Just a reminder that, owing to an immovable family medical appointment THIS Thursday afternoon 11 March, this Friday’s News Feed may not happen.

So, if you don’t get your usual Feed email on Friday - the problem is NOT at your end.

Elizabeth H - Phone: 8556 6892 or email

Owing to an immovable family commitment next Thursday afternoon 11 March, the Friday News Feed which is normally picked up from a Thursday afternoon web-posting may not happen.

If you have messages that have to go out before the weekend of March 13 & 14, please try to send them to me for the next News Feed (i.e., by 2 pm next Monday 8 March).

Elizabeth H - Phone: 8556 6892 or email

There has been a start to offers of photos for the Home page of the Community website, BUT we need more to choose from.

If you have good photos or artworks illustrating an “arts-eco-community in action” send them to Elizabeth Heij by email, prefereably in JPEG file format.

Hi everyone,

The lovely photo of Village kids with the Echidna Lantern has served us well on the home page of our community website at http://www.aaev.net, but it is getting rather out of date. The young villagers in the photo have grown up so much since Justin’s lantern workshop!

It would be nice to feature a new front-page pic. So, if you have a suitable digital photo, please send it in for consideration. [Note: the photo could be of an art work rather than a photo from life so long as it conforms to the “rules” below.]

“Rules”
The photo must have been taken at medium or high resolution
I needs to express at least two of: “Arts”, “Ecoliving, and Community
Any people featured in the photo must be willing for it to be used in this way.

Send your entries to me on CD or as an email attachment.

Once I have a number of possibilities in hand, I will post them on the website so folks can vote on which one to choose for the home page.

(Others could potentially be used to illustrate other pages of the website if the owners are willing.)

Elizabeth H - for Communications Group

A new update of the Community phone and email directory in printer-friendly PDF format has been posted this week on the Members Documents page of the Community website at:
http://www.aaev.net/page146/private_documents/index.html [2nd item on page]
This one is formatted for printing out if you want a hard-copy directory by the phone. 

And a reminder for the benefit of new residents and Community members:

There are two useful directories of phone and email contacts for community members (plus street addresses for Village residents). These are:
1. An HTML directory that is continuously updated as soon as I receive changes. See: http://www.aaev.net/page146/directory/index.html 
2. A PDF directory formatted compactly for printing out and updated every 4-6 weeks. See

Use the PDF directory as a close-to-the-phone hard-copy reference and the HTML version if you need the latest details.

The standard directories are ordered alphabetically by surname, but if you would like a version ordered numerically by lot numbers, you can request one by email.

As usual, please advise me by email or phone on 8556 6892 of any errors or changes needed to the directories.

Happy New Year to all!

Elizabeth H - for Communications Group 

The Village is really growing now! Here’s the result of a quick census through the Village Directory at the beginning of our new planning year:

Number of Residents at 30/9/09:

Stages 1&2 -- 75 adults plus 34 children (under 18)
Stage 3 -- 25 adults plus 4 children

Total -- 100 adults plus 38 Children = 138 total residents

Additional Residents likely in the near future (e.g., six months), based on 14 detached homes and 24 Cottages now under construction:

Stages 1&2 -- 23 adults plus 11 children
Stage 3 -- 2 adults plus 2 children
Cottages -- 29 adults plus 4 children

Total -- 54 adults plus 17 children = 71 additional persons

The figures will be pretty close but are not guaranteed 100% accurate since the directory is an evolving list that changes frequently as people send in new details.

Elizabeth H.

Our Village Online Forum is the place to be. The more of us who join in, the better, more lively, more informative and more effective it will be.

So be sure to register and get online for chat, helpful hints, sale or exchange of goods, Neighbourhood Group discussions, and general discussion Village plans and issues.

The ATTACHED instruction sheet prepared by Lucy C will tell you how to register and join in.
Using AAEV Forum

For the next few months, we will be trialing a new interactive Village Forum accessible from “Forum” in the main menu of our Community website at: www.aaev.net. Be sure to check it out.

It is similar to “Whirlpool Forums” and allows self-posting of comment and information on a range of items at various levels of privacy and security.

You will need to register when you first use the Forums and, if you wish to participate in topics specific to our Village, you will be able to request password protected Village membership to join these topics.

There are topic-specific forums, Neighbourhood Group forums, a buy / sell / swap / give-away “bazaar”, and a carpooling forum.

Kevin C has set up the system and he, Lucy C and Jane O’C will be moderating as needed. If you need help to find your way around the system one of this group will be able to help you. Don’t be shy - ask for help if you need it - and please give feedback and comments to Kevin so the system can continue to evolve.

Kevin C - Phone: 8556 6822 or email
Lucy C - Phone: 8556 6822 or email
Jane O’C - Phone: 8557 6078 or email

This past week we have received two lots of interesting and potentially very useful aerial photos of the Village.

Tricia has been able to make available to use a large series of arial photographs of the Village and Farm, with street names overlaid. As these are taken from directly overhead, they will be very useful for planning in Neighbourhood Groups. They have been posted in “doc” and PDF format on the “NEC Documents” page of the website (first two items) at:
http://www.aaev.net/management/nec/nec_documents/index.html
Note that both are large files (3 MB)

In addition, on Monday, Annette and Dick Inwood went on a great flight in the "Wacco" from the Aldinga Airfield, and took some photos of the Village.  They are show below for all to enjoy.





If you would like a copy of the two originals as an email attachment, let me know.
Elizabeth H - for Communications Group - email

Hi everyone,

There were several enquiries about lots for sale from people passing through the Information Stand at the Fringe last night. We suggested they keep an eye on our Community website at www.aaev.net for property sales under "About" in the Homepage menu.

So - if your plans are changing and you are thinking of selling rather than building, don't forget to list on our community website. Send me the relevant details for posting by email or phone 8556 6892.

Elizabeth H.

Check out some of our recent Village events in the latest "Village Happenings" (ATTACHED)
VILLAGE HAPPENINGS 11Feb08

Here (ATTACHED) is the latest "Village Happenings", with pics of some of our Xmas events.
071227 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS
And don't forget, for more complete coverage of the Sports Day on 15 December, check out Neil Davies' excellent pics as a slideshow at:
http://web.mac.com/marydavies2/iWeb/Site/Sports%20day%202007%20.html

Here's another installment in our "Village Happenings" series.
071210 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS

I can't be everywhere with the camera so, if you have a good pic or two you think would suit these "Happenings", please send it to me for possible inclusion ("jpg" and "bmp" picture files are usable but "jpg" files are best as they give smaller PDF files).

Elizabeth - email

There has been a lot on lately. See the ATTACHED file for various events - and more to come soon.
071203 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS

It's been a while since we had a look at happenings around the Village - so let's catch up. Here are some snapshots from the farm planting, pizza oven opening, and Sustainable House Day events. Thanks to Lynda McCarty and Ken Creevy for photos.
070920 VILLAGE HAPPENINGS

If you live in the Village and receive your email news as a hard-copy print-out from a local "Email Buddy", you might like to consider using the noticeboard instead and letting your email buddy off the hook (as well as saving paper etc). Our news digest is now regularly posted on the noticeboard as soon as the email version arrives and is generally left up for a week to give you time to read at least the two latest bulletins. Why not stick a pencil and notepaper in your pocket and check it out.
Elizabeth