Page 2 RAIN April 1981 RAIN Journal of Appropriate Technology RAIN is a national information access journal making connections for people seeking more simple and satisfying lifestyles, working to make their communities and regions economically self-reliant, building a society that is durable, just and ecologically sound. RAIN STAFF: Laura Stuchinsky, Mark Roseland, Carlotta Collette, John Ferrell, Kevin Bell. Linnea Gilson, Graphics and Layout. RAIN, Journal of Appropriate Technology, is published 10 times yearly by the Rain Umbrella, Inc., a non-profit corporation located at 2270 N.W. Irving, Portland, Oregon 97210, telephone 503/227-5110. Copyright © 1981 Rain Umbrella, Inc. No part may be reprinted without written permission. Typesetting: Irish Setter Printing : Times Litho Cover Photograph : Mehmet Bayhan L E T T E R s ATIENTION!! ATIENTION!! Due to some horrible screw-up with our computer mailing service, several subscribers have not been receiving their magazine. Others have been getting two or more copies. Please tell your friends that RAIN is alive and kicking. And let us know if you're having problems receiving the magazine. Thanks. Dear RAIN : We very much appreciated your complimentary review of our Engineer' 5 Guide to Solar Energy. There is one comment, however, with which we take issue, and that is that the volume is overpriced. The development of the Engineer's Guide was a major financial undertaking for Solar Energy Information Services (SEIS). It involved a collaborative effort of a number of people over a period of many months. In view of our high development cost and high marketing expense, the Guide has been fairly priced. (It may be interesting to note that we are not " crying all the way to the bank" -we are just crying!!!) Warmest personal regards, Justin A. Ben~ny San Mateo, CA Dear Rainmakers, We at Vocations for Social Change (VSC) would like to thank you for the kind review that you gave the 1980-1981 Boston People's Yellow Pages in your January issue. It is true that we are more political than most of the People's Yellow Pages in the country, and on this account we have been accused of being leftovers from the '60s, but from the way things are beginning to look we seem to be harbingers of the future. Thanks for making one of the most important magazines around happen. Pax, Tom Spriggs for the Vocations for Social Change Collective Boston, MA Dear RAIN , We saw your article in the December 1980 issue of RAIN Magazine on CA.N .'s Wom en'5 Energy Tool Kit . Thank you for the nice coverage! The marketing of the Tool Kit is in full swing now and we thought you might like to inform your readers that they can purchase a copy of it from CA. N. for $4.95 plus $1 .50 for postage and handling. If you do decide to do an article listing the price of the Tool Kit, would you tell your readers to make out their check or money order to Consumer Action Now and send it to Consumer Action Now, 355 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017. We'll be sure to keep you posted on future CA. N. programs that we think may be of interest to you . Thanks again. Sincerely, Laura Denman Communications Manager Consumer Action Now New York, NY
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