> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:34 AM

> 
> Preservationeers vs. Corporateers
> 
> Hey! Come on guys, let's build a fort. Let's move on the 
> "thinktank/website" old-home owners advocacy plan. 

It won't be easy. We need to think big. The industry(ies) will build its
own websites to counter any guerrilla sorties or forays...here's just
one sample:

http://www.aboutbluevinyl.org/

> Folks are 
> "just about 
> fed up to here" with the building industry scams and some are 
> starting 
> to recognize that traditional methods and values still make sense. I 
> think others like Walter Jowers, Judy Anderson in Vermont, the North 
> American Indagators, Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings, and the 
> Preservationeers here at BP would jump into the frey.

Do you mean Judy Hayward, or is there a Judy Anderson I haven't had the
pleasure of meeting yet?

Anything we can do, I'm up for helping with. I've given my speech to
district homeowners about why single glaze original windows with storms
is better than thermopane replacement windows so many times I'm blue in
the face...and yes Regis, that's my vinyl answer.

_______________________________________________________
Dan Becker,  Exec. Dir.      "The thing that destroyed 
Raleigh Historic               Babylon and Nineveh was 
Districts Commission        too much Waldorf Astoria."
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919/516-2632                 The Philistine, Feb. 1909


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