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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Maybe we could reactivate this list? And I agree
that it should not be cob only, but other forms of earth construction
too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Graeme, I don't agree that it works when we all
operate under GSBN using targeted email subject titles. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A few times I have put questions out there that are
more to do with earth than straw and I got either a tiny response (often
off-list) or no response at all. What I love about GSBN is that the information
is available to everyone on the list. But if people are not answering
earth-related questions on-list or not answering the questions at all, then it
isn't working to expand our knowledge and experience of earth-related
materials.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I almost got the feeling that it wasn't the done
thing to bring up too many earth-related topics on a straw network. And also,
the reality is that many excellent earth building specialists are not
represented on the straw bale list. And there may well be plenty of straw
balers who have no interest in earth-related topics and may not want their list
highjacked (and I don't want to feel that I am highjacking a list).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This came up at the Earth Building UK's directors'
meeting last week too. The issue of invitation is important. Already I know of
rammed earth specialists who do not want to share a list with
rammed-earth-stabilised-with-cement specialists, because they say (and I
actually agree) that it is no longer earth, but a form of concrete. I'm not sure
how we would deal with subtleties like that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Do you have to be nominated to get on the
coblist?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Feile</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=lists@sustainablesources.com
href="mailto:lists@sustainablesources.com">Bill Christensen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GSBN@sustainablesources.com
href="mailto:GSBN@sustainablesources.com">Global Straw Building Network</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 12, 2014 4:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GSBN] a Cob list
serve</DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>There's already a Coblist out there... been around
since 1996, according to the archives. I support making use of the
existing resources instead of reinventing wheels, too. No sense in diluting a
small community. <BR><BR>Coblist mailing list <BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:Coblist@deatech.com">Coblist@deatech.com</A> <BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist">http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist</A>
<BR><BR>It's not a high traffic list by any means, but there are sometimes
interesting discussions there. It peaked around 2003 with 2146 messages,
but now is down to less than a hundred a year. There's some good info in
those archives, too, as I recall. <BR><BR><BR>Regarding the <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:mailman-owner@sustainablesources.com">mailman-owner@sustainablesources.com</A>
and other such lists, I don't monitor those addresses. But you can
always find me at this one and many other @greenbuilder.com addresses.
<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 3/11/14 6:50 PM, Misha Rauchwerger wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>At the last board meeting of the Cob Research Institute we discussed
the possibility of a dedicated cob list serve, similar to the GSBN, in that
it would be primarily for professionals and specific to technical aspects of
cob, engineering, permitting, testing, connection and other architectural
details, etc. We didn't want to re-invent the wheel, or start yet
another list unless there was interest. So I'm starting with you to
explore the possibility and interest level.<BR><BR></DIV>1. It's possible to
not limit it to cob, but could include earthen buildings in
general<BR></DIV>
<DIV>2. It should be by invitation only, but if it begins through
GSBN, then members already in GSBN would be already on the list if they so
chose<BR></DIV>
<DIV>3. We would need a moderator<BR></DIV>
<DIV>4. It could be it's own list, on the GSBN list with specific
headers, or some other permutation that might be able to take advantage of
the structure already set up by GSBN, but only received by members that wish
to participate (if possible).<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We are excited to open up the dialogue about this and see where it
goes.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Misha Rauchwerger<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Built In Bliss<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>p.s. I attempted to bring the issue up first but emails to <A
href="mailto:mailman-owner@sustainablesources.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">mailman-owner@sustainablesources.com</A>, <A
href="mailto:mailman-request@sustainablesources.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">mailman-request@sustainablesources.com</A>, and to <A
href="mailto:mailman@103.greenbuilder.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">mailman@103.greenbuilder.com</A> all failed. If
anybody knows what's going on, I'd like to know.<BR></DIV>
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