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Disappearing CSA Workshop




I found this post to be exceedingly inflammatory and, IMO, inappropriate
for this list.

Another perspective...

This workshop was billed as 'pre-registration required', not 'walk-ins
welcome'.  When I registered for the workshop last Friday I immediately
received a confirmation including the correct date (Feb 14), time,
location, directions, and detailed agenda.

It might be that this was not a scam, colossal incompetence, or some plot
to jump any one individual through hoops, but rather an unfortunate typo
that would have been discovered upon registration.

I'm looking forward to this event and appreciate the efforts of Equity Trust.

Deb Denome
Seeking Common Ground CSA

>Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 19:37:15 -0500
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>From: "Dori Green" <funfarm@servtech.com>
>To: <csa-l@prairienet.org>
>Subject: Disappearing CSA Workshop
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>To the CSA-L readership:  here's the post I just sent to the folks who were
>promoting a CSA workshop in Ithaca and another in California, originally a
>two-day romp at $85:
>
>I can't imagine what your motivation was to jump me through this hoop, but
>I just got back from the 100-mile round trip to 401 Warren Hall where they
>never heard of your workshop or you at the hall or at the Cornell
>information desk where all meetings are supposed to be registered.
>
>I don't know if this was a scam from the beginning or just the result of
>colossal incompetence but hoo boy am I glad I didn't send you people a
>check in advance.
>
>Don't bother me with any empty apologies; if you want me to take an apology
>seriously you can accompany it with a $100 check to reimburse me for the
>travel expenses and day of overtime wages I lost on this nonsense.
>
>And yes you can bet your bonnet I'm posting a copy of this to CSA-L.
>
>Dori Green:  Writer, Farmer, Facilitator
>Ash Grove Community Farm & Center for Sustainable Living
>http://www.servtech.com/public/funfarm/index.html
>
>
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>> From: ETrust@aol.com
>> To: funfarm@servtech.com
>> Subject: CSA workshop
>> Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 9:53 AM
>> 
>> Dori,
>> 
>> We received your fax.  
>> 
>> The format for the Gaining Ground workshop in Ithaca has changed a
>little.
>>  It will be a one day event, held on Saturday Feburary 7th from 10:00
>a.m.
>> until sometime in the evening.  The cost has been lowered to $45 not
>> including meals, but we've been telling folks to pay what they can
>afford.
>> 
>> We'll be discussing options for obtaining long-term land security and
>> affordable financing.
>> 
>> The meeting will be held on the Cornell University campus in 401 Warren
>Hall.
>> 
>> Please let us know if you're still interested in attending.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Kevin Kilb
>> Equity Trust
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