[p2p-research] future of ning community

[Michel Bauwens]

yes, I'd appreciate going ahead.

I'm aware that we discussed alternatives, but there was no firm decision or
committment, so I think it's best to just continue at least for another
year,

And if we have more that $200, why not use it for the same purpose next
year?

Michel

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Josef Davies-Coates <
lists at uniteddiversity.com> wrote:

>  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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