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icarusMany of you may have been following the closure of our temple.
Those who haven't, bottom line, we'd been working with the county to bring our main temple building up to code but were behind on some aspects (not being wealthy).
March 1st, the county shut our doors until we do a million dollars worth of renovations--renovations that were underway. But now we can't host any Buddhist teachings or events or classes or do anything that Buddhist temples do until after we do all the repairs. At first we had to lock the doors. Later, they relented and we were allowed to have visitors come and go, but can have no public events.
Note the fun Catch-22: we're not allowed to host events, teachings, or classes until we raise the money to do the repairs. And yet events, teachings, and classes is how money comes into a Buddhist temple. If you're on my access list, you can read my rant about this.
We're hosting our planned events on tents on the lawn, no kidding, even in the snow.
Asia, one of our young temple members and cancer survivor, explains what it all means:
None of my friends, on my flist or at the temple, has a million dollars, no more than I do. But we're open to any help--contractors who might want to volunteer time, lawyers who can help us navigate Maryland's Byzantine codes.
We're petitioning the county to allow us to host events so that we can do the renovations. Community support from petitions (really, in this case it helps) can go a long way. So we have a petition here, as well as a paper petition at the temple. When the county tried to plow down Nick's Organic Farm and replace it with a soccerplex, it was the outpouring of support, both locally and nationally, that made them reconsider. (Your name and personal details will not be shown.)
The petition is here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/157/037/210/help-save-tibetan-buddhist-place-of-refuge/
And frankly, we've never had big donors. We've built everything here on a shoestring. So any amount at all is helpful: http://www.razoo.com/story/Renovate-Renew-Adapt-Evolve-Transmute
Lastly, would anyone be interested in bidding on Icarus fic? Like I said, I don't have a million dollars. If I can bring in donations with fic....
Those who haven't, bottom line, we'd been working with the county to bring our main temple building up to code but were behind on some aspects (not being wealthy).
March 1st, the county shut our doors until we do a million dollars worth of renovations--renovations that were underway. But now we can't host any Buddhist teachings or events or classes or do anything that Buddhist temples do until after we do all the repairs. At first we had to lock the doors. Later, they relented and we were allowed to have visitors come and go, but can have no public events.
Note the fun Catch-22: we're not allowed to host events, teachings, or classes until we raise the money to do the repairs. And yet events, teachings, and classes is how money comes into a Buddhist temple. If you're on my access list, you can read my rant about this.
We're hosting our planned events on tents on the lawn, no kidding, even in the snow.
Asia, one of our young temple members and cancer survivor, explains what it all means:
None of my friends, on my flist or at the temple, has a million dollars, no more than I do. But we're open to any help--contractors who might want to volunteer time, lawyers who can help us navigate Maryland's Byzantine codes.
We're petitioning the county to allow us to host events so that we can do the renovations. Community support from petitions (really, in this case it helps) can go a long way. So we have a petition here, as well as a paper petition at the temple. When the county tried to plow down Nick's Organic Farm and replace it with a soccerplex, it was the outpouring of support, both locally and nationally, that made them reconsider. (Your name and personal details will not be shown.)
The petition is here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/157/037/210/help-save-tibetan-buddhist-place-of-refuge/
And frankly, we've never had big donors. We've built everything here on a shoestring. So any amount at all is helpful: http://www.razoo.com/story/Renovate-Renew-Adapt-Evolve-Transmute
Lastly, would anyone be interested in bidding on Icarus fic? Like I said, I don't have a million dollars. If I can bring in donations with fic....