Re: [mv] Re: MiniVend Documentation/Book

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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Quoting Birgitt Funk (birgitt@minivend.com):
> >From Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>     ******
> > 
> [snip]
> >   Perhaps another model could take something from the CSA model (more
> > info here: http://www.caff.org/caff/programs/ag_community.html). In this
> > model, a partnership is former between consumers and farmers. The
> > consumers buy a share of the harvest at the beginning of the season, and
> > then when the harvest comes, all the consumers get a share of the
> > harvest back. This gaves the farmer some capital, and some assurance
> > that his/her crops will sell. 
> >   I think a similar model that could be appropriate for the Minivend
> > Documentation project could the CoSource marketplace:
> > http://www.cosource.com/  
> >   Some folks can collaboratively agree to pay for minivend documentation
> > (in a somewhat legally binding way, I think), and then some other folks
> > can agree to take on the project for that the agreed upon amount. So if
> > a bunch of users agreed to pay $30 (or more!) each to fund the project,
> > some enterprising writers and editors might take the project on, knowing
> > they were guaranteed at least this fixed amount. 
> 
> You could combine the two models together with an online book version
> of the entity to be written within a MiniVend shop.
> 

It is officially time to take this to the minivend-docs mail list.

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