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Website Posting July 2008

From the Presidents Desk

American Survivor May Not Survive

Once again we have no one to do the American Survivor newsletter for our members.

Richard Fleetwood has resigned from three years. Richard did a great job, but became overloaded with other issues and had to give up. He will still keep up our website.

Last year the member that did the mailing of the newsletter had to quit after doing it for ten years. We had hoped to increase the size and frequency of the newsletter from 6 x 8-page issues to 8 x 10 page issues by 2007, but we were barely able to get out what we did. Last year we simplified the layout so that anyone with basic MS-Word skills could create the newsletter. While I can get a few issues to get us to 2009 it will take me away from organizing programs and other Live Free activities. Fewer publications and fewer programs will probably result in loss of membership that we have worked hard to gain.

Our best hope is to get several volunteer editors to do 2 or 3 issues per year. This would remove the pressure from any one parson and even improve the publication. If no one steps forward we will probably loss regularity or ceases publication altogether by mid-2009. We have continuously published a survival newsletter since 1977. It would be a shame to stop right when it is needed the most.

Survival Papers Available On CD

We have over 100 of the best articles from past newsletters and training programs available on CD. These papers range from one page to over 30 pages. Many are illustrated. Subjects include: Food & Water for Survival, Nuclear Biological & Chemical Survival, Self-Defense Weapons & Tactics, Survival Supplies & Equipment, Urban Survival Skills, General Survival Subjects, Survival Planning, Tactics & Philosophy. Send $17.00 payable to Live Free, USA

To: Survival Papers, P.O. Box, 342385 Bartlett, TN 38183-238.

Almost Broke Again!

Outside of membership we get very few contributions. Fund raising programs have been few and far between and even members often attend events without making the voluntary, but needed contribution. Book sales at gun shows and a few regular small contributors keep us going. Printing, advertising, mailing eat up funds faster than the trickle of dues replaces it. Breakout projects like the production of training videos, website upgrades or a bigger batter publication take hundreds of dollars that we don’t have. We have no grants or large contributors at-all. We are looking at a deficit year that will call for cuts in 2009.

Videos Old & New

We are hoping to create and sell a variety of survival education programs on CD and DVD by the end of 2008. This could bring our programs to many more people and solve our funding problems. We have three programs in the works. We are creating new programs that are specifically produced as training videos. We have gathered up dozens of videos of past Live Free training programs that can be converted to CD or DVD. We have several extensive Power Point programs that we will narrate and automate so they can be used by anyone.

Live Free Has A New Address

While our old Dolton Illinois PO box will remain open for another year, we have established a new PO box in Indiana. All future literature will be changed to this address. LIVE FREE USA, P O BOX 3295, MINSTER, IN, 46321.

Choices For Survival

I completed Choices for Survival last year. The book is about 90-pages at 8 ½ x 11 (more in book size pages) and is directed towards the psychology and philosophy of survival and self-reliance as I see it. I put lot of work into it, but only a few friends have seen it. Paper printing is pretty much out of the question because of cost. I may just post the whole thing on the site.

Thanks to all the members who continue to support Live Free and its mission. We struggle on and hope to survive.