--Please forward to anyone you think might be interested in helping--<div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>A few of us have been working hard to organize the 2nd Southern California Permaculture Convergence which is tentatively scheduled for May 13-15, 2011.  We have an exciting location located at the LA/Ventura County line at a camp overlooking the ocean.  A beautiful place for us all to gather and build our network of permaculturist and earth activists.  Plus, we&#39;ll have some pretty amazing keynotes at this year&#39;s convergence.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In order for us to make that happen we need your help.  Mainly, what we are looking for is to raise the money for the deposit and insurance.  We have already raised $1000, but we still need an additional $2000.  This is where you come in.  We are interested in all sorts of possibilities to raise these funds.  There are 3 ways that we have identified you can help.</div>
<div><br></div><div>1. Raising funds.  We are really interested in raising donations for this money because it would be  nice to keep $3000 in reserve so that future convergences will not have to find ways to come up with deposit and insurance money, ensuring many more convergences to come.  This could mean that anyone of you contact me with the amount that you would like to donate and we&#39;ll name you as sponsor for the event (we could also use someone who would be into finding sponsors) or we can start a Kickstarter campaign (which we would love some help putting together) </div>
<div><br></div><div>2. Loan the money.  Once we have the sign ups coming in we would have enough to pay you back no problem.  Loan size can range from $100-$2000.  Turn around time for getting paid back would be no later than April 31, 2011</div>
<div><br></div><div>3. Presale tickets.  We are now accepting orders for Pre-sale tickets.   By pre-ordering you can get priority bunkhouse assignments and a discount off the ticket price.  $140 will reserve your space in a bunk house and deliciously cooked organic meals.  $120 reserves your space in the limited camping area as well as deliciously cooked organic meals.  Plus, you would be getting us that much closer to reserving a space, a space we can gather at for 3 beautiful days overlooking the ocean.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Well, that&#39;s it. Almost.  Like I already mentioned, we could use some more help on the planning end as well.  We&#39;re also looking for people to help in these areas:</div><div><ul><li>graphic artist</li>
<li>web designer</li><li>fundraiser</li><li>publicity</li></ul><div>Anyone that helps gets a <u>super</u> discounted price on the convergence.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks from the Convergence planning crew.</div>
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