That's worth bearing in mind. I'll add it to my list of things to investigate next week.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:48 AM, john beddard <[email protected]>wrote: > On 19/11/11 09:28, Gareth France wrote: > > I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to develop > in > > the direction of group meets, training days etc. I'm intrigued by the > idea > > of install fests, plenty of opportunities out there. > > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, john beddard <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> On 19/11/11 00:50, Gareth France wrote: > >>> Naturally everything is in it's infancy right now. I'll be providing a > >> mix > >>> of new and reasonable spec second hand machines. Expect the range to be > >>> rather limited at first but I'll be looking to grow it quite quickly. > >>> > >>> The website isn't up just yet but the email is working > >>> [email protected] I'm always available by phone on 07973 281384. > >>> I'm based in Bucks but > >>> I'm looking into shipping options at the moment and it should be easily > >>> do-able. Check out http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com and expect to > >> see me > >>> at most of their events from now on. > >>> > >>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Alan Bell <[email protected] > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 19/11/11 00:42, Gareth France wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I'm toying with moving on to arranging a met up for those interested > >> as I > >>>>> collect them and just generally trying to get a bit of a buzz > locally. > >>>>> Thanks for the offer, of course keeping costs low will be crucial to > >> making > >>>>> this work. I'll be in touch in due course. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> where in the country are you based? How can people on the list find > you > >> to > >>>> get one of your fine pre-installed Ubuntu machines? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk< > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Gareth, > >> > >> Open-source developments such as Ubuntu, lend themselves naturally to > >> furthering local community development. For example if you offer some > >> sort of training to local people, possibly around a LoCo. You will find > >> that the local council will be really interested in some sort of > >> regeneration funding. Most of them are now frantically looking for > >> alternatives away from the 'retail bubble.' > >> > >> Another possibility is to consider looking at becoming a Social > >> Enterprise, such as a Community Investment Company (CIC). Where > >> investors and funding agencies really understand relatively new ideas > >> such as, open-source and crowdsourcing. I believe that there are good > >> funding possibilities for CICs. > >> > >> Don't forget that taking traditional bank funding can also limit your > >> company's flexibility grow. Largely because the bank is only interested > >> in making money from your business. They have no interest in supporting > >> fresh new ideas. > >> > >> John > >> > >> -- > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >> > > > > > > > Your local Council Regeneration Team and University Enterprise > (Entrepreneurial) Department. Will be setting up many start-ups with > e-payment arrangements everyday. They will be glad to hear from you. And > will have a contact person at the Bank (usually Nat West) to refer you to. > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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