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Discussion Forum and Mailing List

The FCA has created online forums to encourage discussion and the exchange of ideas and experiences among funeral consumers. Note that you must be a registered user of the site in order to post to the forum threads. To register, visit our home page and click "create an account" on the lower left-hand corner. There's also a Help section in the forums you can click on below.

For those who want a more detailed discussion with funeral consumer advocates and concerned industry people, try our email-based discussion list. To join the list, email: join-deathcare@hades.listmoms.net.  NOTE! - you must put the word gazelle in the subject line (this cuts down on spam-bots trying to join the list).

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Funeral Consumer Discussion
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Funeral Arrangements
Questions, suggestions, shared experiences, related to the funeral arrangement process.
Moderators:  bshaughnessy   pauldeischer 
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Keeping Funeral Costs low
by BryanWoodUrns | 03/17/2010 15:01 Show most recent message
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Legislative and Consumer Issues
Share information and experiences about legislation at the State and local level that impacts funeral consumer rights.
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NC Cemeteries - reports to Cemetery Commission
by mver | 08/17/2009 15:56 Show most recent message
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FCA Affiliate Chat   Forum is moderated; Reviewed prior to publishing.
A spot for FCA affiliate volunteers and directors to talk and exchange ideas.
Moderators:  bshaughnessy   mver 
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Re:Price Surveys
by mver | 01/13/2010 08:17 Show most recent message
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Suggestions   Forum is moderated; Reviewed prior to publishing.
Please leave us a note here on how we can improve these forums. Give us your ideas on new forum categories and topics.
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Preplanning as a forum topic
by northstar73 | 12/11/2008 17:30 Show most recent message
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Diversity in Death
A place to talk about different cultural and religious funeral practices, and how to effectively advocate for consumers who belong to minority ethnic or religious groups.
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Re:Natural Burial Seminar September 10 & 11, 2009
by BryanWoodUrns | 02/18/2010 13:12 Show most recent message
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Regional FCA Meetings
Trade ideas for mini-conferences and get-togethers here.
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Re:AZ Conference?
by mver | 01/06/2009 07:13 Show most recent message
Legislative WatchA spot to discuss legislation affecting funeral consumer rights, choices, and costs.
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New York State - Changing Laws to Enable Family-Directed Funerals
A discussion/strategy forum for amending New York State\\\'s laws so that citizens are not obligated to hire a funeral director if they wish to perform their funerals privately.
Moderators:  bshaughnessy   joshua@funerals.org   Robb 
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FCA of Utah gets Caring for Your Own Dead Bill
by joshua@funerals.org | 01/26/2009 17:22 Show most recent message
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About FCA

The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) is a Federation of Nonprofit Consumer Information Societies protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral since 1963.