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  • From: Ian Lillington <ianl@internode.on.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: permaculture trademark alert
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 22:18:56 +0930
ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#a6caf0> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>Dear yone</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>Thanks, Robyn for bringing this application to our notice.&nbsp; Thanks everyone for the observations so far.&nbsp; I happen to agree with most of what has been said, but want to apply some lateral thinking:</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It could be that the Mollisons' applications are a 'friendly' attempt, to head off 'hostile' attempts like we saw last year - ie. they are doing this on behalf of us all, the permaculture family.&nbsp; (If so, it would have helped to tell us first, but that doesn't ever seem to be Bill's style.)&nbsp; Would someone like to ask them about this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm not a lawyer either.&nbsp; Who is?&nbsp; There must be some out there ....</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Let's not let this divert us too much.&nbsp; If you look at this fro</FONT><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>m 'outside' (ie the general public's view) they will or won't book on a permaculture course whatever it is called.&nbsp; So far the certificate has been great, as a world wide single unit of currency, but it is probably inevitable that sooner or later, we will have Mollison approved PDC's and other PDC's.&nbsp;&nbsp; It will still remain a case of 'buyer beware' - no-one has ever asked to see my certificate - I'm not even sure where it is.&nbsp; personal reputation will remain the most important thing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>Best wishes</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>Ian</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>PS. while I have your attention, we are spending November 2001 - July 2002 in Britain.&nbsp; Anyone over there who'd like a slide show on Australian permaculture?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>Ian Lillington </FONT><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>and Jo Middleton<BR>Living Permaculture <BR>at Willunga Garden Village</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>postal address:<BR>19 Kookaburra Court<BR>Willunga&nbsp;&nbsp; SA&nbsp;&nbsp; 5172</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=2>phone (+61 8) 8556 4278<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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