[p2p-research] future of ning community

[Josef Davies-Coates]

On 13 August 2010 21:16, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> We'd in the past discussed replacing it with Drupal, ELGG, Statusnet,
> GNUSocial, etc.
>
> I have some fundraising tools on hand for p2p foundation that I'd
> gladly put towards this.
>


I was thinking of whacking something up on http://www.indiegogo.com/ which
IMHO is the best all round quick and easy crowdfunding platform at the
moment.

In fact, I actually starting doing it but got stumbled by the fact the
minimum that you can ask for is $500 and we only need $200 to keep the Ning
going*.

Now I've just read their FAQ I'm not sure this $500 minimum actually matters
though:

"What happens if my project does not reach its campaign goal?
"IndieGoGo still disburses the funds the project raised upon expiration. "

However, perhaps this $500 minimum is actually a blessing in disguise...

We can say we're raising $200 to keep the Ning online for another year and
we'll use the other $300 towards the costs of building an open source
alternative using Drupal.

If we raise less than $200 we can ask the contributors what they'd like us
to do with the money instead.

Shall I just go ahead with this idea?

Josef.

* there is a cheaper Ning package, but we can't go for that because we
already have more than the 150 members that allows



> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > Josef, the creator of our ning community has alerted me to the closing of
> it
> > at the end of the month.
> >
> > If we want to continue this the cheapest version comes I believe at $200,
> >
> > Josef knows more. If anyone would like to support its continued existence
> > and lead a fundraising drive, this would be a good time to launch it. As
> > August 20 is the deadline.
> >
> > In my own experience, the Ning community has a nice list of sympathizers,
> > has the occasional interesting discussions, and has been a good place for
> > announcements which can't find a place in the regular blog.
> >
> > Retweets have been regular, so I do think it could be a continued part of
> > the mix,
> >
> > I think that with a voluntary moderator who would dynamize it, it could
> have
> > a dynamic second life,
> >
> > Michel
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