[Biodiesel In Utah] Utah Biodiesel Cooperative -- Closed

[andre at shoumatoffmedia.com]

Hi Phil,
Sorry I can't control this, their decision..  I would be happy to refund
you the unused amount.  And sorry about this.  Did you end up getting a
new car?  Thanks, Andre

> I am wondering what is going on, as I was at Dal Soglio yesterday, and was
> told that they are NOT still honoring the UBC card.. If we are not able to
> utilize the benefits of the card , are we going to get a refund of the
> unused portion of the membership ?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at utahbiodiesel.org
> [mailto:list-bounces at utahbiodiesel.org]
> On Behalf Of Andre Shoumatoff
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:04 AM
> To: 'Biodiesel in Utah'
> Subject: [Biodiesel In Utah] Utah Biodiesel Cooperative -- Closed
>
> Hello,
>
> As many of you know Utah Biodiesel Cooperative has never been able to get
> off the ground in the manner we had originally hoped, when we assembled in
> 2004.  For these reasons and several others, I have finally decided to
> close
> down Utah Biodiesel Cooperative.  We will still maintain our email
> discussion list of biodiesel supporters in Utah, which is still 200+
> people
> strong.  This will still be an excellent way to get ahold of biodiesel
> enthusiasts in the state.  For more info about this see
> www.utahbiodiesel.org
>
> I have chosen to write this email specifically to you all, who have been
> key
> supporters, and have helped our organization tremendously over the years.
> I wish to thank each and every one of you.  In some case you have helped
> us
> out immeasurably, and I cannot thank you enough.  It has also been some
> time
> since we last issued a newsletter (May 2007), but there are some notable
> things we did, this summer, in particular.  Key among them, in my opinion,
> was getting biodiesel inserted into policy of the Utah climate change
> initiative / BRAC and other official renewable energy initiatives, as well
> as our initiatives to work together with grease collection businesses and
> the Salt Lake County Health Department to help with some of the conflicts.
> It was pretty neat this summer to have Renegade Oil at our facility in
> Heber
> and actually teach them how to brew biodiesel.
>
> Financially, we stopped taking memberships and membership renewals in June
> of this summer.  That said, if we still owe any membership cards to
> anyone,
> please let me know and I will either issue a refund or extend the
> expiration
> date to reflect the period you did not have the card.  Dal Soglio, one of
> our greatest supporters who I also cannot thank enough over the years, is
> still honoring UBC membership cards.  We do still have a small amount of
> money in the bank but have some outstanding debts (advertising in the
> ReDirect Guide, and sponsorship of the fall 2007 Green Building
> Initiative)
> and if any funds are left, these will be donated to another organization
> with a similar mission statement.
>
> If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me any time.
> Contact "at" Utahbiodiesel.org will forward to my personal email address.
>
> Thank you again,
> Andre Shoumatoff
>
>
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