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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] KICKSTARTER FUNDRAISER Permaculture Activist the world’s longest running permaculture journal, needs your support for a new and vibrant online presence.
  • Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 22:24:16 -0500

Maybe when they mention this permaculture forum as a good resource to use
instead of sending folks to wheaton's permies.
The Activist is excellent and very important and I will support it full
tilt when the above condition is met.

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture
Network <lakinroe@silcom.com> wrote:

> KICKSTARTER FUNDRAISER $15,000
> Permaculture Activist, the world’s longest running permaculture journal,
> needs your support for a new and vibrant online presence.
> You may access the campaign page directly using this link:
> https://www.kickstarter.com/…/142…/the-permaculture-activist
> MESSAGE from Publisher and longtime friend Peter Bane
> Dear Friends,
> After nearly 25 years at the helm of the magazine, I will be turning over
> management to Senior Editor John Wages on April 1st. Trends in the
> publishing world have shown that it is time to update the magazine's
> outreach and some aspects of its presentation. It is our view that this
> will best be done with fresh thinking and new management; my personal life
> is moving in other directions and I am happy that John is willing and
> prepared to step into the path I have been walking.
> We want to launch soon a digital version of the magazine, under the new
> name Permaculture Design Magazine, for e-subscription to supplement the
> print edition, which will continue, also under the new title but with our
> familiar format. With digital subscription we would expect to reach a wider
> readership with greater flexibility, and would be able to publish some
> stories and items for which there is presently no room in the quarterly. We
> have indexed 90 of the 95 issues and will soon complete that project with
> the 2014 issues added. This gives us good purchase on making the back issue
> content available digitally to subscribers and others over the Web. And our
> website, so capably administered by Keith Johnson these past 16 years,
> needs a major overhaul, better navigation, a clearer user interface, and
> more capacity. We have a professional designer at work right now and could
> expand that work if additional funding can be found.
> To do these things we need money, more than the magazine generates under
> its present business model. We are asking for your help to raise $15,000
> (or more) via a Kickstarter campaign launching today. It is especially
> important to the success of the campaign that a good surge of donations
> comes in the first few days to build momentum and show broad support.
> Numbers of gifts are as important as dollars. Our potential audience is
> large and you could help us expand it by spreading this message throughout
> your networks.
> A letter with somewhat more detail is attached if you care to read more
> about our thinking on this transition. The Kickstarter site carries a video
> of myself and John addressing the need, and of course, we are happy to
> answer questions by email.
> You may access the campaign page directly using this link:
> https://www.kickstarter.com/…/142…/the-permaculture-activist
> Please share this request widely, give as much and as often as you can,
> and help us keep community journalism vital for another 25 years.
> Peter Bane
> Publisher
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