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Matthew Read,
As far as the reward tiers go, generally straight forward. Do the higher tiers include the lower tiers, ie stickers, ebook, webinars? Do the webinars include downloads and materials? The Living Home Webinar tier is "All gone!" with only 1 backer. The final release of the ebook and crash course will be included with early release? Available to everyone?
My first few thoughts. I hope it helps. Good luck and keep it up! You'll make it!
Chris Fremantle -
Hi
I suppose I have a book fetish - I would put the book in the ecoartscotland library - but I crawled up the rewards and thought that a t-shirt and some stickers would be cool. Not sure if there's anything else (but I didn't look higher up the scale).
Good luck - keep me posted - I'll happily share some more if reminded.
Chris
Martin Stalnaker -
Hi Marcin, I'm primarily interested in DIY building and energy efficiency techniques. I'm located in the Houston area which has many days with high humidity and a heat index over 100 degrees. Air conditioning is a must. I saw very little/no info on your site about cooling and energy efficiency, which I think is important for a large portion of the southern US. I was in MO last week and I know it's an issue for you too during the summer.
I am in my mid 50's and am preparing for old age. I want to design and build a home I can live in that requires as little maintenance as possible. So while solar and wind electrical generation is admirable and something I would be interested in if I was in my 20's, $.08 per kWh with zero maintenance, repair and replacement headaches seems like the path of least resistance at a reasonable cost.
So I guess my suggestion to make your message appeal to a wider audience would be to offer more "mainstream" building techniques and alternatives. You could also reduce the number of reward offerings. Is was a bit overwhelming.
Best wishes, Martin Stalnaker
Mark Moisette -
Hi Marcin,
Glad to be able to support such a fantastic project, spent a few hours yesterday looking over all the details provided here and on your site as well, very inspiring (to say the least)! I have been following OpenSourceEcology /the GVCS from afar for years, and this is fantastic!
Sorry in advance if anything I say has been said before, or if I missed something already included in the Kickstarter presentation /text or your site
The text is clear enough, despite the huge scope of the project, not much that could be improved except for these minor points perhaps: - some of the graphics are hard to read (blurry) like the '2 year roadmap' - missing link in the following text : 'Modular home addition, built in September 2014 (click for more info)' - perhaps add some graphs simplifying some of the more text heavy parts (turnkey, workshop types, etc) - a graph/grid/spreadsheet sorting the rewards by type would be hepful : 'physical rewards that can be sent anywhere' vs construction workshops vs webinars (there are a lot of them, so a bit hard to keep track when they are only organised by cost: I just realised there was a bigger webinar package that I missed)
Just a few random thoughts on rewards: - even if for a few Pledge levels it is made clear that they 'SHIPS TO: Anywhere in the world', if you can it would be good to clarify that some (workshops, 'build sessions') are US only/ local, or at the users cost to get there. Might be trivial, but I was trying to find a clear list of rewards accessible in Europe as well. - Workshops: this is also a bit related to the above, but is not something I believe you can do much about: I would have loved to participate in some of your other workshops (Diehard Package, CEB, heck, almost any of them) , but living in Europe, that does not seem possible at this stage. Do you think it would more will be put into place at some stage ? (There is a German OpenSourceEcology group, but they do not seem to be as developed as your 'HQ' just yet) - I know a few people (me included) who would sign up & pay without hesitation if these workshops were available nearby : I have been looking for these kinds of 'hand on' + open source & pratical means of learning how to build the tools and the end results in a collaborative manner for years!
I have been experimenting with combining 3d printing, wood working, aquaponics, automation and open source for years, but having the possibility of doing this with other people, in a much more intensive manner would be dream come true !
Media and communication : not sure I can help much on this: perhaps blogs & sites dealing with tiny/ off grid living, perhaps also on http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/ . I'll also ask around at work (Open source 3d printing company), they might know a few outlets.
In all cases , please keep up the great work, I hope the Kickstarter and OBI itself will be a big success !
Mark