GOOD THINGS Acorn/Midwest Energy Alternatives Network Governor's State University Park Forest South, IL 60466 312/534-5000 Bethe Hagens and Jim Laukes are well on their way to spearheading a strong network of people involved in energy and technology alternatives in the Great Lakes region. Their newsletter-getting better by leaps and bounds-costs $6/yr. for individuals and $10 for institutions for six bi-monthly issues. The latest (No. 4) had articlc:s on passive solar orientation and design, federal grants availability, advocacy and environmental impact statements, and lots of access information. I came away with quite a few new hits. If you live in their region or are interested in what other regions are up to, you should definitely be in touch. (LdeM) Seriatim-journal ofEcotopia, $9/year in the Northwest, $12 elsewhere, quarterly from Seriatim P.O. Box 117 McMinnville, OR 97128 Seriatim does exist now, and the first issue contains 96 pages of articles by or on Ernest Callenbach, Joel Schatz, logging, the ORE Plan, energy conservation, natural farming, etc. It doesn't seem to bring much new light on the topics it covers or open new territories, but hopefully that will happen as it develops. Good regional publications are ~ December 1976 RAIN Page 23 I RAIN DROPS When we raised our prices in May, we eliminated the "institutional" subscription, which provided for three copies of each issue. If you would like multiple copies to the same address each month, write and ask about special rates. If you write to us at RAIN and don't want your letter printed as you wrote it, please say so. We don't print all letters, but if one is pertinent to a topic, we'd like folks to see it. And if you write to anyone we mention in RAIN and want an answer, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope, often abbreviated SASE. vital resources, and those such as Maine · Times (and hopefully Seriatim as it evolves) are proof of what importance they have and what they can contribute. Take a look for yourself. (TB) When a subscriber moves, it costs us about 50¢ to change our three sets of file cards (alphabetical, zip code and expiration date order, in case you wondered). That's an inevitable cost of maintaining a current mailing list. But when a subscriber depends orr the Post Office to notify us of an address change, we pay them 25¢ for the notification (even if it's only "moved, left no address"). And the PO usually returns the unread copy of RAIN to us. It would then cost us another 13-24¢ postage to remail it. So we ask that if you want any issues you missed by moving, please be willing to order them and pay a dollar each. And if at all possible, let us know before you move so we can avoid your missing them in the first place. Making friends with your mailman also helps. (AM) RAIN's office is at 2270 N.W. Irving, Portland, OR 97210. Phone (503) 227-5110. RAIN Staff Tom Bender Steve Johnson Rhoda Epstein Marcia Johnson Lee Johnson Lane deMoll Anne McLaughlin Typesetting: Irish Setter Printing: Times Litho Thanks to: Lauri deMoll SUBSCRIBE TO RAIN Subscription_s_begin with future issues only; back issues must be ordered separately. Name __ ~------------------------------------~--------------~ Address-----------------------------------------------~------- ------------------------------~-------ZiP----~~------- 0 New Subscription 0 Renewal 0 Change of Address The Post Office won't deliver magazines without zip codes. 0 Please don't include my name when you exchange RAIN's mailing list. Occupations/Preoccupations: Interests/Concerns: Where did you hear about RAIN? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 0 Regular- $10/10 issues 0 Living Lightly - $5110 issues (income less than $5,000 ... ?) ADD POSTAGE OUTSIDE U.S.A.: CANADA/MEXICO: 0 $2.50/yr., Printed Matter rate 0 $4/yr., First Class rate OTHER FOREIGN: 0 $2.50/yr., 2-month surface mail 0 $4.50/yr., 5-week first class 0 $16.50/yr., 1-week airmail OPTIONAL FIRST CLASS MAIL IN U.S.A.: Inquire for multiple copy rates. · 0 $3/yr., for quicker delivery east of ·the Rockies. •PLEASE ENCLOSE PAYMEI')T: If we have to bill you, add $5 to above rates. 0 RAIN Magazine · 2270 N.W. Irving · Portland, OR 97210 AMOUNT ~NCLOSED $
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