Hello There are currently six users subscribed to this list. Lion Kuntz is listowner, and Roberto Verzola suggested creation of the list some months ago. The list was never advertised, although it was intended to be opened for discussion of compact high-yield micro-farming. Without advertising the list, of course it never grew members. A series of messages was previously posted to the list to build up an archives and track record of the message topics suitable for discussion on the list. Many posts contain facts which are informative and contain links to more sources of similar data. EXPANSION of list topics: After 5 months of ECOCITY e-conference, it was decided by list owner to expand the scope of this pre-created list to carry over and include the food security topic matter, but also to incorporate two other distantly related concepts carried over from the ECOCITY discussions. These two concepts are (1) Palaces for the People, which are village-sized buildings of one hectare (one city block) in size, stuffed with ecological compatibility technologies, and, (2) Solar PV Breeder farms. If expansion of the lists warrants, each subject will be split off into its own list. Currently, each presently subscribed member is pre-approved to post messages without waiting for list moderator approval. Send messages as ordinary email to: lifesaviors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Copies will be distributed to each subscriber automatically. If you want to invite associates you feel should participate in these discussions, send them the following information: --- clip and paste ------ Some important starter info: - To post on the mailing list, simply send email addressed to lifesaviors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Persons not yet pre-approved must wait for moderator to forward post to list. - Users can subscribe to list by sending email to lifesaviors-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. - Users can unsubscribe from list by sending email to lifesaviors-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. -------- end clip ------------ Key webpages: list web access page //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=2447 introductory information (Eco-Syn) http://www.freewebz.com/microfarm/IBS_Flowchart/IBS_Flowchart_01.html Web archives of back messages //www.freelists.org/archives/lifesaviors/ A pictorial webpage selector for Ecosyn.us/ECOCITY http://www.ecosyn.us/Real_Work/ -------------------------------- This was proposed as a WORKING GROUP to further the discussion topics above into tangible reality. QUESTION: Can people make initial statements what they would like to help actualize, or is further detailed discussions necessary? QUESTION: Can people indicate a preliminary allotment of mental attention which they feel they can budget over the next period of time (say 30 to 90 days, hours per week, hours per month)? QUESTION: Can we produce a questionaire which can be put on the website, so that new can introduce themselves and indicate key information of what their special talents or contributions might be? Once this effort is moving we can refer to links to archived messages rather than extensive quoting. Does anybody have a problem with this methodology? Does anyone have any computer access limitations which might constrain their participation? enough for one message... ... Lion Kuntz -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers