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[Steve Diver <steved@ncatark.uark.edu>]

Frank -

Your jumping around.  Focus on a weekend Pc workshop
and then host a Pc design charette.    Look at hosting
something Spring 2003.

Also, a Pc design does not spring from a weekend workshop,
only design concepts, elements, components, and sketchy
ideas.

Go visit Michaela Farm across the border in Oldenburg, IN,
and see how they have progressed since the 1994 Pc Design
Course.

Steve Diver



FranksFarm@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Keith,
>
>     Always read your posts with interest. I admire the work you guys are
> doing, and only hope that I can do similar things down here.
>
> << I wondered if you had considered
> hosting a permaculture design course at your place. >>
>
> I certainly have:)
>
> I know we have discussed such a possibility in the past, but time, and money
> always seem to get in the way.
>
> Perhaps we could run this as a PC Designer's Challenge...kind of like the TV
> show on HGTV. Different designers present owners with a plan, and then they
> choose one best for them.
>
> Better yet different plans could be presented, critiqued, and perhaps then a
> consensus reached on best overall PC design that could be developed in
> stages, or as labor permits. In addition each step/project would be spelled
> out in detail with rationales,costs,man hour estimates, etc., etc., which
> could be invaluable to others.
>
>  I 'm willing to make my farm available as a future site for PC 
> Demonstration
> Seminars,  Courses, whatever. Thus folks could actually see how these ideas
> work on a farm basis that could be emulated.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Another possibility is to offer this PC Challenge via the list. I could then
> attempt to lay out physical aspects of the farm, layout, resources etc. to
> give Designers, PC folks the info they need to produce a plan. The list 
> could
> then review plans, comment, make suggestions etc. Obviously costs, labor,
> economics need to be factored in on a farm of this size.
>
> It's really quite a Challenge. It would also be fun designing from the 
> ground
> up with someone sympathetic to PC.
>
> Anyone brave enough to take a shot at this. It's like a real world PC
> simulation game:)
>
> Bye for now, Frank
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