[p2p-research] tale of a stolen computer

[marc fawzi]

So far, three contributors to *Michel's netbook purchase*, totaling $90.

That's 37% of the goal, and the fund will be open for the next 25 days, so
it seems to be working.


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:03 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> If the Fundable experiment works (if people use the Fudnable application to
> donate to Michel) then we would see that it works (i.e. people like to use a
> transparent zero-risk way to raise funds with others) and we would be
> encouraged to raise some money to clone Fundable (on fundable itself!!! to
> make a statement, which I think is an important aspect to ths storytelling
> afterwards) then outsource and manage the development of it, collectively.
> It's very simple to build a similar application, and then we can all be
> proud of creating a true p2p alternative (i.e. one without outrageous fee)
> that serves our own money needs... and currencies can be built on top of
> that, etc, although that's extremely far thinking, but I wanna explicitly
> state where I see us going with this... if it works.
>
> In any case, I'm committed to closing the Fundable fund successfuly,
> including donating the full amount. Michel could use any contribution. He
> has delivered immense value and deserves maximum support, especially when it
> creates an opportunity for us to make the change we want happen, through
> careful but bold steps!
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:38 AM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> actually I had not realised it would cost 10 pc. is that on top of
>> paypal/credit card fees?
>> you are right, its unnecessary cause no real value is added other thank
>> tracking the fund
>> just start a page, any page on any wiki, saying what you ahve contributed
>> so that we can keep
>> track of the progress of the contributions
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Christian Siefkes <
>> christian at siefkes.net> wrote:
>>
>>> marc fawzi wrote:
>>> > We've made the decision to try this route and we'll bite the cost this
>>> > time, but you're very encouraged to PayPal Michel directly if you can't
>>> > justify the Fundable model.
>>>
>>> Michel, if you give me your Paypad details I'll donate a (small -- don't
>>> have a regular income at the moment) amount directly.
>>>
>>> Hervé Le Crosnier wrote:
>>> >       Though I totally agree with Christian, i have
>>> >       contribute on fundable, because I think nothing
>>> >       will be up in a few days....
>>>
>>> Everybody who has a Paypal account or credit card can pay through
>>> Fundable,
>>> and everybody who has a credit card can pay through Paypal, so I don't
>>> see
>>> what is the advantage of Fundable in this case.
>>>
>>> If some people prefer Fundable over Paypal for whatever reasons, we could
>>> first make a public call for Paypal donations and then start a new
>>> Fundable
>>> collection for the rest. If we get 120$ through Paypal and 120$ through
>>> Fundable, we have already reduced the fee by half.
>>>
>>> As I understand it, Fundable collections that don't close successfully
>>> don't
>>> cost anything, so we could just tear down the current one and open up a
>>> new,
>>> smaller one, without any problems.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>        Christian
>>>
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