Chuck Cole wrote: > TCLUG doesn't do business plans. That requires being incorporated so a > non-profit corp could be defined. Here comes TC-WiMax Inc, and it's just > another corporation filing papers, seeking licenses, and so on. Just donate > money: somebody will manage it! :-) > > Chuck > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Tom Poe >> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:57 PM >> To: TCLUG Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] WiMaxx >> >> >> r j wrote: >> >>> I am willing to throw down $500.00 to start up a WiMAXX >>> >> community network. >> >>> -- >>> >>> >> rj: Hold onto that $500. Let's set up a meeting, and if we do it right, >> I think we can put a business plan together, and work up a grant writing >> strategy. I'm on a VA pension, so I can adjust my schedule to meet >> yours. It would seem there's enough technical expertise on the list to >> get a core group together to talk about it. Count me in, and I'll follow >> your lead. >> Tom >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > Good points. My thinking is, any project at any level needs a sound business plan. Especially, if it can attract donors. Obama has $7.2 billion set aside for such proposals as a WiMaxx project. I'd like to lay out a proposal along rj's idea, and see if that puppy flies. But, informal project is good, too. Count me in. Tom