DreemNews Archive - 11.26.11

Newsletter Archive - 11.26.1111/26/2011   November 26, 2011 Ahoy Friends! Firstly, we hope you have been enjoying the winter season and the holidays it brings! In this issue: I. Administrative Excitement II. Community Research Project Update III. Logo Creation Contest IV. DreemKitchen Report ***** I. Administrative Excitement There have been some neat developments in the administrative elements of DR. We have finally gotten the infamously illusive Determination Letter from the IRS. Yay! This means we have all the legal documentation in place to prove our 501(c)3 status. With this we are activating our donation of SalesForce management service to help keep us even more organized. Also, we are enthusiastically close to opening our official (credit union) bank account - which is a process wrapped beautifully in red tape, apparently for the holiday season. Haha! II. Community Research Project Update  In an effort to simplify, the Cross Country Sustainable Community research project has been renamed to theEcovillage Research Project (EVRP). Different name, same great mission. We have begun to open communication with communities, starting with author Diana Leafe Christian who is responsible for the book Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community. This book is the leading Literature Review we have for the project so far, which can be viewed here. Our original plan was to enact the research project this summer 2012, however we are making a road trip across country for an east coast visit this winter. We have decided to use this opportunity to work on the EVRP where possible and may begin visiting and documentation immediately. The more in depth version of the EVRP is still planned for the summer and we are excited for it! Preparation for the EVRP can be tracked on the google site for it. Here we have made a list of possible communities to visit, their contact info, mission statement, and finally an informative video from each. Very exciting! III. Logo Creation Contest Our Logo Creation Contest is STILL going on until February 1, 2012. This super-exciting contest is for anyone and everyone who wants to participate, and please please do! The awards for the winner of the contest are: •   The first new D.r.e.e.m. Reality T-shirt with your logo on it •   Our gratitude, respect, and position as the master creator of our official logo •   Resume building potentials for artists, graphic designers, or enthusiasts of any kind •   A place in our History forever! We have a lot of guiding information on the website, including a sign up page to get us connected in order to share ideas. So far we have one person participating (that we know of), and hopefully more will join on! IV. DreemKitchen Report Good news! There have been four wonderful people that have contributed their thoughts and experience from their 2011 DreemKitchen. They filled in our amazingly fun questionnaire with a few questions to explore. It would really be fantastic if others felt moved to participate as well. If you would like to participate in the DreemKitchen 2011 questionnaire, please do! Here's where you go to do that:HERE. That's all for now friends and Dreemers! We hope your days are incredible, Dani Phoenix Danielle@DreemReality.org Melinda@DreemReality.org