<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://10114/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Dorniak,<div><br></div><div>We're ready for some stories about what you been doing down there mate. Send 'em along.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Bohdan Dorniak <<a href="mailto:bohdan@bdcoarchitects.com.au">bohdan@bdcoarchitects.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Congratulations Rupert.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">We hope to be able to contribute some articles from “down-under and “the land of the white cloud”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Bohdan Dorniak<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">AUSBALE Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com">GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a> [mailto:GSBN-<a href="mailto:bounces@sustainablesources.com">bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jeff Ruppert<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, 23 July 2013 3:50 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Global Straw Building Network<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[GSBN] The Last Straw<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Hi Everyone!<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Back in September at the ISBC in Colorado I made a quick announcement that we had acquired TLS in the hopes of getting it going again. In the meantime we have been working with COSBA as a host non-profit organization and are close to making a public announcement letting everyone know that we are back.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I want to pre-empt that announcement by giving everyone notice on this list of our intentions and to also make a request. <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">We need you and your networks of natural builders to send us relevant content about your projects, associations, conferences and any thing else related to bale construction and the greater realm of natural building. We also welcome any editorial content, or guest editor appearances, as what was highlighted at the beginning of each issue in the past.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">We want to bring back TLS stronger than ever! It has always been a great publication because it is raw, and we intend to keep it that way, with hopefully a few new twists. But most importantly, it will continue to reflect "on the ground" experience we all love to read about. And this depends on you, our community!<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">There is another part of this request and it is to ask that you tell us what you want to see and what is most valuable to you. TLS has always been a reflection of our incredibly diverse community so let us know how we can best serve you.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Look for an announcement soon, which may mean an email, or two, sitting in your inbox. We apologize ahead of time if you get it more than once, because we are using the old subscriber database, along with the good old list serves, such as this great one.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">In the meantime, please send all TLS correspondence to <a href="mailto:tlseditor@thelaststraw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">tlseditor@thelaststraw.com</a>. If you have questions about submission format, you can find it <a href="http://www.thelaststraw.org/submission.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">here</a>. We'll have updated guidelines on the new site, but these will suffice for now.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">We hope to hear from most of you in one from or another and hope to not disappoint with the revival of a great publication.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Jeff Ruppert<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Editor and Publisher<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">The Last Straw Journal<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a href="mailto:tlseditor@thelaststraw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">tlseditor@thelaststraw.com</a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>GSBN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GSBN@sustainablesources.com">GSBN@sustainablesources.com</a><br>http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN</div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>