<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">I do not know Feilie, nor know of her work other than what has been said here. However, i do know that this connection we all have does help to mitigate a practitioner's feeling of isolation. Since she is doing the right thing and not feeling a bit isolated, i whole-heartedly support her nomination. <br>It is sometimes difficult to access the kind of information one needs to make a local change when none of the locals have the right sources. Mitigating that problem is one of the most powerful effects of our online community.<br>In case it has been too long since I said so, I want to say that I appreciate this whole network, and especially them that keep it going!<br>Thanks!<br></font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Tom Woolley <tom.woolley@btconnect.com>
<br>Sent: Aug 15, 2012 11:21 PM
<br>To: Global Straw Building Network <gsbn@sustainablesources.com>
<br>Subject: Re: [GSBN] new nomination Feile Butler of Mud and Wood Ireland
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzbody style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Matts<div><br></div><div>great to hear from you</div><div>Hope you are keeping well</div><div><br></div><div>Feilie is the Irish word for Festival I think</div><div><br></div><div>It is pronounced </div><div>Phaeler</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your support</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 16 Aug 2012, at 01:25, Matts Myhrman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><zzzmeta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">Hello all, from the Baking Burrito, (i.e., Tucson, Arizona) *<br><br>Feile, what a lovely name. But, a question for Tom. How is it pronounced in County Sligo?<br><br>On then to Tom's nomination. Several things stand out. She's a woman in an arguably male-dominated arena, she has obviously done at her home place what she encourages others to do, and she uses not only straw, but also earth, in her designs. She gets whatever "votes" I have at my disposal.<br> <br>All best wishes,<br>Matts <br> <br><br>* In hopes of being Intelligible to those of you not familiar with the southwestern part of the dear old US of A, "Baking" because the afternoon high temperature yesterday was 110 degrees F (43.3 degrees C). And "Burrito"?, well that's a more complicated story involving New York City and Mexican food. Perhaps another time. <br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Tom Woolley <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have a feeling that the system for nominating members of GSBN has changed but maybe not?<br> <br> I was giving a talk recently for Feile Butler at MUD and WOOD in County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland<br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mudandwood.com/news-and-articles.html">http://www.mudandwood.com/<u></u>news-and-articles.html</a><br> <br> I stayed in the house that Feile and Colin have built from Cob but the East wall is strawbale<br> <br> Feile is doing a fantastic job promoting natural building throughout Ireland but she still feels quite isolated, particularly from any discussion of science and good practice among practitioners<br> <br> She would be an active and very appreciative member of the network<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:feile@mudandwood.com">feile@mudandwood.com</a><br> <br> If anyone is planning a trip to Ireland I can recommend this as an excellent place to visit and stay<br> <br> Despite my talk being on the only hot and sunny evening this whole summer here, 30 people came from the surrounding area<br> <br> I would be grateful for support for this nomination ...have a look at the excellent Mud and Wood web site<br> <br> Tom<br> <br> <br> Tom Woolley<br> <br> Rachel Bevan Architects<br> 80 Church Road<br> Crossgar<br> Downpatrick<br> BT30 9HR<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a><br> 028 44 830988<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bevanarchitects.com">www.bevanarchitects.com</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ______________________________<u></u>_________________<br> GSBN mailing list<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:GSBN@sustainablesources.com">GSBN@sustainablesources.com</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN">http://sustainablesources.com/<u></u>mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN</a><br> </blockquote></div><br> _______________________________________________<br>GSBN mailing list<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:GSBN@sustainablesources.com">GSBN@sustainablesources.com</a><br>http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN<br></zzzmeta></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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