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...
I mentioned car repair to a friend at work who has immigrated from Pakistan. He told me that it is not uncommon there for a group of families to band together...
so the bug question embedded in that is - why did they switch away from that odel? -C ... From: Doug To: programmercoops@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June...
... see http://cartalk.cars.com/About/ray-bio.html The short answer is, I think, they weren't making enough money. ... __________________________________ Do...
Tom Chapin has a really good suggestion, if only it were possible to implement effectively. As it is, we're spread all over the continent (and sometimes...
Did I forget to mention (in case anyone's interested) that we're starting a group health plan in our own consultants' co-op? Our structure is flexible enough...
Some of you were interested in our group health insurance, we're in the final stages of setting it up, and without the hassle of a PEO. Please answer our ...
I have been a developer for 5-6 years, working with mostly Microsoft technologies to produce software that helps manage clinical research. I recently decided...
Hi Todd, I can't work out what name I have got on <<programmercoops>> so I just go on reading 'em! Possibly in answer to your thoughts below, there are a good ...
Gareth, Thanks for your email. After reading it, and re-reading my initial post, I realized that I mis-stated what my goal is for a cooperative. I wrote: "I...
Hi Todd, I'll carve up your message in reply. ... This is a reasonable sounding starting point for discussion with other cooperators. ... I am glad you...
I thought that this article might help explain things to those less experienced in these matters. Those of you who are old pros, please excuse the repetition...
Oops - sorry if this message came out sounding like a plug, it wasn't intended that way. I was writing it to our own RMPCP people to answer a question and ...
Forwarding this message from Yahoo Groups. Robert M. Pritchett - RMP Consulting Partners LLC - member ICCA Quality means doing it right the first time -...
regarding your article (please ignore my typos ) http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/story/0,10801,83819,00.html To begin with, the IT employees...
For those of you who don't know us, we're sort of a co-op for computer consultants. A co-op, like a nonprofit org., often has a short or underpaid or volunteer...
Please excuse any duplicate messages. Our consultants who responded apparently became unavailable, so we need fresh responses asap. P.S. - I'm still not taking...
Note - this may be considered a political message although it does concern our industry, so if you don't want to read such messages, please skip this one. Some...
I forwarded this to a diverse group, thinking many of each group would be interested. Those of you who are computer consultants (or similar technical ...
(The following post is mostly geared towards programmers in Portland, Oregon, USA. However, I'd be happy to chat with anyone who is interested.) I am an...
Todd, I would love to do that but our skills are orthogonal I am Java Swing and J2EE :( This is the best thing that anyone on this list can do for themselves...
Hi, I appreciate what you're doing, so dont' take this the wrong way, but your website is VERY confusing. I went to sign up and I just couldn't. I had to join...
Dear ClassicNet (now Cebridge) ISP, see the message below, I wondered why my email wasn't getting out, it's because YOU have been blacklisted for spam, so now...