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On January 5, 2009, I have kicked off the [[1000 True Fans]] funding campaign - see initial blog post - []. This was right after we built the first prototype of the brick press - a manually-controlled version with a small hopper (see discussion in [[The CEB Story]]) - and the first prototype of the tractor. This was a time when we operated on no budget - and I decided put all the resources into critical machines. Since I was committed to doing this full time - after those years of alienation in my fusion Ph.D. program - I decided to ask people to support me for 24 months at $10 per month. That is how the  
On January 5, 2009, I have kicked off the 1000 True Fans funding campaign - see initial blog post - [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/]. This was soon after we built the first prototype of the brick press and tractor tractor. This was a time when we operated on no budget - and I decided put all the resources into critical machines. Since I was committed to doing this full time - after those years of alienation in my fusion Ph.D. program - I decided to ask people to support me for 24 months at $10 per month. That is how the True Fans program started. Since then, we have added donation amounts up to $100 per month - and we have reached these numbers of supporters:


We encourage you to subscribe to the True Fans - with
 
 
If you subscribe as a True Fan, you get these perks:
*25% off our 3 Day Workshops
*Free admission to our prototyping days at Factor e Farm, typically on Fridays throughout the summer
*Invitation to the True Fans Hanguout - a call for True Fans only, where I discuss the latest developments and insights

Revision as of 18:44, 24 February 2014

From the Founder -

On January 5, 2009, I have kicked off the 1000 True Fans funding campaign - see initial blog post - [1]. This was soon after we built the first prototype of the brick press and tractor tractor. This was a time when we operated on no budget - and I decided put all the resources into critical machines. Since I was committed to doing this full time - after those years of alienation in my fusion Ph.D. program - I decided to ask people to support me for 24 months at $10 per month. That is how the True Fans program started. Since then, we have added donation amounts up to $100 per month - and we have reached these numbers of supporters:


If you subscribe as a True Fan, you get these perks:

  • 25% off our 3 Day Workshops
  • Free admission to our prototyping days at Factor e Farm, typically on Fridays throughout the summer
  • Invitation to the True Fans Hanguout - a call for True Fans only, where I discuss the latest developments and insights