the idea is at least deserving of some consideration. I'm not saying
I'm gonna throw everything I have into the idea regardless of the odds
-- but I do think it deserves some careful concentration. Which is
what I'm trying to do now -- it's going to take some time to get the
kind of information I'll need to know what (if anything) is possible.
In the end it may not be a risk I'm willing to take. On the other hand
it may surprise me in the oposite direction.
Wish me luck. I always need it. :)
> I don't see anything on the website about any IT
> initiative? I am very
> familiar with the area as I spent about a decade there in
> the fall of 2001.
> I have extreme doubts, based not so much on any knowledge
> of this tribe as
> on the very great difficulty of getting anything done in
> Polk County,
> period.
> The entire region is incredibly inbred and hey, if they
> pull this off it
> would be a great thing. Livingston is really pround of its
> Wal-Mart --
> that's *its* idea of economic development and well as high
> entertainment
> for many of its citizens -- and when the local gas station
> was hiring there
> there was almost a feeding frenzy. See previous remarks on
> the culture and
> economy of East Texas, which refer to this town. The
> nearest *2year*
> callege is two counties away in Nagacdoches and there isnt
> a university
> closer than Houston, a hundred or so miles to the south.
> At the time I was
> there the reservation was looking for people to teach word
> processing...
> ::sigh::
> Dana
>> >> I'm not sure where this will lead, but here is an
>> >> initiative I think
>> >> deserves serious consideration.
>> >>
>> >> I'm contemplating moving my own business to this
>> >> reservation:
>> >> http://www.alabama-coushatta.com/
>> >>
>> >> The tentative plan is to hire on and train some of the
>> >> younger tribe
>> >> members as web applications developers and do the work
>> >> remotely on the
>> >> reservation, while sending sales people to find work
>> >> for
>> >> them in the
>> >> larger markets throughout the US.
>> >>
>> >> Here are my pros and con's as compared to hiring out
>> >> to
>> >> India (with
>> >> the assumption that the remote software development
>> >> business model
>> >> works).
>> >>
>> >> PRO:
>> >>
>> >> 1) The money stays in the US and benefits some of our
>> >> most
>> >> economically depressed citizens. Business trips when
>> >> desirable are
>> >> also less expensive.
>> >>
>> >> 2) American Indians by and large speak English rather
>> >> than
>> >> English-ASL, which will mitigate communication gaps
>> >> and
>> >> errors in
>> >> translation.
>> >>
>> >> 3) The US Government offers financial assistance in
>> >> the
>> >> form of grants
>> >> and I believe some loans to minority businesses.
>> >>
>> >> CON:
>> >>
>> >> 1) American Indian workers are probably still slightly
>> >> more expensive
>> >> than workers on the Indian sub-continent.
>> >>
>> >> 2) American Indian workers will likely require more
>> >> training. I'm
>> >> banking on their being eager learners. :)
>> >>
>> >> 3) Some reservations may not have pre-existing
>> >> infrastructure to make
>> >> remote networking easy.
>> >>
>> >> I'm not saying it's a complete solution to anyone's
>> >> problems. I do
>> >> think the idea deserves attention, possibly even
>> >> legislative
>> >> attention.
>> >>
>> >> s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624
>> >>
>> >> team macromedia volunteer
>> >> http://www.macromedia.com/go/team
>> >>
>> >> chief architect, tapestry cms
>> >> http://products.turnkey.to
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I'm voting for whoever can bring jobs back to
>> >> > America.
>> >> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/04/india.job
>> >> > s.r
>> >> > eut
>> >> > /index.html
>> >>
>> >> > --
>> >> > Michael Dinowitz
>> >> > Finding technical solutions to the problems you
>> >> > didn't
>> >> > know you had yet
>> >> >
>> >
>>
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