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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I will add a second, based on my recent communications with Alfred, and my knowledge of his exceptional work and experience as Catherine outlined.<BR>
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Martin Hammer<BR>
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On 9/8/11 12:56 PM, "David Eisenberg" <<a href="strawnet@aol.com">strawnet@aol.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'> I second Catherine's nomination. I've known Alfred for years - he has a lot of design, building and teaching experience in many places and circumstances and will, no doubt, have much to contribute here.<BR>
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David Eisenberg<BR>
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Subject: [GSBN] new nomination<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><FONT FACE="Georgia, Times New Roman">Dear Colleagues,<BR>
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I'd like to nominate Santa Fe, NM, architect Alfred von Bachmayr for membership. <BR>
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Alfred is a founding member of the Strawbale Construction Association (of NM) and Builders Without Borders (in 1999), and founder of World Hands Project. Also, he has done strawbale and natural building development work with native American tribes, in Mexico, Central America and Fiji. Alfred is a very hands-on architect, and among many innovations, he invented a low-tech approach to mixing straw-clay, and developed a process to cut up shipping pallets and reassemble them into roof trusses. And much more....<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Sincerely,<BR>
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