[p2p-research] Fundable and Michel Computer

[marc fawzi]

Here is the donate link again for Michel's netbook

http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view



On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:26 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's up to $140 now, which is 59% of the stated goal!  That worked pretty
> fast!
>
> Obviously, the guys at Fundable don't make their cut until the fund reaches
> its goal, so here's a message from them:
>
> "That's great news, but remember, you only have until 5/25/2009 to raise
> $97.00 more or all $140.00 collected so far will be refunded."
>
> I would re-worded: "That's great news! You have raised over half the total
> amount in just 5 hours! Way to go!"
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> If anyone has suggestions for Michel as to which Netbook brand/model to get
> please feel free to share them with the list.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:05 AM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> As much as I hate the $22 extra I can see this working out as an
>> experiment in Open Funding ("software") and if anyone here would want to
>> contribute to cloning Fundable we can think of having our own alternative
>> clone without a fee.
>>
>> Key features of Fundable that are desirable:
>>
>> 1. Funds are not taken even after they're pledged and are held until the
>> fund reaches the total sum. This motivates everyone, including the
>> recipient, to engage in fund raising until the full sum is obtained, which
>> in turn assures the fulfillment of the recipient's purpose.
>>
>> 2. Everything is transparent without any manual work. All transactions can
>> be seen. Current amount, etc.
>>
>> 3. It's a website and as such we can promote the fund raising to people
>> outside of this list (i.e. to others who maybe interested in donating but
>> are not on this list) by sending them the URL.
>>
>> If enough people donate thru Fundable then we'll have grounds for cloning
>> it and removing the fee in our version of it.
>>
>> The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Hervé Le Crosnier <herve at info.unicaen.fr
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        Hello,
>>>
>>>        Though I totally agree with Christian, i have
>>>        contribute on fundable, because I think nothing
>>>        will be up in a few days....
>>>
>>>        So here is a proposition, and there's an urgent need
>>>
>>>        Let's go on for this time, even for a collective 22 $
>>>        overhead, which is not terrible in front of the everyday
>>>        work of Michel.
>>>
>>>        And if someone else can set up a better system, we will use
>>>        it next time...
>>>
>>>
>>> Hervé Le Crosnier
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view
>>>
>>> Goal : 237 $... yes we can ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Christian Siefkes a écrit :
>>> > Hi marc, Michel, all,
>>> >
>>> > marc fawzi wrote:
>>> >> FUNDABLE details for Michel's Netbook
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-04-30.4516536303/groupaction_view
>>> >>
>>> >> Please click on the link to donate. Minimum set by Fundable to $10.
>>> >
>>> > I would like to contribute, but I think the 10% fee taken off by
>>> Fundable is
>>> > outrageous. Is there a way to contribute without this absurd surcharge?
>>> >
>>> > Best regards
>>> >       Christian
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
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