January Milestone and Strategy Brief

Intro

As a general perspective - 12 projects need to be run in parallel, with a monthly prototyping cycle for 3 prototypes - to deliver the full GVCS by Dec. 21, 2011. There are 355 days left.

GVCS Milestones and Strategy

1. January 7 - disseminate OSE Enterprise Plan far and wide to seed the acquisition of the remaining $5M of $5.5M by April 1, 2012
2. January 31 - recuit Co-Founder or CEO, Build Naturally Workshop Organizer, and OSE Blogger, Farmer, Builder, and Production Manager
3. CEB Press - build a CEB Press on a trailer - Jan. 15. Document trailer fully by Jan 31 via remote CAD documentation. Status: delays possible with Sweiger production schedule.
4. Dimensional Sawmill - finish build by January 15 by having Sweiger Shop finish the build - put in 8 hours of testing by January 31. Recruiting Sawyer for testing phase after Jan. 15. Purchase outstanding hydraulic motors by Jan. 1, 2012. Status: delays possible with Sweiger production schedule.
5. Ironworker Machine - Prototype 2 by Janauary 31. with Brianna sourcing blades and following the Scotchman design. See Ironworker Prototype II page. Status: good.
6. CNC Circuit Mill - parts being sourced based on SnapLock CNC; Open Source Stepper Motor Controller being evaluated; prototype completion as scheduled. Status: good.
7. CNC Torch Table - pursuing replication of Ben's machine - see CNC Table Prototype II - Status: good.