Cob Re: central directory of houses

[mpayson at eskimo.com]

A couple of notes: I'm making no effort to track down houses. Unfortunately, I've
got to many other things that I'm avoiding doing to add another. :-) Therefore, all
listings will come from submissions
(http://www.eskimo.com/~mpayson/houseform.html>).

As far as submitting others houses, I'd generally prefer submissions come from the
owner themselves. One of the main reasons is that I want feedback on their successes
& failures and such with their house. While I'll not decline submissions from people
other then the houses owner, try to get them to submit the house themselves if
possible. If not, try to talk to them & get some comments. Also, please make a note
in the comments that you are not the homes owner.

Duplicates shouldn't be too much of a problem. Just check the page first. I have no
intentions of making the page comprehensive. I'd prefer fewer informative listings
to lots of listings with nothing more then a location. Anonymity won't be a problem
either-- just don't check the "Publish Name" & "Publish Email" fields.

Mike

maria gail wrote:

> The Cob & Strawbale House guide list will grow more quickly and completely
> if we all submit information on all the houses we're aware of.  I'm inclined
> to do this, but if we take this route, how do we prevent duplication of
> information (especially when it's not clear that two people are refering to
> the same house)? A second category for submissions by other people?   And
> how do we protect the anonymity of folks who may not want their names to
> appear on the list?
>
> Thanks, Mike.  I think this list is a great idea.
>
> >If Mr. Payson actually creates and maintains this list I think he should be
> >given sainthood. "Saint Mike, keeper of the straw-bale house list." It sounds
> >like a massive task to locate all of these, but TLS might be a good place to
> >start (suggestions, Mr. Piepkorn?). Actually, all of the SB organizations could
> >be form-letter queried. I would love to find out who has bale houses in
> >California, especially Santa Cruz county. I'll try to keep a list as I find out
> >about them. If everyone on this list jots down the homes they know of it would
> >be a good start.
> >
> >I will be glad to help come up with a list of details for each house,
> >especially if the owners mind people visiting! Details would also include the
> >basics: owners, builders, address, etc. as well as special building details,
> >foundation type, post & beam or load-bearing, how pinned, wall surfacing type,
> >etc.
> >
> >David
> >
> >
> >
> >



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