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Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Those handful of people who regularly visit this blog will have noticed a slight reduction of postings as I begin to wind down for the Christmas period. This will be my last posting now until the festivities are over, when the Turkey has been eaten and all hangovers are little more than a distant headache. So before signing off from blogging and signing on for festivities, here are a few thoughts from yours truly.
As Christmas comes around each year we all say the same thing, where the bloody hell has the year gone? It has flown by. 2009 has been an extremely active year which got off to a bad and extremely depressing start. If you remember at the very end of 2008 Gordon Brown slunk off to Lisbon where he hoped the British people would not notice him signing the dreadful Lisbon Treaty where he handed over massive chunks of British sovereignty to the EU. After this terrible betrayal we began the year looking to the Irish to save us from Lisbon, but as we know the Irish were bullied into voting for it with the threat of the removal of EU funding and subsequent job losses. If a nation ever felt the full force of physiological intimidation it was Southern Ireland in 2009.
As a UKIP activist there was a build up to the European elections and a great deal of activity in the months leading up to June. Being at the Birmingham count on the evening of Sunday 7th June was just incredible as we watched the votes for UKIP come piling in, and what an outcome – UKIP second place beating the Governing Labour Party vote. Of course this massive plebiscite will count for nothing when the leaders of the Lib, Lab, Con do their pre-election performance on the telly with the much hyped forthcoming leaders debate – UKIP will not be invited and the wishes of those who voted UKIP last summer will count for nothing.
This televised event will be little more than a stunt full of meaningless rhetoric. Each leader will prattle on about how they and their party are the only ones who can save the nation and restore it to full economic health – whilst none of them will discuss the power and influence of the EU and the fact each and everyone of them, once installed in office, will be nothing more than a servant of the EU implementing its unwanted directives and regulations. The whole bloody sham will be a frustrating exorcise in sheer futility.
Of course, next year, 2010, will be the year of the general election which most expect will take place in May, but some are now predicting March. This is going to be another big year for UKIP and the question being asked by many, including members of the press is, will UKIP candidate Nigel Farage topple the unpopular squeaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, off his guilded perch? We do hope so.
The euro has been having some problems, much to the delight and warnings of those of us in the Euro realist movement. Greece and Southern Ireland are in danger of defaulting on their debts and the EU rules do not allow for bailouts for any nation that has landed itself in the mire.
Because of the strength of the EU's euro it is creating a split between north and south. A strong euro is not good for the struggling countries of Spain, Italy, Greece and Ireland, whilst France and Germany will be able to cope with this. It is as we warned, "one size interest rate does not fit all". All this is creating a build up of stresses in the eurozone and will be a major headache for the European Central Bank in 2010. We did warn them but as usual the EU had to have its spoilt little way and its very own currency.
Have a happy Christmas anyway and I'll be back blogging soon.
Monday, 21 December 2009
On Sunday 20th December 2009 the business pages of the Sunday Telegraph were full of gloom and doom for Britain's financial sector. As the EU's regulators begin to move in many of the UK's wealth making finance based businesses are making plans to move out – just as many of us opposed to our foolish membership of the EU have been warning.
The Sunday Telegraph reported that one of the UK's oldest insurance companies, Legal & General, is seriously considering moving its corporate headquarters out of the sphere of European Union influence altogether due to the prospect of a new set of EU regulatory measures.
The 173 year old company is considering its move abroad to avoid the impact of Solvency II, which is a framework which will govern insurers from 2012. A spokesman for L&G said the EU framework would represent a "betrayal of savers" if it was presented in its present form. The value of UK pension savings could be cut by up to 20 per cent as companies past on the cost to pensioners, who are already hard hit due to Gordon Brown's previous raids on their pensions.
Added to these EU created woes, many senior directors of international banks based in the City of London have received requests from their US, French, Spanish and German staff for transfers back to their countries of origin, or elsewhere overseas to escape Alister Darling's new banking bonus tax.
As the best financial brains and British based firms begin an exodus of wealth, those of us left face a bleak future as the EU bleeds us of what assets we have left and our last wealth making companies in the financial sector escape from the double whammy of EU regulations and home grown swinging taxation.
Friday, 18 December 2009
The topic in question was an entirely pointless discussion between the ex Home Secretary, Charles Clark, and Conservative MP, Philip Davies, on the reintroduction of the death penalty. Today presenter James Naughtie directed the debate.
The reason I say this was pointless was not that the issue is unimportant, but because, as with most things that affect our daily lives these days, the EU is the deciding factor and, if like the matter of the death penalty, the EU has made a decision, our elected politicians, ministers and anyone else can discuss the issue until they are blue in the face but will never be allowed by the EU to do anything about it.
My own stance on the death penalty is that I would not like to see its return. Not only is it barbaric and cruel, far too many innocent people have gone to the scaffold for the crimes of others, poor simple minded Timothy Evans was one case in hand. He was strung up for the murder of his wife which was committed by the mass murderer Christie. After Evans's innocence had been proved no one could release him, say sorry to him for the injustice done or give him compensation as victims of injustice receive today. It was too late – he was hung for the crime of another.
As the Today debate rolled on I found myself shouting at the radio: 'This is pointless, mention the EU, you can't do anything about it'. But of course, the EU was not mentioned, it was as if it didn't exist or have any bearing on the matter. There was talk about hanging innocents, Philip Davies dismissed this and put a great deal of store in the accuracy of modern techniques such as DNA, but even that is not infallible as DNA samples can still be planted. Those who watched the excellent crime series, 'Criminal Justice', which was written by a lawyer who based it on how the system works, will have seen how injustice can so easily happen and the innocent still be convicted.
If we want to stop murderers from re-offending then life should mean life and they are locked up until they die. Sadly many murderers are released early then murder again.
Finally, as the debate wound up, Philip Davies just happened to mention, almost as an afterthought, oh by the way, we can't reintroduce the death penalty because the EU won't allow it – at long bloody last!
Whatever the rights and wrongs are with the death penalty, if we do want to debate such things and decide for ourselves, then with the EU still hanging around we can never do so. Yet another reason why it is so vitally important we leave it as soon as possible.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Although I have never been a whizz kid when it comes to economics, my limits of high finance are usually worrying about paying the gas bill on time, you still don't have to be an expert to understand the problems created for those nations when they sacrificed their fiscal freedoms and scrapped their own well established currencies to join the untested euro of the European Union.
From even before the first euro notes and coins were inflicted upon the poor souls in the eurozone countries, many predicted that Ireland would be the first to crash out, others considered Greece a likely candidate for euro failure. Ironically both of those nations are having great financial problems now, especially Greece.
Greece is in a great deal of debt and is having to promise some pretty drastic spending cuts to avoid financial collapse. However, the countries socialist premier, George Papandeou, is not really impressing anyone with his plans to bash bankers bonuses with a tax of 90% as he is being extremely vague regarding his other plans to cut spending or encourage privatisation.
Southern Ireland too is having a problem with debt, which is growing at an alarming rate. It looks as if the public sector there are about to feel the pain as Southern Ireland's public sector workers are to face cuts in their incomes and warn of possible strike action, which will just add to the countries problems. Even during an interview on the Europhile BBC Today programme one of the programmes interviewers asked if the fact Ireland no longer had control over its currency made it impossible for Ireland to tackle the problem.
Added to the woes of these two countries France is planning a borrowing spree of over £31bn to plough into universities and green energy, placing even more pressure on France's public finances.
The euro, like the EU itself, is political house of cards and at some stage in the future it will collapse, the question is, will the fiscal fiasco it is now in herald its demise – I do hope so. There are going to be hard times ahead in the EU.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
This sounds like complete madness, after all, people riot and protest against losing their freedoms, not urging their leaders to take them away. However, when you consider it, this is exactly what is going on in Copenhagen now.
As the worlds leaders and their minions have their big pow-wow on so-called global warming, which is based on some very suspect scientific data, the loonies outside are protesting and creating uproar because they want these leaders to tax us more, restrict our movements and remove some of our core freedoms to stop, as they say, the world from overheating.
Are these people completely bonkers or what? They actually want their freedom to travel restricted, they want to be taxed out of existence. Never before in the field of human madness have so many gone so barmy to give such vast powers to so few.
Those leaders look for any excuse to restrict and limit us, they look constantly for devious ways to add to the tax burden and for ever increasing means of control and global warming is wonderful news to them. Not only does it give them the perfect excuse to tax us more, it gives them a way of controlling and restricting us. The power this scare gives them is enormous.
Political leaders have always feared the freedom and liberties of the people, electorates do things they don't like and often disagree with them, so when an method of total control is handed to them on a platter, such as the global warming scare, it must be like winning the dictators lottery – big time.
I fear not global warming, but the politicians who intend to use the power it gives them and the fools who are rioting for restrictions and are happy to see them take it.
Monday, 14 December 2009
One of the things I often repeat on this blog is mention of the benefits of membership of the European Union, the invisible benefits that is as no one ever sees them or benefits from them unless they are an EU Commissioner, a Euro-fanatical MEP or other EU hanger-on. In fact when it comes down to it – there are no benefits to be had from EU membership just utter destruction.
Over the far too many years we in the UK have been members of this extremely expensive federalist club of European nations we have seen the steady and relentless destruction of everything that was good about Britain and all it stood for thanks to EU membership. Our democracy and liberties are under threat because of it, our wealth is being stripped by it, our industries have been lost to us thanks to EU rules, many of our jobs have gone due to it and our fishing industry has been wiped off the face of the earth because of it. Despite all these our pro-EU treasonous politicians still plug the lie that we have to remain in the EU for the "benefits"!
Thanks to the EU the very last fishing boat of what was once a mighty fleet in Great Yarmouth is on the verge of quitting and its skipper, Jason Clarke, will take on a new job as skipper of a boat that services offshore windfarms (another pointless EU project). Mr Clark, who is the last of four generations of Great Yarmouth fishermen, is naturally bitter about the EU inspired destruction of his trade. Sadly, there is no way he can possibly make a living in the trade his family has done for many years as the EU's ludicrously low fishing quotas do not provide him with enough money to run his boat and make a living. He is the last of his kind in Great Yarmouth.
The idiotic thing about the EU quota system is that it makes no sense. Fishermen are told by the EU what they can catch and what quantity, so if they trawl the wrong bread of fish, which by the time they have been landed they are dead, they have to throw those fish back to rot on the sea bed. Jason has limited quotas even though the fish stocks are at an all time high.
Once, before the madness of EU membership struck, Britain had a mighty fishing fleet and some of the richest fishing grounds in the world. Now, we don't even own the right to fish those waters and as the last fishing boat from Great Yarmouth sails into history we truly do see there are no benefits of EU membership.
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Lord Pearson of Rannoch, the new leader of UKIP, was delighted to announce the news that Lord (Christopher) Monckton has agreed to join UKIP as its leading spokesman on Climate Change.
He was Margaret Thatcher's Special Advisor in Downing Street (1982-86) on a number of areas, including science. He is now perhaps the world's leading general expert on the case against Man-made Global Warming, and as such is already very well known in the United States. (He was in Downing St. in the run up to the Single European Act, and is therefore also a serious authority on the EU and all its works.)
He has made considerable waves in Copenhagen, where he gave a Press Conference on Thursday 10th November about his joining UKIP.
Lord Pearson pointed out that there may be some who believe the Al Gore line on climate change but was sure that Lord Monckton would dispel their fears.
You can watch Lord Monckton explaining some of his views recently HERE and HERE.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Under current British law, which has always been seen as fair, just and sensible law, no one can take your home from you as long as you do not fall into debt and that you have paid for your home and signed the deeds of ownership. Sadly, this safeguard is under threat from what will be a nasty little surprise our masters in the EU have planed for us.
The European Union, which cannot leave even the tiniest thing unregulated, has set its heart on shaking up inheritance law across the whole of the EU. Its aims will destroy all British inheritance law and leave anyone who owns property vulnerable to having it snatched from them.
The plan is, and usually what the EU wants the EU gets, that any property that was once owned by anyone with relatives living elsewhere in the EU, those relatives can lay claim to your home under what is known as 'clawback' procedures. Under our law this is not allowed, but the EU aims to fix that.
It seems that most other European countries force citizens to leave a proportion their estate to certain relatives, known as 'forced heirs'. These forced heirs will be able to, under this EU proposal, undo property sales going as far back as thirty years previously. Anyone with a home they have owned for less than thirty years will be at risk from this nasty bit of EU law. If a person who previously owned a property had not made adequate provision in their will, then that persons heirs can, within that three decade period, stake a claim to the current owners home even though the house has been purchased legally and there are no debts outstanding.
Someone could literally complete their mortgage payments one day after twenty five years of monthly payments, only to find they have to borrow money all over again on their home the next to pay off people they have never known or had any dealing with simply because a previous owner had not included them in their will.
This then is yet to be another wonderful "benefit" of EU membership. Sadly, the day in 1972 when Prime Minister Heath put his signature on the Treaty of Rome we all inherited a major problem.
Monday, 7 December 2009
When Nigel Farage MEP stood down as the leader of UKIP to enable him to fight a full campaign against John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, a lot people wondered if he was doing the right thing considering sort of Tory Mr Bercow the 'squeaker' has an 18,000 plus majority in a safe Conservative constituency. Now, however, it certainly looks as if Nigel Farage has pulled off another one of his politically astute moves, especially considering this item from the Daily Telegraph. It certainly looks as if there is a Bercow backlash.
Friday, 4 December 2009
What benefits are those? Is the now potential demise of the City of London and our wealth an advantage now the French, who are no lovers of our global trading centre, have been handed control of it on a golden platter by the EU a benefit? No, of course not. What about handing over £40 million a day, soon to rise to £45 million a day to the EU a benefit? Tell that to our cash starved pensioners, our equipment short troops and our hard pressed taxpayers – the reply will be no. Is the Lisbon Treaty and the massive loss of sovereignty a benefit? Again no. In fact when British membership of the EU is dissected there is not one single benefit to be found to the people of the United Kingdom – the only benefit is to the EU and its acolytes.
With this in mind, when we hear those dread words: "To bring us in line with Europe" we all know in our hearts that despite the pro-EU warblings of our political leaders, more harm and devastation is about to be wreaked upon our way of life, our traditions and freedom. And so it is again with the proposals to harmonise our drink-drive limit to that of the rest of the European Union.
Before all the anti-drink-drive zealots start jumping up and down accusing this blogger of supporting the idea of someone getting plastered and then driving home, there is no way I would advocate that, especially as I nearly took my last breath on this planet in 1973 on my honymoon night when a drunken driver missed me by inches and finished up bouncing off a solid stone wall yards away from the hotel we were staying in. All I am saying is that there is no problem with the current limit, despite the penalties being rather drastic for someone who has strayed over the limit by a small amount. A driving ban for such people seems unduly harsh, but not for those irresponsible sods who think they can drink several pints and still drive safely.
Sadly, the effects of a EU inspired reduction in the drink-drive limit will drive another nail in a traditional way of British life, namely those pubs that have so far survived the EU backed smoking ban, excessive taxes on beer and spirits and the effects of the recession. Traditional breweries will be hit hard too and we may see the demise of some of our finest ales. How can this be good for anyone?
With a change in the law the police will see this as being given a free hand to stop and breathalyse every motorist on the road. Many drivers will be simply too frightened to go out for a quiet drink, even if they are not driving until the following day and there are traces of alcohol in their system. How will they know that the pleasant three to four pints they had the night before will not take them over the limit when they set off for work the following morning, whereas they felt safe they would be below the level currently? These people who like a drink with friends, and drink moderately, will either avoid going to the pub altogether or they will just stick to soft drinks, which of course is bad news for the breweries.
Despite our higher drink drive limit, Britain has some of the safest roads in Europe, we have no need to change the law to use those dread words – to come in line with the rest of Europe, maybe its time the rest of Europe came into line us and feel the benefits that would bring.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
One of the pleasures of modern day photography is the speed of digital photography. Once upon a time you had to select the type of film you wanted as different makes had their own quirks, plus speed of film and what size. After that you had to take them to be processed and wait for your prints to come in before you knew if you had wasted your time or had some shots to be proud of. These days you shoot, then look at the back of your camera to see if the shot is any good and continue until you are happy, then in a flash download everything on to your computer and with the internet your pickies can be viewed globally in no time at all.
One of my favourite pastimes on a nice day when the sun is shining is to get out with my camera and take photos for the Geograph web-site, these are usually photos of locations around my home town or sometimes further afield, but all involve standing in a public place aiming my camera at buildings, roads or interesting places. I suppose it's a bit like train-spotting, a bit nerdy but harmless fun for some.
This then leads me to the main point of this posting, I have just read an item in the Daily Telegraph about a keen amateur photographer who, just like me likes taking photographs in public places, who was accosted by a couple of toy town bobbies, otherwise known as police community support officers, who carry out policing on the cheap but with less powers and less effectiveness.
These couple of jobsworths, one of which a year or two back refused to help a drowning man because of health and safety rules, decided that photographer Andrew White who was taking some photos of Christmas decorations in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, was a potential terrorist and began following him. They then stopped him and asked if he was a professional photographer and informed him that under counter terrorism legislation provided by the Police Reform Act (2002) they were entitled to demand his full name and address, which they did. Mr White is now concerned as to where his data is going to be stored and for what purpose – all he was doing was taking some pretty festive pictures. What happened to him can happen to anyone taking photos in public places, including the mass of tourists taking photos of the Palace of Westminster or anywhere else such as the one I took recently of the London Eye.
Doing such innocent things as taking a few photographs used to be a right belonging to any free person, as was much else in Britain as our whole system of law was based on the fact you were free to do as you like unless there was a law to prevent it. This varied from the continent where your freedoms were granted by the state, you are only allowed to do as the state allows whereas here it is not the states business unless it thinks harm can come of doing certain things – and taking a few photos was always seen as a harmless right.
This one little incident, which in reality is a storm in a teacup, is still important because it highlights the bigger issue of the constant attack on our freedoms which began in earnest the moment a grinning Tony Blair breezed into Downing Street that day in 1997. From then on our liberties and freedoms have been under constant attack. Just this last week we have seen the introduction of I.D. cards with an experimental scheme in Manchester. Poor Manchester are now getting all the crap thrown after them after they voted against the liberty draining prospect of road pricing. Sadly, around 2000 of the cities village idiots have applied for these I.D. cards which will give the state power over them – the poor saps will realise too late their freedom was too important to sacrifice for a bit of Government spin.
Some of the legislation introduced over these lousy Labour years, such as the Civil Contingencies Act and many other laws are quite frightening, they litterally remove massive chunks of freedom from the people and place it in the hands of the state. We are told that they will use these powers responsibly, which gives echoes of Hitlers words and deeds in pre-war Germany. The state is now in a position to control us and expect us to serve it rather than us controlling the state which should, under British Common law, serve us the people.
The next time you get your old box Brownie out and take a snap, be very much aware this can now get you arrested in these days of loosing liberty.


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WASHINGTON, DC, March 18, 2013—In 1980, the mystery of "Who shot J.R." was the most watched program in television history at that time. His sister-in-law Kristin Shephard was the triggerwoman. J.R. was shot or almost shot several times over the decades, but two weeks ago on "Dallas" he was shot and killed for good. Actor Larry Hagman departed for the big oil rig in the sky, so J.R. had to join him. Last week family members identified the body and held a very poignant funeral. Over the next few episodes we learn who killed him.
In 1980 the entire cast was kept in the dark, not knowing until the episode aired. This year Patrick Duffy is the only cast member to know the truth. Even Linda Gray does not know. The only thing Duffy has said is that his character Bobby Ewing did not do it.
So who did it? Who killed J.R.?
Let's have some fun and let the guessing games begin, starting with Season 2, Episode 9 of the relaunched Dallas.
In addition to Bobby and Sue Ellen, their sons Christopher and John Ross are innocent unless the producers can suspend time and space. John Ross was on the phone with J.R. when the shooting happened and he immediately alerted the others.
Let's eliminate Cliff Barnes and Harris Ryland. This would be a very boring ending. They hated J.R. and are thrilled he is dead. They would rather make him suffer than just kill him. To have J.R. killed by Venezuelan thugs seeking revenge for Vincent Cano or Mexican gangsters working for Carlos Del Sol would be the easy way out. A business deal gone bad is a cop-out. If the producers want to get this right, here in order is who should have shot him.
1.) Pamela Rebecca Barnes. This would be perfect. The daughter of Cliff, soon-to-be ex-wife of Christopher, and girlfriend of John Ross fits best. She already killed Tommy Sutter in self-defense. J.R. tried to destroy her but got Frank Ashkani killed instead. She wants to make her dad proud.
Kristin Shephard escaped prison over thirty years ago by being pregnant with a child that may have been J.R.'s. That baby turned out to be Christopher. J.R. let Bobby adopt the kid in exchange for sole control of Ewing Oil. Now Pamela is pregnant with Christopher's twins, and has a knack herself for escaping prison. John Ross wants vengeance for his father but also has feelings for Pamela.
2.) Annie Ewing. Annie did threaten to shoot J.R. once, and she did shoot Harris Ryland. When J.R. died, he was investigating Ryland. He was also investigating what happened to Christopher's real mother and Cliff Barnes's sister Pamela Barnes Ewing. She was Bobby's first wife. Annie is his third wife, and a possible reemergence of Pam would threaten Annie's already unstable marriage.
3.) Pamela Barnes Ewing. Victoria Principal has said that she is absolutely not returning to the show. However, if J.R. tracked down Pam, perhaps she did not want to be tracked down. An act of violence is totally out of character for her, so something besides being tracked down would have to have set her off.
4.) Gary Ewing. The middle brother of J.R. and Bobby always hated J.R. Gary is not a violent guy but he is a recovering alcoholic who recently fell off the wagon. He has been hurting for money lately, and perhaps a drunken rage that he does not even remember could have been the undoing of both men.
5.) Drew Ramos. The downside is that he is a very minor character. Yet he does blame J.R. and John Ross for causing his sister Elena to lose her share of Ewing Energies. He knows how to fire a gun, since he saved Elena and Christopher from being killed by Vincent Cano. The Ewings own land that used to belong to his father, and he wants the land back.
Now for those who want to really wander off the reservation, here are a couple more scenarios.
6.) Katherine Wentworth. She is the sister of Pamela Barnes Ewing. She was in love with Bobby and tried to kill them both in the original series before leaving town and swearing revenge. Actress Morgan Brittany absolutely would return to the show if needed. If J.R. found Pam to bring her back to Bobby, that would be enough to have Katherine kill J.R and Pam before going after Annie.
7.) Mandy Winger. Deborah Shelton showed up last week at the funeral to reprise her role as J.R.'s mistress from decades gone by. There is no rational reason for her to kill J.R. Yet Ms. Shelton is still one of the hottest women on Earth. This would be an excuse to have her back on the show. The reason why is irrelevant.
8.) Wild cards include the youngest and eldest Ryland women. Emma is Annie and Harris's daughter who just slept with John Ross. Harris's mother is angry and vengeful. None of the Ryland women are stable but it makes for a less than electric storyline. The wildest wild card would be Afton Cooper. She had Pamela Rebecca Barnes with Cliff, but she also had an affair ages ago with J.R. Any woman who ever slept with J.R. had reason to kill him. Then again, as John Ross pointed out, so did half the people at the funeral.
Let the guessing games begin!
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Dual-Purpose Design Meetings
The magic of the charrette occurs when the ideas begin to take shape on paper–before the eyes of the stakeholders. Ideas are generated by the participants, quickly sketched up by the design team, then
explored further or set aside as better ideas emerge. Throughout the process, camp administrators and volunteers have the opportunity to see their ideas come to life on paper and understand how they will impact the existing and future conditions of the camp. Because of this direct involvement, the result of the design charrette is often the commitment of major donations to support implementation of the proposed improvements.
Endorsing The Process
Over 20 camp master plans have been developed over the last decade by YMCAs throughout the East Coast and Midwest regions, using the design charrette process. One such organization is the McGaw YMCA of Evanston, Ill., which developed a master plan for CampEcho in 2007. "The charrette process was perfect for our needs," says Rob Grierson, Vice President of Resident Camping and Branch Executive Director. "The prep work we did with our staff and policy volunteers helped us to define and clarify the issues we were facing; the charrette itself allowed a number of key stakeholders to provide input and take ownership of the decisions made; and the master site plan and sketches produced afterwards have been invaluable for planning purposes and for our fundraising efforts. I highly recommend the process to other camps." Several small projects identified in the master plan have already been implemented, and when the funding was in place for a new kybo to be built in the center of camp, Grierson held a "Kybo Charrette" in 2011 to pin down the final design and location of the building before completing the construction drawings.
A design consultant team capable of undertaking this process would typically be composed of planners with expertise in both site-planning (landscape architects), and facility design (architects) who can draw building and site-design ideas as they hear them, incorporating barrier-free access and building code requirements into each concept as it is developed. In addition, a designer skilled in three-dimensional rendering acts as the "interpreter" of the flat plans that few people can visualize, bringing the work alive.
A note of caution: computer-generated "walk-through" views have become common, and work well for many buildings. But the beauty of trees and the textures and materials most often used in camp facilities–timbers, logs, wood siding, and stone–don't look natural unless drawn by hand. Since emotion and mood are a huge part of camp design, a skilled sketch-artist can make the difference between consensus and confusion.
The key to developing a consensus-based master plan at a camp is gathering the right people to attend the design charrette, and undertaking the right master-planning process. Finding potential donors, who love the camp, care about its future, and are willing to commit two or three days to be part of the process, is critically important. And once the right people are assembled, using a process that gives them the opportunity to be part of creating the master plan just might trigger donations before the next capital campaign even begins!
Sandy Bliesener, LLA, LEED AP is Principal/Landscape Architect with O'Boyle, Cowell, Blalock & Associates, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Mich. The landscape architecture firm has been in business since 1964. She can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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