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* End-User Supported Funding
* End-User Supported Funding
** Create and grow the network of people, organizations and communities which need a specific machine and want to support its development by funding or other resources.
** Create and grow the network of people, organizations and communities which need a specific machine and want to support its development by funding or other resources.
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Revision as of 22:20, 13 October 2011

Funding Sources

  • USA Foundations (most probable)
  • European Foundations (less probable)
  • Other Foundations
  • Government, in the USA. (less probable)
  • Individuals

OSE Work

  • local manufacturing
  • sustainable agriculture
  • ecological housing
  • local renewable energy production
  • open source hardware and software
  • long-term sustainable solutions
  • social enterprise

Tasks

  • Finding external help or advice for tasks.
  • Finding people for the Fundraising Team from USA and Europe.
  • Find who is funding good/famous (OS) sustainable projects.
  • Unsolicited -> ask what the foundation is funding? and after that share what we are doing and if they have some interest they will ask more.
  • Writing grant proposals.
  • Answer to: What value are we creating by open sourcing a specific machine?

for Marcin

  • How the money are spent? A plan for prototyping and documentation, which machines starts when.

Other Business Models

  • End-User Supported Funding
    • Create and grow the network of people, organizations and communities which need a specific machine and want to support its development by funding or other resources.