The idea is that clients contact the members directly so I may not always know what is going on but I will report things that I know.
Massimo On Nov 14, 3:56 pm, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > What a great idea! I don't yet have the skills to join, but for now > e4s will certainly have my moral support (maybe some casual > proofreading, too ;-). > > For those of us not directly involved in e4s, I think it would still > be interesting to hear what's going on from time to time, so hopefully > there will be some occassional updates posted on the web2py list. > > I like the idea of e4s eventually replacing the web2py.com Support > page. I think something like that would really set web2py apart (as if > it's not already distinctive enough). > > OK, as promised, here's some proofreading -- on the Guidelines page, > "Tehcnologies" should be "Technologies" in "Use Industry Standard > Tehcnologies". > > Godspeed. > > Anthony > > On Nov 11, 9:52 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is important. Please read! > > > These days I am getting a lot of private requests from people/ > > businesses who need consulting development jobs in web2py. This is > > more than can I can handle. I need to keep track who is available and > > who is capable so that I can refer those jobs to them. > > > Long ago we had discussions on the list about giving a more > > professional facade to the group (at least some part of the group) so > > that members could bid for larger contracts as if we were a business. > > If you think about IBM it is not more than a collection of > > consultants, exactly as are we. The difference is that in their case > > the shareholders take a cut of the revenues of the consultants and > > they have a legal status. We do not. > > > One proposed solution was to create a professional organization. We > > discussed options. > > > I came up with this: > > > ------------------ > > http://www.experts4solutions.com > > ------------------ > > > I registered experts4solutions as an LLC to shield myself from > > liability and give it a more professional legal status. > > > If you have contributed to web2py or have created a public web2py > > application you are invited to join. By joining you are saying you are > > willing to work on paid web2py projects and have your work reviewed > > (by me and other members). > > > I will initially review and approve applications until we have a solid > > core of members who can help draft better rules, improve the page, > > offer more services. > > > The more members the more strict the admission rules will be since > > they will be revised. > > > Let's be clear on this... there is no cost of joining and it does not > > take any cut in your revenues when you are contacted directly by a > > client. experts4solutions will provide additional optional services > > also provided by me and other members. For example you may want to > > take a contract but you or your client may wants to purchase code > > review, and/or a long time support contract, and/or something you > > cannot provide as an individual but we may be able to provide as a > > group. You can be listed even if you have a company (actually it is > > better if you have one and your company name will be listed too). > > > Eventually this may replace: > > >http://web2py.com/examples/default/support > > > The point of this is that I am impressed by the expertise I find on > > this list. Some of the skills you have are hard to find. I want to > > help you capitalize on it. > > > I love working with you guys. web2py is what today keeps us together > > but web2py is a tool and one day (2100?) it will be replaced by a > > better one. Yet there is a value in our group and perhaps it may > > outlive web2py. > > > experts4solutions is not a discussion group and will not affect this > > mailing list. > > > Massimo > >
