Dear Friends of GFSC,

GFSC is happy to announced that we have been approved by the US Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt, charitable (501c3) organizations. Contributions are tax-deductible for donors in the United States.

Our current Projects in Progress (PIP) include:

a. following up on requests for DIF training sessions:

Canada

Taiwan

Brazil

Texas

b. planning for advanced Disaster and Crisis Intervention training in Venezuela

c. Connecticut Housing & Finance - Westbrook Village and Bowles Park facilitated conversations project

Many of you have expressed interest in working in/for/with GFSC. Here's how you can help:

• volunteer to serve on a GFSC committee (Network and Volunteer Development, Business Development, Operations),
• sign up as a project volunteer and/or operations volunteer on the GFSC website! We are working on
  web-based project forms -- stay tuned!.
• make a donation that will help us continue to move forward. Your donations will be used for project development, management and funding research; operational support, database development and communications with volunteers, projects and funders.

When GFSC was formed last year, we decided that we would not charge dues or membership fees to be a part of GFSC. Instead we hoped that the GFSC concept would be compelling enough to elicit donations from both individuals and corporate/foundation sponsors.

Please write your check to Global Facilitator Service Corps, Inc. and mail it to:
GFSC
c/o Lenny Diamond, Treasurer
11 Sequin Road
West Hartford, CT 06117

or, if you prefer to charge your contribution on a credit card, please call B-J or Lenny Diamond at 860.523.4918 or 860.233.5456.

Please check the GFSC website www.globalfacilitators.org for more information.

The second annual GFSC Meeting will be held in Miami, Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2, 2003. If you are interested in attending, please contact B-J Diamond (bjdiamond@prodigy.net).

We thank you for your interest and energy. With friends like you, we will continue to live our mission and work toward our vision.

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GLOBAL FACILITATOR SERVICE CORPS, INC.
...linking people, processes and resources worldwide,
unleashing the collaborative potential of communities
to create solutions to their challenges...
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