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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bruce and the rest of the world,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>COSBA is Currently about 24 paying members and a contact list of over 500. We are working on rebuilding our memberships by reconnecting with old members and bringing in the new recruits with greater service and support of current needs. We are based out of Gunnison, Colorado.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We are very excited about the upcoming International Straw Builders conference and all that it holds, surely a ‘not to miss’ event. We look forward to seeing you all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The future isn’t what it used to be!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dusty Szymanski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Executive Director, COSBA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>Register now for the International Straw Builders Conference at </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>www.strawbaleconference.com</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce King<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 13, 2012 1:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> Global Straw GSBN<br><b>Subject:</b> [GSBN] Just how big is natural building?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Howdy, folks --<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone else out there wonder just how many people are knowledgeable about, interested in, and/or wild about natural building?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Me, too, and I'd like to start to map the territory for a group conversation at the upcoming <a href="http://www.strawbaleconference.com/">International Straw Bale Building Conference</a> in Colorado in September. Which will of course really be about natural building in general.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here's just a first pass. I would really appreciate if you could fill me in on what's happening in your area or country. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Organization<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>location or base<span class=apple-tab-span> </span> <span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Membership</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(however "organized" <span class=apple-tab-span> </span>(Even if you don't have "members", how many people receive<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>you may or may not be)<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>your mailings / ever wrote you a check?)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>CASBA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>California, USA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>????<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>COSBA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Colorado, USA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>????<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ecological Building Network<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>California, USA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>1400 / 500<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Natural Building Network<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>???<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>????<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ASRI<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Victoria, Canada<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>????<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Builder Without Borders<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>New Mexico, USA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>????<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kleiwerks<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>North Carolina, USA<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>????<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I KNOW I'm forgetting organizations even here in North America, much less on the other side of various ponds, so please help me here. Results, once collated, will of course be public.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Bruce King<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:bruce@bruce-king.com">bruce@bruce-king.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://bruce-king.com/" target="_blank">http://bruce-king.com/</a></span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>(415) 987-7271</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Twitter: @brucekinggreen </span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>blog: <a href="http://bruceking.posterous.com/" target="_blank">http://bruceking.posterous.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>