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We kicked off the 1000 True Fans funding campaign in 2009 - [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/] - soon after we built the first prototypes of the brick press and tractor. This was a time when we operated on no budget - and put all resources into critical machines. in order to continue our work and do it full time, we asked people to support us for 24 months at $10 per month. That is how the True Fans program began. ach True Fanship continued over 24 months makes a significant impact on the project: such as ability to buy over 200lbs of steel for our machines, or other materials for our projects. We have ALSO added donation amounts up to $100 per month. All the True Fans funds go to prototyping - and your support allows us to operate at a basic level even when there are no other resources. The numbers of active True Fanships are: | We kicked off the 1000 True Fans funding campaign in 2009 - [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2009/01/towards-1000-global-villages-factor-e-live-distillations-part-1/] - soon after we built the first prototypes of the brick press and tractor. This was a time when we operated on no budget - and put all resources into critical machines. in order to continue our work and do it full time, we asked people to support us for 24 months at $10 per month. That is how the True Fans program began. ach True Fanship continued over 24 months makes a significant impact on the project: such as ability to buy over 200lbs of steel for our machines, or other materials for our projects. We have ALSO added donation amounts up to $100 per month. All the True Fans funds go to prototyping - and your support allows us to operate at a basic level even when there are no other resources. The numbers of active True Fanships are: | ||
Revision as of 20:47, 24 February 2014
We kicked off the 1000 True Fans funding campaign in 2009 - [1] - soon after we built the first prototypes of the brick press and tractor. This was a time when we operated on no budget - and put all resources into critical machines. in order to continue our work and do it full time, we asked people to support us for 24 months at $10 per month. That is how the True Fans program began. ach True Fanship continued over 24 months makes a significant impact on the project: such as ability to buy over 200lbs of steel for our machines, or other materials for our projects. We have ALSO added donation amounts up to $100 per month. All the True Fans funds go to prototyping - and your support allows us to operate at a basic level even when there are no other resources. The numbers of active True Fanships are:
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, which are typically on Fridays throughout the summer
- Invitation to the True Fans Hanguout - a monthly hangout with the founder, for True Fans only, where we discuss the latest developments and insights
These are some of the extraordinary people who are putting their energy to make this project a reality: