HOSEF Luau List - My name is Aryn Nakaoka, this is my first e-mail to this list, so please pardon me if I miss something... I become a fan of oss software and its power from working with Sean Fairchild on various projects. We have a project that is 100% OSS and it has the potential to spread open source topic of discussion in every lunch/restaurant business in Hawaii .... But we'd need some help since its probably going to take support. We're going to give them FREE e commerce site which will fax online orders to the shop!
We tried this idea a couple years back but didn't have enough support for the restaurants to get this really going. That's where you come in.... This is the idea: - http://808lunch.com - is basically a e commerce site for local lunch restaurants. - The idea was so that office workers could place an order without having to wait on hold or wait in line. We've all called a restaurant and had a hard time understanding the person taking our order... and its a quick process to call in an order either. - 808lunch.com (in the oss spirit) gives a restaurant a FREE e commerce site. But more importantly , since our focus is lunch places people who place orders on the e commerce site will get an e-mail confirmation and the restaurants will receive a fax. - Many restaurants don't have a PC to check e-mail or a printer to print the order, however they all have a land line to take calls and faxes. Imagine your a restaurant and your fax machine continuously prints incoming orders from a website... - Simple concept 1. browse a menu 2. click / create order in online shopping cart 3. send order and get a call back from the store they received it 4. pickup / pay for order or delivery 5. enjoy your lunch The hosting and server will be from us, hopefully we can make it up with advertising , but its not much load anyways... why we need HOSEF? - The mom and pop lunch places usually don't have the knowledge to admin zencart. - participating resturants will get a copy of http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/ for their e commerce site. - We will setup the structure, but will need people to support any restaurants who want to participate - anyone who is interested and has knowledge about zencart would become an admin for a certain company. we will give you an e-mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] so you can communicate with the restaurant. - What needs to be done? - setup logo files - setup menu and pricing - upload photos - of course we can limit how much is done... (100 menu items) - Its all open for discussion, but I just wanted to throw it out there... - any other consulting would be available for HOSEF Members to take on the side. - redoing their website or building them e-mail accounts I thought HOSEF members would interested because it will get OSS in the news for "business" applications that people pay a lot of money for because it helps generate revenue for the restaurants. IF you are interested in helping out, please let me know. here is what we have thus far: http://808lunch.com = main site http://808lunch.com/alohasalad/ = opening soon @ Ward. But there is already a Kailua location Thanks Aryn Nakaoka
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