[GSBN] Its official : The French SB Network has bought the oldest known SB p&b in the world

[John Swearingen]

Congratulations...what a wonderful project and great house!

John


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:51 AM, contact at lamaisonenpaille.com <
contact at lamaisonenpaille.com> wrote:

>  Hello eveybody,
>
> During our bi-annual national gathering last weekend it has been announced
> and celebrated that a couple of days ago, the French SB Network bought the
> Feuillette house, build in 1921 in Montargis, France.
>
> Raising the funds has not been a piece of cake and has not finished! We
> have been able to come up with a serious amount of cash and the rest of the
> sale has been (temporarily)
> fincanced by personal, solidary (0% interest) loans from our members. When
> there is a will...there is a way!
>
> A lot of work has been done to get this far, and the team will ofcourse
> keep up the work because those solidary loans will need to be reimbursed
> (and some of them allready next month). So you understand that, with a lot
> of faith, enthousiasm and good will we have baldly gone where we think our
> responsibilty ask us to go: preserve this unique SB building and increase
> its value as a tool to aide the worldwide SB building development.
>
> We now have the keys!!!  I'm sure you can imagine the festive ambiance
> that reigned last weekend, dancing into the early hours...
>
> I presume that an official announcement from the team responsable for
> buying the Feuillette house will be sent out at some point (more is to be
> said on the projects we have with the house). But they deserve a few days
> rest before doing so. I just wanted to let you all in on the great news
> that some of you have (finanancially) helped realise.
>
> So, if you agree that this is great news and if you have a few yens,
> dollars, euros or cute little pearls stached away somewhere. You are very
> much invited to support our effort that still is in need for : 'a big sum'
> AND 'financial proof' that many people and organisations arround the world
> care to preserve this building as this helps us to be convincing when
> approaching potential funders in France. Ofcourse we like receiving big
> amounts of cash, but we don't snob at (many) small amounts ;-)
> Last, but not least : if you know of any international funds that we might
> be able to tap into, don't hesitate to inform us.
>
> The Feuilltete house website : www.cncp-feuillette.fr
> For donating : (in french... oops)
> https://sites.google.com/a/compaillons.eu/maisonfeuillette/faire-un-don
> For congratulations and for asking how to donate 'in english',or offering
> other ways to help: here is the email of the 'Feuillette team'
> contact at cncp-feuillette.fr <contact at maisonfeuillette.fr>
>
> Wishing you all a wonderfull day,
>
> André de Bouter
> France
>
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