Sorry for any duplication or if you don't want this message, I had to reach everyone I know who has expressed interest or might be likely to, since we need to...
I have been hanging out at a forum-based site as of late: http://pub21.ezboard.com/bopenitforum Note how there are many forums to which one can post. It...
This article (Hi-tech workplace no better than factories http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514771.stm ) discusses how software workers have little in the...
One of the things I had hoped to do by starting this email list was to figure out how to create programmer worker cooperatives. Obviously, this is a very...
Ahhh this is very interesting to me. First I am not exactly familiar with teh concept of a services co-operative. But I am fascinated with alternative business...
Doug, in many ways, we've already got one started... Although I think a local group is helpful, it may not be an absolute requirement, given the ability for a...
Hi - Beluga has 19 full-time members in it's programmer worker cooperative (all W2 wages only). As founder, from my perspective, it was easy to do; most other...
Robert, Gary, Chad -- thanks for your replies. I have a couple of questions... Gary -- On Beluga's web site it says: "Our customers range from very small...
Hi Doug - see below: ... we do very little travel. less than 1% of our business has required travel. occasionally we will travel for a first meeting, or ...
Hi, I'd like to transfer moderator duties to someone else, if someone else is interested. If no one is interested, then I will probably delete the group in the...
I might be interested if there's not too much traffic to moderate or other moderator type stuff to do, I have several groups already but this one seems low...
David, Robert, Thanks for stepping forward to moderate. Let's give it a few more days and maybe use this time to see what folks in the group want to do with...
I have made David and Robert moderators. - Doug ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. ...
Thanks, and thanks for mentioning the Open IT forum too, where a lot of Janet's regulars moved to. Several people had been thinking of starting a new forum...
Hey Robert, I'd like to keep this group open here on YahooGroups too. And Robert, maybe you and I should talk sometime soon to think together about how we can...
You mean adding a footer to all messages with an unsubscribe link? No problem, I'll try to get to it today. Robert M. Pritchett - RMP Consulting Partners LLC -...
Hi, I just joined this group so I thought I'd tell everybody why. Basically I have an idea for a web based business aiming at the general public as customers....
Interesting. At first I thought this sounded like a scam but as I read further it looks like you're serious because you're asking good questions about how to ...
Joel, I agree with Robert, your questions are best answered by members of this group who, unlike I, are actual members of a co-op. I can only imagine that this...
Lou Dobbs on MoneyLine (CNNfn) is going to be keeping a SCORE CARD on companies that are outsourcing jobs...counting the number of jobs going overseas by...
Ntonly are they going to track on WHICH companies are offshoring HOW MANY jobs , but starting next week, Lou Dobbs will begin a series of pieces on JOB LOSS TO...
Excellent points, so I approved your membership. I'll forward your comments here since it looks like you wouldn't mind (I hope) and they are very much on topic...
... I completely agree. There's nowhere to hide in a global economy. Unfortunately, we're probably going to also need to get used to living more simply as...
I TOTALLY aggree with this. I am *trying* to finish a first product at a niche right now. I am supposed to be working with another person on one of these...
I've thought about it, not sure who would have the capital to start one much less be interested in the approach. Might need a combination worker's co-op and...