>>>> ++94710?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>>>> ++94710?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>> 510/528-9830 ext. 202
>>>> www.arkintilt.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Arkin, AIA, Architect
>>>>
>>>> LEED Accredited Professional
>>>>
>>>> CA #C22459/NV #5030
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Co-Director, California Straw Building Association
>>>>
>>>> www.strawbuilding.org
>>>>
>>>> CASBA is a project of the Tides Center
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way."
>>>>
>>>> ? A. J. Muste
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bill Christensen
>>> http://SustainableSources.com
>>> http://LinkedIn.com/in/billc108
>>>
>>> ?A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other
>>> invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and
>>> Tequila.????Mitch Ratcliffe
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>> --
>> Mark Jensen
>> Owner
>>
>> Big M Construction
>> PO Box 1596
>> Bozeman, MT 59771
>>
>> (406)599-4220
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