I was to indirect.
I learned that a Good Builder, builds to suit the client. They hold the answers, we draw from them dreams, needs and add knowledge and expertise, Budget, and real world practicalities modify all, from this a design is born which is, ultimately, a compromise, yet one which seeks to the Best such possible.
Focus.
The areas hit are Huge, comprise Many nations, religions and regions. Some areas will be almost impossible to reach, others will have no need, what-so-ever, of what is offered.
There are billions of dollars being spent on this relief effort, countless organizations involved, many of which target key aspects, and for which, this Disaster is but one of many missions.
This thread echos with aspects of the program, Habitat for Humanity. For all that it's critics berat it (and I have been one, at times), Habitat for Humanity is a good example of a program which has survived the years, served a niche, and done so in a semi-independent state.
I, as so many of us did, entered Timber Framing not as a profession, But to do something, for myself, and a Loved one, and, as a great many of my peers, I fell into a quasi career. For the first time, in a long, long while, I can see my field providing something invaluable. Something practical, and something needed.
We are a small effort, should even the full weight of our numbers be felt. There is not yet one post which examines the practical aspects of designing a structure for Indonesia. Not One voice which picks up where Ken Rowe left off, with a marker towards where we need to go for answers.
How can debate be ended, when no answers have been sought?
My Desire is not to make people, here, at home feel good about themselves, and their efforts. No backslapping and fine feelings of a job well done, as dozens of frames, finished and packaged; languish, unused, unnoticed, awaiting transport to some uncertain destination, where they may, or may not fulfill a need.
With the right beginning, why could this not become a rival to Habitat for Humanity? In the true sense of the word?
The need will remain for years, and, elsewhere, the need exists NOW, and will never depart. Let this be the beginning of something great, which stretches into the far flung future.
